[Coco] How to generate BASIC line pointers ?

Jens CoCoList at jensdiemer.de
Sat Sep 7 03:55:56 EDT 2013


Am 06.09.2013 23:22, schrieb Johann Klasek:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 10:54:23PM +0200, Jens wrote:
>>>> And what's about "machine code starting address" and "machine code loading
>>>> address" ?
>>>
> If you translate the starting address and loading address in to ASCII
> you get the first characters derived from the filename (maybe just
> the first four) ...
> E.g.:
>
> Examples from the Manual - 39~58 [run].wav
> Filename is missing in the post (maybe EX39...)
> machine code starting address: 0x4558
> machine code loading address: 0x3339
> -> EX39
>
> Filename: 'SUPER-D'
> machine code starting address: 0x5355
> machine code loading address: 0x5045
>
> -> SUPE
>
> Maybe by convention of the save routine in DECB.

Wow. So simple... So the naming "machine code start/load address" must be wrong, 
isn't it?

But why? Theses information is redundant. What's the deeper meaning behind it?


Mfg.

Jens



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