pete moss wrote:
> 
> when i run the score below, i crash the win98 console version of
> csound.  when i run it in gabriels direct csound, if runs fine.  

It runs fine in Csound console version 3.55 (Jun 20 1999) 
on a Windows 95 machine. I changed the output file name
though (nonexistent directory makes Csound die with an error
message). The output however contains some rather uninformative 
error messages:

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STARTING FILE
unknown command :


Creating options
unknown command :


Creating orchestra
Creating \s3vv2gjj.orc (00477938)
unknown command :


Creating score
unknown command :


orch compiler:
112 lines read

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>From the "orch compiler" line on, everything 
looks normal.