MICROSOFT BASIC HANG-UP

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Subject: MICROSOFT BASIC HANG-UP
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Date: Mon, 2-Jul-84 16:18:15 EDT
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From: Tony Siegman
If you RUN the following MS Basic program on the Mac (I realize -- now --
that it's syntatically incorrect):

10 X=1: P$="##.##": PRINT USING "P$"; X

the Mac goes into a loop, printing an endless unmoving single line of
"P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$P$..." across the screen; the mouse is disabled;
Ctrl-C does not work; and there seems to be no way to get out except to
turn the power off and start over.
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