Re: 1541 ROMs question

From: Daniele Gratteri (daniele_gratteri_at_inwind.it)
Date: 2001-12-19 14:08:10

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Levak" <wlevak@cyberspace.org>
To: <cbm-hackers@cling.gu.se>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: 1541 ROMs question


> It was called the "save with replace" bug because it occured most often
> when using the drive's "save with replace" command.  This is because it
> uses more buffers.  The bug is not restricted to the "save with replace"
> command, but can occur any time all the buffers are used.  This became an
> even greater problem with the 1540/1541 drives because they have fewer
> buffers than the older IEEE drives.

Thank you for that excellent explanation.
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