Re: Another possible 6.0.1 bug

[David A Lyons <dlyons@apple.com>]

In article <C9KoML.Ho2@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Michael J. Kim,
mjk31124@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> You're not alone. I found this problem also.  It seems that the
BASIC.System
> included with 6.0.1 is version 1.5 whereas the version on 6.0 is 1.4. 
At
> least that's what mine said.  Right not I'm using BASIC.System 1.4 from
the
> 6.0 disk.  I got the same errors that you mentioned above.  I also
tried 
> running it from ProSel 8 and still the same.  I tried it with and
without
> BASIC programs and nada...  BTW: are there ANY advantages to using v1.5?

System 6.0 includes BASIC.System 1.5, just like 6.0.1.

The differences from 1.4 to 1.5 are:
--You can "-" S16 files, and S16 shows up instead of $B3 in catalog
listings.
--You can OPEN /RAM and read directory entries without getting a weird
  error at the end.
--"IF...THEN FLASH" doesn't confuse BASIC.System into printing unwanted
  TRACE information any more.
--BSAVE no longer changes the auxiliary types of non-BIN files.

In article <1993Jul4.063213.25707@vicstoy.UUCP> Austin Phelps,
aphelps@vicstoy.UUCP writes:
> Isn't v1.5.1 the most current version? If I remember v1.5 had a nasty
bug.

I believe you're thinking of version 1.3, where a BLOAD that should fail
with "NO BUFFERS AVAILABLE" (becuase you were loading over memory that
was marked as used) would accidentally BSAVE instead.  That's ancient
history.

Dave Lyons, dlyons@apple.com
Mr Tangent

My opinions are my own, not Apple's.