Date : Mon, 19 Feb 1996 18:50:55 +0000
From : Roy Collett <roy@...>
Subject: Re: Strange bug!!
In message <Pine.SOL.3.91-941213.960218201602.13757B-
100000@...>, T.W.Seddon@newcastle.ac.uk writes
>On Sun, 18 Feb 1996, Philip Blundell wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Feb 1996, Tom Seddon wrote:
>>
>> > I've discovered a really weird bug. It first came to light on my
emulator
>> > when I let someone play with it.
>>
>> It's not an emulator bug. Real BBCs do this too.
>
>Wow, weird! :-)
>
>I don't remember this happening on my old (BASIC 1) BBC... but I
>can't remember trying it on my current BBC (BASIC 2). Maybe it's a
>bizarre BASIC 2 bug. At least it's not some subtle, lurking bug hiding in
>my code.
>
>
My (real) beeb doesn't do this.
Maybe PAGE (OSBYTE&83) isn't being reset correctly to &1900 on DFS
machines.
Roy Collett roy@...
New Southgate, London, England.