Re: LF: Errors

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Re: LF: Errors

Because you might by some error write to a space in mem where your
instructions. are stored. Or you might make a branch to some crazy
address. In assembly language there is no points for second best.
					Michael Nielsen
					mal@dit.ou.dk




On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Ed Plese, Jr. wrote:


> I was working on a program today and yesterday that would generate a 
> random landscape.  It compiles fine, but it always locks up and comes 
> up with an Illegal Instruction of Address Error and the calc freezes. 
>  I don't know why either of these comes up.  How can it be executing 
> an illegal instruction when it compiles fine?  I looked at the code 
> and it doesn't jump to anyother addresses or anything, to cause an 
> Illegal Instruction error.  Does anyone know what's wrong?
> 
> Also, after locking up my calc many times, I found that the best way 
> to reset it is to hold down [ON] and while still holding [ON], take 
> out one of the batteries and then put it back in.  Then let go of 
> [ON]  and the calc is reset.  It hasn't failed me yet!
> 
> -Ed
>
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