digdugnate Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 there is probably a simple step I'm missing, but im not quite sure how to load these two dis/fix files in E/A: SLIMOID1 SLIMOID2 Do I use Load&Run on them? After I load them, though, what is the next step? Thanks in advance! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Enter the program name and run them. Either you take my TIMT to disassemble these files and have a look at the DEF statement which tells you the program name, or you have to look through the REF/DEF table. Or you can try to load them into the editor and check near the end of the files for plausible names. As I said, TIMT's disassembler can tell you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 aha, ok! i was wondering if that's what it was but i needed a pointer on where to look for the program name Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 yep, I just add these ´Programnames´ to the end of my PC DSK-files, plus ´EA3´ or ´EA5´ or "XB" ... , once I found them out. Otherwise, I am afraid, all this work will be "lost" in "some" years because possible future users will discard after the first try . I thought of adding this infos to my PDF-lists, but this would be too much work, and I don´t have all this infos. Having it coming up directly with the filename (DSK, ZIP or whatever) seems to be the strigent way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 there is probably a simple step I'm missing, but im not quite sure how to load these two dis/fix files in E/A: SLIMOID1 SLIMOID2 Do I use Load&Run on them? After I load them, though, what is the next step? Thanks in advance! If you use RXB it does something useful...it shows you all the names in a list and you can use the cursor to select it. Run this video forward to 3:00 minutes and it shows both old RXB 2012 and 2015 EA Load & Run 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 yep, I just add these ´Programnames´ to the end of my PC DSK-files, plus ´EA3´ or ´EA5´ or "XB" ... , once I found them out. Otherwise, I am afraid, all this work will be "lost" in "some" years because possible future users will discard after the first try . I thought of adding this infos to my PDF-lists, but this would be too much work, and I don´t have all this infos. Having it coming up directly with the filename (DSK, ZIP or whatever) seems to be the strigent way. Look my last post here above and see the solution is use REA instead of EA Load & Run 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 sweet, i will check this out. thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Just for illustration. I'd say "START". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 that worked like a champ! i was able to load my Assembly files and got my program name thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I remembered the days where I had to sector edit the DIS/FIX file to look at what the start label was... ah, fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 a lot of the disks im messing with right now i inherited from my dad by way of his sister, lol- so I'm trying to figure out the best I can how the stuff works. I want to say he has a good number of 'fixed' disks in the stack i got (including the version of Munchman that was like Pac-Man, as an example). i remember how to do some things, but others... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed in SoDak Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Just going from my old memory, doesn't Funlweb's EA loader do something like Rich's REA and display the program name? I do remember the trials of discovery. "oh. It isn't START. Let the guessing begin!" -Ed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 If you press enter at the "Program name" prompt, F'WEB will display the name for you to enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Just for illustration. I'd say "START". I think RXB / REA would be a hell of a lot quicker then finding the name to type in. Did you see the video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I think RXB / REA would be a hell of a lot quicker then finding the name to type in. Did you see the video? that's what I use when I have no idea what the start name is 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 START and MAIN were the two most common ones I ran into, but yeah, it's a pain when you don't know 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 START and MAIN were the two most common ones I ran into, but yeah, it's a pain when you don't know Which is why RXB / REA is the only real option for this, no one else seemed to plan ahead on this in EA carts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Funnelweb does that and much, much more so hardly the only real option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 In fact, I was using F'WEB long before RXB came out - about a decade or so. Too bad not many people use it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 As for finding out the start name, we may safely agree that there are many ways, and one of them typically proves to be the fastest one from the point where you are currently standing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Super insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 In fact, I was using F'WEB long before RXB came out - about a decade or so. Too bad not many people use it now. Very true, but in REA I wanted to list out all names loaded so you could see them for debugging purposes. (I was thinking of programmers using it the most before making them EA5 programs auto start) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Very true, but in REA I wanted to list out all names loaded so you could see them for debugging purposes. (I was thinking of programmers using it the most before making them EA5 programs auto start) Yea... funnelweb did/does that. I am almost sure BEA does it too. Got any originals ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Yea... funnelweb did/does that. I am almost sure BEA does it too. Got any originals ? Hmm I just used Funnel Web and it only showed START, I indicated that REA shows ALL ROUTINES including START. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) I give up. Edited March 21, 2018 by marc.hull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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