Re: VM02 Beta 1

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Sep 17, 1:12 am, David Schmenk <dschm...@YUCH.gmail.com> wrote:
> mdj wrote:
> > On Sep 16, 8:45 pm, David Schmenk <dschm...@YUCH.gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> No luck with this under ProSEL 8 - a NoClassDefFoundException is
> >>> thrown. If the ProSEL entry has no STARTUP parameter it prompts for a
> >>> class ...
> >>> Matt
> >> Is the class to execute in the same directory as JAVA.SYSTEM or does it
> >> include a fully qualified path?  It must be setting the correct prefix
> >> to JAVA.SYSTEM beforehand or it wouldn't find the exception class to throw.
>
> > I tried using a qualified path to the class and relative, in both
> > cases it's one of the classes in the distribution and hence at the
> > same directory level as JAVA.SYSTEM
>
> > Since other applications work, I suspect it's some kind of string
> > termination issue. Unfortunately ProSEL won't allow spaces in the
> > STARTUP parameter so once this is working that's something I'm going
> > to have to patch...
>
> > Matt
>
> The ProDOS Tech Ref shows how to set the start of the system program to
> receive the parameter buffer.  I'm pretty sure I got that right, as it
> works with davex.  Can I send you a version that prints out the
> parameter buffer before it tries to load it?

Sure - send it through :-)