Re: A86: Re: _exec_basic and _findAlphaUp
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Re: A86: Re: _exec_basic and _findAlphaUp
Ok, thanks. I did notice something interesting, though... After
setting break points inside _exec_basic to (futilely) try to find the
problem, I found that _exec_basic, or at least a portion of it, is the
same routine used by the OS to run basic programs. If so, why don't
they crash when run from the homescreen?
Cassady Roop
Kirk Meyer wrote:
>
> 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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