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Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL

From	D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject	Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL
Date	2016-01-04 19:02 +0000
Organization	Mac GUI
Message-ID	<dog_cow-1451934300@macgui.com> (permalink)
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gids.rs wrote:
>
> Since the $4E.4F were being reset each time access was being made to the
> MLI and only calls that use a buffer (OPEN, READ, WRITE, BLKREAD,
> BLKWRITE), I ascertained (ok ASSUMED) you were intentionally loading files
> that required a random number for some reason.

Marina at present has no MLI calls. The RNDL and RNDH locations were being
reset before *even one single instruction* of my program had executed.

And thinking more, it is probably BASIC.SYSTEM that makes the MLI call
before passing control to my program.

-- 
]DF$
The Marina IP stack for Apple II--
http://marina.a2hq.com/

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ProDOS and the random seed RNDL D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2015-12-21 19:45 +0000
  Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL awanderin <awanderin@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 23:38 -0700
    Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2015-12-23 19:39 +0000
  Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2015-12-23 09:23 -0800
    Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2015-12-23 19:51 +0000
      Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2015-12-23 17:25 -0800
        Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-01-04 19:02 +0000

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