Specifications

800 ML Error Messages
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A1000 cannot open file: filename
The assembler was unable to open a source, include, or output file.
One of the following may be a cause:
u The file does not exist.
u The file is in use by another process.
u The filename is not valid.
u A read-only file with the output filename already exists.
u Not enough file handles exist. In MS-DOS, increase the number of file handles by
changing the FILES setting in CONFIG.SYS to allow a larger number of open files.
FILES=50 is the recommended setting.
u The current drive is full.
u The current directory is the root and is full.
u The device cannot be written to.
u The drive is not ready.
A1001 I/O error closing file
The operating system returned an error when the assembler attempted to close a file.
This error can be caused by having a corrupt file system or by removing a disk before the
file could be closed.
A1002 I/O error writing file
The assembler was unable to write to an output file.
One of the following may be a cause:
u The current drive is full.
u The current directory is the root and is full.
u The device cannot be written to.
u The drive is not ready.
A1003 I/O error reading file
The assembler encountered an error when trying to read a file.
One of the following may be a cause:
u The disk has a bad sector.
u The file-access attribute is set to prevent reading.
u The drive is not ready.