Re: P-Lisp additions and notes

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.com>]

In article <SoKdnY357P2UD-_VnZ2dnUVZ_tXinZ2d@comcast.com>,
 "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> John B. Matthews wrote:
> > In article 
> > <49afb5a3-8f9b-4e43-b668-ec9caa0194da@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
> >  rtk <oneelkruns@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>On Jul 4, 7:28 pm, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>My stars, it's full of pointers! $5400 of 'em. And not _quite_ regular
> >>>enough to construct at run time. Then there's code again at +$5500. The
> >>>Lisp binary runs to the : prompt, but (LOAD BASE) bombs.
> >>
> >>Are you saying the disk image bombs?  Or that did you try the ShrinkIt
> >>archive?  I just booted the actual 5.25" floppy the images were made
> >>from and (LOAD BASE) works just fine.
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry for my confusing post. I was responding to your note, "I tried 
> > running Lisp under ProDOS and it bombs." For me it runs to the colon 
> > prompt. At that point, it doesn't crash, but any command produces an 
> > error. It actually crashes into the monitor later, after trying to load 
> > base.
> 
> Sounds like DOS-based program that fails when attempting I/O under
> ProDOS...  Correct behavior, I'd say.  ;-)

True, true. I hoped the experiment might shed light on the enigmatic 'S' 
type file. Beneath Apple DOS only mentions it. I can't recall seeing it 
in the wild before.

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