OPEN
Initializes access to a file or device, configuring its access mode, permissions, blockings and its handler
Implemented by: ansifull, decbasic, Applesoft, TI994, Atari, msatari, trsdisk, level3, trscolor, spectrum, GWBASIC, MSX, bwbasic, bw32, ABasiC, VBDOS, FreeBASIC, minibasicjs
With variations: CBM, QBasic (also as OPEN COM), Gambas
Also written as:
Usage
In Applesoft BASIC, there is a slight variation of usage between sequential and random files. For both modes, a 595 bytes buffer is allocated, and the file is created if it does not exist.