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From: derstad@CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM ("DAVE ERSTAD")
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Subject: Re:  NCS/RPC Question
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Date: 21 Sep 90 22:26:00 GMT
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>  The error message you are getting indicates that the routine which trapped
>  the error tried to access an integer or floating point number that was not
>  properly aligned. 

Well, yes, that is technically what has happened.  From a practical
standpoint it most often means a pointer variable has trash (as opposed
to the actual object being misaligned).  

Dave Erstad
Honeywell SSEC
DERSTAD@cim-vax.honeywell.com