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| subject: | Re: Copy II Plus bug?? |
Deckard wrote: > On Feb 4, 3:28 am, "Michael J. Mahon" wrote: > >> Has anyone else noticed a problem like this? > > Yes, I noticed it and another problem in the "Compare file" option: if > files are big, the program detects differences even if the files are > identical (I discovered it when I was testing .dsk created with > FASTDSK) Yes, I've always known about the compare bug, but this was my first experience with a file copy bug! Apparently the program uses its directory track buffer address in place of the data buffer address occasionally. It must be a peculiar circumstance that exercises the bug, since I've used 9.1 to copy hundreds of files and never encountered it until now. ;-( -michael ******** Note new website URL ******** NadaNet and AppleCrate II for Apple II parallel computing! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused." --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32* Origin: Derby City Gateway (1:2320/0) SEEN-BY: 10/1 3 34/999 120/228 123/500 128/2 140/1 222/2 226/0 236/150 249/303 SEEN-BY: 250/306 261/20 38 100 1404 1406 1410 1418 266/1413 280/1027 320/119 SEEN-BY: 393/11 396/45 633/260 267 712/848 800/432 801/161 189 2222/700 SEEN-BY: 2320/100 105 200 2905/0 @PATH: 2320/0 100 261/38 633/260 267 |
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