Re: A86: weird crap
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Re: A86: weird crap
ACtually it doesn't even wipe the VAT. It just wipes page 0, $C000 and
on. This has the effect of a reset because all of the pointers are
started over...
RoniBarrett@aol.com wrote:
>
> If im not mistaken, after a reset, the calc just wipes the VAT, so the data
> is still there until it is overwritten by another file. It looks like what
> you did was output the entire RAM, or maby part of it, to the screen. Was
> this what it was supposed to do? Or is this one of the most remarkable
> accidents yet?
>
> Jeff Barrett
>
> In a message dated 3/11/00 5:40:28 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> rengets@erols.com writes:
>
> << ok, I was fooling around making an assembly program when (as usual) I
> screw up big time. I managed to flood my screen with a load of crap and came
> across something interesting in the flood; here's the exact quote:
>
> "This directory contain[square] anTRher directory. Please[square]delete
> this one first![square]' ' not found![square]Unknown[arrow pointing
> left]Crrorn[small square "elevated"][Alpha in INS mode][lowercase "hex"
> letter]TinuxCfg' is no longer valNB. Please delete it and reload
> Tinux![square]Directory not found[square]Go to selected directory[square]This
> file has been deleted![square] Delete associated variable?[square] YES
> [square]NO[square]"
>
> then it had some gibberish...
>
> Then I scrolled down and started finding stuff about YAS and the actual
> descriptions that each program had, and then more gibberish...
>
> Then it showed me a string I had played with yesterday:
> I had entered this, exactly how it outputted:
> "RR" [note, the last quotation mark was actually some elevated "x"]
> RR
> RR
> Ans+3
> "RR"
> RR
>
> All of it was what I had played with when I was bored yesterday...
>
> Then it even started showing me some Ion86 stuff like "unsupported rom call"
> and even some Chmasc stuff "memory recovered" (unless that was some other
> program, which then I'm wondering what the hell it was)...gibberish after that
>
> then "delay inactive[square]delay inactive" (???????)...some gibberish
>
> then "select a new group"... more gibberish
>
> "[F1] delete [F2] hide"...more gibberish..."New group name"...more
> gibberish..."Yet Another Shell 0.94 by Aaron Curtis[square]....more
> gibberish..."No
> Programs"...."CrASH[square]Ash[square]Rigel[square]Usgard[square]PhatOS[square
> ]EXT[square]BASIC[square]ZShell[square]Select External Variables"...more
> gibberish...more YAS stuff....then all the games I had when I had ashell on
> there..."Press Any Key[square] You have saved the princess.[square] Your
> quest is over.".....
>
> then it went on and on, I haven't checked the rest yet...
>
> the weird thing about it was I had reset my calculator 4 times over the past
> two weeks; I haven't had AShell on since last Friday, and I had reset my
> calculator over and over the past three days, I lost YAS two days ago and
> went with the good ol Asm( shell, then I switched to Tinux, then when it got
> reset I went back to Asm(. This crap is showing stuff I had on my calculator
> over the past two weeks....
>
> Is this normal? I never knew the calculator kept dibs on what programs you
> had/ran. If this is normal, please tell me, because I've just started asm
> programming, and this is kind of spooky.... >>
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