Re: load vectors and whatnot

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From: Daryl Monge
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1986 18:54

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> I don't know where you got your information but the "S bit" you describe
> is definately not correct. All 8 bits of the last byte of the sector are
> use for byte count. Of course the MSB (your "S bit") can be a 1 only in
> double density.
> 
> David Young
> -------

He got it from the ATARI Personal Computer System OPERATING SYSTEM Users
Manual, section 5, page 84; which I have sitting in my lap this minute.

Are you saying the manual is wrong?  This manual came directly from ATARI.


Daryl Monge
AT&T
Bell Labs, Naperville, Ill

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