ONEDRIVE 1.0

Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha has released a new utility for MSX called ONEDRIVE. Inspired by a Brazilian utility called CONTROL.BAS, which enables only the A: drive in an MSX computer system, freeing a bit of base memory, this version offers the same functionality, but with a few differences:

• ONEDRIVE works on all MSX machines, while CONTROL.BAS only worked on Brazilian MSX computers equipped with Brazilian disk interfaces
• ONEDRIVE can be called from the DOS prompt, going back to DOS or going do BASIC after enabling only one drive
• ONEDRIVE can be called from the BASIC prompt, going back to BASIC after enabling only one drive
• ONEDRIVE can be called from BASIC by BLOAD,R
• ONEDRIVE can be called from BASIC by BLOAD and USR, so it can be integrated to game loaders (no more those boring "press CONTROL while computer reboots" messages)
• ONEDRIVE can load and run a BASIC program after enabling only one drive (if called at either DOS or BASIC prompt with BLOAD/USR)
• ONEDRIVE can enable not only drive A, but any other drive (but this drive must be the first one of a disk interface)
• ONEDRIVE is DOS2 compatible: under DOS2 nothing is changed about the drives on system, but the drive specified is assigned as A: and the BASIC program is loaded (if specified); this way a program that uses ONEDRIVE to free up memory will also run under DOS2 with no changes

ONEDRIVE 1.0 is available at the "MSX page" section of Adriano's website.

Relevant link: Adriano's website