[Coco] Bugs 2 FYI

[Michael Kline]

Another challenge with Bugs II, is that it freezes up with a 6309 CoCo 2.

Michael

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On 01/12/2019 18:10, Robert Gault wrote:
> The pdf file for Bugs-II indicates a 64k Coco is required. That means 
> it was not designed for a Coco3 as that would be at least 128k.
> A quick disassembly of BUGS-II.BIN shows that it runs mostly in all 
> ROM mode and loads code over Super Extended Basic which would disrupt 
> Coco3 code.
> I tested the program on a 512k Coco3 and the program started but then 
> froze up.
>
> It is of interest that the program does seem to run via Coco3 
> emulation with MESS v.158 . That might provide a clue to how the code 
> could be patched so that the program would run on a real Coco3.
>
> By the way, on a real Coco3 it does not matter if there is an MPI in 
> use or not.
>
> Robert
>
> rietveld rietveld wrote:
>> Bugs 2 from the archive site does not seem to work with a coco3. 
>> Atleast not a 2mb.   Works great on my coco1.    Not sure about a 
>> stock coco3 mine are all upgraded maybe someone can check with a 128k
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry
>>
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