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From: kent@sunfs3.camex.uucp (Kent Borg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macintosh One-Liners
Message-ID: <528@sunfs3.camex.uucp>
Date: 6 Oct 89 15:30:59 GMT
References: <221@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu> <4466@internal.Apple.COM> <15876@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <13904@well.UUCP> <239@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu> <33546@srcsip.UUCP>
Reply-To: kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg)
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In article <33546@srcsip.UUCP> mnkonar@src.honeywell.com (Murat N. Konar) writes:
>In article <239@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu> pepke@loligo.UUCP (Eric Pepke) writes:
>>Put an odd long at location zero on a 68000 to help find NIL references.
>
>There exists an INIT that puts an odd long at location zero.  I beleive it's
>public domain.  I'll check and if anyone wants it I can mail it.

I know the Phil and Dave CD has "Mr Bus Error" on it.  It sets up a
VBL task to keep stuffing an odd, unpopulated address in location 0.
Supposed to cause a zero dereferance to blow up any machine.  Thing
is, it seems to blow up the booting of my Plus.  A friend reports the
same problem.

-- 
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