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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Basic On a 3000?
Message-ID: <314@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 21 Aug 90 11:54:49 GMT
References: <14617@venera.isi.edu>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <14617@venera.isi.edu> schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes:
>At first I found it rather strange that AmigaBASIC wasn't included with the
>software that came with my 3000. Not even with the 1.3 software. After trying
>numerous times to run different things, it appears to not work at all with 
>1.3 or 2.0. Under 2.0 if you try to load, save or run ANYTHING in Basic the
>machine crashed immediately. Under 1.3 programs will simply not run.

Yes, the old AmigaBASIC 1.2 has problems on the A3000. There are rumors
that there will come Real Soon Now an update. Until then it will not be
included with the A3000.
To survive the time until then, here a bit of workaround:
1. Use NoFastMem.
2. Start programs ONLY from Workbench. (Prevents you from using dos Execute)
3. IF you MUST use dos Execute and thus MUST call AmigaBASIC from CLI/Shell,
   you are a bit in trouble, because PRINT and INPUT can't operate fully
   with the OutPut Window (no variable values...). If you want to defeat 
   this too, then write your own output and input routines (I did) by
   OPENing a CON: window as random access files (LEN=1), one for in, one
   for out. Then you're done. But ok, you better wait for the update,
   I'm very optimistic to see it soon.


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