Re: Copy II Plus bug??

[Toinet <antoine.vignau@laposte.net>]

On 4 fév, 03:28, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> 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
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If I remember correctly, v9.1 has a bug in the ProDOS<->DOS file
conversion. I have always heard that, it appears it is true.

The bad news is that v9.1 was the last version and that bug has never
been corrected.

antoine