CompuServe Thread

#A2091 problems

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#16034From: Jim JoslinApr 1, 1990 11:32 PM
We suspected that there might be an incompatibilty caused by the A2091's startup code modifying location zero. We made use of the "BANGZERO" to stuff a zero into that location before running the forms editor and lo and behold… it works just fine. It seems that a number of programs have the same difficulty. We've heard rumors of a new EPROM for the A2091 and that it might fix the problem permanantly. Not sure since we've yet to get the new EPROMs in. What remains as a mystery yet is why Superbase would care about what is at location zero.
#16046From: Kelly JordanApr 3, 1990 4:56 AM
Probably the only reason SuperBase (or any other program) would care about memory location zero is because there is a bug in those programs, probably caused by an uninitialized pointer.
#16117From: Ed RoosApr 6, 1990 9:21 PM
As a point of interest, Turbo Silver is another program with that difficulty. This applies to their most recnt version. They have a fix for it. Ed R.
#16290From: Jim JoslinApr 17, 1990 5:25 PM
I didn't think it was intentional, but… Jim