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- We will be interested in receiving bug reports. We will do everything possible
- to eliminate bugs, but our resources are limited and we will place first
- priority on most common bugs from licensed users.
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- We have built into the program a number of bug finding procedures which we are
- leaving in the early release. These are initiated from the number pad keys.
- In order to activate the bug keys, both the caps lock and the num lock key must
- be on.
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- KP9 Pushing this key will clear most loops and transfer you back to the
- main menu. It also produces a monster listing which con be aborted by F9.
- This is the best way to escape from a program hang. If this doesn't work, the
- situation is probably hopeless. While we close files with this key, DOS does
- not always respond. There is a problem in that the system does not always
- recover from a filled up disk file. So be sure to have enough room when you do
- a Save.
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- KP3 If you can identify a sequence which will cause a problem, this key
- will give us the information we usually need to unscramble it. To use this
- key, start well before the problem. Each time you press a key, working toward
- the problem, hit KP3 (with caps lock and num lock on). In answer to the
- prompt, enter what you have just done. It is best to continue the procedure
- backing out to the main menu after the bug. This key produces about a dozen
- lines of printer output each time pressed. Send us the printer output, and the
- job and we will try to decode it.
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- KP1 If the job seems to be really hung in a loop, pressing this key will
- produce helpful print out. Stop it, the key is a toggle, after a page or so of
- print out, or after you see clear repetition.
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- KP7 Produces a very large listing, so this is best done with a very minimum
- job. Not very useful unless we also have a symbol list. This listing will
- tell us everything, more than we will usually want to know. Send this only if
- we request it.
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