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- CP/M-86 V1.1 SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE REPORT SUMMARY
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS IN CP/M-86 V1.1
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- CP/M-86 is a registered trademark of DIGITAL RESEARCH
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- UTILITY # SYMPTOM\PROBLEM DESCRIPTION GN:DW:PC:
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- ASM-86 1 Does not diagnose unterminated "IF" conditional. * * *
- V1.1
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- 2 The DW codemacro specifier/modifier used with * * *
- a range-check does not reject out of bounds
- parameters in some cases.
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- 3 The DW codemacro used with a range check does * * *
- not accept a negative range boundary.
- WORKAROUND: Use "Dsb" (signed byte).
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- ASSIGN There are no known problems. *
- V1.0
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- BDOS 1 At the CCP level, typing K:<return>, where K is * * *
- V2.2 a non-existent disk, causes the "BDOS SELECT"
- message to appear, but a control-C then results
- in the K> prompt.
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- 2 FFFF in "max" field of code group descriptor * * *
- causes faulty allocation; it should allocate
- all of available memory.
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- 3 During BIOS SELDSK does not set bit 0 of DL to * * *
- 0 if the first access of the drive is a
- simple default drive switch.
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- 4 Function 59 does not work properly. *
- WORKAROUND: Install CP/M 86 Patch 13
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- BIOS 1 Redirection does not work properly. *
- V1.2
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- CONFIG There are no known problems. *
- V1.0
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- COPYDISK There are no known problems. *
- V1.5
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- COPYDISK There are no known problems. * *
- V2.0
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- DDT 86 1 After tracing through a PUSHF, a G command will * *
- V1.1 go into trace mode.
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- 2 Files are not closed after an R or E command, * *
- even if an error occurs.
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- 3 IN AL,0 and IN AX,0 are disassembled as * *
- the same command.
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- Note: DDT 86 was updated to V 1.2 in August
- of 1982 however, the CP/M 86 (product 1007)
- master was not updated.
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- DDT86 There are no known problems. *
- V1.2
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- DSKMAINT There are no known problems. *
- V1.2
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- ED 1 Command tail, "MYFILE.TXT B:YOURFILE.TXT" does * * *
- V2.0 not create resultant file on B: as the manual
- says.
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- 2 nJ string .... does not function properly, * * *
- WORKAROUND: J command works if the "n" parameter
- is omitted.
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- FUNCTION There are no known problems. *
- V1.0
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- GENCMD 1 Cannot build 64K segments; * * *
- WORKAROUND: Limit segments to 62K
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- 2 Certain .H86 records can cause erroneous .CMD * * *
- file to be built.
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- GENDEF 1 Hangs on certain input files. *
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- HELP There are no known problems. * * *
- V1.1
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- HDMAINT There are no known problems. *
- V1.0
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- LMCMD 1 Hangs on certain input files. *
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- PIP 1 Sending large file to CON: or LST: creates * * *
- temporary $$$ file on disk.
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- 2 Concatenating console input with an exiting * * *
- disk file does not work at all, regardless
- of the destination.
- WORKAROUND: Pip filename1 = con:
- then Pip file3 = filename1,file 2
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- PIP 1 Files which have the archive bit set are not *
- V1.1 copied properly.
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- PRINT There are no known problems. *
- V1.1
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- SETUP There are no known problems. *
- V1.2
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- SETUP There are no known problems. *
- V1.4
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- SID 86 1 String substitution only works if a quote
- (") is the delimiter, not an apostrophe (')
- as shown in the example.
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- STAT 1 Erroneously reports "0K remaining" when 1 * * *
- block is left; Regardless of block size.
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- 2 Erroneously reports "space alloc. conflict" * * *
- when block size = 2K and disk contains >4M
- of files.
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- SUBMIT There are no known problems. * * *
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- TOD There are no known problems. * *
- V1.1
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- Copyright (c) 1984 by DIGITAL RESEARCH, Pacific Grove, CA.