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   Message 3,489 of 4,328   
   Daniel Path to Lawrence Woodman   
   Closing a file in Assembly on the VIC-20   
   21 Jun 21 20:28:44   
   
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   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   
      
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