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Re: A strange disk transfer problem
- Subject: Re: A strange disk transfer problem
- From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:48:37 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.emulators.apple2
- Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com
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Jayson Smith writes
>
> Hi there,
> I've got a very strange problem. I can use ADT to transfer disks both ways
> just fine. But sometimes on certain target disks, when I receive a disk
> image to be put on a real disk, everything appears to go OK, the catalog is
> right (this is DOS 3.3) but the disk won't boot. I have no idea what it
> says on the screen because I'm blind. Also, some Applesoft programs have
> syntax errors in weird places where there are no real errors. On some
> disks it works fine though.
> Also I can use the nonworking disks for other purposes just fine.
> Reinitializing the disks doesn't help. Bulk erasing then initializing
> the disks doesn't help. It's like sometimes disks just go
> bad for certain things, which doesn't sound right at all. Any advice?
....
Do the images boot and run okay on your emulator?
What are names of one or two files which do not transfer correctly? What
archive are they from?
Rubywand