Error Codes

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• spectrum

When a call to a +3DOS API fails then the carry flag will be false and the Accumulator will contain the error code. The errors are in two categories, Recoverable (Green) and Non-recoverable (Red):

Code		Error
0	0x00	Drive not ready
1	0x01	Disk is write protected
2	0x02	Seek fail
3	0x03	CRC data error
4	0x04	No data
5	0x05	Missing address mark
6	0x06	Unrecognised disk format
7	0x07	Unknown disk error
8	0x08	Disk changed whilst +3DOS was using it
9	0x09	Unsuitable media for drive
20	0x14	Bad filename
21	0x15	Bad parameter
22	0x16	Drive not found
23	0x17	File not found
24	0x18	File already exists
25	0x19	End of file
26	0x1A	Disk full
27	0x1B	Directory full
28	0x1C	Read-only file
29	0x1D	File number not open (or open with wrong access)
30	0x1E	Access denied (file is in use already)
31	0x1F	Cannot rename between drives
32	0x20	Extent missing (which should be there)
33	0x21	Uncached (software error)
34	0x22	File too big (trying to read or write past 8 megabytes)
35	0x23	Disk not bootable (boot sector is not acceptable to DOS BOOT)
36	0x24	Drive in use (trying to re-map or remove a drive with files open)