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====== ugBASIC User Manual ======

===== DLOAD  =====

===== SYNTAX =====
     DLOAD filename [FROM offset] [TO address] [SIZE size]

==== PURPOSE ====


The ''DLOAD'' command  load data from a mass storage (normally, a floppy disk) into 
the computer's memory. This data can be programs, numeric data, text, or any 
other information that has previously been saved to disk.

The ''DLOAD'' command was primarily used to load numeric data, text, or 
images for use within a program. Some games allowed you to save the current 
state of the game to a disk using ''DLOAD'' so you could resume playing 
at a later time. 

The syntax allows 
you to load a specific file (''filename'') starting from a specific ''offset'' 
within the file, towards a specific ''address'' in memory for a certain 
number of ''bytes''. Note that the behavior of this instruction strictly 
depends on the target where it is executed. It follows that not all options 
are necessarily available on every target.

The time it takes to load a file depended on the speed of the drive and 
the size of the file. Files loaded had to be in the correct format for 
the computer and the program using them. The amount of data that could 
be loaded was limited by the available RAM.

On the ''atari'' and ''atarixl'' target, it is not possible to omit
the number of bytes and the starting address.

On the ''c64'' and ''c128'' target, you cannot indicate
the offset and the size.






==== EXAMPLE ====
    DLOAD "test" TO finalAddress SIZE 16


==== ABBREVIATION ====
   Dl


==== AVAILABLE ON ====
  * Commodore 128 (MOS 8502)
  * Commodore 64
  * Commodore VIC-20
  * Atari (400/800)
  * Atari XL/XE
  * Commodore 64+REU
  * Amstrad CPC 664
  * TRS-80 Color Computer 3
  * TRS-80 Color Computer


==== SEE ALSO ====
[[DLOAD ERROR]] 

==== ANY PROBLEM? ====
If you have encountered a problem using this command, if you think there is a bug or the explanation is unclear, please [[https://github.com/spotlessmind1975/ugbasic/issues/new?title=ISSUE ON DLOAD|open an issue]] for this keyword on GitHub. Thank you!===== POWERED BY =====

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