[Coco] Did BLOB go away?

[Bruce Borer]

Hi Rick,
   I do not know the specific conditions but there are several reasons to
have variables to be on 4 byte boundary.
I usually involves making wrap-a-round easier or over flow testing easier
and maybe other reasons.

Bruce

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM Rick Adams via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> I ran into my own version of the BLOB, except not in the OS9 world, when
> I developed DELPHIterm... there was a section of disk IO code with a
> tricky timing loop that HAD to begin at a 4-byte boundary.  Why 4 bytes,
> I haven't a clue; I'd expect a two byte boundary, perhaps, but not four.
>
> On 3/3/2025 1:21 PM, Allen Huffman via Coco wrote:
> > Can somebody remind me of the Boot List Order Bug was finally solved? I
> seem to have a memory that the bug was figured out and was no longer a
> problem with the current NitrOS9.
> >
> > And if it was figured out, what was the problem that plagued us for so
> many years?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
>
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