Language Card access -- do $C08x switches work on IIGS?

[a3khan@sms.business.uwo.ca (Alimudin Khan)]

Does the following statement, entered from the applesoft prompt, crash
into the monitor on your IIGS, like it does on mine?

PRINT PEEK (-16256)

I have an old program from Nibble magazine that has this statement as its
final line.  It is trying to toggle $c080 -- "Selects RAM, selects bank 
2, and enables the write-protect" on the language card, according to 
'Inside the Apple IIGS' by Gary Bond, which is normally a reliable 
source.

So, can anyone suggest what's going on (i.e. why does this statement
crash) and suggest a solution?  Have the old language card soft switches
disappeared in later ROM versions, or did Gary Bond miss something, or is
it just my IIGS that crashes?


Any help would be appreciated.


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Alim Khan
a3khan@student.business.uwo.ca
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