[Coco] NOS-9 and Basic09/RunB woes

[Boisy Pitre]

On Jan 31, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Wayne Campbell wrote:

> When I had my CoCo3 and OS-9 L2, I could write a procedure that would check for a no parameter error and have my program list the built-in help in response. I have tried with both the 6809 and 6309 versions of NOS-9 L2, and both systems hang when I try to run a Basic09 I-Code program from the command line with no parameters when it is expecting a parameter.

This could be a shell issue.  As I recall, Shell+ takes a different syntax when passing parameters to Basic09 I-Code programs, but I don't recall offhand what those are.

> Also, in the stock OS-9, I could use ctrl-w to pause a listing in Basic09, but neither NOS-9 versions allow it. ctrl-w is ignored until the listing is completed.

That sounds like a tmode issue.  Check the pau option when doing a tmode.  Should be 17 (I think).

> I don't know if these issues are with the OS or with the NOS versions of RinB and Basic09. Has anyone else had experience with this, and is there any possibility that someone who knows assembly could/would be willing to look at the system's source and see if they can tell what's going on?

Hopefully the above suggestions can get you somewhere.  I personally don't have the time to help you, but hopefully someone else can.

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> Wayne
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