Subj : Closing a file in Assembly on the VIC-20
To : Lawrence Woodman
From : Daniel Path
Date : Mon Jun 21 2021 08:28 pm
Hello Lawrence.
21 Jun 21 08:12, you wrote to me:
LW> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:54:46 +1200, Daniel Path wrote:
>> 18 Jun 21 06:56, you wrote to you:
>>
>> LW> On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:56:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence Woodman
>> LW> wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:29:57 -0000 (UTC), Tilmann Hentze wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Lawrence Woodman <
[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>> I have created a piece of code which replicates the problem
>> >>>> below if anyone has any ideas where I'm going wrong I'd be
>> >>>> very grateful.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> [snip]
>>
>> LW> I've managed to track down the problem. Because I was
>> LW> automating some of the testing around this I hadn't left a long
>> LW> enough delay before displaying the directory. It turns out
>> LW> that it takes a little longer than I expected for the SAVE
>> LW> command to complete the write. Once I left a bigger delay
>> LW> before checking the directory everything was fine. It also
>> LW> appears that there is no need to call CLOSE either.
>>
>> and what are you coding? :)
LW> I'm creating an article and video about various ways to load and save
LW> memory on the VIC-20. I wrote the assembly code that I posted a while
LW> ago and was sure it worked previously. As it turned out there was
LW> nothing significantly wrong with the code, it was purely a testing
LW> issue. I can post the URLs to the article/video once finished if
LW> you're interested?
sure i am! thanks Lawrence :)
good luck and have fun!
--
Daniel
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