From: William Levak (wlevak_at_sdf.lonestar.org)
Date: 2007-01-02 06:18:24
The ROM from the 1541-II (part number 251968-03) can be put in 2 8K EPROMS
and installed in earlier 1541's. This version corrects a number of
problems, including the save with replace bug. I run my 1541's this way
and they work better than any other version of ROM.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Andrew Wiskow wrote:
> Okay... So changing the -03 ROM to an -05 ROM seems to
> have solved the issues I was having with the drive
> communicating with other drives. Since then, I've
> noticed a couple other "anomolies". First, when using
> the drive to copy entire disks with programs like
> Maverick or Fast Hack 'Em, it seems to work just fine.
> But when saving files using SAVE"FILE",9 I get
> errors. I noticed this when I was using the drive on
> my BBS as the upload drive, files uploaded weren't
> saving correctly, the drive light started flashing in
> the middle of the upload, and the resulting file on
> the directory was showing 0 block and *PRG for the
> file type. I changed the drive to be a download-only
> drive, and I've had no problems with it. So it seems
> to read just fine, but has issues writing files, but
> not entire disks. Does this make sense? Also...
> When I format disks with this drive, the usual "head
> knock" sounds "weak" to me. Instead of the "bang bang
> bang" that I'm used to, it's a real weak "tappity
> tappity tappity". Could both of these things be
> related? Could it just be a dying drive mechanism?
> Or could this be another problem?
wlevak@sdf.lonestar.org
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