[Simh] HP2100 Fortran problem

[Tim Shoppa]

Fausto wrote:
> [...]
>   99 FORMAT(4RCIAO) 
>
> After the run of new generated ABS file, the simulator stops and print a
> FORTRAN error: *FMT. Inspecting the A register, the value is 000003 and,
> according to the manual, it means: 
> 
> A) Illegal character in FORMAT statement 
> B) Format repetition factor of zero 
> C) FORMAT statement defines more character positions than possible for
> device. 

I'm not an expert in HP2100 Fortran, but in any other Fortran I would
expect the statement to be FORMAT(4HCIAO) (e.g. 4-character Hollerith
String).

In the DEC-ish Fortrans that I grew up with, R is not a valid Format descriptor.

Tim.