Date   : Tue, 06 Dec 1994 09:35:36 +0000
From   : D.LODGE@...
Subject: Re: CHAIN in basic

CHAIN basically does the equivalent of LOAD"fred":RUN

AFAICR LOAD does not reset any of BASICs variables, neither should CHAIN...
CHAIN (or LOAD) should report an error ('File not found') if the file
doesn't exist - what are you using to read the file - is this read off
disc? CHAINing with a tape would search until it found the file on the
tapes and then load it...

Does load produce the 'file not found error?' - if it does then the error
condition is somehow not stopping the RUN

regards

dave