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From: sean@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sean P. Nolan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: What Am I Doing Wrong (Model 100) ?
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Date: 22 Nov 89 08:14:20 GMT
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Reply-To: sean@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sean P. Nolan)
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Hi ho...

I've got a question about my Model 100. I've gotten an 8085 compiler (thanks
Chris!) which produces Hex code, so I set about trying to write a BASIC
program that would load the files into RAM and then SAVEM them as machine
language files.

OK. My basic strategy was this:

* Read in a hex character A$ from the file
* Convert the hex to decimal
* Red in next hex character B$
* Convert the hex to decimal
* POKE ((A*16)+B) into memory (decimal representation of hex chars)
* Increment memory
* repeat until the file is done
* SAVEM the file.

OK. The program happily runs along and saves the .co file. But the compiled
program doesn't run and, in fact, hangs my machine. This tipped me off that
something was amiss....

So what am I doing wrong? My best bet is a problem with my SAVEM parameters.
I loaded the program into RAM at the same address that the ORG statement in
the original Assembler file dictated, and set the entry point for that
address as well.

Any hints? If you've done this, or have any insights, I'd love to hear from
you. Thanks!

--- Sean

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