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- From: bbs-artmoore@jwt.UUCP (arthur moore)
- Subject: Re: Crook file on ccosun...
- Reply-To: bbs-artmoore@jwt.UUCP
- Organization: The Matrix
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 05:19:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <imsuTB2w164w@jwt.UUCP>
- References: <1992Nov6.202750.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>
- Sender: bbs@jwt.UUCP
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- > But, alas it doesn't work! Why? Because when downloaded, the file ends
- > at $69FF instead of $6800, and there is code that checks the end of file
- > at $1210 and calculates a SYS address from that. Because the file is the
- > wrong size the SYS is wrong and the program crashes into the monitor.
- > The program will run if the end address is corrected to 6800 and re-saved
- > but thats a big hassle.
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- Whats the problem? Perhaps when downloaded, the file is picking up X/Y
- modem padding....A real terminal will allow the user to chop the padding,
- it's just a point of letting the downloader know about it.
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- And changing the end address is no problem either, with BASIC's BSAVE,
- along with the ML monitor's save.
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