Global blowing away Mac II?

Article View: comp.sys.mac

Article #15446

#15446

From: woody
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1987 23:36

15 lines
1389 bytes

The Megamax C compiler library stuff insists upon using the magic location
694 decimal (2B6 hex) in low memory to store a long word of data.  For some
reason programs compiled using version 3.0 of the C compiler crashes a
Mac II, and I think it may be because of this.  However, as I don't have
access to a copy of IM v5 at the moment, I thought I'd ask this forum if
it is possible that the crash is occuring because of a write to this
global location.  What is at this location anyways?

BTW, the decimal address is correct; I think the hex value is right, but
I wouldn't bet a house on it...

- William Woody                          Mac! > ][n && /|\
  woody@tybalt.caltech.edu
  woody@juliet.caltech.edu

Technical Details

Message-ID: <2236@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!homxb!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxm!mhuxo!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!ll-xn!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!woody

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!homxb!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxm!mhuxo!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!ll-xn!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!woody
From: woody@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Global blowing away Mac II?
Message-ID: <2236@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: Sun, 5-Apr-87 18:36:07 EST
Article-I.D.: cit-vax.2236
Posted: Sun Apr  5 18:36:07 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 9-Apr-87 01:46:11 EST
Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu
Reply-To: woody@tybalt.caltech.edu (William Edward Woody)
Distribution: world
Organization: Calfornia Institute of Technology
Lines: 15