todd@MEDIA-LAB.MIT.EDU (04/15/86)
Wanna know how I get mushrooms? I use the mushroom analyzer! The first time I exit from the analyzer, I get three bombs (yup, got TOS in ROM). If I use the mushroom analyzer again, I get two (and I keep getting two). I haven't looked at the code, so I don't know what is causing it. I never noticed this when I had TOS in RAM. Todd (it must be the 1 meg upgrade) Fujinaka
Felton.pa@XEROX.COM (04/15/86)
Todd, What is a mushroom analyzer and how do I get one? John
franco@iuvax.UUCP (04/17/86)
Certain memory locations, for example the data and address registers and user and supervisor stacks, do not get erased when the rest button is hit. Therefore, one can reboot after a crash and those locations will have precisely the numbers they contained at the point the crash occurred. The mushroom analyzer simply displays the contents of each of those locations. You can get a mushroom analyzer by sending a blank floppy disk, SASE and packing material to John Franco 2535 Spicewood Lane Bloomington, IN 47401 USA