QuickBasic Incompatible with Radius, Prodigy Accelerator Board (35439)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft QuickBASIC Compiler for the Apple Macintosh 1.0
This article was previously published under Q35439 SUMMARY
Microsoft has not tested QuickBasic version 1.0 with any of the
Macintosh accelerator boards on the market. Several customers have
reported incompatibility problems associated with the Radius, Prodigy,
and Dove (such the Dove Marathon model) accelerator cards for the
Apple Macintosh. Microsoft has not tested the reported problems and
does not guarantee or support compatibility with Macintosh accelerator
boards.
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According to unconfirmed customer reports, the Radius accelerator
board reportedly does not allow QuickBasic to operate normally, and
varied results may occur if a floating-point chip is present. If you
have a floating-point chip (for example, a Motorola 68881) on your
accelerator board and do not use the Generate 68020 Code option in the
QuickBasic compiler, a compiled QuickBasic program reportedly runs
correctly.
However, if you do not have a floating-point chip on the accelerator,
or if you use the Generate 68020 Code option and run on an accelerator
that has a floating-point chip, the compiled QuickBasic program may
return a hardware interrupt, "System Error 11."
The Radius and Prodigy accelerator cards also reportedly do not work
when using the SOUND statement in single-voice mode. A system hang may
result.
One customer with a Radius accelerator board reported "Out of memory"
errors when loading a program into the QuickBasic editor. He also
reported "Subscript out of range" errors for correctly dimensioned
arrays. He reported fewer problems occurred using System version
6.0.2. This information may not be accurate, and Microsoft has not
confirmed this information.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/8/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB35439 |
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