[Coco] 2 questions:: DECB and Nitros09 questions

[Arthur Flexser]

I can't see anything offhand about that line that should cause an ADOS
compatibility problem.  My guess would be that those patched ROM routines are
causing a conflict, rather than anything in that line itself.  He could of
course check that guess by deleting all other lines in the program (except those
referenced by line 6, which could be replaced by dummy lines), and seeing if he
still gets a syntax error when he runs the program.  A further diagnostic tool,
if a syntax error still occurs, would be to put each statement in line 6 on a
separate line to see which is causing the trouble.

Art

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Robert Emery wrote:

> > >>Hi all,
> > >>
> > >>This may sound strange, but.. is there a way to boot Disk Extended Color 
> > >>Basic or some other Basic-based OS from a floppy? My floppy controller 
> > >>has a non-standard version of ADOS on-board, and I think it's behind 
> > >>troubles I'm having with some software..
>   <...snip...>
> > I tried the DISABLE command, but Color FOG still crashes out on install 
> > with 'error 1 in line #6', so no luck there!
> 
> Interesting... I suspected that Color FOG would have problems in ADOS. I'm sure
> it's possible to make it compatible, just need some guinea pigs! ;-)
> 
> First, Error 1 is a Syntax error. Looking at my code, line 6 is:
> 
> 6 POKE&HADEB,57:FILES 3:CLEAR1000:ONERR
GOTO980:WIDTH40:CLS5:PALETTE8,11:DIMP(2,15),R(7,10),D$(16),F$(2,5):
R$=CHR$(13):Z$="success"+R$:GOTO10
> 
> My guess would be FILES or ONERR GOTO... Art? Also, Color FOG uses a lot of
> POKES to manipulate the drive lookup table, patch some ROM routines and share
> "global variables" between modules. Many of these may not be needed or even
> valid under ADOS. 
> 
> The non HD version of FOG also uses Alan DeKok's Custom CoCo Basic, which is
> incompatible with HDBDOS and probably ADOS. ADOS compatibility will be achieved
> with a hybrid of the two versions I already have... basically the stock RSDOS
> version with some of the HDBDOS workarounds I have already developed, and
> possibly some features removed.
> 
> I am very interested in making an ADOS compatible version, but I'll need some
> help from ADOS users and hopefully Art can chime in with technical feedback.
> 
> cheers,
> Bob Emery
> 
> 
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