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In article <35...@cc.usu.edu>, SL...@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) writes:
> In article <1990Sep23....@hq.demos.su>, a...@hq.demos.su (Vadim G. Antonov) writes:
> > 	Hmmm... Nine years ago I hacked MIR-1 (table-sized transistor
> > 	machine with 4 Kb core memory, punch tape, typewriter and
> > 	built-in interpreter of ALGOL-like language).
> > 	This funny machine had ONLY ONE error message: "NO MEM".
> > 	All other errors were indicated on lamps above tubler registers.
> 
> Sorry, I can't resist any longer. Whenever this thread comes along, I just
> *have* to mention TRS-80 Model I Level I BASIC, which had only three
> error messages: What? (syntax error) How? (divide by zero, etc.) and Sorry!
> (out of memory, etc.)


I remember a diferrent one which you got when you ran out
of memory - "OM" Sort of like it started humming its
mantra, but it meant "Out of Memory". The other was the
one I regularly got just as you finished typing in 15k of Basic
code for some neat little hack (and just before you saved
it to cassette tape).  My brother who shift in his seat,
kick the power cord and we'd get "MEM SIZE?" This became
my default expression to indicate that I'm very confused
and need to reset myself. Of course, all work is lost and
you try again...

				- peterd


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