Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830713); site snow.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!qtlon!flame!ubu!snow!dpa From: dpa@snow.UUCP (David Angier) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: save-replace bug on 1541 Message-ID: <310@snow.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 15:26:10 EST Article-I.D.: snow.310 Posted: Sun Jan 6 15:26:10 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Jan-85 07:06:10 EST Organization: Computer Science Department, Warwick University, UK Lines: 10 I think the problem with save-replace on the 1541 is only caused when a disk is changed i.e. when you are transfering a program from one disk to another. The DOS in the 1541 fails to get the new BAM for the second disk even if its ID is different!!! Therefore when an attempt is made the DOS uses what was spare space on the first disk for the program, thus overwriting if those spare blocks were not so spare on the second disk. Dave (Maths @ Warwick University, UK)