stushug Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) I just found my old S.A.M. disk. It was corrupted, but I found the atr on http://www.retrobits.net/atari/sam.shtml I downloaded the file, wrote it to a new disk and followed the instructions to the letter. I even made a DOS 2.0 disk. After I load reciter, I go back to BASIC.(Option "B") I tried to run the DEMO file with no luck. Then I tried SAYIT with no luck. Each program that I try comes back with the 170 FILE DOES NOT EXIST error. I've checked the copy disk, and all of the files ARE there. I must be doing something wrong. Any ideas? Also, how do I check to see if RECITER is actually loaded once I'm back in BASIC? EDIT:I re-did everything and it's now working. Don't know what went wrong the first time. Edited January 16, 2023 by stushug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peri Noid Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Sounds like wrong extensions problem. can you post a list of files on this disk as they are now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Peri Noid said: Sounds like wrong extensions problem. can you post a list of files on this disk as they are now? he re wrote the disks and it all works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushug Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 19 minutes ago, _The Doctor__ said: he re wrote the disks and it all works I would still like to know how to check to see if a program is loaded into memory. S.A.M. asks to load "RECITER" via BINARY LOAD in DOS before running its other programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) maybe check available memory or memtop something like that... the disk could also be set up to auto run .sys whatever binary is required... Edited January 16, 2023 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascrnet Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 3:08 PM, stushug said: Also, how do I check to see if RECITER is actually loaded once I'm back in BASIC? you can test if you query the memory location 8192 if it answers 104 it is ok, if it is different something is missing. ? PEEK(8192) The documentation on the official site is incomplete "OCR failed", but here is the complete manual see page 35. Regards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushug Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 16 minutes ago, ascrnet said: you can test if you query the memory location 8192 if it answers 104 it is ok, if it is different something is missing. ? PEEK(8192) The documentation on the official site is incomplete "OCR failed", but here is the complete manual see page 35. Regards So PEEK is the command to check memory locations? That's what I was looking for. Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascrnet Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 On 1/18/2023 at 5:58 PM, stushug said: So PEEK is the command to check memory locations? That's what I was looking for. Thanks!!! no, it gives you the stored value of the memory location. check the ATARI BASIC quick guide. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushug Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 Ok, thanks. I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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