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From: zap@savage (Zap Savage)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Problems with NetHack 3pl7 under Xenix 386: Illegal Instruction
Keywords: nethack NetHack xenix 386
Message-ID: <127@savage.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 90 20:07:20 GMT
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Organization: Savage Research, Inc. (San Diego, CA, USA)
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X-Local-Date: 28 Jul 90 13:07:20 PDT

I know this isn't the most up to date version of NetHack 3, I have pl9 in
the wings, but I need pl8 first and I can't find it on uunet.  If someone
has it, I'd appreciate a copy.

But I doubt that's the problem.  I haven't been able to pin down the problem
since it just seems to happen randomly.  I get "Illegal instruction" and the
program dumps.  I'm looking now at patching slightly to allow trapping that
signal and saving the game at that point in hopes that I can rerun it from that
point.

Zap