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EARLIER, I LEFT YOU A NOTE TELLING YOU ABOUT THE NATURE OF
YOUR CORGET LOSSAGE. I HAVE MODIFIED MY SPINE PROGRAM TO
ATTEMPT TO "NUDGE" ONE BODY A LITTLE (SEE P9) BEFORE
ATTEMPTING THE UNION. IT STILL LOSES. IF YOU WANT TO SEE
ALL THE CYLINDERS, JUST CHANGE 16756 IN SPINE.DMP
INTO A SKIPA (INSTEAD OF A SKIPE). THIS WILL WORK
UNTIL YOU GET AN ILL MEM REF (EVIDENTLY FROM THE CORGET LOSSAGE)
I TRIED TO WAIT AROUND FOR YOU, BUT I'M GETTING VERY GROGGY.
WHAT IS YOUR SCHEDULE THESE DAYS? I.E. AT WHAT TIMES SHOULD I
BE HERE TO CATCH YOU. THIS "DEBUGGING BY CORRESPONDENCE"
IS GETTING ME DOWN. IF YOU WILL PREDICT (HOWEVER INACCURATELY,
I.E. DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT MY TAKING ANYTHING AS A
COMMITMENT -- I WON'T) WHEN YOU PLAN TO BE HERE, I WILL TRY
TO BE HERE TOO.
RUSS
PS. AS I THINK I MAY HAVE SAID EARLIER, YOUR TROUBLE IS
THAT YOOU CLOBBER A MEMORY LINK. THIS LINK WILL BE OCCURRING
AFTER A BLOCK. SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE WRITING TOO FAR.
IF YOU NEED MORE HELP, TELL ME.
26-MAR-73 0313 VIS,RHT
BRUCE, THE REASON YOUR CORGET LOSES IS THAT YOU CLOBBER
THE MEMORY LINKS. I LOADED FROM A LIBARY & PRODUCED
TESTX.DMP ON YOUR AREA. (THIS IS THE SAME SAIL PROGRAM AS
TEST3). THEN, I SET UP A BREAK POINT AT MORCOR+5.
AFTER THE FIRST CALL TO CORGET HERE, THE LOCATIONS
72641:72643 ARE A CORRECT MEMORY LINK (0,-1,0 -- SINCE
THIS IS THEE END). WHEN YOU NEXT GET THERE, THE LOCATIONS
ARE BADLY CLOBBERED. THIS LOSSAGE HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH REGISTERS 12 & 16, WHICH ARE (I THINK ) PRESERVED.
RATHER, YOU SEEM TO BE KILLING THE CORE IMAGE.
AS EVER
RUSS
25-MAR-73 1732 VIS,RHT