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From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.6809
Subject: Bug (Feature?) in BASIC09 CHR$(N) function
Message-ID: <2054@ihnss.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 13:45:43 EST
Article-I.D.: ihnss.2054
Posted: Fri Apr 27 13:45:43 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Apr-84 09:40:50 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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A limitation in BASIC09's CHR(n) function is probably irrelevant
to text-only computer users, but quite irksome to Coco hackers.
CHR$(n) masks off the high-order bit (bit 7), so your argument is
interpreted modulo 128.  Not only can you not print pretty semigraphics
characters, but you cannot send X and Y values to CCIO's hi-res
graphics routines that are >127.  A real loser, which went undetected
all those years on GIMIX and SSB OS9 machines.  Which brings up an
interesting question:
	When is Radio Shack going to give us any updates, info, typo
notices, erratas, etc etc on all that OS9 software that i BOUGHT
and duly registered via the enclosed postcards?
	Has anyone disassembled BASIC09 enough to give out a patch
for the CHR$ problem, since RS is in no hurry?	mike k