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Re: Weird DOS INIT bug




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> 
>      It turns out that, good or bad, the buffer is where the info comes
> from. Every time my INIT routine tried to CATALOG a blank or non-DOS 3.3
> diskette, it was trashing the contents of the buffer which, of course,
> was soon placed in the VTOC sector of the newly formatted disk as part
> of the INIT!

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     One correction: a truly blank disk would not be readable at all.
So, the VTOC buffer would not be over-written with garbage.



Rubywand