Re: "unable to load basic.system"

["Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@mac.com>]

In article <9f61cf69.0204090742.42b298d7@posting.google.com>, 
ludditetech@mac.com (Simon Williams) wrote:

> At first I thought it must be a corrupted file, but since I was
> initially copying the ProDOS and BASIC.SYSTEM files in pairs from
> working Apple Utilities disks, I figured it must be something more
> arcane...
> Incidentally, I did manage to produce bootable disks by repeatedly
> copying and deleting said files.  I'm guessing this would point to the
> drives as the source of the error.(?)

That does sound likely.

> Also, I wasn't aware that there were compatibility issues with
> BASIC.SYSTEM and ProDOS versions -- though I'm certain that wasn't the
> problem in this case...

I'm not aware of any either, to be honest it was really just a wild guess! I
had an idea that maybe it was running out of room to load BASIC.SYSTEM into
memory, but that's unlikely since it's just a standard ProDOS system
program.

> Thanks for the suggestion, any further ideas? How can test a floppy
> drive?
> SW----->

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