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Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT

From Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.sinclair
Subject Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT
Date 2014-08-17 13:40 +0100
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <20140817134015.506c2a4a@talktalk.net> (permalink)
References <op.xklkidrz34qdui@flay.home> <53EE6BFB.MD-1.4.17.chris.young@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk> <lsnaml$g8v$1@dont-email.me> <lsnpbj$b9v$1@dont-email.me> <op.xkpmi8wm34qdui@flay.home>

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On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 01:05:22 +0100
"Paul E Collins" <equi@cl4.invalid> wrote:

> I sent a note about this to Ian Collier (of the Spectrum +3 bugs FAQ
> -- not that I imagine this has been updated for a decade or so), and
> he replied:
> 
> "To be fair, the manual doesn't specify what error you should expect
> when trying that.  I agree that it doesn't sound right for dealing
> with printers, but there are not that many other error messages that
> would suit. [...]"

“Invalid device” would have covered any eventuality. Mind you, it's a
byte longer.

-- 
Duncan Snowden.

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Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT "Paul E Collins" <equi@cl4.invalid> - 2014-08-14 20:31 +0100
  Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> - 2014-08-15 08:19 +0100
  Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2014-08-15 20:22 +0100
    Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> - 2014-08-16 11:10 +0100
      Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT Guesser <alistair@alistairsserver.no-ip.org> - 2014-08-16 15:20 +0100
        Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT "Paul E Collins" <equi@cl4.invalid> - 2014-08-17 01:05 +0100
          Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2014-08-17 13:40 +0100
            Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT "Paul E Collins" <equi@cl4.invalid> - 2014-08-18 15:33 +0100
              Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT Guesser <alistair@alistairsserver.no-ip.org> - 2014-08-18 15:56 +0100
          Re: Another undocumented +3 bug: FORMAT LPRINT "Paul E Collins" <equi@cl4.invalid> - 2014-08-18 15:34 +0100

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