Re: A83: Strange Ashell bug
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Re: A83: Strange Ashell bug
I was going to say the same thing but you beat me to it Linus. Grrrrr
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From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
To: David Endahl <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Tuesday, 23 June 1998 4:33
Subject: Re: A83: Strange Ashell bug
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>Well, ashell runs basic programs by modifying its own host basic program to
>contain a prgmXXXXXXXX. I'm not sure about exactly _how_ the bug develops
from
>there, but aparently two issues of ashell try to write to / read from /
>restore those bytes at the "same" time.
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>Linus
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>On 21-Jun-98, David Endahl wrote:
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>>Hello all,
>>I'm curious as to why this happens. You can try it too, but you
>>will have to take the batteries out of your calc. For 83 users with
>>Ashell, try making Ashell compatible with ITSELF :) Just add the colon at
>>the beginning of the BASIC code. Now, run the program, and try launching
>>it from within itself. As you would expect, it doesn't look like anything
>>changes, but now you can't exit, or run any other BASIC programs through
>>Ashell. The assembly programs still work fine, though. Does anyone know
>>why this happens? I'm just curious, and I confess to having way too much
>>free time :)
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>>-David Endahl
>>endahld@scnc.wmston.k12.mi.us
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>>"Without the band, it's just a GAME!"
>>"The first half is pre-game for the halftime show"
>>"The second half is a time to prepare for the post-game show"
>>"Come for the band, stay for the football"
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