Calling PDP8 / OS8 /basic gurus!

Pete Turnbull pete at dunnington.u-net.com
Sun Mar 6 15:05:17 CST 2005


On Mar 6 2005, 12:26, Tom Jennings wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> > On Mar 5 2005, 10:06, Ron Hudson wrote:
> >> I am running OS8 on a pdp8 simulator in my iBook.
> >
> >> it prints out the header, then prints
> >>
> >> ME 10
> >>
> >> Well, it's a very simple BASIC statement, did I get
> >> it wrong?  (or is the simulate broken?)
>
> > The statement is fine, the program as a whole isn't.  "ME" means
> > "Missing END".
>
>
> There's a way to coerce the BASIC interpreter to not need the
> missing END statement. Change the program to read:
>
>
> 10 PRINT "ME 10"
>
> Then there would be no problem.
>
> You're welcome. Invoice for services in the mail, NET 30.

LOL!  Yes, that'll produce the expected result!

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York


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