Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site zehntel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!intelca!qantel!dual!zehntel!zinfandel!dave From: dave@zinfandel.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Misc. Discussion 1541/2031/4040/2040 Message-ID: <1731@zehntel.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 04:18:48 EST Article-I.D.: zehntel.1731 Posted: Fri Jan 4 04:18:48 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Jan-85 01:08:57 EST Sender: berry@zehntel.UUCP Organization: Zehntel Automation Systems Inc, Walnut Creek CA Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:ucbvax:-100:zinfandel:19800017:000:754 Nf-From: zinfandel!dave Jan 2 10:30:00 1985 <> >Guess what! Commodore did not write a new DOS for the 1541 or the 2031. >In fact, the used the 4040's DOS and attempted to take out all the references >to the second drive. Well, they just didn't get them all and that is why >you get that DRIVE NOT READY error sometimes. Their @replace bug was a >classic, and that was one of the first thing Bryce fixed in his 1541 FLASH. In the 1541 FLASH manual, the author makes a *special point* of the fact that they DID NOT fix the @replace bug. They even go through a short explanation of why they think this bug pops up now and again. Dave Funk Zehntel, Inc. 2625 Shadelands Drive Walnut Creek, CA 92598 (415) 932-6900 x309 ....!decvax!sytek!zehntel!dave ...."zehntel!dave"@BERKELEY