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From: hsgj@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Dan Green)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: EPYX Fast Load and "Edit Disk" function
Message-ID: <204@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 19:41:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: batcompu.204
Posted: Wed Apr 30 19:41:46 1986
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In article <273@nbs-amrf.UUCP> sauder@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Jeff Sauder) writes:
>Recently I downloaded a sequential file from a bulletin board, only
>to find that the file came across as a program file.  I realize
>there are utilities to change the type of a file, but being a true
>hacker, I decided that I must attempt to rectify the situation
>myself.  According to my 1541 reference manual, the location of the
>directory information resides on track 18.  However, when I
>attempted to use the "Edit Disk" function of my EPYX Fast Load
>cartridge to alter track 18, I found no information on track 18.
>(According to the "Edit Disk" function, anyway)  I eventualy
>located the correct information on track 12, altered the hex code
>so that the program file was now a sequential file, and then
>proceeded to use the sequential file for its desired purpose.  My
>question, however, is this --  What is wrong with this particular
>function on Fast Load?  I know that the information was really on
>track 18.  Are all track numbers actually referenced by a number
>six less than the true number (i.e. 12 instead of 18)?
>
>Jeff Sauder     {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!sauder

Well, I would bet a shiny new dime that Fast Load references ALL
numbers in base 16 (Hexadecimal).  Therefore, the directory is
on track 18 decimal, which is TRACK 12 in hexadecimal.  Though
I do not own Fast Load, I would guess that you should do all your
figuring in base 16.
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