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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
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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
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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)