Re: LZ: Weird Trick...
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Re: LZ: Weird Trick...
On Thu, 26 Sep 1996 13:44:23 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Eric Linenberg wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Sep 1996 15:56:36 -0500, you wrote:
>> >John Yuschak wrote:
>> >>=20
>> >> Hey everybody,
>> >>=20
>> >> I just want a bit of your time to try out this trick (or bug). Tell=
me if it works (I hope it does). Do these steps:
>> >>=20
>> >> 1) Take a shell program you will use. We'll use "Hexview".
>> >> 2) Go into the Strings menu, and find out the length. In this case,=
299.
>> >> 3) Type in this to look at the file: "sub(hexview,1,299)"
>> >> 4) A line of junk will appear at the next line. This is the file it=
self. Push left and right to scroll.
>> >> 5) Now the string is also stored as "Ans"
>> >> 6) Go into the ZShell menu, and BAM! One program looks just like =
the other, except instead of reading "Hexview", it reads "Ans"!
>> >>=20
>> >> I think this is because the variable "Ans" contains the same value =
as "Hexview". But isn't "Ans" a different TYPE of variable? Thanx for =
your time.
>> >>=20
>> >> jyuschak@i21.com
>> >that is just because Ans has what is in Hexview in it because you did
>> >the sub(hexview,1,299) and ZShell looks for any and all ZShell =
strings
>> >regardless of what their verible name is. also you could have typed =
in
>> >just hexview at the home screen and it would have done the same =
thing.
>> >PCoMP
>>=20
>> you can go=20
>> hexview->A
>> hexview->B
>> and now A and B will be in the zshell menu
>
>Or you could probably use the +, -, and sub commands to install cheats =
in=20
>games!!!!
No this will NOT work because of the checksum!!!!
-eric
-elinenbe@umich.edu
-www.umich.edu/~elinenbe
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