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diff --git a/listamsb.rst b/listamsb.rst index ad0c897..acf3718 100644 --- a/listamsb.rst +++ b/listamsb.rst @@ -69,10 +69,26 @@ BASIC file. - not an AMSB file: first byte not $00 + Pretty self-explanatory: if the file doesn't begin with a *$00* byte, + it's not a tokenized AMSB file. + - not an AMSB file: too big (*N* bytes), won't fit in Atari memory + The file can't 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 *$00* byte. + - not an AMSB file: program size too small (*N*). Atari BASIC file? + The program header claims the file is 0, 1, 3, or 4 bytes long. This + is impossible, so this isn't an AMSB file. A lot of Atari BASIC + programs begin with three *$00* bytes, so that might be what this is. + +- program length is 2, no code in file (SAVE after NEW) + + Probably, someone did a SAVE when there was no program in memory. It + could also mean this isn't an AMSB file at all. + Warnings -------- @@ -93,11 +109,11 @@ continues processing. The program contains a line number that's greater than *63999*. How did that happen? -- line *N* has character *C* outside of a string, maybe not an AMSB file? +- line *N* has character *C* outside of a string. maybe Atari BASIC? This happens when ATASCII codes 0 to 31 (*$1f*\) appear in the program. AMSB can create files like this, but at runtime, it's a syntax error. - It could also mean it's not really an AMSB file. + More likely, it means this is an Atari BASIC file. - actual program size doesn't match program size in header |