Posted By
Chicken
on 2009-11-18
09:57:49
 |  Re: There is no 16k only support
Finland C16 User...
DLOAD loads file to the BASIC START (which is usually $1001). Some MC programs which start with a BASIC Line (usually something like "10 SYS4112") can be loaded with DLOAD. However, other MC programs start at $1000 or somewhere else. If you load them with DLOAD, they are automatically loaded to $1001, so they can't work.
Many MC programs (usually those which you have to start with entering a SYS address) have to be loaded absolutely, which means LOAD"GAME",8,1.
Btw, DLOAD is the same as LOAD"NAME",8 <- which also loads program to the BASIC START.
Now another trick you might not have known which will show the usefulness of the F2-Key (DLOAD") 
DIRECTORY
Then move the cursor to the program you want to load (must be one that is DLOADable).
Press F2 to get DLOAD"
Now press ESC+"K". (C16's "ESC" is not "ESC" on the PC-Keyboard, on my German layout it's the key left of "1".)
This moves the cursor to the end of the line. Now hit DEL,DEL,SPACE to overwrite "PRG" and hit RETURN to load the program. Once you get used to this procedure, you will like it 
You can also save programs in such away, that they have a ":" after the filename. This makes DLOADing even easier.
Try this with a BASIC program.
DSAVE"NAMEx:"
Replace the "x" with a SHIFTED SPACE. Hit RETURN to save and look at the DIRECTORY
Now you just have to press F2 and hit RETURN in the DIRECTORY.
Edit:
About muting "ARTHUR NOID"... No problem... it only took 3min (which I should have spent reading the instructions or trying to press SHIFT :D).
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