#M200 Bugs (DL4)
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Jim, addition to your file BUGS.200…
Working with Sysop Larry to develop a 200 version of his program DIARY.400.
When the program is run, if there is no NOTE.DO file in RAM, the program
creates it. Well, let me tell you….!
The first time I ran DIARY, it created NOTE.DO all right, but somehow it
transferred all the stuff in my ADRS.DO file into NOTE.DO, and left me an empty
ADRS.DO file.
What I suspect happened, is that the program searched the directory for a 0 T&S
byte, and stuffed NOTE.DO in the slot, rather than creating the file the normal
way. Then somehow, a previous slot where an old copy of ADRS was located, was
reactivated…. Just guessing you understand. But it's significantly wierd!
Larry does search the directory to find out if a CO program is resident.
I had one other report that the problem I described with .CO files happens with
BA files. Now you have demonstrated it with .DO files. Great ROM, huh? Sure
wish the 200 had about 128K of directly addressable RAM. What a GREAT machine
that would be!! 80C86 has been around quite a while. Someone (besides HP)
should put it to good use at less than $1500.
'Nuff philosophy. Thanks for the .DO tip!
Regards, Jim
Agreed… too bad they didn't put the ROM outside of RAM addresses, or
something. Noticed that Larry's program is also creating a .CO file, and that
may also have caused the problem. It's a shock to find your
DO files under a different name.