Available on: to8 c64 atari pc128op

BANK COUNT

This function returns the number of (expansion) banks available. If the computer has more memory areas than the normally addressable one, this function returns the number of banks. Each bank is a Sharing space with a "window" of memory that starts at BANK ADDRESS (bank) and is BANK SIZE (bank) bytes long.

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SYNTAX

 = BANK COUNT


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  • id : identifier
  • type : datatype
  • v : value
  • "..." : string
  • [...] : optional

EXAMPLE

 IF BANK COUNT > 0 THEN
    PRINT "there are banks!"
 ENDIF


Used in:

ABBREVIATION: Bk C%

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In order to reduce space you can use this abbreviation for this instruction: 

BANK COUNT ↔ Bk C%

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