Re: Ramfast rev C 3.01c and Applesoft Basic problem

[nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker)]

In article <548hi0$oou@sf18.dseg.ti.com> dmds@msg.ti.com (David de Sosa)
writes:
}Has anyone had problems trying to load and use the latest version of 
}BASIC (1.5) included with GSOS 6.01 when using a Ramfast rev C 3.01c card.  I 
}get some strange results when I click on the BASIC icon when using the hard 
}drive but not when loading from the 6.01 system disk.
}
}The symptoms when loading from the hard drive using a Ramfast card are: 
}
}1) the basic logo comes up and then nothing happens.  There is no cursor      
}   unless I hit return.
}
}2) when running a simple BASIC program, say to print 'Hello', the line #
}   precedes the character string on the monitor screen i.e.
}	10 print "hello" when run displays  #10 hello
}
}3) Cannot exit BASIC without crashing into the monitor.  Typing 'BYE' doesn't
}   work.  The command is not recognized.
}
}I have tried reloading 6.01, using earlier versions of BASIC all to no avail.

Before you start trying to spend $$$ on a new Ramfast chip, check to see if
there's a BASIC program called "STARTUP" on your hard drive.  If there is,
load it and list it (you may have to boot from a floppy to do this), and
look carefully at what it does.  Your symptoms are consistant with a
STARTUP program that includes the statements "PR# 0: IN# 0" (the BASIC
statements, not the PRINT CHR$(4)"PR#0"-type DOS commands).


Can you get *any* DOS commands to work in BASIC?

              - Neil Parker
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