[Coco] HDB-DOS

[Bill]

Unless I have an HDBDOS.BIN that was for the Coco 3 that I used to have.
Right now, when I try to LOADM"HDBDOS.BIN", the screen goes nutso and the
Coco 1 goes into LaLa land.

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Gault
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:09 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] HDB-DOS

The reason you are seeing !s is probably because you are trying to read a
Coco3 
program on a Coco1 or Coco2. Any of the Coco3 tokens will not be translated
and 
will give a syntax error in line #. When you try to list that line, you will
see 
a ! for the non-translated token.

Try loading the program into a Coco3 or at least an emulator. Then save the 
program in ASCII format with SAVE"FILENAME",A
Then you will have a program that can be read on any Coco although the same 
lines will generate errors if this is a Coco3 specific issue.

Are you sure that you need a Basic program? HDBDOS in LOADM format should
get 
into memory as follows:LOADM"HDBDOS":EXEC