Konami Man wrote:
> ...
> About IDE... want more IDE problems? From DOS, do BASIC file.bas. If
> file.bas do not exist, system crashes!
???!
> Today we find problems even doing
> just a _RAMDISK.
???!
It all works fine with my setup; and I got never any complaints about
such errors.
Probably there is something wrong with your memorymapper??
BTW are you using a hardware-modified IDE interface? Otherwise you can
encounter all kinds of busproblems/datacorruption, especially if there
is other hardware (like memorymapper!!) plugged into the msx. (More info
about this modification through Manuel's faq; last revision 24 Jan.99)
>
> But the very very worst thing is that... IDE interface give problems when
> using NestorBASIC!! X-) Seriously, the following sequence hangs computer
> with IDE but not without it:
>
> BLOAD"nbasic.bin",r
> ?USR(0) 'Uninstalls (just restore interrupts and free BASIC and mapped memory)
probably your routine doesn't work correctly and corrupts the IDE
workarea allocated in page 3.
> _SYSTEM
> BASIC
> _SYSTEM
>
> I just can't imagine why this happens!!
>
> With MegaSCSI, I never had ANY problem.
I don't know, but perhaps MegaSCSI doesn't need any space in page3
(?where are the DPB's located then???) and uses sram or so. In that case
a possible bug in your 'free BASIC memory' routine is not visible. Or
perhaps MegaSCSI workarea is not as 'sensitive' to data corruption.
Greetz,
Jon
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