doc/syscalls.md

@@ -160,9 +160,10 @@ Arguments:
     Y: Address of buffer
 
 Return Values:  
-    C: Status code
+    None
 
-Argument Structure:
+This call sets the system date from the data in the specified buffer,
+which must be in the following format:
 
     struct {
         uint16_t year // Current year
@@ -171,8 +172,6 @@ Argument Structure:
         uint8_t weekday; // 0 = Sunday..6=Saturday
     };
 
-This call sets the system date from the data in the argument structure.
-
 ## 0x0B: Get Time
 
 Arguments:
@@ -181,9 +180,10 @@ Arguments:
     Y: Address of buffer
 
 Return Values: 
-    C: Status code
+    None
 
-Argument Structure:
+This call fills in the specified buffer with the current time,
+in the following format:
 
     struct {
         uint8_t hour; // 0..23
@@ -191,19 +191,18 @@ Argument Structure:
         uint8_t second; // 0..59
     };
 
-This call fills in the specified argument structure with the current time.
-
 ## 0x0C: Set Time
 
 Arguments:
     C: 0x0C
-    X: Bank of argument structure
+    X: Bank of buffer
     Y: Address of buffer
 
 Return Values: 
-    C: Status code
+    None
 
-Argument Structure:
+This call sets the current time from the provided buffer, which must
+be in the following format:
 
     struct {
         uint8_t hour; // 0..23
@@ -211,8 +210,6 @@ Argument Structure:
         uint8_t second; // 0..59
     };
 
-This call sets the current time from the provided argument structure.
-
 ## 0x0D: Open File
 
 Arguments:
@@ -221,16 +218,15 @@ Arguments:
     Y: Address of pathname string
 
 Return Values: 
-    C: Status code
+    C: File handle or error code
-    X: File handle
 
 This call attempts to open the file referred to by the provided NULL-terminated
 string, which must contain a fully-qualified pathname -- something of the form
 `[drive]:/[dir]/[dir2]/filename.ext`, such as `sd0:/games/kaboom/readme.ansi`.
 
-If the file is successfully opened, the C accumulator will contain STATUS_OK, and
+If the file is successfully opened, the C accumulator will contain the file handle,
-the X register will contain the file handle. On error, the C accumulator will contain 
+a positive integer value. On error, the C accumulator will contain a negative value,
-a negative value indicating which error has occured.
+indicating an error has occured. 
 
 ## 0x0E: Close File
 
@@ -260,55 +256,3 @@ will be exactly identical to the provided one, and either may be used at any tim
 On success, the C accumulator will contain a status code of STATUS_OK, and the X
 register will contain the duplicate file handle. On error, the C accumulator will 
 contain a negative value, indicating an error has occured.
-
-## 0x10: Read from File Handle
-
-Arguments:
-    C: 0x10
-    X: Bank of argument block
-    Y: Address of argument block
-
-Return Values:
-    C: Status code
-    X: Number of bytes actually read
-
-Argument block structure:
-
-    struct {
-        void *dest; // Pointer to the buffer to use.
-        uint16_t file; // File handle.
-        size_t length; // Maximum number of bytes to read.
-    };
-
-
-This call attempts to read up to `length` bytes from the file handle `file`, into
-the buffer pointed to by `dest`. On success, the C accumulator will contain STATUS_OK,
-and the X register will contain the number of bytes actually read. On error, the C
-accumulator will contain a negative value indicating the specific error, and the X
-register will contain the number of bytes actually read.
-
-## 0x11: Write to File Handle
-
-Arguments:
-    C: 0x11
-    X: Bank of argument block
-    Y: Address of argument block
-
-Return Values:
-    C: Status code
-    X: Number of bytes actually written
-
-Argument block structure:
-
-    struct {
-        void *src; // Pointer to the buffer to use.
-        uint16_t file; // File handle.
-        size_t length; // Maximum number of bytes to write.
-    };
-
-
-This call attempts to write up to `length` bytes to the file handle `file`, from
-the buffer pointed to by `src`. On success, the C accumulator will contain STATUS_OK,
-and the X register will contain the number of bytes actually written. On error, the C
-accumulator will contain a negative value indicating the specific error, and the X
-register will contain the number of bytes actually written.