chromizone Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 well i was wondering i just go a 800XL and in he booklet i says u can run theese programs and u have to type in a string of commands hey give u three examples but when i reach 70 in the command list i ALWAYS screws up and says error then highlighs the r in he rl part of the command do u albert tempest or alex know how o fix this ????? ps. i know this is the wrong forum but id figure id get faster results this way thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 I assume u r using basic and typing in a program... Exactly what errror occurs - there is no "rl" keyword in basic - can you post the exact line? sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted August 19, 2002 Author Share Posted August 19, 2002 the line is as follows 70 PILOT RL, LL but it always says error and highlights the r in he rl part of the program line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 I think you need to post the whole progma - Are you using LOGO or Atari Basic? There is no PILOT command in basic - Mayb eit should be PLOT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted August 19, 2002 Author Share Posted August 19, 2002 ok i dont know if any one has the original book tha came with the 800XL but on page nine they give u three programs to try out so u can see the capabilities of the graphics , sound and one other program thats just for fun the program im using is atari basic thats built into my 800xl the program is as follows 10 GRAPHICS 11 20 LL=191 30 RL=79 40 FOR ZEBRA=0 TO 48 50 REM GTIA HIWAY * FAST LANE * 60 COLOR ZEBRA 70 PILOT RL, LL 80 DRAWTO 0,0 90 RL=RL-1 100 NEXT ZEBRA 110 GOTO 110 120 END then u type run press return and watch it go the problem is I CANT watch it go because it screws up when i get to line 70 it highlights the R in he RL part of the secuence in line 70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Is it possible the listing had a typo, & it should be 'plot', not 'pilot'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Is it possible the listing had a typo, & it should be 'plot', not 'pilot'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted August 19, 2002 Author Share Posted August 19, 2002 well it says pilot so i dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted August 19, 2002 Author Share Posted August 19, 2002 il try to type it into my XL and type plot instead of pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted August 19, 2002 Author Share Posted August 19, 2002 YES ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok so that worked so theres a typo in the book (lol thats weird) but now im trying to get the second program to work and in line 10 its now screwing up and highlighting the 7 in the line and saying ERROR... oh man IM JUST HOPELESS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Well, post the error line and we'll see what we can tell you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Once again - the whole listing - or the offending part pls... And yes those books are full of errors - mostly typesetting problems... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted August 19, 2002 Author Share Posted August 19, 2002 ok it goes like this 10 GRAPHICS 7+16: SETCOLOR 4,0,0: SETCOLOR 1,0,4 then it goes on but it shows up as an error in the first row and it highlights the 7 in the sequence ideas guys???(and gals) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 That looks perfectly legal so unless you are mistyping the keywords (GRAPHICS and SETCOLOR) or spacing it wierd or not using colons then it should work fine... The book you are typing these in from should give you a full list of keywords and their syntax... So by learning Atari Basic you could debug each small program by yourself and you see the errors, like the PILOT when it should have been PLOT... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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