Re: need help with cpu problem

[k_bouchard@csc32.enet.dec.com (My name is...)]

In article <1994Jan8.184853.14886@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>, k_bouchard@csc32.enet.dec.com (My name is...) writes...
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>CSC32::K_BOUCHARD                                    31 lines   8-JAN-1994 13:05
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>    I noticed while running the Lego/Logo thing that comparisons didn't work so
>    good. I just dismissed it as some sort of quirk of the LOGO language.
>    Now,I find that running BASIC,a simple IF/THEN statement won't work
>    with certain numbers (it looks like numbers with five or more bits
>    can't be compared for equality)
> 
>    Here is a BASIC program that fails:
> 
>    10 y=3
>    20 x=7
>    30 num=x^y
>    40 if num=343 then print num
>    50 end
> 
>    substitute x=8 and put 512 in the IF/THEN and it works. (prints out
>    num)
> 
>    Is there some diagnostic I can run on the cpu? If there is,can I get it
>    or is it proprietary like so much other stuff?
> 
>    BTW: In case you're wondering,yes the system speed in the control panel
>    *was* set to FAST and I lowered it to NORMAL,being *sure* this was the
>    problem. No luck,still fails.
> 
> 
>   Ken
> 


Oh yeah,forgot,it's a 5 1/4 meg GS with hard-drive.

Ken