[Coco] MC10 little e editor

Sun Jan 17 18:31:18 EST 2016

I just looked at the rainbow listing and in line 180,it IS supposed to be "0,181" and NOT "0181". That would explain the OD error as it would be one data statement short as is.

And the "Little E" program listing IS on the April, 84 "Rainbow on Tape", though in the Color Computer Archives, you will find this in the "Disk" (??) section, under "Magazines" (??), in a zip file called "Rainbow On Tape", in the "1984" folder, in the "April" folder, on a disk image (??), labeled "ROT8404.DSK", named as "LITTLE E/BAS".

It's a bad idea to put "tape" files on disk (in general)... Especially something meant for "Color Basic". "Disk Extended Color Basic" would possibly use low memory locations that the Basic program may consider "free" and crash the system in just loading (ML & graphics being good examples). And this particular program modifies low memory locations and the Color Basic ROM, so may crash when run on a disk system. Also, if used on an MC-10, how do you get it to the MC-10 from a DECB disk image?
These were tape files only as they were offered by Rainbow before they started offering "Rainbow On Disk". Tape files should stay tape files and not be archived to disk for many reasons including the ones stated above. (IMHO).

What one does with files in their own collection is their business, but as a historical representation of this archive, it's a very inaccurate respresentation of "Rainbow On Tape".

Bill Pierce
"Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull

My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Global Moderator for TRS-80/Tandy Color Computer Forums
http://www.tandycoco.com/forum/

E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2016 4:41 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] MC10 little e editor

P.S.  The 0181 in line 180 looks like that line is garbled.  Maybe itshould read "0,181"?ArtOn Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:> Does anyone have a working copy of this software for the MC10? The> listings I have located do not work.>> Here is a description and one listing I found which gives an OD (out of> data) error message.>> Little E does big job to BASIC>> First off, this program is not an original work from yours truly. This> utility was written by H. Allen Curtis and got printed in the April 1984> issue of The Rainbow magazine. I decided to take the information presented> there and reproduce it here for the benefit of (how many?) still active> MC-10 users around the world. Little E adds an EDIT command to the MC-10, a> much needed feature that Tandy left out when the MC-10 was designed. How> many times have you wished to just correct a typo in a fast and easy way> instead of retyping the whole thing over? - this utility will save you a> sizable amount of time when entering Basic listings into the MC-10.>>> 10 CLS:X=256*PEEK(16976)-11> 20 CLEAR25,X> 30 X=256*PEEK(16976)-10> 40 FORZ=X TO X+265> 50 READY:W=W+Y:PRINTZ,Y;W> 60 POKEZ,Y:NEXT> 70 IFW<>29479THENPRINT"DATA ERROR":STOP> 80 EXECX:END> 90 DATA 198,18,58,255,66,152,134> 100 DATA 126,183,66,151,198,35> 110 DATA 58,255,66,170,57,189,0> 120 DATA 243,129,101,38,248,122> 130 DATA 66,28,189,251,212,134> 140 DATA 126,183,66,169,127,0> 150 DATA 181,189,0,235,126,228> 160 DATA 13,254,66,128,150,166> 170 DATA 167,0,57,125,0,181,38> 180 DATA 17,124,0181,236,2,147> 190 DATA 165,39,1,134,57,183,66> 200 DATA 169,126,226,113,134,57> 210 DATA 183,66,169,206,64,0,255> 220 DATA 66,128,166,0,151,166> 230 DATA 189,248,104,129,9,38,10> 240 DATA 141,202,140,64,127,36> 250 DATA 242,8,32,232,129,21,38> 260 DATA 20,254,66,128,140,64> 270 DATA 128,36,7,166,1,167,0,8> 280 DATA 32,244,254,66,128,32> 290 DATA 211,129,10,38,12,141> 300 DATA 164,140,64,96,36,204> 310 DATA 198,32,58,32,192,129,8> 320 DATA 38,10,141,148,140,64,0> 330 DATA 39,188,9,32,178,129,19> 340 DATA 38,23,206,64,127,188> 350 DATA 66,128,39,7,9,166,0,167> 360 DATA 1,32,244,150,166,167,1> 370 DATA 134,96,32,156,129,3,39> 380 DATA 136,129,13,39,11,189> 390 DATA 249,201,140,64,127,39,1> 400 DATA 8,32,154,206,66,177,223> 410 DATA 244,8,223,181,206,64,0> 420 DATA 223,183,166,0,43,34,129> 430 DATA 64,37,6,129,96,37,4,139>> --> Coco mailing list> Coco at maltedmedia.com> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco