From 4b1484705bf50404d237f7f949525d9b8c13c244 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Bell Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:59:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Create README.md --- README.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf00eee --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# chtype - change file type command for ProDOS + +Build with [ca65](https://cc65.github.io/doc/ca65.html) + +Installation: +* Copy target to ProDOS disk +* From BASIC.SYSTEM prompt, run: `-CHTYPE` from STARTUP (or by hand) + +Usage: +``` +CHTYPE pathname,Ttype[,Aauxtype][,S#][,D#] +``` + +Examples: +* `CHTYPE pic,T$08` +* `CHTYPE /root/was_bin,TSYS` +* `CHTYPE now_basic,TBAS,A$801` +* `CHTYPE as_text,TTXT,S6,D1` + +Notes: +* Allocates a 1 page buffer to store the code +* Relative or absolute paths can be used +* Can be invoked as lower case (e.g. `chtype ...`)