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KERNAL

KERNAL is Commodore's name for the ROM-resident operating system core in its 8-bit home computers: from the original PET of 1977, followed by the extended but related versions used in its successors: the VIC-20; Commodore 64; Plus/4; Commodore 16; and Commodore 128.

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On device-independent I/O

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KERNAL

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples64
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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KERNAL

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related to On device-independent I/O · 17
KERNAL → Applications, C64, CHRINandCHROUTprove, CLOSEthen, Due, FinallyOPENis, GPIB-device, GPIB/IEEE-488, I/O, I/O API, Plan-9, SETLFS, Surprisingly, The, Thereafter, Unix, Whereas
related to The name · 17
KERNAL → According, And Link, Andy Finkel, Berkeley Softworks, Commodore, GEOS KERNAL, GUI OS, Jim Butterfield, Keyboard Entry Read, Neil Harris, Network, PET, Robert Russell, Russell's, The KERNAL, VIC-20, When Commodore
related to Description · 16
KERNAL → BASIC, BIOS, CPU's, E000, FFFF, I/O, IBM PC, It, KB, OS, RAM, ROM, The, The Commodore, The KERNAL ROM, This
related to Example · 6
KERNAL → Carriage Return, FFD2, Hello, Note, PETSCII, This
related to Bibliography · 3
KERNAL → Commodore KERNAL History, Michael, Steil
related to External links · 3
KERNAL → Commodore, KERNAL I/O Monitor Utility, Original KERNAL Source Code
is a · 1
KERNAL → acronym

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commodore device citation needed system example 8-bit used vic-20 channel 64 name pet routines jump table address output software file

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KERNALis aacronym0.90text
ioctlinstance offunctions0.80text
KERNALrelated to BibliographySteil0.60section
KERNALrelated to BibliographyMichael0.60section
KERNALrelated to BibliographyCommodore KERNAL History0.60section
KERNALrelated to DescriptionThe Commodore0.60section
KERNALrelated to DescriptionOS0.60section
KERNALrelated to DescriptionBIOS0.60section
KERNALrelated to DescriptionIBM PC0.60section
KERNALrelated to DescriptionBASIC0.60section
KERNALrelated to DescriptionROM0.60section
KERNALrelated to DescriptionI/O0.60section

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