In order to avoid spontaneous severe caffeine peril in the future, I would
recommend switching to decaf.
Denys
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Roy Brown
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 11:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] BAISC/V follies (was [HP3000-L] HP3000 MPE/iX 7.5
manual)
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Denys Beauchemin
<[log in to unmask]> writing at 09:53:14 in his/her local time opines:-
<snip most of Denys' problem with BS>
>50 DIM B$[12]
>520 RS="123"
>530 REM
>540 REM F IS THE FILE NUMBER OF A KSAM FILE
>550 REM OPENED BY A CALL TO BKOPEN
>560 REM
>570 REM NOTE THAT ONLY THREE BYTES "123" ARE WRITTEN FROM B$
>580 REM WHEREAS TEN WORDS ARE WRITTEN FROM NUMERIC ARRAY A.
>620 REM
>630 REM THREE IDENTICAL RECORDS ARE BEING OUTPUT SO THAT
>640 REM SUBSEQUENT EXAMPLES OF THIS PROGRAM WILL EXECUTE
>650 REM .
>660 FOR I=1 TO 3
>670 CALL BKWRITE(F,S$,BS,A[*])
>680 REM
>Now, isn't that the funniest thing you have ever seen? I sprayed my
>screen with some hot coffee.
>Could this be due to bad scanning and imperfect character recognition?
Quite possibly. On a similar note, my iPad came under severe caffeine peril
when the iBook I was reading had Jack Readier being menaced with a Clock
pointed straight at him.
Mind you, I'd be alarmed if that happened to me....
--
Roy Brown 'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
Kelmscott Ltd useful, or believe to be beautiful' William Morris
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