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!RMClear?

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Filename: !RMClear?
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File size: 021F bytes
Load address: 0000
Exec address: 0000
File contents
Note, some naughty games (no recent ones, though) decide to kill all
unwanted modules to free memory, by issuing a *RMClear command. This will
kill a CheatMod. You can stop this by pressing F12 and typing:

Set Alias$RMClear Set dHacker$RMClear Stopped

This makes RMClear perform something entirely different, with no visible
effect. Desktop Hacker performs this in its boot file, so if you have 'seen'
Desktop Hacker before running the CheatMod, you don't need to type the above.

Luckily, this practice is dying out, as it's entirely silly.
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00000010  74 79 20 67 61 6d 65 73  20 28 6e 6f 20 72 65 63  |ty games (no rec|
00000020  65 6e 74 20 6f 6e 65 73  2c 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68  |ent ones, though|
00000030  29 20 64 65 63 69 64 65  20 74 6f 20 6b 69 6c 6c  |) decide to kill|
00000040  20 61 6c 6c 0a 75 6e 77  61 6e 74 65 64 20 6d 6f  | all.unwanted mo|
00000050  64 75 6c 65 73 20 74 6f  20 66 72 65 65 20 6d 65  |dules to free me|
00000060  6d 6f 72 79 2c 20 62 79  20 69 73 73 75 69 6e 67  |mory, by issuing|
00000070  20 61 20 2a 52 4d 43 6c  65 61 72 20 63 6f 6d 6d  | a *RMClear comm|
00000080  61 6e 64 2e 20 54 68 69  73 20 77 69 6c 6c 0a 6b  |and. This will.k|
00000090  69 6c 6c 20 61 20 43 68  65 61 74 4d 6f 64 2e 20  |ill a CheatMod. |
000000a0  59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20  73 74 6f 70 20 74 68 69  |You can stop thi|
000000b0  73 20 62 79 20 70 72 65  73 73 69 6e 67 20 46 31  |s by pressing F1|
000000c0  32 20 61 6e 64 20 74 79  70 69 6e 67 3a 0a 0a 53  |2 and typing:..S|
000000d0  65 74 20 41 6c 69 61 73  24 52 4d 43 6c 65 61 72  |et Alias$RMClear|
000000e0  20 53 65 74 20 64 48 61  63 6b 65 72 24 52 4d 43  | Set dHacker$RMC|
000000f0  6c 65 61 72 20 53 74 6f  70 70 65 64 0a 0a 54 68  |lear Stopped..Th|
00000100  69 73 20 6d 61 6b 65 73  20 52 4d 43 6c 65 61 72  |is makes RMClear|
00000110  20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d  20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69  | perform somethi|
00000120  6e 67 20 65 6e 74 69 72  65 6c 79 20 64 69 66 66  |ng entirely diff|
00000130  65 72 65 6e 74 2c 20 77  69 74 68 20 6e 6f 20 76  |erent, with no v|
00000140  69 73 69 62 6c 65 0a 65  66 66 65 63 74 2e 20 44  |isible.effect. D|
00000150  65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 48  61 63 6b 65 72 20 70 65  |esktop Hacker pe|
00000160  72 66 6f 72 6d 73 20 74  68 69 73 20 69 6e 20 69  |rforms this in i|
00000170  74 73 20 62 6f 6f 74 20  66 69 6c 65 2c 20 73 6f  |ts boot file, so|
00000180  20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20  68 61 76 65 20 27 73 65  | if you have 'se|
00000190  65 6e 27 0a 44 65 73 6b  74 6f 70 20 48 61 63 6b  |en'.Desktop Hack|
000001a0  65 72 20 62 65 66 6f 72  65 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e  |er before runnin|
000001b0  67 20 74 68 65 20 43 68  65 61 74 4d 6f 64 2c 20  |g the CheatMod, |
000001c0  79 6f 75 20 64 6f 6e 27  74 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74  |you don't need t|
000001d0  6f 20 74 79 70 65 20 74  68 65 20 61 62 6f 76 65  |o type the above|
000001e0  2e 0a 0a 4c 75 63 6b 69  6c 79 2c 20 74 68 69 73  |...Luckily, this|
000001f0  20 70 72 61 63 74 69 63  65 20 69 73 20 64 79 69  | practice is dyi|
00000200  6e 67 20 6f 75 74 2c 20  61 73 20 69 74 27 73 20  |ng out, as it's |
00000210  65 6e 74 69 72 65 6c 79  20 73 69 6c 6c 79 2e     |entirely silly.|
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