Re: Bug in Simearth, was Re: SIMEARTH anyone?

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From: Chengi Jimmy Kuo
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1991 19:26

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russw@cs.utexas.edu (Russ Williams) writes:

>I like SimEarth too, but it's got a very bad bug: you can't leave it
>running just to see how the world evolves "untouched by human hands".
>After a while (15' to 1/2 hour) it crashes with a message:

>run-time error R6000
>-stack overflow

Instructions specifically say, if you get this bug, try again with no
CONFIG.SYS (or minimal since you might have a mouse) and no autoexec
(i.e. nothing else that ties up memory) and make sure you have enough
memory (I think 540K).  I got that message too.  Then I ran as directed
and haven't seen it since.

Jimmy Kuo
-- 
cjkuo@locus.com
"The correct answer to an either/or question is both!"

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From: cjkuo@locus.com (Chengi Jimmy Kuo)
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Subject: Re: Bug in Simearth, was Re: SIMEARTH anyone?
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