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- From: martijnb@stack.urc.tue.nl (Martijn van Buul)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Various Commodore Computers (please read)
- Date: 3 Jan 1996 09:03:16 GMT
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- Olaf Seibert (rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl) wrote:
-
- : As I recall (which is probably not entirely correct) is something with
- : un-ready drives (such as drive #1 which isn't there) and a shortage of
- : buffers (another 1540 problem, since the single drives are half a
- : double drive in every respect: half the mechanics, half the processors
-
- The story I heard was qute different again :
- The save-@ function saves before delete. If the disk is too full for BOTH
- versions, save-@ writes the new file until the disk is full, deletes the old
- version and quits, instead of writing the "lost" part. I don't use save-@
- anymore, but, in the past (long ago ;) ), I wasn't aware of the bug, and those
- save-@ problems only happened if the disk was nearly full....
-
- Martijn
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