Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!info-mac From: info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) Newsgroups: ont.micro.mac Subject: MICROSOFT BASIC HANG-UP Message-ID: <4706@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3-Jul-84 03:14:40 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.4706 Posted: Tue Jul 3 03:14:40 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 3-Jul-84 04:57:32 EDT Sender: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 17 Date: Thu 28 Jun 84 20:58:41-PDT From: Tony Siegman Subject: MICROSOFT BASIC HANG-UP To: info-mac@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA If you RUN the following MS Basic program on the Mac (I realize -- now -- that it's syntatically incorrect): 10 X=1: P$="##.##": PRINT USING "P$"; X the Mac goes into a loop, printing an endless unmoving single line of "P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$..." across the screen; the mouse is disabled; Ctrl-C does not work; and there seems to be no way to get out except to turn the power off and start over. -------