Re: [colorforth] Attempt to reassemble colorforth: the Mark Slicker bug

["Ray St. Marie" <ray.stmarie@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/24/05, howerd.oakford <howerd.oakford@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Ray,
> 
> I'm not 100% clear about which file was where when you tried to Upload in
> cfdos ;)

Your cfdos comes with cf800.blk. In order to read a disk and store it
on the machine with cfdos, you have to have a file selected in the F6
window, to upload to, So, I make a copy of cf800.blk, renamed it play
.blk and tryed to upload my custom colorforth image to the new
play.blk.

The 'U' command did not do what I normally expect to happen. Normally,
or I should say, in previous versions of cfdos ( 3.1 and below) I
could follow the above proceedure and instanly see the new uploaded
file in the cfdos display, just as soon as the disk was finished
reading in.

version 4 has not done this for me yet, So... I shall download a more
current one and try again.

Thanks for your interest and the advice about getting a laptop. 

Ray

> I think the confusion is over the use of the word "file" as in "a file I
> made on disk".
> 
> The principle is : you select a Win/DOS file using F6, say play.blk.
> The display will show you the filename in the bottom right of the screen.
> "U" and "D" are symmetric - they transfer data between the selected file and
> the raw sectors on the floppy disk.
> "U" Uploads raw data from the floppy to the file play.blk.
> "D" Downloads the data from the file play.blk to the floppy.
> But you probably know this already!
> 
> I presume that the floppy disk contained data from a file other than
> cf800.blk, otherwise you would not notice any difference after you Uploaded
> it ...
> The only other explanation is that the floppy had read errors - I think I
> report these, but its hard to test.
> 
> I checked out the cfdos4 "U" function on my PC - seems to work fine...
> 
> Good luck with the search for a suitable PC!
> Try to avoid corporate PCs like Dell and Compaq - they are a law unto
> themselves and tend not to support VESA or sensible hardware...
> BTW I have yet to find a _laptop_ that doesn't run colorForth.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Howerd
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray St. Marie [mailto:ray.stmarie@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 May 2005 01:58
> To: colorforth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [colorforth] Attempt to reassemble colorforth: the Mark
> Slicker bug
> Howerd, I just wanted to report that...
> while using cfdos4 to try to view a file I made on disk, the file will
> not upload using `U'.
> I copied file cf800.blk, called it play.blk, and tryed to upload 256
> blocks to the selected play.blk file.
> 
> The light came on the floppy, I assume it was read, but the file did
> not get written and the display  continued to show cf800.blk code in
> my uploaded play.blk.
> 
> Thought you should know,
> 
> Ray
> 
> ps.
> I'm using the cfdos to help me make several disks that I will use to
> find the perfect machine :)
> Wish me luck.
> 
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