Stan writes: > > After a cold powerup, or an RS, the memory is (scrubbed/blanked/erased > or just simply trashed) ... a dump is worthless. > >Ok, can a TC be distinguished from an RS or cold powerup? > > Yes. The SHOT Nugget reports if a TC had been done. > > In 1994, I submitted an SR requesting that MEMSAVE (run just > before the ISL> prompt is given) be fixed to > not save memory if an RS had been done ... and I gave HP the C > source code to implement the change. The result? Nothing. > I can't even find the request via HPSL. > (No, I didn't record the SR#, ... I thought I could retrieve it > from HPSL ... my mistake) > >So, it sounds like Pete is saying: > > We have a trivially avoidable bug > >Ok, HP...you know how to easily fix it, and while you're there, please >fix MEMSAVE/ISL to not dump after an RS. > This is, as Stan puts it (and I would strongly agree), a TRIVIAL problem. So don't blow it out of proportion. It is easily avoided and will be fixed in due time. SR 4700962845 has been entered on this problem. -- --Pete Crosby ************************************************************************ * Note: my comments are my own and do not reflect the views of my * * employer or necessarily anyone else. [log in to unmask] * ************************************************************************