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excerpt: "Hot Z II uses a fascinating \"trick\" for getting back into itself if you should stumble into the error restart, RST 08. This is done by jimmying the ER_SP system variable."
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# Tyd-Bits: Fun with Hot-Z II

Hot Z II uses a fascinating “trick” for getting back into itself if you should stumble into the error restart, RST 08. This is done by jimmying the ER_SP system variable.