Wanderer and SuperGoldCard

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Wanderer and SuperGoldCard

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It seems impossible to run Wanderer (full version, original) with SuperGoldCard. Is this normal or should I change some settings?
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Re: Wanderer and SuperGoldCard

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You could try RES_!28

Unfortunately Wanderer has to be loaded at a fixed memory address. With expanded memory it can be hit and miss as to whether that address is available.

The boot file should look like:

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10 PAPER 0:WINDOW 512,256,0,0:MODE 8
20 a=RESPR(RESPR(0)-196608)
30 LBYTES flp1_WANDERER_PIC,131072
32 pause 200
35 LBYTES flp1_WANDERER,196608
40 FOR N=1 TO 2500:NEXT N
160 CLS:CALL 196608
RESPR probably will never grab enough memory - what i have done in the past is to add a small loop such as

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20 a=ALCHP(1024): IF a> 196608: GOTO 20
If that gives an error, try RESPR, but ALCHP tends to work better on expanded memory!


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Re: Wanderer and SuperGoldCard

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Thanks Rich for your suggestion, but unfortunately it doesn't work.
With JM ROM + SGC the QL freezes. With Minerva I got some "out of memory" error.
Anyway, thank you very much for your attempt.


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Re: Wanderer and SuperGoldCard

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Cristian wrote:Thanks Rich for your suggestion, but unfortunately it doesn't work.
With JM ROM + SGC the QL freezes. With Minerva I got some "out of memory" error.
Anyway, thank you very much for your attempt.
If the QL freezes - that suggests the program is writing to a ROM location. I seem to recall (without looking) that there is a command on the SGC to protect the ROM (as the QL ROM is actually copied into RAM on the Gold Card / Super Gold Card)


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