gargoyle Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) I have some personal disks from way back in Spartados 1.1 format and i wanted to try Respeqt (normally use Aspeqt). When i tried to load RCL.COM (client software for the Atari), it stops with error 139 and does not load. I've also tried ASPECL.COM (from atari8warez) and this one loads and displays something like: "only spartdos 2.x and above supported". So i can't use the client with older spartados but I don't know what the issue is with RCL.COM. https://youtu.be/qxpcLCKfoLk Edited April 20, 2017 by gargoyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Z Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) Did RespeQt log anything meaningful in the log window? I suspect rcl doesn't work on Spartados 1.1 either, but isn't displaying a convenient error message for whatever reason. I think the 139 is probably coming from RCL itself rather than DOS, so it's running, it's just not working. .byte 'SpartaDOS v.2.5 or higher required!',155,0 I'll ping FJC, but keep in mind RCL is in beta, so these kind of issues are to be expected. The other possibility is that something is wrong with folder images, if you're using them. Are you trying RCL from an ATR or a folder image? If it's from a folder image, can you try copying to an ATR and then try? Edited April 20, 2017 by Joey Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargoyle Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) I didn't check Respeqt log, but I am loading the client from an .ATR formatted in Spartados disk format, not from a folder image EDIT: Tested again, and this is what i get from the log window (Seems like it's looking for a strange sector number on a 90K .atr) Serial port speed set to 19200. [Disk 2] Speed poll. Serial port speed set to 57600. [Disk 2] Read sector 1 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 5 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 6 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 51 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 52 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 53 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 54 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 1712 NAKed. [x52] Edited April 20, 2017 by gargoyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Z Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) I didn't check Respeqt log, but I am loading the client from an .ATR formatted in Spartados disk format, not from a folder image EDIT: Tested again, and this is what i get from the log window (Seems like it's looking for a strange sector number on a 90K .atr) Serial port speed set to 19200. [Disk 2] Speed poll. Serial port speed set to 57600. [Disk 2] Read sector 1 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 5 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 6 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 51 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 52 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 53 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 54 (128 bytes). [Disk 2] Read sector 1712 NAKed. [x52] that is indeed strange, so it's (so far) not an issue with RCL. Edited April 20, 2017 by Joey Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Z Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 can you post the problem-ATR as well as (for my convenience) a copy of SD1.1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargoyle Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Well, the problem does not happen with ASPECL, so it does look like a problem with RCL, however i couldn't bet my life on it. ClientTest.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Z Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 MEMLO of spartaDOS 1.1 is $2300, RCL loads at $2000. So that's not going to work. AspeCL loads at $3000. Given that SpartDOS 1.1 isn't supported by RCL, I'm going to stick with calling this not a bug. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 but it would be nice to make the client relocatable, as more and more things are today... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 A relocatable version for SDX would take about twenty minutes to produce, although it seems unnecessary. One may simply change the origin to $4000 if the objective is to use the tool with peculiar configurations where MEMLO is high enough to prevent most applications from running (the lowest safe recommended load address being $2000). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoSch Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 A relocatable version for SDX would take about twenty minutes to produce, although it seems unnecessary. One may simply change the origin to $4000 if the objective is to use the tool with peculiar configurations where MEMLO is high enough to prevent most applications from running (the lowest safe recommended load address being $2000). To change the origin, which assembler should one use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 To change the origin, which assembler should one use? MADS. I thought I had put this in the comments at the top of the source code, but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoSch Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 No, you didn't. That's why, I asked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Sorry: I thought I had. Not everyone is observant enough to check before asking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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