I have a small programme, written a long time ago by a friend of mine,
that, for reasons of nostalgia, I would like to run on my Armbook. It was originally written to run on an A3000 and seems to be largely in Basic. I have tested it on my Strongarm RPC, RO4.39, and it appears to run but attempts to run it on my Iyonix results in some "not 32 bit" errors.
On 25 Jun 2021 as I do recall,
Stuart wrote:
I have a small programme, written a long time ago by a friend of mine,
that, for reasons of nostalgia, I would like to run on my Armbook. It was
originally written to run on an A3000 and seems to be largely in Basic. I
have tested it on my Strongarm RPC, RO4.39, and it appears to run but
attempts to run it on my Iyonix results in some "not 32 bit" errors.
"Largely in Basic" - presumably it must have some in-line assembler in
it?
DIR $.!KLYSTRON
ECHO <22> <12>
ECHO <5>
SCREENLOAD TITLE
|RMENSURE MEMALLOC 0 RMLOAD MODULES.MEMALLOC
SPRITESIZE 200K
RMASIZE 150K
RMENSURE ABCLIBRARY 0 RMLOAD MODULES.ABCLIB
RMENSURE FPEMULATOR 0 RMLOAD MODULES.FPEMULATOR
|RMENSURE HARDCOPY 0 RMLOAD MODULES.HARDCOPY
SLOAD K_SPRITES
RUN KMC
On 25/06/2021 11:32, Harriet Bazley wrote:
On 25 Jun 2021 as I do recall,
Stuart wrote:
I have a small programme, written a long time ago by a friend of
mine, that, for reasons of nostalgia, I would like to run on my
Armbook. It was originally written to run on an A3000 and seems to be
largely in Basic. I have tested it on my Strongarm RPC, RO4.39, and
it appears to run but attempts to run it on my Iyonix results in some
"not 32 bit" errors.
"Largely in Basic" - presumably it must have some in-line assembler in
it?
If so it would just crash, a "not 32 bit" error suggests it's trying to
load a 26 bit module (or possibly even run an a 26 bit AOF).
The first step is to look which modules it is trying to use, if it's not
one that is specific to the application, it may already have been
ported to 32 bit.
|RMENSURE MEMALLOC 0 RMLOAD MODULES.MEMALLOC
SPRITESIZE 200K
RMASIZE 150K
RMENSURE ABCLIBRARY 0 RMLOAD MODULES.ABCLIB
RMENSURE FPEMULATOR 0 RMLOAD MODULES.FPEMULATOR
|RMENSURE HARDCOPY 0 RMLOAD MODULES.HARDCOPY
SLOAD K_SPRITES
RUN KMC
Just noticed the | in front of a couple of lines. These were not in the original, this was me trying to see what happened if I tried to prevent
them running.
The source file is definitely the source for the program, it starts:
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
Just noticed the | in front of a couple of lines. These were not in the original, this was me trying to see what happened if I tried to prevent them running.
The source file is definitely the source for the program, it starts:
So it should probably run with the !Run file I provided, at least unless there's any assembler in it.
Set Klystron$Dir <Obey$Dir>
Dir <Klystron$Dir>
Screenload <Klystron$Dir>.Title
ChangeDynamicArea -spritesize 200K
Sload <Klystron$Dir>.K_Sprites
Run <Klystron$Dir>.Source
Thank youInteresting software. for short wave?
I am interested if this is possible?
In article <vXB*gKxny@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,Interesting software. for short wave?
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Set Klystron$Dir <Obey$Dir>
Dir <Klystron$Dir>
Screenload <Klystron$Dir>.Title
ChangeDynamicArea -spritesize 200K
Sload <Klystron$Dir>.K_Sprites
Run <Klystron$Dir>.Source
Well, apart from my monitor not liking the display, it complains and
appears to be over-scanning in all directions, it appears to work here on
my Iyonix (1280x1024)
Thank you
Well, apart from my monitor not liking the display, it complains and
appears to be over-scanning in all directions, it appears to work here on
my Iyonix (normal resolution 1280x1024)
On 26 Jun, Stuart wrote in message
<5942889baeSpambin@argonet.co.uk>:
Well, apart from my monitor not liking the display, it complains and appears to be over-scanning in all directions, it appears to work here on my Iyonix (normal resolution 1280x1024)
Try running it in GraphTask: https://armclub.org.uk/free/
I suspect that somewhere in the "Source" there may be a "Mode command". I have downloaded !Zap and, when the grandchildren have gone to bed, I might get a chance to have a look. We have both our grandsons, 7 and 3, while
their parents have gone away for the weekend.
In article <07738b4259.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>,I never used Klystron, but I knew they were used by my colleagues at TDF,
Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> wrote:
Thank youInteresting software. for short wave?
I am interested if this is possible?
It is software for training people on how to tune Klystrons, as used in
high power TV transmitters.
In message <59428e01bbSpambin@argonet.co.uk>
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
In article <07738b4259.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>,
Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> wrote:
Thank youInteresting software. for short wave?
I am interested if this is possible?
It is software for training people on how to tune Klystrons, as used in high power TV transmitters.
I never used Klystron, but I knew they were used by my colleagues at
TDF, when I was working our TV news was broadcast by Klystrons. This is
an opportunity to learn how they work with RISC OS. For the anecdote an
A540 was used by the broadcast control to insert Teletext equivalent of Ceefax.
In article <f1b3b84259.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>,
Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> wrote:
In message <59428e01bbSpambin@argonet.co.uk>
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
In article <07738b4259.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>,
Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> wrote:
Thank youInteresting software. for short wave?
I am interested if this is possible?
It is software for training people on how to tune Klystrons, as used in
high power TV transmitters.
I never used Klystron, but I knew they were used by my colleagues at
TDF, when I was working our TV news was broadcast by Klystrons. This is
an opportunity to learn how they work with RISC OS. For the anecdote an
A540 was used by the broadcast control to insert Teletext equivalent of
Ceefax.
Is this email address valid?
jmc.bruck@orange.fr
In article <f1b3b84259.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>, Jean-Michel
<jmc.bruck@orange.fr> wrote:
I never used Klystron, but I knew they were used by my colleagues at
TDF, when I was working our TV news was broadcast by Klystrons. This
is an opportunity to learn how they work with RISC OS. For the
anecdote an A540 was used by the broadcast control to insert Teletext equivalent of Ceefax.
In article <5943135c07Spambin@argonet.co.uk>, Stuart
<Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
In article <f1b3b84259.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>, Jean-Michel
<jmc.bruck@orange.fr> wrote:
I never used Klystron, but I knew they were used by my colleagues at
TDF, when I was working our TV news was broadcast by Klystrons. This
is an opportunity to learn how they work with RISC OS. For the
anecdote an A540 was used by the broadcast control to insert Teletext
equivalent of Ceefax.
The only klystrons I've used output circa 115 GHz and were tuned with a screwdriver that bent the metal cavity.
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