kekrahulik
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Yep - The L8x series is awesomely fast...but they come with some subtle gotchas.
Effectively, there are things that previous processors would allow you to do (it wasn't really right on your part, but they forgave you of your sins) that the new L8x will not tolerate.
Bit 15 in an FAL is one of those. There are several others that are referenced in the manual for converting to an L8x (yes, an entire 58 page manual).
I suspect that most conversions to an L8x will go off without a hitch. I've had a couple like yours that took some investigation and some program changes to make them work.
The manual also gives a procedure for converting a previous version that is probably different from your normal approach. It has you save the program to an .L5 K file and then convert that. I found that this method flagged out several errors that quietly passed through the other way.
Effectively, there are things that previous processors would allow you to do (it wasn't really right on your part, but they forgave you of your sins) that the new L8x will not tolerate.
Bit 15 in an FAL is one of those. There are several others that are referenced in the manual for converting to an L8x (yes, an entire 58 page manual).
I suspect that most conversions to an L8x will go off without a hitch. I've had a couple like yours that took some investigation and some program changes to make them work.
The manual also gives a procedure for converting a previous version that is probably different from your normal approach. It has you save the program to an .L5 K file and then convert that. I found that this method flagged out several errors that quietly passed through the other way.