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 [email protected] > 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 >>> >> > > -- > Coco mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco > -- Coco mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco