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Com error loading Ram from PropTool ?? Solved by Prop Tool 1.2

Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
edited 2008-07-28 14:26 in Propeller 1
I have struck an error in loading a compiled file in the Propeller Tool V1.1

When I add code, either in PUB or DAT sections it fails to load properly, even though it compiles OK. I can copy existing working code (duplicate lines) and make it fail. A couple of times I got it to compile without loading and saved it to .binary and then loaded it successfully. I am nowhere near the RAM limit.

I remember some posts about com errors but I couldn't locate them.

Any ideas?

Postedited: Solved by Prop Tool 1.2 (see post below)

Post Edited (Cluso99) : 7/29/2008 5:02:08 AM GMT

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  • BradCBradC Posts: 2,601
    edited 2008-07-20 08:42
    I've found a magic boundary somewhere around 10k (bytes not longs). Over that the comms tends to get unstable on anything but a fast machine running 2000/XP on native hardware.
    My slow old PIII-800 sometimes dies trying to download a big program, and running in a VM of any kind I find it less reliable above 10k in size..

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  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2008-07-20 14:13
    @BradC·- I just checked and I am loading about 12K bytes (3K *4). But looking at the hex I can try lowering the initialised variable space. My PC is a laptop 1.8GHz Celeron and Vista. I will also try disabling the virus checker. ... but not tonight smurf.gif

    Update...

    It appears to be related to 1060+ longs of program space. Variable space seems unrelated. However, I added an extra·DAT section to the end of my code with about 50 longs declared and it worked. smhair.gif· Guess I'll just leave the extra longs in the code.

    Post Edited (Cluso99) : 7/20/2008 3:12:40 PM GMT
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2008-07-28 14:26
    Just found the problem - requires Prop Tool 1.2 smile.gif
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