[50G] Question

[DavidM]

(05-04-2015 04:52 AM)HrastProgrammer Wrote:  The main purpose of such dual DOCOL/DOCODE structure is to hide individual SysRPL words so the calculator will show only "Code" on the stack, otherwise the display would be overflowed with those annoying Externals.

It seems to me that this technique could be very useful when you have a Saturn code block that could make good use of some pre-existing SysRPL routine, thus keeping you from having to split up the Saturn code into separate blocks (or reinventing the SysRPL command unnecessarily).

(05-04-2015 04:52 AM)HrastProgrammer Wrote:  Early firmwares had a lot of problems and bugs so maybe this didn't work back then. Even the emulation of some machine language instructions was buggy. ...

I recall there being quite a few differences in how the display-related functions and memory locations were affected by the Saturn emulation layer (not to mention the changes in screen size). It wouldn't surprise me at all if functional changes occurred over the various firmware updates.