In article <002201c06871$0d1a6280$2e065cc3@default>, Dilwyn Jones
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>Has anyone got the PCBCAD program working ?
>>
>>I have just downloaded it from Dilwyns 'other' page.
>
>Due to lack of time, I didn't look at the program, just placed it on
>the website as received from the author. Malcolm Lear is on this list
>I think, but anyhow can be contacted via [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's OK. If it is not resolved here, I will contact Malcolm Lear
directly.
>>The boot file has some problems >
>>
>>100 dev$=''
>
>Either set to preferred device/directory, or set TK2's DATA_USE and
>PROG_USE to the drive/directory holding PCBcad
>
>>110 a=RESPR(7052) :LBYTES dev$&'tk.ext' ,a:CALL a
>>120 a=RESPR(14124):LBYTES dev$&'printer.ext',a:CALL a
>>130 a=RESPR(32224):LBYTES dev$&'cadtk.bin' ,a
>>140 REMark CALL a,0 :REMark AUTOMATIC (does not always
>work)
>>150 CALL a,512,256,131072:REMark QL
>
>Replace this with line 182 if used on smsqe - the line refers to CALL
>a,screen width, screen height, screen base address
>
>
>>182 REMark CALL a,SCR_XLIM,SCR_YLIM,SCR_BASE:REMark SMSQ/E
>>190 LRUN dev$&'cad.bas'
Thanks for the advice. I had missed the 'QL' and 'SMSQ/E' options, as
the REm's are at the end of each line.
>>A device has to be given in line 100, obviously, e.g, 'win1_PCB_"
>>
>>The extensions of "." need to be changed to "_" as used in QL
>filenames.
>>
>>It also seems that the 'cadtk_bin' file is actually named 'cadtk_asm"
>in
>>the released files.
>
>cadtk_asm sounds more like a source file than a binary file - copy it
>to screen to check if it looks like text or the usual garbage-look
>binary file
Just no '_bin' file around, and compliers use '_asm' as well.
>
>>However, it still freezes up under QPC v2 :-(
>
>If cadtk_asm is really a source file, it would!
>
>Once sorted, can you let me know so that the file can be updated with
>the corrections as I'm up to my ears in pre-xmas rush work at the
>moment and trying to complete the emulators CD.
Yes, that is the idea - we try to solve the problems on this list :-)
--
Malcolm Cadman
