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#Turbo-Amiga

    01-Feb-87 00:40:19
Sb: #Turbo-Amiga
Fm: Alfred Aburto 76450,23
To: Bela Lubkin/Sysop 76703,3015
Bela, you're right, its not too difficult to convert AmigaBASIC to TurboBASIC (68020/68881 AmigaBASIC). I've done all the mods and re-arranged the code so it all fits in a small block of AmigaBASIC's main code hunk. I'll upload a file showing how this can be done along with the replacement code — I'm not promising when I'll do this though, only that I will do it as soon as possible. I'm spending most of my time in an attempt to make TurboBASIC work properly at 14.32 MHz with 32-bit memory since (once accomplished) this would make TurboBASIC a truly outstanding product. I've been tracing in detail the code thats executed to do 'print time$' and 'print date$' in an attempt to figure out what goes awry when using CSA's extended 32-bit memory. A 'print time$' will give '18:10:30' ,for example, with the program in the 'normal' Amiga memory space, but it prints '[[[[[[[[' when the program is in CSA's 32-bit extended memory. I haven't found the problem source yet but I have modified the code to use the 68881 for the DateStamp time and date conversions. I'm a bit frustrated because I have a feeling the problem is simple but I just haven't been able to find it. Till Later …. Al Aburto