Re: Transfer a 8250 diskette

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:01:09 +0100
Message-ID: <4EBEDE95.8070303@laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 11/12/2011 09:53 PM, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> * On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 06:07:07AM +0000 William Levak wrote:
>
>> The save with replace bug existed in ALL versions of Commodore DOS
>> up to 1541-II.  You can copy the contents of the 1541-II ROM into
>> EPROMs and put them in older 1541s.  I have done that on mine, and
>> they work fine.
>>
>> The 1581 does not have the bug.
>>
>> I think the last version of ROM for the 1571 does not have the bug
>> either, but I'm not sure of that as I seldom use the 1571.
>
> What does this info actually give? Better do not use the
> save-with-replace, to be safe to not delete your data. One time, you
> might have a drive which contains this bug, but you are not aware of
> it...

If you have a 1541-II, you're safe since those only came with the -03 
ROMs where the bug is fixed. Otherwise don't do it.

  Gerrit





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