Re: Copy II Plus bug??

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

John B. Matthews wrote:
> In article <4989066E.7976.usenet_csa2@a2central.com>,
>  "a2retro" <a2retro@a2central.com.remove-66y-this> 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.

OK, I just tried 8.3 and it worked fine.

So the question remains:  what's up with 9.1!?

-michael

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