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Re:The Cancelled Comma One Would Have Embarrassed the Car In... by teddyh on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:27PM (#12841055)
> I was really hoping it was actually a C64 reference, namely: "where the 'drive' goes"... ,8,1

Actually, the drive number is the “8”; the “1” is a flag which means to load the program to the same address in memory it was saved from, instead of to the default BASIC program start address.

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Re:The Cancelled Comma One Would Have Embarrassed the Car In... by noonespecial on Monday October 31, 2016 @10:12PM (#12842849)
That's what I was saying. When you use the drive(8), it automatically goes where its supposed to(1).
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Re:The Cancelled Comma One Would Have Embarrassed the Car In... by swayvil on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:30PM (#12841089)
In all fairness...
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