[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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