sanny

I think the tape counters are specific to each tape drive. You might get into the ball park of your data with similar numbers, but expect some offset. Use a smaller counter on a foreign drive.

I'm using Emacs to edit the files. And compile my program by typing "make" in another window. Needs a Makefile. When starting to code, often use <cursor-up> in the shell window to re-run cl65....

How is this related to "Atari 5200 / 8-bit Programming"? I don't see any source code here.

With the danger that I'm sounding a bit school master like, there's a difference between extern char *blah; and extern char blah[]; Since arrays are treated as pointers in C one might think these are the same. But no. The former defines a variable in memory which points to the real "blah" (and contains its address). The latter is just the address of "blah" without the additional pointer indirection. regards, chris

You're welcome

use "char bank[] = {....};"

Sorry @Wrathchild, I somehow missed your answer

You should use '"extern char bank[]" to match the definition.

Can't you provide a stripped down example program which shows the problem? Would help more, instead of sticking in the dark

how do you define "bank" in your code?

"fails badly" is not an exact description of the problem. Mixing -t parameter and library to link with is definitely not a supported scenario.

What happens? You know, "atarixl" target is different to "atari" target? You compile with -t atarixl, but then link with atari.lib (not atarixl.lib) See documentation about the differences btw atari and atarixl. https://cc65.github.io/doc/atari.html

> Maybe make a cutdown example? The cfg, link.asm, and batch files don't help much without the failing code....

And maybe generate a linker map file.

Why do you set "-t atarixl"?

> So it seems if you compile code to reside in separate areas, you have to "tweak" the code for it to work. That shouldn't be. Can you provide a complete example?

> my Win11/64 laptop crashes upon program start Cool. So you have to reboot?

Where can I find the Ada source code without installing Alire?

Not a good excuse 🙂 I'm in PAL-land, too, but own a 5200.

bpl ist also handy for loops < 128 ldx #loopcount # below 128 loop: <do something with x> dex bpl loop

Don't feed the troll. Seriously, although I'm guilty myself in this regard.

Sorry, cannot help wrt Apple DOS

And, yes, Appel DOS 3.3 is in no way similar to MS-DOS 3.3

Open the "P:" device as was told you before and write to it. Where's the problem?

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