[Coco] DLOAD... was Re: Error codes on SECB

[Aaron Banerjee]

I was about to pop in and say I've actually used DLOAD for a real, useful,
work-related purpose (which probably puts me in a minority of one), but
can't claim to have ever used DLOADM.  I'm surprised that DLOAD would
generate such an error instead of behaving sort of like CLOAD.

If I can find my old program, I'll try specifying a bad filename and see
if I get it.

In case you're wondering, I was using a coco to charge lithium ion and
nickel-metal-hydride batteries.  Using the joystk ports to read voltages,
and the cassette relay to control the charging current took up the
cassette port (and joystk).  My coco didn't have a disk drive, so I
DLOADed the driver program from a PC via the serial port..

As for errors, has anyone ever gotten an ?ST ERROR by simply having a
string formula that was too complex?
               - Aaron Banerjee

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Bob Devries wrote:

> Correcting myself here :(
> 
> After examining the Extended Basic unravelled book, I find that (1) the NE 
> Error is defined in Extended absic, and (2) it seems to be only used by the 
> DLOAD(M) command. (which is reasonable, I guess). However, since I have 
> never heard of anyone successfully using the DLOAD(M) command, it is safe to 
> say that the error is exclusive to DECB.
> 
> --
> Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>