JamesD Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Most MS BASICs don't support INTs was my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, JamesD said: Most MS BASICs don't support INTs was my point. Oddly, all the editions on my arsenal do (Atari, CP/M, IBM-PC)… Was not aware that such type-declaration was stripped from other implementations... The inter-platform variations are much wider than I thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I'm pretty sure a brought up the fact that everything the MC-10 did was floats. The Atari version may be the only 6502 version that supports INTs, and none of the 68xx versions I'm aware of do. Try changing the code like this: 0 DEFINT I,M,I0,IH,IL,J,P,X,O,T,Q,L,N,S 1 J=0:R1$="":M=J:I0=J:IH=J:O=1:T=2:Q=-1 44 IH=INT(IW/T):I0=I(IL+IH) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, JamesD said: I'm pretty sure a brought up the fact that everything the MC-10 did was floats. The Atari version may be the only 6502 version that supports INTs, and none of the 68xx versions I'm aware of do. Try changing the code like this: 0 DEFINT I,M,I0,IH,IL,J,P,X,O,T,Q,L,N,S 1 J=0:R1$="":M=J:I0=J:IH=J:O=1:T=2:Q=-1 44 IH=INT(IW/T):I0=I(IL+IH) I would be REALLY surprised if MS-Basic II on Atari is the only 6502 version that supports Integer declaration... ...However, I must inform you about its limitations, too... You cannot specify a variable (per my last attempt, as I get an error)... When you DEFINT with an alpha "X", all names beginning with "X" will be handled as 16-bit integers... that is also part of what happens on MS-Basic85-CP/M80... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Faicuai said: I would be REALLY surprised if MS-Basic II on Atari is the only 6502 version that supports Integer declaration... Apple II, Commodore VIC20 / C64 / Plus/4 / C128... nope. Maybe the ORIC did, since it also has ELSE, where earlier 6502 versions didn't. The ORIC came out after the Atari version. Maybe some of the Tompson machines (6809) had int, but I'm not sure. It was common on a lot of Z80 versions except really cheap machines. 12 minutes ago, Faicuai said: ...However, I must inform you about its limitations, too... You cannot specify a variable (per my last attempt, as I get an error)... When you DEFINT with an alpha "X", all names beginning with "X" will be handled as 16-bit integers... that is also part of what happens on MS-Basic85-CP/M80... That one's new to me. I don't remember that on the Model I & III. The loop variable X should be changed to something else then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 On 8/12/2019 at 9:20 PM, JamesD said: Maybe the ORIC did, since it also has ELSE, where earlier 6502 versions didn't. The ORIC came out after the Atari version. The ORIC does support integers, but you have to specify them with the % sign at the end, which takes longer to parse, but at least it supports them. Example: A%=1:DIM I%(size) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scitari Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 What are the limits of the string table? How many CHR$ can you call? Hard to find details on this. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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