Subj : Re: Closing a file in Assembly on the VIC-20 To : Lawrence Woodman From : Andreas Kohlbach Date : Mon Jun 21 2021 06:01:17 On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 08:12:46 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence Woodman wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:54:46 +1200, Daniel Path wrote: > >> 18 Jun 21 06:56, you wrote to you: >> >> LW> On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:56:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence Woodman wrote: >> >> >> On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:29:57 -0000 (UTC), Tilmann Hentze wrote: >> >> >> >>> Lawrence Woodman wrote: >> >>>> I have created a piece of code which replicates the problem below >> >>>> if anyone has any ideas where I'm going wrong I'd be very >> >>>> grateful. >> >>>> >> >>>> [snip] >> >> LW> I've managed to track down the problem. Because I was automating some >> LW> of the testing around this I hadn't left a long enough delay >> LW> before displaying the directory. It turns out that it takes a little >> LW> longer than I expected for the SAVE command to complete the write. >> LW> Once I left a bigger delay before checking the directory everything >> LW> was fine. It also appears that there is no need to call CLOSE either. >> >> and what are you coding? :) > > > I'm creating an article and video about various ways to load and save > memory on the VIC-20. I wrote the assembly code that I posted a while > ago and was sure it worked previously. As it turned out there was > nothing significantly wrong with the code, it was purely a testing > issue. I can post the URLs to the article/video once finished if > you're interested? I'd be interested. -- Andreas --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .