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In article <25010@cup.portal.com> R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com writes:
>Other than this (BOMBS on exit) UniTerm seems to work fine under TOS 1.4.
>Has anyone else encountered problems like this with UniTerm (any version)
>under TOS 1.4?

I've noticed this problem with UniTerm V2.0e, and I don't think it is
specific to TOS 1.4.  UniTerm works fine when started from the
desktop, but when started from the Mark Williams shell, it will give
bombs on exiting, and sometimes the computer will subsequently crash.
These bombs seem to occur with other programs compiled with OSS Pascal
as well.  I suspect the Pascal libraries are doing something incorrect
with AES causing it to walk over memory that doesn't belong to it, and
the particular memory that ends up getting trampled may well be
different under TOS 1.4 than under previous versions, causing the
change in behavior that you observe.  You may find that it also
depends on what TSR programs and desk accessories you have installed. 

I'd be interested if anyone ever manages to track this problem down.

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