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From: peraino@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Bob Peraino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: POSSIBLE BUG IN HP48 MODES BROWSER
Keywords: hp48 modes browser
Message-ID: <3378@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 91 14:24:43 GMT
Organization: George Mason Univ., Fairfax, Va.
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POSSIBLE BUG IN HP48 MODES BROWSER

Here's what I did:

1. Archived machine to PC.
   (Yes, I do this even if it's Dr. Wickes who wrote the code!)

2. Downloaded the ASC encoded modes browser. No problems.

3. Brought string to stack, and ran ASC->    No problems.

4. Stored it in the name MODES. 


     Here's where things get interesting. If I invoke MODES by pressing
the menu key, everything seems fine. However, if I invoke the browser
by typing out that name, and then I change the state of the clock flag,
when I press on/attn to exit the little hourglass appears and never
goes away. ON-C time. Everything's normal. I try going back into MODES by
pressing the menu key, and modify the clock flag, and it works fine.
I try again by typing out the name, and when I modify the clock flag,
it locks up again on exit.
     So, I then copied the program to a new name, AA. When I start the
browser by pressing AA and modify the clock flag, it's fine. When I
type out AA and modify the clock flag, when I exit, my menu line gets
trashed (static type garbage), I get Insufficient memory error (when I
actually have 127k free), and then the machine runs REAL slow, like
someone cranked down the clock speed. ON-C time again. This appears
to straighten everything out. I try this test one more time, and
the last time, the screen flashed, blanked out, and system-halted
by itself. Me-thinks it's time to restore my machine from that
prudent backup I made.
     I have a 128k card in port 0  (The hp variety)
and an EQ library card in port 1.

Any ideas?

peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu