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- H#: 50710 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 07-Jun-90 09:49:36
- Sb: #50667-#PBPLUS96
- Fm: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303
- To: Eric Pearson 71641,717 (X)
-
- Yes, you could plug an ega or vga card into the Prospeed docking station, and
- PBPLUS96 will use it, instead. I'd suggest you do that, for now. You know, the
- internal NEC video is not 100% vga compatible (almost, but . . .). We're
- looking at an alternative mode, but for now, your ega should work ok. Let me
- know what happens. Thanks!\
- Bob
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- H#: 50842 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 08-Jun-90 04:14:47
- Sb: #50710-PBPLUS96
- Fm: Eric Pearson 71641,717
- To: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303 (X)
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- I'll try it this weekend. I'm not surprised that the NEC VGA card is not 100%
- compatible... the proprietary-slot modem isn't 100% Hayes-compatible, and the
- ProSpeed is 12K short of base memory (in spite of having EMS available) because
- of the "unusual" bios they use.
-
- -- Eric P.
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- H#: 50738 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 07-Jun-90 14:12:42
- Sb: #PB .EXE Files
- Fm: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303
- To: Harry McDonald 74776,1017 (X)
-
- PowerBASIC .EXE are identical in structure to any other .EXE files. If not,
- DOS could not load and execute them. They are a bit more compact than those
- created by the more popular linkers on the market, but they meet all the
- standard criteria as defined by MS-DOS/PC-DOS.
- Bob Zale (PowerBASIC R&D)
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- H#: 50758 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 07-Jun-90 17:17:22
- Sb: #50738-PB .EXE Files
- Fm: Harry McDonald 74776,1017
- To: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303 (X)
-
- Thank you very much. Harry
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- H#: 50859 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 08-Jun-90 06:07:44
- Sb: #PB HELP
- Fm: DOUG MILLER 73757,1300
- To: 76304,1303 (X)
-
- BOB - I AM TRYING TO GET A SYSTEM OF PROGRAMS RUNNING WITH ONE SYSTEM SETUP
- PROGRAM AAND THEN CHAINING TO OTHER PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMS ARE
- DBLOW.BOX AND PW200.INC MY PROBLEM WAS GETTING ERROR 242 WHEN GOING TO THE
- CHAINED PROGRAMS I RECEIVED FROM RICK FOTHERGILL UPDATES 033090.PAT &
- 042090.PAT AND INSTALLED THOSE. NOW RUNNING THE SAME PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALL
- COMPILED WITH THE UPDATED PB I AM NOW GETTING AN ERROR 203 WHICH REFERS TO THE
- COMMON STATEMENTS. THEY ARE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME BUT THE PROGRAM DOES HAVE A
- $SEGMENT IN IT DO I HAVE TO PUT ANOTHER COMMON STATEMENT AFTER THE SEGMENT IN
- THE SAME PROGRAM HELP ... DOUG
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- H#: 50874 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 08-Jun-90 07:20:49
- Sb: #50859-PB HELP
- Fm: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303
- To: DOUG MILLER 73757,1300 (X)
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- Doug-
- Sorry to hear you're still having a problem. The $SEGMENT shouldn't have any
- effect at all. PB creates a "checksum" based upon the sequence and types of
- the variables declared COMMON, and compares it to the same checksum when it
- CHAINS to a new program segment. If they don't match --> error 203. That is
- the only way in which an error 203 should be generated. My first reaction would
- be that you have a "typo" in one of your COMMON statements, or that they have
- some very minor difference. You might try removing all of your COMMONS from
- all programs, and put them into one separate file which you then $INCLUDE from
- each program. That will guarantee no mismatch. You don't have a
- DEFINT/DEFLNG/etc. preceding any of the COMMONS do you? That could cause a
- problem, too.
- We have verified a possible problem with CHAIN in the current version. It
- seems that in larger CHAINED programs, execution may be incorrectly halted when
- there are a large number of non-COMMON string variables. Although that isn't
- the symptom you're seeing, I would suggest you watch for and install the next
- "PATCH" program. It should be available within a few days.
- Why don't you try the $INCLUDE technique I mentioned, and let us know the
- results? If that doesn't do it, we'll find some other way to help get you
- running. Thanks!
- Bob Zale (PowerBASIC R&D)
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- H#: 51149 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 10-Jun-90 01:19:23
- Sb: #EXECUTE
- Fm: B Jones 76166,2542
- To: All
-
- Just thought I'd mention something I found when I first recieved PB (and isn't
- in the documentation). The new 'EXECUTE' statement allows a command line to be
- passed to the program that you want to execute. All you have to do is enter it
- the same as you would at the DOS prompt ..... i.e. EXECUTE "myprog.exe stuff1
- stuff2 stuff3...". It was something I was sort of hoping would be in PB, so I
- checked right away. (I hate having to use data files and/or common statements
- to pass a couple of variables, and although I do have a def fn to do it in TB
- this is MUCH nicer).
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- H#: 51172 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 10-Jun-90 08:28:53
- Sb: #51149-EXECUTE
- Fm: Barry Erick for Spectra 75300,214
- To: B Jones 76166,2542 (X)
-
- Well, any EXECUTE statement should be expected to do that. Glad you're glad
- with that!
- --Barry
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- H#: 51170 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 10-Jun-90 07:57:00
- Sb: Exiting Loops
- Fm: William McMullan 72040,3344
- To: Barry Erick for Spectra 75300,214 (X)
-
- Hello Barry,
- Thanks much for the info. I was afraid that I might be digging myself a
- deep hole, one that I might not be able to climb out of. It looks like Bob has
- created a forgiving program......Thanks, Willy
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- H#: 51265 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 10-Jun-90 20:56:07
- Sb: #Latest PB version
- Fm: richard haendel 72657,3036
- To: bob zale
-
- What is the latest Power Basic version? Did the first release have problems?
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- H#: 51314 S12/SPECTRA Publishing
- 11-Jun-90 07:22:48
- Sb: #51265-Latest PB version
- Fm: Bob Zale: PowerBASIC R&D 76304,1303
- To: richard haendel 72657,3036
-
- Richard--
- The current revision of PowerBASIC is #2.00b. If you are using #2.00a, the
- upgrade is yours for the asking. Just contact Spectra Tech Support and ask for
- it. Also, there are two revisions to improve #2.00b. Just download the files
- PATCH1 and PATCH2 here in our library, and follow the very simple instructions.
- If this is inconvenient, they are also available from Spectra Tech Support.
- You mi wish to also download the file PBNEWS regularly. It will keep you up to
- date on all the latest PowerBASIC information. Thanks!
- Bob Zale (PowerBASIC R&D)
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