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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: NetHack 3 strange abort
Summary: Haven't seen this since Patch 2
Message-ID: <1989Sep5.133259.16162@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 89 13:32:59 GMT
References: <KAYVAN.89Aug31212322@mrspoc.Transact.COM> <178@bmers58.UUCP> <KAYVAN.89Sep2121750@mrspoc.Transact.COM> <74@tor.nhh.no>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc., Mundelein, IL
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In article <74@tor.nhh.no> edb_thorsten@tor.nhh.no (Thorsten Lockert) writes:
>In article <KAYVAN.89Sep2121750@mrspoc.Transact.COM>, kayvan@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Kayvan Sylvan) writes:
>> No. That was one of the first things I thought of. It simply dies. The prompt
>> appears in the middle of the screen (it does not clear the screen like when I
>> hit the '!' key) and I do a ps to find that this is indeed my login shell.
>
>I've seen similar behaviour, except that Xenix says 'Illegal
>instruction'.  Again, it happens only during fights.  Anyone?

I used to see this all the time on Nethack 3, but it has disappeared with
Patch 2.  At least I think it has; after several hours of play by myself and a
couple of other players, no one has reported it.

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