diff -ruN ircii-EPIC4pre2.002/doc/EPIC_VERSIONS ircii-EPIC4pre2.003/doc/EPIC_VERSIONS
--- ircii-EPIC4pre2.002/doc/EPIC_VERSIONS	Mon Feb 22 15:20:48 1999
+++ ircii-EPIC4pre2.003/doc/EPIC_VERSIONS	Wed Feb 24 13:09:37 1999
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@
 EPIC4pre1	- 07/14/97	Beta version of EPIC4
 EPIC4pre2	- 07/13/98	2nd Beta Version of EPIC4
 EPIC4pre2.002	- 02/22/99	3rd Beta Version of EPIC4
+EPIC4pre2.003	- 02/24/99	Fixes three bugs, found by robohak, alphaa
diff -ruN ircii-EPIC4pre2.002/source/functions.c ircii-EPIC4pre2.003/source/functions.c
--- ircii-EPIC4pre2.002/source/functions.c	Thu Feb  4 14:32:08 1999
+++ ircii-EPIC4pre2.003/source/functions.c	Wed Feb 24 09:59:45 1999
@@ -2213,6 +2213,8 @@
         else
                 interval = 1;
 
+	if (interval == 0)
+		RETURN_EMPTY;
         if (interval < 0) 
                 interval = -interval;
 
diff -ruN ircii-EPIC4pre2.002/source/help.c ircii-EPIC4pre2.003/source/help.c
--- ircii-EPIC4pre2.002/source/help.c	Mon Feb 15 14:26:33 1999
+++ ircii-EPIC4pre2.003/source/help.c	Wed Feb 24 16:45:16 1999
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 	int	rows = 0;
 	char	line[256];
 
+	if (!help_fp)
+		return 0;
+
 	old_to_window = to_window;
 	to_window = window ? window : current_window;
 
@@ -139,13 +142,12 @@
 	if (line && toupper(*line) == 'Q')
 	{
 		finished_help_paging = 1;
-#if 0
-		help_paused_lines = 0;		/* Thanks robo */
-#endif
 		fclose(help_fp);
 		help_fp = NULL;
+#if 0
 		set_help_screen((Screen *) 0);
 		return;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	if (show_help(help_window, name))
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@
 	if (help_paused_lines >= HELP_PAUSED_LINES_MAX)
 		panic("help_pause_add_line: would overflow the buffer");
 	malloc_strcpy(&help_paused_topic[help_paused_lines], buf);
+	help_paused_lines++;
 }
 
 /*
diff -ruN ircii-EPIC4pre2.002/source/irc.c ircii-EPIC4pre2.003/source/irc.c
--- ircii-EPIC4pre2.002/source/irc.c	Mon Feb 22 15:20:19 1999
+++ ircii-EPIC4pre2.003/source/irc.c	Wed Feb 24 10:00:07 1999
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 /*
  * irc_version is what $J returns, its the common-name for the version.
  */
-const char irc_version[] = "EPIC4pre2.002";
+const char irc_version[] = "EPIC4pre2.003";
 
 /*
  * internal_version is what $V returns, its the integer-id for the
  * version, and corresponds to the date of release, YYYYMMDD.
  */ 
-const char internal_version[] = "19990222";
+const char internal_version[] = "19990224";
 
 
 #define __need_putchar_x__