Date   : Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:05:03 +0100
From   : Julian.Stenning@...
Subject: Re: Beeb BASIC Bug

Yes, it is. Strangely enough, if you use GOTO 10 in the line rather than
G.10, the bug does not occurr.


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Widdas [mailto:brian@...]
Sent: 29 March 2000 15:04
To: Julian.Stenning@...
Cc: bbc-micro@...
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Beeb BASIC Bug



On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 Julian.Stenning@... wrote:

> I remember reading this in 'The Micro User' letters section years ago....
> 
> At the prompt type 10G.10: and copy the G.10: until the maximum line
lenght
> beep occurrs (i.e. 10G.10:G.10:G.10 etc)
> 
> Once return is pressed, the beeb hangs with random sounds. This is also
true
> for PCBBC and BeebEm.

Bizarre. Isn't G. a shorthand for GOTO?

Brian
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