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From: flip@comhex.UUCP (The Flip)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Nethack problem
Message-ID: <233@comhex.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 89 22:52:46 GMT
Organization: Communications Hex of Jax, FL
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I was playing Nethack one day, when I was suddenly getting that occasional
"Null missing...etc" error, so I saved it...when I tried to reload it, I was
told that the save file was missing, and when given the --More-- prompt,
nothing would happen; it would just sit there, so I logged off...the next time
I tried playing again, I was sent to the Nethack welcome screen prompt (no
more file-saving problems), and when I was asked to pick a character (YNQ), I
tried "y" and "n", but nothing happened...however, when I pushed "q", the quit
command worked, and I exited Nethack...so I tried Nethack again, this time
trying "Y" and "N" (note the upper case), and it accepted those
characters...however, when asked what character I wished to be, once again my
input would not be accepted unless I used upper case...

So the game started, I was in a room with my neato pet. But, when I tried to
turn time on with "O", I was told that "Unknown command 'M-O'"...M-O? Same
thing with the pickup command; that didn't work either...HOWEVER, when I typed
"i", I was given my inventory, but once again at the --More-- prompt, the game
wouldn't accept my <space> or <cr> key, so I had to drop carrier again...I've
told the SysOp about the problem, and it looks like this is just an isolated
case; I am the only one with this problem on the BBS...SysOp didn't know what
caused the problem though, which is why I've posted here...you're my last
hope...I'm playing 3.0f PL2 on an AT&T 3B1...