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Paul_L
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Posted: 09:57am 01 May 2018

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Awwww shucks, why'd you do that. This thing with the Limies vs the Yanks is fun!

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@geoff

Does the allowance of either COLOUR or COLOR consume two 'tokens' or just one?

Lou

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Posted: 03:18pm 01 May 2018

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@Paul_L
Yea, I was having fun too !!

CaptainBoing, do you have anymore stuff like the Revocation of Indepence ? (Independence ?)

And thanks to Geoff, you started all this way back with the Maximite !!
Was that 2010 - 2011 ??

Lou

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WhiteWizzard said Does the allowance of either COLOUR or COLOR consume two 'tokens' or just one?

Two tokens.

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Posted: 04:55pm 01 May 2018

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Lou said @Paul_L
CaptainBoing, do you have anymore stuff like the Revocation of Indepence ? (Independence ?)

Not really. I remembered it from way back and just googled it. I do have a collection of Business/Management laws that might amuse... I dare you to go through the whole list without saying "Isn't that right!?"

Business laws

I kept some other links but I think they are so far out of the rules of the forum

Edited by CaptainBoing 2018-05-03

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Geoffg said

WhiteWizzard said Does the allowance of either COLOUR or COLOR consume two 'tokens' or just one?

Two tokens.

So they could be parsed to the same token at save time?
And that would then "autocorrect" the syntax to a single spelling.
If that frees up a token, then it might be worth it.

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Hi Geoff
In this days I hanve tried USB/I2C on my PC with Win10 and it is all OK.
Now I'm trying with oldPC with Win7 (where I was doing test with MM and MMX) but now it does not recognize COM port.
Is there a new driver to install?
Thanks
Antonio

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Posted: 06:26am 02 May 2018

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Geoffg said Another beta version of the Micromite firmware (beta 19) for anyone who would like to experiment:
http://geoffg.net/Downloads/Micromite/Micromite_V5.04.09_Beta.zip

This fixes the USB/I2C issue reported in another thread plus the SELECT CASE issue when using a negative constant. It also includes the other changes introduced in previous betas. For example, the fix for issues with corrupted 5" displays, the ability to use display drivers written in BASIC, STATIC variables, etc.

If no more issues are discovered over the next few weeks I will turn this into a final release.

Geoff

Morning/Evening Geoff.

Does this fix the VAL() wrinkle detailed here ?

and... chancing my arm a bit, did you get time to look at the variable save thingy? I realise this latter could be quite a big leap, beyond the scope of a beta.

all the best

h

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Posted: 11:17am 02 May 2018

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Yes, the VAL() wrinkle (as you so eloquently describe it) is (or should be) fixed in his release.

Increasing the variable save space is a much bigger challenge - and not conquered as yet.

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sagt3k

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Hi Geoff
Solved on Win7 and tried on linux/arm with minicom for hours... ok
Thank
Antonio

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Having a problem with touch, stopped working after 'play wav' (always returns - 1) . Was using beta 17, tried beta 19 and 5.4.8 as well, on a mmplus100. Size of wav file played is 45KB (8bit/16khz/stereo) or 11KB (8bit/8khz/mono). Touch recovers after power cycle or 'cpu restart'. Did try without click pin assigned on option touch.
No problems with further 'play wav' commands.

<edit>
'play tone' works fine with touch.

<edit 2>
play wav works OK on extreme 5.0415

> option list
OPTION AUTORUN ON
OPTION LCDPANEL SSD1963_4, LANDSCAPE, 48, 6
OPTION TOUCH 1, 40, 39
OPTION SDCARD 47
OPTION RTC 67, 66

' code
do
print touch(x)
print touch(y)
if touch(x) > 100 play wav "am.wav"
loopEdited by astro1 2018-05-07

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Hmm, OK, this is something that I will have to test.
I have added it to the list and will get back to you but it will take some time.

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Hello !

I have a little problem with "STATIC-Command": V5.04.09 Beta 19

sub testStatic()
static a1, b1, c1
a1 = b1 * c1
end sub

ERROR: Funktion or array B1 not declared !

sub testStatic()
static a1
static b1
static c1
a1 = b1 * c1
end sub

This version works well.

local a1,b1,c1 or DIM a1,b1,c1 works also well.

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PicFan said Hello !

I have a little problem with "STATIC-Command": V5.04.09 Beta 19

sub testStatic()
static a1, b1, c1
a1 = b1 * c1
end sub

ERROR: Funktion or array B1 not declared !

sub testStatic()
static a1
static b1
static c1
a1 = b1 * c1
end sub

This version works well.

local a1,b1,c1 or DIM a1,b1,c1 works also well.

Micromite plus !

Frank N. Furter
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Posted: 06:44pm 17 May 2018

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Is it possible that's now a problem with OPTION EXPLICIT and DIM?

When I try "DIM D01, D02, D03" I get an error "Error: Variable type not specified".
When I try "Dim D01: Dim D02: Dim D03 I get also the same error...

"Dim D01 As Integer: Dim D02 As Integer: Dim D03 As INTEGER" works but
"DIM D01, D02, D03 As Integer" produce also "Error: Variable type not specified"???

( "DIM Nbr, Incr, Total" from the V5.04.08 manual - page 36 - generate also "Error: Variable type not specified"...)

Frank

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Posted: 12:38am 18 May 2018

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@Frank,

Tested your examples on an MMX and an MM+, both running 5.04.08 and I do not see any error, with or without OPTION EXPLICIT used.

I entered NEW and CLEAR before running each test.

The version 5.04.08 is the 27 Dec 2017 release.

Edit: added: Loaded 5.04.09 Beta 19 into a Peter Mather 470 backpack board and retested - no errors found

Edit: added:

Further to picfan's post re static, MMBasic picks up the first argument in a single line multi argument statement but does not pick up subsequent arguments - see below

Option explicit
Dim b1,b2,b3
Sub teststatic()
Static a1
Static a2,a3
a1 = a1 + 1
a2 = a2 + 2
a3 = a3 + 3
b1 = a1
b2 = a2
b3 = a3
End Sub

teststatic
Print b1,b2,b3
teststatic
Print b1,b2,b3
teststatic
Print b1,b2,b3
> run
[8] a3 = a3 + 3
Error: Function or array A3 not declared
>

If you change the line static a2,a3 to a two line statement like

static a2
static a3

it all works as it should.

panky
Edited by panky 2018-05-19

... almost all of the Maximites, the MicromMites, the MM Extremes, the ArmMites, the PicoMite and loving it!

Frank N. Furter
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Posted: 07:21am 18 May 2018

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@Panky:

I tested it with the "normal" Micromite (it was flashed with 5.04.09 Beta 3) - now I flashed it again with 5.04.09 Beta 19 - still the same problem!!!

I get always "Error: Variable type not specified" - it works only for me when I use "Dim XXX As XXX" separate for all variables...

Frank

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Posted: 07:32am 18 May 2018

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"as XXX" only refers to the previous argument in the list

use:

DIM INTEGER a,b,c

or

DIM FLOAT x,y,z

to set multiple arguments

Dim a as integer,b as integer

also worksEdited by matherp 2018-05-19

Frank N. Furter
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Hi Peter,

thanks! Now it works! I was irritated by the example on page 36 (I think this example is wrong).
I have not received the error "Error": Variable not declared" but always "Error: Variable type not specified" on the DIM line...

Now I think it should be "DIM INTEGER" Nbr, Incr, Total" in the example are called.....

Frank

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