88362744@sdcc6.UUCP (Vacation Man) (05/28/85)
I am attempting to program an improved vt100 emulator in Action! for the Atari. This program would improve on the vt10sq public domain program in various ways: source code will be put in public domain improved, modifiable character set no mysterious system hangups i was well on my way to implementing the 80 column screen routines when one of my 'improvements' to the program did something to the program. i have gone through it many times and even rewritten the kernal, but still this bug remains. the problem is not in the display, but which character gets displayed. a to z and A to Z get shifted to !.. etc. i know what the bug does but can't find the source any help in this matter would be appreciated. also any help at all in the programming itself would be appreciated. i can be reached at: sdcc6!88362744 sdcc13!ee65sct until 6/13 thank you very much Scott Weisman
scott weisman, the magnificent@sdcc13.UUCP (scott weisman, the magnificent) (06/03/85)
THIS IS A TEST THIS IS ONLY A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM this is regarding the ongoing exploits of scott weisman and his 80 coluumn vt100 terminal emulator in action. well, i have isolated the problem as to why my program isn't working. i still haven't found a solution, though. a description follows: the character set for the terminal is stored in a byte array 768 bytes long( at 8 bytes/character and 96 characters ). i do not compress the chaaracters for simplicity, ease of implementation and speed. besides the end result will not need the cartrige resident and thus have 8K freed for buffering. well, as it is, the array refuses to be accessed beyond the 32nd character(256th byte). i am completely at a loss for this as the primary index into the array is declared as a card. can anyone please help in this pursuit for the answer? thank you very much for your help. scott weisman sdcc13!ee65sct (do not send anywhere else) .
nrh@lzwi.UUCP (N.R.HASLOCK) (06/06/85)
Is there not some restriction about character sets not crossing a 1k address boundary? Could this be the problem? Nigel The Mad English Mumbler in the wilderness
scott weisman@sdcc13.UUCP (scott " " weisman) (06/08/85)
In article <165@lzwi.UUCP>, nrh@lzwi.UUCP (N.R.HASLOCK) writes: > Is there not some restriction about character sets not crossing > a 1k address boundary? Could this be the problem? > > Nigel The Mad English Mumbler in the wilderness well, that is a problem with internal character sets, but since my program doesn't use an antic character mode it doesn't matter. anyway, that problem is now licked. i now have new problem -- i can't seeem to get to do any type of i/o with the serial ports. well, at least input. i can do output if no input is attempted. i tried some techniques from john palevich's kermit program(because it's in action)but have had limited success. so, any answers to this one? scott weisman (the relativistic existentialist psychic -- ?) reno: buckaroo, the president's on the line. buckaroo: which president? you can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think! -- unknown sdcc13!ee65sct (until 6/13 or 6/14 then bye-bye!)