Re: Transfer a 8250 diskette

From: Spiro Trikaliotis <ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:53:59 +0100
Message-ID: <20111112205359.GY30372@trikaliotis.net>
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...

Regards,
Spiro.

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