[Coco] Trouble with check

Michael C. Robinson deemcr at robinson-west.com
Sat Oct 4 21:40:54 EDT 2008


On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 07:24 -0400, Robert Gault wrote:
> Arthur Flexser wrote:
> > You say, "This program does not work with RGBDOS as $16A is changed."  But the
> > program copies the 3 bytes initially at $16A-16C before it changes them, and
> > falls into these stored bytes at the end (CONT).  So, shouldn't it work okay,
> > even if the initial contents of $16A-16C are different under RGBDOS?
> > 
> > Art
> 
> You would think so. Part of the problem is that RGBDOS (and I think 
> HDBDOS) incorporate FlexKey, a Roger Schrag program, that permits line 
> editing via the arrow keys. Since the down arrow is used by both FlexKey 
> and CheckPlus, there is a conflict.
> 
> Actually I've been trying to see how CheckPlus can be modified so that 
> it will work with RGBDOS, but that will take some more studying. The 
> most likely change would be to use a different key than the down arrow 
> to activate the checksum. However, that has not yet worked.
> 
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Well, I guess I'll have to buy a tape and transfer both thequest
which I typed in out of another Rainbow and check.  I get an FC
error trying to run thequest off of my drivewire volume.  I am 
not very impressed with drivewire if it's going to break 
everything.  I may have made some typos, but I can't check 
because Rainbow check plus isn't working.




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