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Willett, I'd be very interested, especially in the debugger. Does it have any other "advanced" features, such as "symbolic" information? A few years ago, I was given one that did — but also has at least one major bug, itself. — Carl
#assembler and debugger
Message #21431
Would anyone like a public-domain assembler, claimed to be better and faster than MASM, and a public-domain full-screen debugger for the Rainbow? If there's not demand, I don't want to take the time to sort out and upload the files.
Willett, Thanks. That does explain things. By the way, because I originally bought an A, I only have the 100A owners' manual, which is why I didn't see the "gotcha." — Carl
According to the "Rainbow Owner's Manual" (EK-R100E-OM-001), page 183, the "Reset to initial state" should do what you want, except for the following Note: "It is recommended that this not be used due to unpredictable results." Sounds like they discovered a problem just as they were about to roll it…
#<ESC> c sequence
Message #21122
Willett, Do you know anything about how the VT100 c sequence, called "reset to initial state," performs on Rainbow. When I first discovered it, I thought it might be a shortcut to put everything back to the state that it had been in on leaving a program like QC, which…