[comp.sys.amiga.tech] What does this Blink error message mean?

lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren Rittle) (12/10/90)

Does anyone know what the following error message means?

Blink - Version 5.10                                                            
Copyright (c) 1990 SAS Institute, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.                    
                                                                                
Error 502: __xcovf symbol - Distance for Reloc16 > 32768                        
  First Reference in Unit libi77.c at offset 0000000c in file 
    'work:f2c/libi77.lib'
  To Unit ucxovf at offset 00002810 in file 'LIB:lcnb.lib'

I compiled all files with -b0 and with and without -r0, but
I got this same error message each time.  I thought that -b0
would avoid this type of 15-16 bit addressing problem. Anyone
care to comment on this one?  PS, if you can supply the method
needed to get around this problem, we (Amiga owners) will have
the orignal Adventure and dungeon (ZORK I, II, and III all-in-one,
well almost! :-) on our favorite machine.  What a nightmare it
has been getting to this point (two days work),  I first had
to port f2c (These babies were written before people knew
what C was!), then convert the Fortran code to C...
Loren J. Rittle
--
``In short, this is the absolute coolest computer device ever invented!''
                   -Tom Denbo speaking about The VideoToaster by NewTek
``Think about NewTek's VideoToaster!  Now think about the Amiga!''
Loren J. Rittle lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren Rittle) (12/10/90)

Follow-up to my last post, moments ago, sorry:
I don't really care what the message means, I just what to
know how to fix the problem that it is having.  I also
forgot to say that I am using SAS/C v5.10
Thanks again,
Loren J. Rittle
--
``In short, this is the absolute coolest computer device ever invented!''
                   -Tom Denbo speaking about The VideoToaster by NewTek
``Think about NewTek's VideoToaster!  Now think about the Amiga!''
Loren J. Rittle lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

yurkon@CYCVAX.NSCL.MSU.EDU (12/11/90)

In article <1990Dec10.020128.18356@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren  Rittle) writes...

>Does anyone know what the following error message means?
> 
>Blink - Version 5.10                                                            
>Copyright (c) 1990 SAS Institute, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.                    
>                                                                                
>Error 502: __xcovf symbol - Distance for Reloc16 > 32768                        
>  First Reference in Unit libi77.c at offset 0000000c in file 
>    'work:f2c/libi77.lib'
>  To Unit ucxovf at offset 00002810 in file 'LIB:lcnb.lib'
> 

Sounds like you have used the SC (small code) option with the blink command.
If so leave it out.  If you are using a makefile check to see that it isn't
stuffed in there.

>I compiled all files with -b0 and with and without -r0, but
>I got this same error message each time.  I thought that -b0
>would avoid this type of 15-16 bit addressing problem. Anyone
>care to comment on this one?  PS, if you can supply the method
>needed to get around this problem, we (Amiga owners) will have
>the orignal Adventure and dungeon (ZORK I, II, and III all-in-one,
>well almost! :-) on our favorite machine.  What a nightmare it
>has been getting to this point (two days work),  I first had
>to port f2c (These babies were written before people knew
>what C was!), then convert the Fortran code to C...
>Loren J. Rittle
>--
>``In short, this is the absolute coolest computer device ever invented!''
>                   -Tom Denbo speaking about The VideoToaster by NewTek
>``Think about NewTek's VideoToaster!  Now think about the Amiga!''
>Loren J. Rittle lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu