A86: Re: _exec_basic and _findAlphaUp


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A86: Re: _exec_basic and _findAlphaUp




The problem with _exec_basic is one that has been known for quite some time,
and this is why any good shell uses a BASIC loader and runs BASIC programs
from BASIC - simply because they won't work otherwise.

----- Original Message -----
From: Cassady Roop <croop@oregontrail.net>
To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 7:56 PM
Subject: A86: _exec_basic and _findAlphaUp


> When I use _exec_basic to run a basic program, it runs perfectly but for
> one problem:  if the basic program has a STOP command at the end,
> instead of a RETURN or nothing at all, it crashes the calculator
> totally.  Is this a bug in _exec_basic or am I not passing something to
> the routine that I should be?  I am passing in the name to run in OP1;
> I thought that was all it needed.  I have ROM 1.3.  Can anyone duplicate
> this?




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