John B. Matthews wrote:
> In article ,
>  "a2retro"  wrote:
> 
>>   To: Michael J. Mahon
>> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>>> I was just copying an Applesoft file from a ProDOS disk to a DOS
>>> 5.25" disk using Copy II Plus 9.1 and encountered a very peculiar
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> The Applesoft program is 7284 bytes long ($1C74), and the DOS copy
>>> has the middle 4096 bytes replaced by a copy of the directory track
>>> (just prior to the length being filled in)!
>>>
>>> The VTOC and all the linked directory sectors are there in the middle
>>> of my Applesoft program (actually starting at $1300).
>>>
>>> I tried it first on a real Apple //e, with a couple of different DOS
>>> disks, then again on Apple II Oasis, with the same results each time.
>>>
>>> It's very strange to encounter an error like this after using Copy II
>>> Plus so many times in the past.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else noticed a problem like this?
> [...]
>> Michael, did you try an older version of copy II+ for comparison?
> 
> I used Copy ][ Plus 8.2 to copy a 16382 byte Applesoft file from a 
> ProDOS disk to a DOS 3.3 disk. No anomalies.

OK, I just tried 8.3 and it worked fine.

So the question remains:  what's up with 9.1!?

-michael

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