Re: REL record length 42?

From: Hans Liss <Hans_at_Liss.pp.se>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:19:57 +0100
Message-ID: <54941029-c392-d879-5186-52525903b7e2_at_Liss.pp.se>
Can you check if it works if you prepend "0:" to the file name?

     open 2,8,2,"0:relfile,l,"+chr$(42)

/Hans

On 2021-01-24 20:55, Jim Brain wrote:
>
> Someone on Facebook just asked why creating a REL file with record 
> length 42 generated a syntax error DOS error code, and I thought they 
> must be putting in the command wrong.
>
> I tried it on real HW here (64/1541) and to my surprise, it fails.  41 
> and 43 work, but 42 (chr$(42) = '*', BTW) fails to create the file.
>
> Is this a known bug, or is there a better way to create a REL file (I 
> used the 1541 manual's open 2,8,2,"relfile,l,"+chr$(42)) that does not 
> cause the issue?
>
> Jim
>
> -- 
> Jim Brain
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Received on 2021-01-24 23:00:03

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