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- From: rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl (Olaf Seibert)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Various Commodore Computers (please read)
- Date: 2 Jan 1996 14:24:06 GMT
- Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- In <Pine.SUN.3.91.951221080132.4273A-100000@vger.cpnet.net> Dave Tickle <aiu214@freenet.mb.ca> writes:
- >Actually, the dual drives had drives designated 0 and 1. The SAVE-@ bug,
- >as I heard it, had something to do with the 1541 single drive "trying to
- >convince itself that it's not Drive 1".
-
- 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
- and half the memory).
-
- There was apparently a program published that reliably demonstrated the
- bug (even though it took a while). I'd like to see that program and
- the related article (Transactor?).
-
- -Olaf.
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