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Re: Favorite error messages

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From: SL... Roger Ivie
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 16:25
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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.)
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From: SL...@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie)
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Subject: Re: Favorite error messages
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