Re: Did BLOB go away?

"L. Curtis Boyle via Coco" <coco-uNHYcr1XS/wmlAP/[email protected]>
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I think it is solved. If I remember correctly, Darren Atkinson (who made/designed the CocoSDC) figured it out on a technical level - having to do with slight timing differences on even vs. odd memory addresses, or something similar… and a way to work around it as well.

L. Curtis Boyle
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> On Mar 31, 2025, at 1:08 PM, Rick Adams via Coco <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Based on that observation, I began solving any BLOB problem I experienced with OS9 by building a system starting with a dummy module that was one, two, or three bytes long.  ^_^;
> 
> On 3/31/2025 12:58 PM, Rick Adams via Coco wrote:
>> I ran into my own version of the BLOB, except not in the OS9 world, when I developed DELPHIterm... there was a section of disk IO code with a tricky timing loop that HAD to begin at a 4-byte boundary. Why 4 bytes, I haven't a clue; I'd expect a two byte boundary, perhaps, but not four.
>> 
>> On 3/3/2025 1:21 PM, Allen Huffman via Coco wrote:
>>> Can somebody remind me of the Boot List Order Bug was finally solved? I seem to have a memory that the bug was figured out and was no longer a problem with the current NitrOS9.
>>> 
>>> And if it was figured out, what was the problem that plagued us for so many years?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>> 
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