Re: Relative File Bug?

From: William Levak (wlevak_at_sdf.lonestar.org)
Date: 2008-06-18 08:30:55

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Jim Brain wrote:

> Does nyone have details on the relative file "bug" in the CBM drives?  Even 
> the 1541-II manual refers to it and notes you should position twice to avoid, 
> but I'd like to get more detail.
>
> I am trying implement REL files in uIEC. 
> Jim

The "pet Personal Computer Guide", p385 says:

   "After updating a relative record, it is wise to move the record pointer 
far enough to force DOS to write the altered record back to disk. 
Otherwise, the corrections may be forgotten.
   Solution: Use the Record instruction to force the record pointer to 
point at least two records beyond the current one after updating."

wlevak@sdf.lonestar.org
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