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excerpt: "There is an error in the ROM program in our computer which causes numbers between 0.01 and 0.00001 to be LPRINTed incorrectly. The bug occurs only with printers using the LPRINT command, such as the Timex and Sinclair printers."
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# ROM Bug #3

There is an error in the ROM program in our computer which causes numbers between 0.01 and 0.00001 to be LPRINTed incorrectly. The bug occurs only with printers using the LPRINT command, such as the Timex and Sinclair printers.