Date   : Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:06:05 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Am I saving or loading 1 byte too many....?

"Mark Haysman" wrote:
> *SAVE <xxxx> 3000 4000
> 
> Should that save the actual byte at &4000 or not? Or should it only save to
 
No, that will save &4000-&3000 bytes, ie the bytes from &3000 to
&3FFF.
 
I've got dozens of ROM images that are &3FFF bytes long, obviously
because somebody's saved them with the equivalent of 8000 BFFF
instead of 8000 C000.
 
> *LOAD <xxxx> 3000 4000
> 
> Should that retain the old value of &4000, or overwrite it with the last
> byte of <xxxx>
 
No, that will give an error. You can't specify and end address for
a /load/, the end address will be wherever the loaded file ends.
 
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