Subj : Closing a file in Assembly on the VIC-20 To : Lawrence Woodman From : Daniel Path Date : Mon Jun 21 2021 08:28 pm Hello Lawrence. 21 Jun 21 08:12, you wrote to me: LW> 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 >> LW> 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 >> LW> automating some of the testing around this I hadn't left a long >> LW> enough delay before displaying the directory. It turns out >> LW> that it takes a little longer than I expected for the SAVE >> LW> command to complete the write. Once I left a bigger delay >> LW> before checking the directory everything was fine. It also >> LW> appears that there is no need to call CLOSE either. >> >> and what are you coding? :) LW> I'm creating an article and video about various ways to load and save LW> memory on the VIC-20. I wrote the assembly code that I posted a while LW> ago and was sure it worked previously. As it turned out there was LW> nothing significantly wrong with the code, it was purely a testing LW> issue. I can post the URLs to the article/video once finished if LW> you're interested? sure i am! thanks Lawrence :) good luck and have fun! -- Daniel .... 10:23pm up 6 days, 11:23:31, load: 69 processes, 275 threads. --- GoldED+/EMX 1.1.4.7 * Origin: Roon's BBS - Budapest, HUNGARY (2:371/52) .