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╘O : ┴LL INTERESTED IN ┼┬┬╙ 128 V4.0
╞ROM : ┼D ╨ARRY, ┼┬┬╙ ╚╤, ╙EPULVEDA, ├┴
╙UBJ : ┼RRATA 01 - ┼┬┬╙ 128 V4.0 KNOWN BUG NOTES
─ATE : 20 ┴UG 1988
╚I ╟UYS!
╚ERE ARE SOME ERRATA NOTES THAT HAVE COME UP SINCE THE RELEASE OF ┼┬┬╙
128 V4.0 ON THE 14TH OF ┴UGUST, 1988:
1) ╒SERFILE ┼DITOR ╠EVEL CALCULATOR: ╔ FORGOT TO MENTION IN THE TEXT
FILE THAT TO INVOKE THE USERFILE LEVEL CALCULATOR YOU MUST ENTER "├"
AS THE LEVEL INSTEAD OF A NUMBER.
2) ╠OGON ╔╠╠┼╟┴╠ ╤╒┴╬╘╔╘┘ ERROR: ╘HIS IS A TRUE BUG (!) BUT CAN BE GOT
AROUND EASILY. ╩UST MAKE ╙╒╥┼ TO POST AN "OB" FILE (╧PENING BULLETIN)
AND INCLUDE THE DATE. ╔F THE "OB" FILE IS NOT THERE ╔ FORGOT TO ACCOUNT
FOR IT (╔ ADDED THE '╙╦╔╨ ╧┬ ╥╧╒╘╔╬┼' A FEW DAYS BEFORE RELEASE...)
3) ╠OAD & ┼DIT ├╞╟40.128 FILE: ╘HE EDITOR ╙╚╧╒╠─ JUST STOP AFTER TRYING
TO LOAD A FILE MORE THAN 500 LINES BUT ╔ HAVE FOUND THAT IT WILL LOCK
UP ┼┬┬╙ INSTEAD! ╘HE ├╞╟40.128 FILE IS ═╧╥┼ THAN 500 LINES LONG SO DO
NOT TRY TO LOAD & EDIT IT FROM WITHIN ┼┬┬╙ 128 V4.0'S LOAD AND EDIT
OPTION.
4) ╠OCAL ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘ COMMAND: ╔ HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS ╧╬┼ OVER THE
ACTUAL COUNT. (╔┼: 10 ENTRIES WHEN THERE IS REALLY NINE.) ╥EMOTE
ENTRIES COUNT IS OKAY THO.
5) ╪MODEM 1& ┴╥├: ╫HEN *╔* TRIED TO ╒╠ & ─╠ THE ┼┬┬╙128/40.┴╥├ FILE ╔
FOUND THAT XMODEM 1K WOULD CAUSE ┴╥├ SOME PROBLEMS. ╔ SUGGEST
╪MODEM/├╥├ OR ╬EW ╨UNTER TO ─╠ THE FILE. ╔ HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A FEW
REPORTS OF ERRATIC & UNDUPLICATABLE PROBLEMS THAT ╔ SUSPECT ARE DUE TO
XMODEM CHECKSUM ─╠'S. (╫HICH IS NOT VERY ROBUST WHEN IT COMES TO ERROR
DETECTION ON EVEN MILDLY NOISY LINES.)
6) ├/╟ MODE: ╫HEN INPUTTING TEXT A USER IS ALLOWED TO INPUT STRINGS
WHICH CONSIST OF ├╥╙╥ CONTROLS WHICH CAN EVENTUALLY ADD UP TO MORE THAN
255 BYTES WHICH WILL CAUSE AND ERROR (STRING TOO LONG) WHICH WILL CAUSE
┼┬┬╙ 128 V4.0 TO RESET. ╘HIS IS A REAL BUG BUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ╬╧╬
CRITICAL SINCE ┼┬┬╙"S ERROR RECOVERY AVOIDS A CRASH.
7) ╘ERMINAL ═ODE: ╔ FOUND WHEN CERTAIN DRIVE ERRORS OCCUR WHEN TRYING
TO DO ─╔╥ ├═─ OR ─╧╙ ├═─ THAT THE WHOLE SYSTEM LOCKS UP GIVING A
CONTINIOUS LOOP OF CAPITOL "╟"'S DOWN THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN. ╘HE ONLY
THING ╔ HAVE FOUND TO SOLVE OR ABORT THIS PROBLEM IS A COLD RESET.
8) ├OPY MODE: ╘HE BLOCK COUNTERS ARE STILL OFF A LITTLE BIT. ╘HIS IS
BECAUSE ╔ USE A 256 BYTE BLOCK WHEN ACTUAL DATA IN A ├┬═ BLOCK IS 254
BYTES. ╘HE 1ST TWO BYTES OF THE BLOCKS ARE ACTUALLY USED BY ─╧╙ AS ╬┼╪╘
┬╠╧├╦ LINK INDICATORS AND SHOULD NOT BE COUNTED AS DATA.
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