On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Nestor Soriano wrote:
> ...
> Well, I have not IDE, I saw this in the computer of a friend (a ST) without
> external mapper.
that explains... probably long time ago (with old bios, bad hardware, ...)
>
> >probably your routine doesn't work correctly and corrupts the IDE
> >workarea allocated in page 3.
>
> But NestorBASIC page 3 usage is only a small area reserved with CLEAR...
>
> >> 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.
>
> Well, if NestorBASIC corrupts IDE space in page 3, it is because this space
> is not protected... so it is the fault of IDE software...
Probably NestorBASIC works fine (someone else has replied that all works
fine when using IDE) and the errors encountered due to other causes.
And of course: the IDE software is programmed according to the rules; work
area is allocated in page 3 as it should be (during bootprocess).
Greetz,
Jon
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