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Appendix C
Chapter One
Gives important conversion and compatibility information for programmers who wish to
convert their files from ISAM to ISAM PLUS format.
RELATED DOCUMENTATION
Alpha Micro publishes language and system reference books for the Alpha Micro operating system. The
following books, related to ISAM PLUS, are available from your Alpha Micro reseller:
• Assembly Language Instruction Set
• Assembly Language Programmer's Reference Guide, DSO-00052-00
• Monitor Calls Manual, DSO-00040-00
• AMOS File Locking User’s Manual, DSO-00044-00
• AlphaBASIC PLUS User’s Manual, DSO-00045-00
• AlphaBASIC User's Manual
• AlphaC User's Guide, DSO-00205-00
GRAPHICS CONVENTIONS
This manual uses Alpha Micro’s standard graphics conventions to organize and highlight information and
examples. Unless stated otherwise, all examples of commands are assumed to be entered at AMOS
command level.
Symbol
Meaning
devn:
Device Name. “dev” is the three letter physical device code, and “n” is
the logical unit number. Examples of device names are DSK0:,
DSK5:, WIN1:, MTU0:. Usually, device names indicate disk drives,
but they can also refer to magnetic tape drives and CD-ROM drives.
filespec
Identifies a specific file in an account. The format is:
devn:filnam.ext[account]
For example:
DSK0:SYSTEM.INI[1,4]
NAME
Command and option names are printed in capital letters. For
example: SEARCH.
{}
Braces indicate optional elements of a command line. In the example:
DIR{/switch}
the braces tell you “/switch” is not required.
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