Re: A85: TSR calc protector

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Subject: Re: A85: TSR calc protector
From: mgp4007@omega.uta.edu (Michael Pearce)
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 18:51:10 GMT
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In-Reply-To: <19980402.061554.4735.1.justin-b@juno.com>
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The calc usually locks up because you overwrite something in memory,
which no "ctrl+alt+delete" would fix.  the OS (or shell) has no way of
protecting itself against malignant programs.  but, if you just
accidentally get into an infinite loop, it would be useful (but only
for programmers since most games should not have infinite loops when
released).

-mike

On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 06:23:26 EST, you wrote:

>
>Is there a TSR program available to serve as a safeguard in case a calc
>locks up?  Everyone is, I'm sure, familiar with Window's CTRL+ALT+DEL, so
>why can't the TI-85 have such a feature, perhaps built into Usgard or
>Rigel or what not, that makes use of normally unused keys.
>
>Justin Bosch
>justin-b@juno.com
>

References:

A85: TSR calc protector

From: justin-b@juno.com (Justin M Bosch)