Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: ProDOS and the random seed RNDL Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:02:23 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <2297cc94-d8cc-4313-aff1-866df28a164e@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:02:23 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ac9e0e4d7dd3957fb97803ee6801bab8"; logging-data="2100"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18YCxsSACtxVvlA0QP0EDdH" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:hvOBIm3oGgrvV0htL4S2GbjOMxY= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2.programmer:2036 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/