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H#: 50710 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
07-Jun-90 09:49:36
Sb: #50667-#PBPLUS96
Fm: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303
To: Eric Pearson 71641,717 (X)
Yes, you could plug an ega or vga card into the Prospeed docking station, and
PBPLUS96 will use it, instead. I'd suggest you do that, for now. You know, the
internal NEC video is not 100% vga compatible (almost, but . . .). We're
looking at an alternative mode, but for now, your ega should work ok. Let me
know what happens. Thanks!\
Bob
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H#: 50842 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
08-Jun-90 04:14:47
Sb: #50710-PBPLUS96
Fm: Eric Pearson 71641,717
To: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303 (X)
I'll try it this weekend. I'm not surprised that the NEC VGA card is not 100%
compatible... the proprietary-slot modem isn't 100% Hayes-compatible, and the
ProSpeed is 12K short of base memory (in spite of having EMS available) because
of the "unusual" bios they use.
-- Eric P.
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H#: 50738 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
07-Jun-90 14:12:42
Sb: #PB .EXE Files
Fm: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303
To: Harry McDonald 74776,1017 (X)
PowerBASIC .EXE are identical in structure to any other .EXE files. If not,
DOS could not load and execute them. They are a bit more compact than those
created by the more popular linkers on the market, but they meet all the
standard criteria as defined by MS-DOS/PC-DOS.
Bob Zale (PowerBASIC R&D)
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H#: 50758 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
07-Jun-90 17:17:22
Sb: #50738-PB .EXE Files
Fm: Harry McDonald 74776,1017
To: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303 (X)
Thank you very much. Harry
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H#: 50859 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
08-Jun-90 06:07:44
Sb: #PB HELP
Fm: DOUG MILLER 73757,1300
To: 76304,1303 (X)
BOB - I AM TRYING TO GET A SYSTEM OF PROGRAMS RUNNING WITH ONE SYSTEM SETUP
PROGRAM AAND THEN CHAINING TO OTHER PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMS ARE
DBLOW.BOX AND PW200.INC MY PROBLEM WAS GETTING ERROR 242 WHEN GOING TO THE
CHAINED PROGRAMS I RECEIVED FROM RICK FOTHERGILL UPDATES 033090.PAT &
042090.PAT AND INSTALLED THOSE. NOW RUNNING THE SAME PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALL
COMPILED WITH THE UPDATED PB I AM NOW GETTING AN ERROR 203 WHICH REFERS TO THE
COMMON STATEMENTS. THEY ARE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME BUT THE PROGRAM DOES HAVE A
$SEGMENT IN IT DO I HAVE TO PUT ANOTHER COMMON STATEMENT AFTER THE SEGMENT IN
THE SAME PROGRAM HELP ... DOUG
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H#: 50874 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
08-Jun-90 07:20:49
Sb: #50859-PB HELP
Fm: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303
To: DOUG MILLER 73757,1300 (X)
Doug-
Sorry to hear you're still having a problem. The $SEGMENT shouldn't have any
effect at all. PB creates a "checksum" based upon the sequence and types of
the variables declared COMMON, and compares it to the same checksum when it
CHAINS to a new program segment. If they don't match --> error 203. That is
the only way in which an error 203 should be generated. My first reaction would
be that you have a "typo" in one of your COMMON statements, or that they have
some very minor difference. You might try removing all of your COMMONS from
all programs, and put them into one separate file which you then $INCLUDE from
each program. That will guarantee no mismatch. You don't have a
DEFINT/DEFLNG/etc. preceding any of the COMMONS do you? That could cause a
problem, too.
We have verified a possible problem with CHAIN in the current version. It
seems that in larger CHAINED programs, execution may be incorrectly halted when
there are a large number of non-COMMON string variables. Although that isn't
the symptom you're seeing, I would suggest you watch for and install the next
"PATCH" program. It should be available within a few days.
Why don't you try the $INCLUDE technique I mentioned, and let us know the
results? If that doesn't do it, we'll find some other way to help get you
running. Thanks!
Bob Zale (PowerBASIC R&D)
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H#: 51149 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
10-Jun-90 01:19:23
Sb: #EXECUTE
Fm: B Jones 76166,2542
To: All
Just thought I'd mention something I found when I first recieved PB (and isn't
in the documentation). The new 'EXECUTE' statement allows a command line to be
passed to the program that you want to execute. All you have to do is enter it
the same as you would at the DOS prompt ..... i.e. EXECUTE "myprog.exe stuff1
stuff2 stuff3...". It was something I was sort of hoping would be in PB, so I
checked right away. (I hate having to use data files and/or common statements
to pass a couple of variables, and although I do have a def fn to do it in TB
this is MUCH nicer).
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H#: 51172 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
10-Jun-90 08:28:53
Sb: #51149-EXECUTE
Fm: Barry Erick for Spectra 75300,214
To: B Jones 76166,2542 (X)
Well, any EXECUTE statement should be expected to do that. Glad you're glad
with that!
--Barry
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H#: 51170 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
10-Jun-90 07:57:00
Sb: Exiting Loops
Fm: William McMullan 72040,3344
To: Barry Erick for Spectra 75300,214 (X)
Hello Barry,
Thanks much for the info. I was afraid that I might be digging myself a
deep hole, one that I might not be able to climb out of. It looks like Bob has
created a forgiving program......Thanks, Willy
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H#: 51265 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
10-Jun-90 20:56:07
Sb: #Latest PB version
Fm: richard haendel 72657,3036
To: bob zale
What is the latest Power Basic version? Did the first release have problems?
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H#: 51314 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
11-Jun-90 07:22:48
Sb: #51265-Latest PB version
Fm: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303
To: richard haendel 72657,3036
Richard--
The current revision of PowerBASIC is #2.00b. If you are using #2.00a, the
upgrade is yours for the asking. Just contact Spectra Tech Support and ask for
it. Also, there are two revisions to improve #2.00b. Just download the files
PATCH1 and PATCH2 here in our library, and follow the very simple instructions.
If this is inconvenient, they are also available from Spectra Tech Support.
You mi wish to also download the file PBNEWS regularly. It will keep you up to
date on all the latest PowerBASIC information. Thanks!
Bob Zale (PowerBASIC R&D)
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