[Coco] MC10 little e editor

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Sun Jan 17 19:48:25 EST 2016


Does the listing you consulted show I was right about the CLEAR argument
(265 not 25?) in line 20 as well?  Just curious.

Art

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> I just looked at the rainbow listing and in line 180,it IS supposed to be
> "0,181" and NOT "0181". That would explain the OD error as it would be one
> data statement short as is.
>
> And the "Little E" program listing IS on the April, 84 "Rainbow on Tape",
> though in the Color Computer Archives, you will find this in the "Disk"
> (??) section, under "Magazines" (??), in a zip file called "Rainbow On
> Tape", in the "1984" folder, in the "April" folder, on a disk image (??),
> labeled "ROT8404.DSK", named as "LITTLE E/BAS".
>
>
> It's a bad idea to put "tape" files on disk (in general)... Especially
> something meant for "Color Basic". "Disk Extended Color Basic" would
> possibly use low memory locations that the Basic program may consider
> "free" and crash the system in just loading (ML & graphics being good
> examples). And this particular program modifies low memory locations and
> the Color Basic ROM, so may crash when run on a disk system. Also, if used
> on an MC-10, how do you get it to the MC-10 from a DECB disk image?
> These were tape files only as they were offered by Rainbow before they
> started offering "Rainbow On Disk". Tape files should stay tape files and
> not be archived to disk for many reasons including the ones stated above.
> (IMHO).
>
>
> What one does with files in their own collection is their business, but as
> a historical representation of this archive, it's a very inaccurate
> respresentation of "Rainbow On Tape".
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2016 4:41 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] MC10 little e editor
>
> P.S.  The 0181 in line 180 looks like that line is garbled.  Maybe
> itshould read "0,181"?ArtOn Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Barry Nelson <
> barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:> Does anyone have a working copy
> of this software for the MC10? The> listings I have located do not work.>>
> Here is a description and one listing I found which gives an OD (out of>
> data) error message.>> Little E does big job to BASIC>> First off, this
> program is not an original work from yours truly. This> utility was written
> by H. Allen Curtis and got printed in the April 1984> issue of The Rainbow
> magazine. I decided to take the information presented> there and reproduce
> it here for the benefit of (how many?) still active> MC-10 users around the
> world. Little E adds an EDIT command to the MC-10, a> much needed feature
> that Tandy left out when the MC-10 was designed. How> many times have you
> wished to just correct a typo in a fast and easy way> instead of retyping
> the whole thing over? - this utility will save you a> sizable amount of
> time when entering Basic listings into the MC-10.>>> 10
> CLS:X=256*PEEK(16976)-11> 20 CLEAR25,X> 30 X=256*PEEK(16976)-10> 40 FORZ=X
> TO X+265> 50 READY:W=W+Y:PRINTZ,Y;W> 60 POKEZ,Y:NEXT> 70
> IFW<>29479THENPRINT"DATA ERROR":STOP> 80 EXECX:END> 90 DATA
> 198,18,58,255,66,152,134> 100 DATA 126,183,66,151,198,35> 110 DATA
> 58,255,66,170,57,189,0> 120 DATA 243,129,101,38,248,122> 130 DATA
> 66,28,189,251,212,134> 140 DATA 126,183,66,169,127,0> 150 DATA
> 181,189,0,235,126,228> 160 DATA 13,254,66,128,150,166> 170 DATA
> 167,0,57,125,0,181,38> 180 DATA 17,124,0181,236,2,147> 190 DATA
> 165,39,1,134,57,183,66> 200 DATA 169,126,226,113,134,57> 210 DATA
> 183,66,169,206,64,0,255> 220 DATA 66,128,166,0,151,166> 230 DATA
> 189,248,104,129,9,38,10> 240 DATA 141,202,140,64,127,36> 250 DATA
> 242,8,32,232,129,21,38> 260 DATA 20,254,66,128,140,64> 270 DATA
> 128,36,7,166,1,167,0,8> 280 DATA 32,244,254,66,128,32> 290 DATA
> 211,129,10,38,12,141> 300 DATA 164,140,64,96,36,204> 310 DATA
> 198,32,58,32,192,129,8> 320 DATA 38,10,141,148,140,64,0> 330 DATA
> 39,188,9,32,178,129,19> 340 DATA 38,23,206,64,127,188> 350 DATA
> 66,128,39,7,9,166,0,167> 360 DATA 1,32,244,150,166,167,1> 370 DATA
> 134,96,32,156,129,3,39> 380 DATA 136,129,13,39,11,189> 390 DATA
> 249,201,140,64,127,39,1> 400 DATA 8,32,154,206,66,177,223> 410 DATA
> 244,8,223,181,206,64,0> 420 DATA 223,183,166,0,43,34,129> 430 DATA
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