[Coco] Programming help

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 25 June 2013 12:17:49 Bill did opine:

> No, I typed in the entire program. As it was listed. I deleted line 10,
> and when I assembled it, got 0 total errors. But when I loaded it and
> executed it, the computer locked up and I had to reboot to get loose
> from it. I just didn't list the entire listing in the post here (takes
> up too much room.)
> 
> I'm an old-time program typer (since the early 1980s), so I'm pretty
> good at reading and typing what's there. Just not a programmer, so if
> the code is wrong, I don't have a clue.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On Behalf Of billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:25 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Programming help
> 
> It's all there.  he just didn't include the whole program.  If this is
> all he typed in, no wonder it doesn't work.
> 
> 
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Another huge gotcha in many of those old listings is the inability of the 
reader to discern whether that character is a 1(one) or an l(ell), most 
DMP's used to make the offset plates in those days, did not make a 
distinction and the reader had to rely on surrounding context to decide 
which it was.  Sometimes even trying it both ways to see which worked...

Cheers, Gene
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