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Geoffg

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Posted: 01:08pm 11 Jun 2020

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Thanks again. I have updated the downloadable manuals.

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Posted: 03:49pm 11 Jun 2020

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following on from a discussion in the "CMM2: Bug reports" thread...

page 62 of the CMM2 manual explains single line if-then-else thus:

Quote (1) Evaluates the expression �expr' and performs the statement following the THEN keyword if it is true or skips to the next line if false.

(2) If there are more statements on the line (separated by colons (:) they will also be executed if true or skipped if false.

(3) The ELSE keyword is optional and if present the statement(s) following it will be executed if 'expr' resolved to be false.

[single paragraph split into three numbered sentences by me]

this explanation is the same as in the micromite mk2 manual, and presumably all others.

the first sentence should be edited to read "Evaluates the expression �expr' and performs the list of statements following the THEN keyword if it is true, or skips to the next line if false". the second sentence then becomes redundant and can be removed.

the portion of the third sentence reading "...statement(s) following it will be executed if 'expr' resolved to be false" is incorrect for the case of multiple statements following the ELSE, as demonstrated by this example:

For i=0 To 1
� Print "example " i+5
� If i Then Print ,, "jam on "; Else Print ,, "french ";: Print "toast"
Next i

> RUN
example �5
� � � � � � � french toast
example �6
� � � � � � � jam on toast
>

the third sentence should be replaced with something along the lines of, "The ELSE keyword is optional, but if used only ONE statement can be present between THEN and ELSE, and if 'expr' evaluates to true then only the FIRST statement following ELSE will be skipped - further statements on the line will ALWAYS be executed, no matter what 'expr' resolved to".
(i think i've got the wording right!)

cheers,
rob � :-)
Edited 2020-06-12 01:53 by robert.rozee

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Posted: 04:46pm 11 Jun 2020

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Could the user manual be fiddled with a bit so that the section describing the External I/O Connector is all on one page? Currently, it is spread across pages 8 and 9 which makes printing just that part slightly less convenient than it could be.

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Posted: 05:07pm 11 Jun 2020

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Quote page 62 of the CMM2 manual explains single line if-then-else thus:

Looks like a cut-and-paste from the wrong source. Should be an identical entry to the MM2

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matherp said

Quote page 62 of the CMM2 manual explains single line if-then-else thus:

Looks like a cut-and-paste from the wrong source. Should be an identical entry to the MM2

it IS identical to the entry in the MM2 manual, which is itself also wrong.

cheers,
rob � :-)
Edited 2020-06-12 03:38 by robert.rozee

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Posted: 05:55pm 11 Jun 2020

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Quote it IS identical to the entry in the MM2 manual, which is itself also wrong.

That's interesting: I was looking at the manual for 5.4 and in that it is single statement. Just checked the release notes for the MM2 and can't see any reason for the change in documentation - definitely one for Geoff

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Posted: 12:36am 12 Jun 2020

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The STR$ function doesn't appear in the bookmark list.

It should be between SQR and STRING$
("String string" made me chuckle...)

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Posted: 04:04am 12 Jun 2020

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Be careful when closing the Nunchuk:

Quote "NUNCHUK CLOSE will lose the Nunchuk ..."

You don't want to lose your Nunchuk!

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KeepIS

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Posted: 05:32am 12 Jun 2020

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Geoffg said Thanks again. �I have updated the downloadable manuals.

Geoff

Hi Geoff, I just downloaded the Zip from MMBasic Zip and although the manuals are different in size, some of the errors mentioned are still in the manuals. Like the last two at the bottom of the previous page.

I also cleared my Cache just in case.
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Edited 2020-06-12 15:35 by KeepIS

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Posted: 03:16am 16 Jun 2020

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Under TIMING P14

OPTION CLOCKTRIM should be OPTION RTC CALIBRATE �n

Thanks TJ

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Posted: 07:30pm 16 Jun 2020

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Hi Geoff,

The audio outputs range from 0V to 3.3V. That is 3.3V peak to peak.
In the manual is stated that that equals 1.95Vrms, should be 1.15Vrms.

Just a small technical typo...

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Posted: 01:10pm 19 Jun 2020

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The following statement appears a number of times in the Commands of the User manual, but be buggered if I can find the actual chapter.

......Refer to the chapter "Using the I/O pins" for a general
description of the Maximite's input/output capabilities.....

There is a chapter on External Input/output in the Introduction to Programming Manual.

Brian

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Posted: 06:24pm 19 Jun 2020

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In the description for the circle command, the line "It can be omitted or set to -1 in which case the box will not be filled." appears.

This should refer to 'circle' instead.

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Posted: 03:08am 20 Jun 2020

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Page 48 Programming with the CMM2. The colours that you can specify this way are red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, purple, brown, gray, white and black.

purple should be magenta.

As TassyJim noted in the CMM2 bug thread, purple is a throw over from the CMM1 and
has been replaced by magenta, using purple will give an error.

It's all too hard.
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Posted: 10:32am 22 Jun 2020

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Thanks guys. All the above changes have found their way into the manuals.

My Colour Maximite 2 web pages are now live and you can download the latest version of the manuals and firmware from there: http://geoffg.net/maximite.html

Geoff

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Posted: 10:42pm 24 Jun 2020

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From OPERATORS

NOT INV � � NOIT will invert the logical value on the right.

Should NOIT be NOT?

Edit

Under Special Device Support, circuit drawings refer to the Micromite. May confuse new users

Brian
Edited 2020-06-25 10:47 by Chopperp

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Posted: 01:29am 25 Jun 2020

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page 36:

Quote While playing in this background mode the Colour Micromite 2 can edit programs,

Micromite should be Maximite.

Bill

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Posted: 04:12am 29 Jun 2020

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Hello all,
Do my aged eyes deceive me or does FONT 7 CHR$(123) represent a DegC symbol?

Possibly worth stating this in the manual, say on page 29?
Cheers,

Andrew
(PS: beaut fonts!)

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Posted: 04:19am 29 Jun 2020

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Andrew,

I'm not sure what version of the manual you are looking at but on page 28 of the latest manual I have just under the table listing the fonts it says:

Quote In all fonts (including font #6) the back quote character (60
hex or 96 decimal) has been replaced with the degree symbol
(�).

Bill

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Andrew_G
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Posted: 06:32am 29 Jun 2020

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Thanks Bill,
I was looking at 5.05.02 but the page number was not the point I was trying to make.

Load up Font No7, CHR$(123) and tell me what you see.
(but in the other fonts the deg symbol is CHR$(96))

If you look at this you will see how I spotted it.

Cheers,

Andrew
Edited 2020-06-29 16:56 by Andrew_G

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