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From: cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Anubis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: File Corruption
Summary: What could be the cause?
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Date: 9 Jan 91 21:44:27 GMT
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System:  Amiga 3000 expanded to 4 megs with 256x4 ZIP drams.  1
External disk drive.  Internal 40 meg hard drive and of course the 1 internal
disk drive. 1 modem and 1 printer hooked up.

Problem: I am getting text file corrution.  Every once in a while I
will find that a text file has binary garbage tacked onto it.  This seems
to occur to files that have been written to.  I have mostly noticed
this with files I have edited using ED.  What could be causing this?
I 
run virusx4.01 constantly.  I notice no other problems.  Could it be a memory
chip going bad?  What is a good memory tester that will test the Amiga 3000's
memory?  What other problems could this be?  Has anyone else had these 
symptoms?
 
This does not occur often, but it does occur often enough to be
annoying. The other day a text file that contained the file directory for
files on my BBS was mangled, resulting in a software failure.


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