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from: John B. Matthews
date: 2009-02-03 23:18:08
subject: Re: Copy II Plus bug??

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.

-- 
John B. Matthews
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