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From: dean@hyper.UUCP (Dean Gahlon)
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Subject: Re: C-Power problems with Fastload, request for C "fill" routine
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Date: Tue, 8-Jul-86 10:47:34 EDT
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> I've seen a lot of discussion on the Pro-line C-Power compiler lately, so I'm
> surprised no one has mentioned this problem (or does it only happen to me?):
> cc a program. Drive churns. Disks are swapped. You must use here the original
> C-Power disk, because the compiler is copy protected. Now try to link the
> program. System crashes. Eye your fastload cartridge suspiciously.
>    Yes, after doing a cc the drive memory is presumably shagged. The only way
> I have seen to get around it is to cc, turn drive off then on, and link. I have
> also had my data disk header mashed, the bam screwed up, and a directory
> error (that's what it said) put on the disk. I am using Fastload, but someone
> else who uses a Mach-128 in 64 mode also experienced the directory problems.
>    Anyone know of any solutions? I have no complaints with C-Power aside from
> this.
> 
> John Russell

My suggestion is : Don't Use Fastload!  I've had too many disks munged by trying
to write to them with the Fastload cartridge installed. (Aside from the fact
that it won't allow my printer to work, which is another reason not to use
it). About the only thing I use the cartridge for these days is as a handy
quick-and-dirty sector editor. Writing anything to a disk with it installed
(with the exception of the sector editor functions) seems to be bad news.