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Diffstat (limited to 'listamsb.1')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -84,10 +84,26 @@ BASIC file. .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 not an AMSB file: first byte not $00 +.sp +Pretty self\-explanatory: if the file doesn\(aqt begin with a \fI$00\fP byte, +it\(aqs not a tokenized AMSB file. .IP \(bu 2 not an AMSB file: too big (\fIN\fP bytes), won\(aqt fit in Atari memory +.sp +The file can\(aqt be a tokenized AMSB file because there was no way +for it to be created. It must be some other kind of file that begins +with a \fI$00\fP byte. .IP \(bu 2 not an AMSB file: program size too small (\fIN\fP). Atari BASIC file? +.sp +The program header claims the file is 0, 1, 3, or 4 bytes long. This +is impossible, so this isn\(aqt an AMSB file. A lot of Atari BASIC +programs begin with three \fI$00\fP bytes, so that might be what this is. +.IP \(bu 2 +program length is 2, no code in file (SAVE after NEW) +.sp +Probably, someone did a SAVE when there was no program in memory. It +could also mean this isn\(aqt an AMSB file at all. .UNINDENT .SS Warnings .sp @@ -109,11 +125,11 @@ line number out range The program contains a line number that\(aqs greater than \fI63999\fP\&. How did that happen? .IP \(bu 2 -line \fIN\fP has character \fIC\fP outside of a string, maybe not an AMSB file? +line \fIN\fP has character \fIC\fP outside of a string. maybe Atari BASIC? .sp This happens when ATASCII codes 0 to 31 (\fI$1f\fP) appear in the program. AMSB can create files like this, but at runtime, it\(aqs a syntax error. -It could also mean it\(aqs not really an AMSB file. +More likely, it means this is an Atari BASIC file. .IP \(bu 2 actual program size doesn\(aqt match program size in header .sp |