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From: ALBRO@NIEHS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: RE: Old-Prodos questions
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Date: 28 Dec 88 00:31:00 GMT
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This is in response to the question "what does NO BUFFERS AVAILABLE really mean?
   "
from Yoram Ney (L77%TAUNOS).  It really means "I DON'T HAVE AN APPROPRIATE
ERROR MESSAGE AVAILABLE".  99% of the time, this message has nothing whatever
to do with buffers.  It usually means you tried to bload a file into a memory
area that is marked "protected" in the ProDOS internal bitmap.  Maybe the
auxtype is mis-listed in the directory as $0000.  Maybe space has been reserved
for "added" prodos commands and you are trying to bload there.  You may have
to reboot PRODOS/BASIC.SYSTEM to clean up the bitmap and try your bload again.
Or try bloading at $2000, which is seldom "protected".  Finally, the file may
be too long to fit in the available "free" memory.

- Phil Albro -