User`s guide

lets you use the semi-colon as a terminating 'wildcard' character. This DOS
includes a CATALOG fix to show correct size of files bigger than 255 sectors.
Other popular, higher speed versions of DOS 3.3 include David DOS and
Diversi-DOS; and, there are several small, special-purpose versions of DOS 3.3.
(For example, one game maker used RDOS to save space and to make its diskettes
harder to copy.) Below is a chart which compares speed and features for
standard and speeded versions of DOS 3.3.
BLOAD Time Does Large Files Frees 15 Disp Free Error
Test*** INIT CATALOG fix Sectors Sectors Msg
Std DOS 3.3**- 8.9 sec Yes No No No Yes
DavidDOS- 2.8 sec No Yes No Yes Yes
DiversiDOS- 2.9 sec Yes Yes No Yes err#
EsDOS- 2.3 sec Yes Yes Yes Yes abbr*
ProntoDOS v1- 3.0 sec Yes No Yes No Yes
ProntoDOS v2- 3.0 sec Yes No Yes Yes Yes
* abbr: shows abbreviated error messages
** 1980-1983 versions
*** time to BLOAD MUFFIN from the 1983 DOS 3.3 System Master disk
You can get standard and high-speed DOS 3.3's from a number of places on
the net. See Csa21MAIN4: Get It- Links to popular software packages.
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004- What commands are available in DOS 3.3?
To get very far with "DOS 3.3" you will need the DOS Manual. This is
especially true when it comes to using TEXT files. Other good sources of DOS 3.3
info include _Beneath Apple DOS_ and _Apple II User's Guide_. For now, the
following is a quickie guide to most Apple II DOS 3.3 commands:
LOAD NARF- loads a BASIC file named NARF.
SAVE NARF- saves current BASIC program in memory as file named NARF.
DELETE NARF - deletes file named NARF
CATALOG - lists contents of diskette to screen
RENAME NARF, NEWNARF - renames file NARF to NEWNARF
RUN NARF- loads and starts a BASIC file named NARF.
BLOAD NARF.PICTURE, A$2000 - loads in a binary file named NARF.PICTURE starting
at address $2000.
note: $2000 is a hexadecimal number ($2000 = 8192 in decimal). DOS commands can
use hex or decimal numbers.