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articles:iicplus_merlin [2017/12/14 15:18]
M.G. [Conclusion]
articles:iicplus_merlin [2017/12/14 19:07] (current)
M.G. [A Wild Bug Appears]
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-Recently, ​a few members of the "Apple II Enthusiasts"​ Facebook group discovered ​a bug, seemingly in ROM 5X for the Apple IIc Plus:  The Merlin assembler, specifically the 128K versions 2.58 and 2.59, would crash at the main menu when ROM 5X was installed, but worked fine with the stock Apple ROM.+Recently, "Apple II Enthusiasts"​ Facebook group members Skander Ben Abdelkrim, Eric Leung, and Wyatt Wong reported ​a bug, seemingly in ROM 5X for the Apple IIc Plus:  The Merlin assembler, specifically the 128K versions 2.58 and 2.59, would crash at the main menu when ROM 5X was installed, but worked fine with the stock Apple ROM.
  
 This had me a bit perplexed, as I ran through possibilities in my head.  After booting a copy of [[http://​mirrors.apple2.org.za/​ftp.apple.asimov.net/​images/​programming/​assembler/​merlin/​Merlin-8%20v2.58%20%28ProDOS%29%20Disk%201-2.dsk|Merlin 2.58]] in an emulator and looking at its normal behavior, I had a place to start - the crash was happening immediately after the prompt was displayed at the main menu. This had me a bit perplexed, as I ran through possibilities in my head.  After booting a copy of [[http://​mirrors.apple2.org.za/​ftp.apple.asimov.net/​images/​programming/​assembler/​merlin/​Merlin-8%20v2.58%20%28ProDOS%29%20Disk%201-2.dsk|Merlin 2.58]] in an emulator and looking at its normal behavior, I had a place to start - the crash was happening immediately after the prompt was displayed at the main menu.