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From: matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun NCAA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: NO BUFFERS AVAILABLE on Xmodem-ed files
Message-ID: <234@greens.UUCP>
Date: 7 Sep 88 17:12:57 GMT
References: <880906212025.760759@BCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM>
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Research Triangle Park, NC
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In article <880906212025.760759@BCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM>, Mandel@bco-multics.hbi.honeywell.COM (Mark Mandel) writes:
> I get this error message when I Brun the
> program : NO BUFFERS AVAILABLE.  What the heck does that mean? 

Okay, here's the answer to your problem, and the solution.

I'm willing to bet if your acquaintance did a 'CATALOG' on the directory
containing the file causing the problem, he'll find that the file has a 
loading address of '0000'. This is because the 'TXT' files have no starting
address and ProDOS puts in a default of $0000 in this place.     

With a default loading address of $0000, ProDOS notices that you are trying to
load a file in a protected area ($0000 thru $01FF is protected) and returns to 
BASIC.SYTEM an error code for 'Bad Buffer Address'.  This gets translated into 
'NO BUFFERS AVAILABLE' by BASIC.SYSTEM.

To fix this, just figure out the correct load address for the file,

BLOAD file, A$correct_address
DELETE file
BSAVE file, A$correct_address,E$correct_length


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