Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvra!rnews!hpcvbbs!akcs.morton From: akcs.morton@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Larry Morton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: ->ASC and ASC-> Keywords: ->asc and asc-> Message-ID: <272469e2-3bdcomp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.UUCP> Date: 23 Oct 90 16:40:06 GMT Lines: 16 I TRIED TO LOAD THE ->ASC AND ASC-> PROGRAMS GIVEN UNDER ITEM 887 BY RAY RISCHPATER AND MY SYSTEM STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE POWER. WHEN I TURNED THE 48 BACK ON, ALL MEMORY WAS LOST (INCLUDING ALL OF MY PROGRAMS SINCE MARCH '90 WHICH, BY MY IGNORANCE, HAD NOT BEEN BACKED UP TO A FLOPPY !). I HAVE DOWNLOADED THESE PROGRAMS SEVERAL TIMES AND THE ONLY RESPONSE WHEN RUNNING "SETUP" NOW IS THAT BOTH "P2" AND "P3" ARE INVALID STRINGS. I HAVE CHECKED EACH DIGIT, ONE BY ONE, AND THEY ARE EXACTLY AS RAY'S ITEM SHOWS. WHAT COULD I BE DOING WRONG ? PLEASE GIVE ME SOME GUIDANCE ON LOADING AND USING THESE PROGRAMS. I STARTED OUT BY EDITING "P1" TO CHANGE IT TO A 48 PROGRAM WHICH THE MACHINE ACCEPTED SO I DON'T THINK THE PROBLEM IS THERE. "P2" AND "P3" ARE ENTERED EXACTLY LIKE THE LISTING SHOWS AS ONE LONG LIST BEGINNING AND ENDING WITH " AND THE COMBINATIONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. --- LARRY MORTON (805) 733-4275