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From: wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl (Wietse Z. Venema)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Nethack 3.0 on Microport V/AT
Message-ID: <323@wzv.win.tue.nl>
Date: 3 Sep 89 18:45:06 GMT
References: <510@dalek.UUCP>
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Seth J. Bradley (sjb@dalek.UUCP) writes:
> I still have not been able to get 3.0 to run consistently
> without dumping core on Microport V/AT (2.3).  Anyone else
> out there have better luck?  Thanks in advance!

Neither have I, but you could try to save the game when a core 
dump is imminent. It saved us a lot of grief with Nethack 2.3.

*** unixmain.c-	Mon Aug 28 19:24:50 1989
--- unixmain.c	Sun Sep  3 17:30:03 1989
***************
*** 95,100 ****
--- 95,102 ----
  	u.uhp = 1;	/* prevent RIP on early quits */
  	u.ux = FAR;	/* prevent nscr() */
  	(void) signal(SIGHUP, (SIG_RET_TYPE) hangup);
+ 	(void) signal(SIGSEGV, (SIG_RET_TYPE) hangup);
+ 	(void) signal(SIGBUS, (SIG_RET_TYPE) hangup);
  
  	/*
  	 * Find the creation date of this game,
*** save.c-	Mon Aug 28 19:27:36 1989
--- save.c	Sun Sep  3 19:29:24 1989
***************
*** 77,82 ****
--- 77,83 ----
  hangup(){
  	hu = TRUE;
  	(void) dosave0();
+ 	settty("Game saved...\n");	/* restore tty modes */
  	exit(1);
  	return 0;
  }