Re: Favorite error messages

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From: Bill Vermillion
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 1990 21:36

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In article <35...@cc.usu.edu> SL...@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) writes:
>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.)

Radio Shack had the most copies of that out, but if you look around you
will find that what the Model I ran, was Chien's Tiny Basic, and the full
listing for it is in volume 1 of Dr. Dobbs Journal of Computer Calisthenics
& Orthodontia (Running Light Without Overbyte)

I even had a disk of the source and for kicks compiled that on some later
machines.

-- 
Bill Vermillion - UUCP: uunet!tarpit!bilver!bill
                      : bill@bilver.UUCP

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Subject: Re: Favorite error messages
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