after reset, terminal window prints garbage

[gnormhurst]

Here's a question: What does DOWNLOADING do that RESET does not do?

Here's the story:

After I download new code, the code starts running and printf-ing to the terminal window -- everything is fine.

If I press RESET on the RC, the terminal window continues to show output, but it's unreadable -- instead of letters and numbers there are weird symbols and other characters.

The rhythm of the output is unchanged (I only printf() stuff every 20th cycle, so it's about twice a second). But it's unreadable junk -- garbage.

Downloading again (the same code or different) clears up the problem until the next RESET. But that's not a solution, it's just a clue.

What does DOWNLOADING do that RESET does not do?

What's going on?

I've searched the archives and found someone with the same problem, but there was no answer.