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From: jearls@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (  Chumley The Troll  )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Big problemo
Message-ID: <1989Oct1.073342.25677@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 1 Oct 89 07:33:42 GMT
Reply-To: jearls@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (  Chumley The Troll  )
Organization: M.Y.T.H., Inc.
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markl@pro-generic.cts.com (Mark Leumanne) writes:
>Network Comment: to #5644 by SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu

>Well, today I was working on a program of mine, and well, I experienced an
>EXREMELY frustrating error.  It was an error 16 on a line that was like this:

>260 PRINT D$;"OPEN DATE"

>And, yes, d$ was defined in line 10:

>10 D$=CHR$(4)

>Well, the file DATE exsists, the directory is proper etc, I have no idea why
>there is an error with line 260!  Please, write back with an answer as soon as
>possible (E-mail preffered).  BTW, could it be memory conflict?  Or what! 
>Thanks in advance, please write back soon.

Error 16 is a Syntax Error (either Applesoft or ProDOS).  It is most likely
a control character, either in the filename or somewhere in the D$;.

>  ==========::Mark::Leumanne::============  ======::Toronto::Ontario::=====  
> =                                        ==                               = 
> = UUCP: crash!pro-generic!markl          ==       "Apple ][ forever."     = 
> = ARPA: crash!pro-generic!markl@nosc.mil ==       "Beatles forever."      = 
> = INET: markl@pro-generic.cts.com        ==       "Networking forever."   = 
> =                                        ==                               = 
>  ========================================  ===============================  
> = CD 61 72 6B : CC 65 75 6D 61 6E 6E 65 : CC 6F 76 65 73 : C1 D0 D0 CC C5 =
>  =========================================================================

Hope this helps,

- John
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