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From: bammi@cwruecmp.UUCP (Jwahar R. Bammi)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: problems with programs
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Date: Sat, 21-Jun-86 17:54:41 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 21 17:54:41 1986
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> 
> I am trying to do some things with the BIOS and XBIOS using an assembler.
> Specifically, I am trying to monkey around with the screen resolution and
> physical/logical screen addressing.
> 
> As far as I can tell, I am doing nothing wrong - yet the program results
> in a double bomb and hangs the system. I have GEMDOS in ROM --- could the
> above explanation be the culprit? (I'll try booting with GEMDOS in RAM
> and see if I get the same error.) If this is the culprit, it bites the
> big one...anyone know any way around it?
> 
> 
> -- 
>                            --- Rob DeMillo 
>                                Madison Academic Computer Center
>                                ...seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo


    Sounds like you are not in Super Mode before trying the operations.
See Supexec (xbios(38)) or Super (gemdos(20)). Hope that helps.
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