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From: wiltonh@copper.TEK.COM (Wilton Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Problems with the Random Open statement in Basic
Message-ID: <1973@copper.TEK.COM>
Date: 4 May 88 15:03:20 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
Lines: 17
Keywords: Random, Open, reclen

There seems to be a bug in Basic which keeps me from running some of the 
public domain programs.  It is related to the reclen in the open statement.
If reclen is longer than 128 it gives an error message.

Example:  10 OPEN "R",1,"file",128

This statement works but if you increase reclen to any larger value it fails.
My manual says that reclen is assumed as 128 if you do not put in a value and
that it can go from 1 to 32,768. 

I have tried this in Dos Version 3.2 and 2.1 as well as some other versions.

Does anybody know why this fails?


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