Re: Ramfast rev C 3.01c and Applesoft Basic problem

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Neil Parker (nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu) wrote:
: }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).

Oooh!  I didn't even think of that one!  The lazy man's solution to the
problem is to add a CALL 1002 statement just before the program exits to
warmstart BASIC.SYSTEM.  If a STARTUP file exists, it would be in the same
directory as BASIC.SYSTEM, I believe.  Have you tried launching this new
version of BASIC.SYSTEM by double-clicking on a known-good Applesoft
program icon?  That would prove with some certainty if Neil is right...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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