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From: loonybit <ba124908@augsburg.baynet.de>
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Subject: Re: TestCard() issue
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 18:51:56 +0200
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Darco schrieb:

> I'm posting this message in the freetalk area because I don't think that
> many people read the codewarrior newsgroup. I had a few responses to
> that post, but the issue is still unresolved. So here it goes.
>
> Has anyone had any problems using TestCard() in CodeWarrior?
>
> I just recently bought a new memory card (Hey, it was a black memory
> card. I just HAD to have it to match my black playstation. :) and I
> wanted to find out how a new, unformatted card behaved. So I write this
> really small program: (No this isn't my programing style, I just wrote
> it quickly to see how it works)
>
> -- START OF CODE --
>
> #include <libps.h>
>
> main()
> {
>         int slot0, slot1;
>
>         printf("Memory Card Test\n");
>
>         slot0 = (long)TestCard((long)0);
>
>         slot1 = (long)TestCard((long)1);
>
>         printf("Slot 0: %d\nSlot 1: %d\n\n",slot0,slot1);
> }
>
> -- END OF CODE --
>
> I tried to run it in CodeWarrior... And my playstation ALWAYS chokes on
> the TestCard routine. Always. No visible error. It just locks up. Blam.
> Doesn't matter what card is in the slot. Even without a card. Crash.
> Burn. Die.
>
> I can't get it to work. No matter what I do. I tried changing alot of
> target information, but it didn't seem to help.
>
> Then I compiled this same exact program in GCC and it works like a
> charm. (BTW, New memory cards return 4, and the access card returns 0)
>
> In the other newsgroup someone tested my code and confirmed that it
> crashes the yaroze when compiled with codewarrior. This would seem to be
> a serious problem... I'm suprised that no one has run into it before.
>
> 'Darco

  You're not the only one with that problem. I have the same problem with
CodeWarrior.
Unfortunately i don't no any solutions.

Maybe, Metrowerks knows an answer to this problem.

'Andy