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L/WELLS1
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_22.ADF |
| Filename: | L/WELLS1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 024D bytes |
| Load address: | 57204556 |
| Exec address: | 534C4C45 |
File contents
Dear Gus, While playing about with my Electron I discovered something quite strange - if at the '>' prompt I type in a lot of numbers separated by commas (eg. 5,9,2,6,4 and so on randomly) untill the computer beeps, them press RETURN, my computer changes screen mode from 6 to 4 , makes a noise and switches the cassette motor on. I was wondering if this happens to anyone else's computers and why it happens? Yours faithfully, John Wells INTERESTING JOHN, ON MINE WHEN I PRESS RETURN THE MACHINE LOCKED UP WITH ONLY THE FLASHING CURSOR. NEVER TRIED THIS BEFORE THOUGH.
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