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From: Eric Muller <muller@src.dec.com>
Subject: Re: instruction trace generator wanted
Organization: DEC Systems Research Center
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 06:50:10 GMT

You may want to have a look at qp/qpt.  Here are portion of the README:



	       QPT -- Quick Program Profiler and Tracer

     Copyright (c) 1991-92 by James R. Larus (larus@cs.wisc.edu).
			 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

[...]

This directory contains the source of QPT.  The QPT system is a fast
program profiler and tracing system.  A profiler counts the execution
frequency of basic blocks in a program (unlike the Unix commands prof
or gprof, which sample the program counter and obtain approximate
counts).  From these measurements, QPT can calculate the cost of any
statement or procedure in the program.  A tracing system records every
instruction execution and memory reference address.  QPT uses abstract
execution [1] and optimal tracing [2] to greatly reduce the cost of
tracing and the size of the trace files.

[...]

QPT can insert counters for profiling in two ways [2] The first
(called `slow') is to put a counter in every basic block.  The second
(called `quick') only puts counters in a small subset of the blocks.
The two methods usually produce identical results, however they can
differ slightly in some unusual cases.

[...]

Please report any bugs that you find.  I will try to fix them quickly.

James Larus
Computer Sciences Department
1210 West Dayton Street
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706 USA

608-262-9519
larus@cs.wisc.edu


[1] James R. Larus, "Abstract Execution: A Technique for Efficiently
Tracing Programs," Software Practice & Experience, v20, n12, p.
1241-1258, Dec. 1990.  Available as ae-tr.ps.Z from
primost.cs.wisc.edu:~ftp/pub.

[2] Thomas Ball and James R. Larus, "Optimally Profiling and Tracing
Programs," Principles of Programming Langauges (POPL 19), p. 59-70,
Jan 1992.  Available as opt-prof-trace.ps for from
primost.cs.wisc.edu:~ftp/pub.

-- 
Eric.
From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: RD53s won't stay spun-up
Date: 3 Jan 93 10:45:43 PST
Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA

Thank you to the folks who have already sent me e-mail re this problem.  Both
of you suggested power supply problems.  However I have pretty much eliminated
that:  

	- The power supply in the PC does not seem to be at fault; 
	it is perfectly happy running two full-height 5-1/4 drives.

	- If I put the jumper back in and try the drives in a BA123, the
	same thing happens -- they shut down just about the time that I'd
	expect them to be up to speed.  Meanwhile the power supply in the
	BA123 seems to be working fine with other drives.

	- These drives used to work in this same BA123 cabinet.

	- Voltage checks (with a good DMM) on both supplies show no
	problems.  

	I really doubt that both the PC and BA123 power supplies went flaky
	in the same way at the same time (but only with these two drives).

I can't help thinking that I "bumped something" in the drives while pulling
the R7 jumper. 

(Just what does that jumper do, anyway?)

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
Internet:  jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
Uucp:  ...{crash,eisner,uunet}!cmkrnl!jeh
From: dav@CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU (Dave Vick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tahoe
Subject: Our 7000/40 needs a final resting place.
Date: 23 Dec 92 19:24:09 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

So far, we have had no bids on what's left of our 7000/40 system.
I would rather not see it melted down for bookends, so it's 
priced right, if anyone can use it for spare parts etc,etc.
Below follows the list of what's available. 
|        | THE  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE  COMPUTING |
|        | SERVICES DIVISION  IS OFFERING THE  FOLLOWING ITEMS |
|        | FOR SALE. OFFERS MAY BE ON ANY COMBINATION OF ITEMS.|
|        | SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS  AND  COSTS  ARE  THE BUYER'S |
|        | RESPONSIBILITY. CALL DAVE VICK AT 414-229-5263   OR |
|        | FAX OFFERS TO: DAVE VICK             , UW-MILWAUKEE |
|        |                COMPUTING SERVICES    , 414-229-4087 |
|        | OFFERS SHOULD REFER TO LOT NUMBER    : FY    93-4-9 |
|        | AND THE ITEM NUMBER(S) LISTED BELOW.                |
| 7000.1 | UNISYS 7000/40 4 MB MEMORY BOARDS QTY 8 , F4785-00  |
| 7000.3 | FOUR SPERRY 7000/40 F4535 ASYNC I/O CONTROLLERS     |
| 7000.8 | THREE SPERRY 7000/40 F4707-00 SMD ENHANCED DISK CONTROLLERS
| 7000.11| SPERRY 7000/40 F5254-00 HIGH SPEED DISK CONTROLLERS |
|        | ABLE TO SUPPORT RUNT SECTORS ON FUJITSU EAGLE M2351 |
|        | DISK DRIVES , QTY 4    ,                            |
| 7000.13| SPERRY 7000/40 F4541 REMOTE ASYNC/PARALLEL ETHERNET |
|        | I/O CONTROLLER                                      |
| 7000.15| SPERRY 7000/40 FLOATING POINT PROCESSOR             |
| 7000.16| SPERRY 7000/40 CPU ( CCI POWER 6/32 ) SERIAL # 1126 |
| 7000.19| TMC MODEL 3000-HVE CONTROLLER SPECIAL FOR VERSABUS  |
| 7000.20| SYNCHRONIZER, 4-LINE SYSCRONOUS BOARD               |
| 7000.25| SEVEN SPERRY F4537 LOCAL ASYNC I/O ADAPTORS         |
| 7000.37| EIGHT SPERRY 140-01297-01 REV A 1 MEG MEMORY BOARDS |
| 7000.38| FOUR SPERRY 145-01321-1 CONTROL BOARDS              |
| 7000.39| TWO SPERRY 140-10001-01 BOARDS                      |
| 7000.40| TWO SPERRY 140-100010006 BOARDS                     |
| 7000.41| SPERRY 140-1285-1 BOARD                             |
| 7000.41| SPERRY 145-01317-0 BOARD                            |
| 7000.41| ASSORTED RIBBON CABELS                              |
From: mikes@praxis.co.uk (Mike D Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Psion Series 3: Any Problems?
Date: 23 Dec 92 15:16:49 GMT
Organization: Praxis, Bath, U.K.

Re: Psion series 3 problems with tone dialling, Phil writes...

> Also, the speaker is very eratic and so I can't use the tone
> dialling feature at all.

Phil - I used to have this problem (not that I use the psion for
serious dialling you understand, but it's nice to know the thing works
:-). It's important to make sure the case of the Psion doesn't touch
the phone at all - the vibration (which you can't here) really screws
things up. Either use a bit of foam between the two, or use your
fingers (!) and you'll have no problems.

If you do have to send it back, you have my sympathy. I bought mine
from Dixons (UK high street retailer this is folks) and any time mine
goes wrong I just get them to replace it there and then, copying stuff
over from a 512k flash. My 4th is currently sitting by my desk as I
type...

Best Wishes,

Mikes.
-- 
-- Truth, like silence, comes to meet us when the crowds have gone --
Mike D. Smith, Praxis Systems plc, 20 Manvers Street, Bath BA1 1PX UK
Phone: +44-225-444700. Fax: +44-225-465205. Email mikes@praxis.co.uk
From: akcs.kirkland@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Daniel B. Kirkland)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:40:02 GMT
Subject: Turn off internal clock updates in a pro
Message-ID: <2b4263a1.5072comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds

There is a syseval at # CEEAh that will turn the internal
clock updates off in a program on the HP48.

Just add:

# CEEAh SYSEVAL

to your program.
This does not change any flags or change the clock mode.
The clock will be on if it was on at the start of the program.
apperantly the clock is turned off and the operating system
startes it again when the program ends.

I have used it in my programs without any problems.

For those who don't know what i am talking about.
If the clock is turned on it will interfere with some operations
on the h Hp HP48.
Most noteable is the beeper. Try listening to some of the
musical programs writtem for the HP48 with the clock on.
You can here the click ing of the clock updates.
It may also interfere with high speed data transfer.

Changing flag -40 in a program does not work unless the
program is halted or paused in some way.
Even a program that chamges a flag will not turn theclock
updates off until all keypresses are executed and the
48 catches up.

If anyone has any more information about the syseval at # CEEAh
please reply and/or send me emailat:
                                            kirkland@utah???? woops
                     kirkland@ee.utah.edu

things to be cleared up:
any possable problems useing the syseval or as system RPL.
does it do more than turn off the clock?
( I don,t think so see ROM program below )
does the clock mode need to be check first?
if so, what is the best way to check the clock mode?
( as I said above changing a flag does not change the
]clock mode until the 48 pauses so checking flag -40
may not work all the time )

I found two programs in ROM where # CEEA is called.
at # 48A9h and at # DCDBh.

Here is the routine at # 48A9h:

::
 PTR E7CE
 case
 ::
  PTR 48F9
  case
  ?SHOWTIME        ( PTR 39AD8 )
  PTR CEEA         ( the syseval )
 ;
 PTR 48F9
 case
 ::
  PTR CED9
  ?SHOWTIME
 ;
;

The routine at # 48F9h:

::
 DispTimeReg?     ( PTR 39AF1 )
 DA1sStat?        ( PTR 39515 )
 AND              ( PTR 3B46 0)  ( PTR 3b46 )
;

( this may be the routine to check the clock mode ? )

 Any help wo?? will be greatly appreciated. 

                          thanks
                          dan k
From: scott@lakes.trenton.sc.us (scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: HP 48 version J?
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 14:55:38 EST
Reply-To: scott@lakes.trenton.sc.us (scott)
Organization: Lakes Public Access

I recently sent my HP 48sx back to Corvallis to get a screen anomaly 
fixed.  I got a different unit back as an exchange.  I decided to check 
the version by this procedure: ON-D,[Backspace],EVAL.  To my suprise it 
said: Version HP48-J
      Copyright HP 1989
  I didn't even know there was a version J.  Has anybody else seen this 
or am I severely misinterpreting this?
From: akcs.ddd@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Don Davis)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:40:02 GMT
Subject: HP48SX Case
Message-ID: <2b3e38eb.5068comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds

I once saw a message on this BBS regarding a nice, padded, zippered case
for the 48 like the HP cases of old. I had seen it in Educalc a year ago
and even ordered one, but I was told they never shipped. The message I
was from someone who had visited Educalc and bought one there (not an
option for me). He referred to it as the Norway case. The educalc people
don't seem to have any idea what I'm talking about. If you do, please
answer this message. Thanks!

Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
From: rtoptan@lucpum.it.luc.edu (Richard Z Toptani)
Subject: Psion S3 ftp sites?
Reply-To: rtoptan@orion.it.luc.edu
Organization: Loyola University Chicago
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:18:50 GMT

Does anyone know of any Psion S3 ftp archive sites?

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From: bisc@zellweger.ch (Thomas K. Bischoff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Psion S3 ftp sites?
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:18:33 GMT
Reply-To: bisc@zellweger.CH (Thomas K. Bischoff)
Organization: Zellweger Uster AG, Switzerland

In article <1992Dec21.171850.18968@lucpum.it.luc.edu> rtoptan@orion.it.luc.edu writes:
>Does anyone know of any Psion S3 ftp archive sites?
>
>--
src.doc.ic.ac.uk

dir=/packages/psion/icdoc
-- 
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***** Minds, like parachutes, only function when open.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: GAMES FOR THE SHART PC-E500                                                     
From: Ikki@BEIZ.mediatex.ch (064230062: Fernmeldedirektion Olten)
Date: 23 Dec 1992 15:29:57 CET
Organization: MEDIAtex AG, CH-8807 Freienbach/SZ

Are there some games avaiable for the
Sharp PC-E500 Scientific Pocket Computer
? I heard there is a Tetris-version avai
able on it. Are there Role-Play-games
avaiable too? (I think especially of
"Caverns of Moria (or Umoria)").

Thanks for all Infos in advance.



Greetings.

Internet: Ikki(at)BEIZ.mediatex.ch



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
From: kemme@jupiter.rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE (Rainer Kemme)
Subject: HP 95LX MSDOS Display problems with highlighted chars.
Reply-To: kemme@jupiter.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de
Organization: University of Osnabrueck, FRG
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:25:15 GMT

Hello HP 95LX Users,

I, (proud) new-user of HP 95LX, have serious problems in using MDA-MSDOS
programs wich use highlighted characters (e.g. Borland Turbo Pascal 3.0,
that would be the best programming language (small on the ramdisk; effective
in function) for me using the HP 95LX :-)
It seems the highlighted characters are not shown on the HP-display.

What's my problem?

Years :-)) of hard working (bending MSDOS interrupts) didn't succeed: I
tried to reset the MSB of the characters, but didn't find all the calls in
the 30kB Turbo 3.0.

What I need!

Is there anybody out in netland with a better idea or capable of writing
a display.sys for MSDOS 3.22 on HP 95LX.

Any help would be appreciated.

--Rainer
From: Jake-S@cup.portal.com (Jake G Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Pentop Field Widening
Date: Sat,  2 Jan 93 12:08:02 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

It looks like the Pentop handheld field will be widening soon.

Members of the editorial press who were pre-registered for the upcoming
Winter Consumer Electronics Show received the following invitation in
the mail last week:
             ----------------------------------

Casio Computers Co., Ltd. and Tandy Corporation
                Invite You To
                      a
             Technology Briefing
                    Of Our
                 Revolutionary
              Handheld, Pen-Based
           Personal Information Processor

            Thursday, January 7, 1993
           Las Vegas Convention Center
                  Room D107
                12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM
             -----------------------------------

It should be rather interesting to see if this is a "mee-too" of the 
Sharp 9600, or something entirely different.

Jake Schwartz
From: jdg41088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Pickaxe)
Subject: Hinge on HP28
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 07:00:58 GMT

The hinge on the hp28 seems like a great idea. As the years have passed, the
hinge on mine has gotten very loose. How are the hinges put together, (or for
that matter, how is the whole thing put together and how can I take it apart).
Has anyone had problems where the hinge has failed?

...still saving my money for a 48sx

-- 
| Joe Gross          |  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| pickaxe@uiuc.edu   |  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign        |
| (217) 328-4331     |  "Society is such a terrible waste of people"      |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.pen,comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
From: victim@eskimo.com (Tony Garton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Hinge on HP28
Date: 28 Dec 92 01:45:26 GMT
Organization: =>ESKIMO NORTH (206) 367-3837 SEATTLE, WA.<=


I have a tandy pc-3 pocket computer and was wondering what processor it
uses.  the manuals don't say, and I would really like to write machine
code for it.  I was told it might be a 6809.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Keywords: HP 97

The expert on HP67/97 card reader repair
Dave Marsh
70750.3146@compuserve.com
(818)362-6822 x3007 (during the day Pacific Time).
From: sknapp@iastate.edu (Steven M. Knapp)
Subject: Re: Hinge on HP28
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 12:01:27 GMT

In article <BzszHo.H36@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jdg41088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Pickaxe) writes:
>The hinge on the hp28 seems like a great idea. As the years have passed, the
>hinge on mine has gotten very loose. How are the hinges put together, (or for
>that matter, how is the whole thing put together and how can I take it apart).
>Has anyone had problems where the hinge has failed?
>
>...still saving my money for a 48sx
>
In my opinion the hinge ages well. It will/should never fail and will get
QUITE loose. Mine is comming up on 6 years any day now, and has had NO
problems.

As far as disassembleing the 28 goes...take off all the lables on the
keyboards, get a drill and have a good time. It was sealed shut by melting
small posts on one side of the case down flat against the other half. Only way
in is with a small drill bit, and only way out is with glue. NOT recomended.

I have debated a 48 for quite some time. I am by far too proficient with the
28 to really want to change. Although they are VERY nice.....

________________________________________________________________________ 
Steven M. Knapp                             Computer Engineering Student
sknapp@iastate.edu                  President Cyclone Amateur Radio Club
Iowa State University; Ames, IA; USA      Durham Center Operations Staff
Xref: sparky comp.sys.handhelds:2635 comp.sys.hp48:6630
From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: HP 48 version J?
Date: 2 Jan 93 10:04:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: miser.STEVEV.93Jan2020459
	<2b452bd2.5073.1comp.sys.handhelds.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Distribution: inet
Organization: University of Oregon Chemistry Stores
NNTP-Posting-Host: miser.uoregon.edu
In-reply-to: akcs.softcalc@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com's message of 2 Jan 93 06:40:02 GMT

In article
<2b452bd2.5073.1comp.sys.handhelds.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
akcs.softcalc@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (brian maguire) writes:

   You read it right.  The latest ROM version is J.  Externally, 
   the only big difference in version J is the speed of the Equation 
   Writer.  HP rewrote the code and increased its speed by a 
   factor of about 2.  Everything else runs at the same speed 
   though (sorry, no CPU speed-up).

OK, so who's going to be the first to pilfer the new Revision J
ROM for the faster Equation Writer?
--
Steve VanDevender 	stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu
"Bipedalism--an unrecognized disease affecting over 99% of the population.
Symptoms include lack of traffic sense, slow rate of travel, and the
classic, easily recognized behavior known as walking."
From: everett@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Everett Kaser)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:46:55 GMT
Subject: Re: HP 95LX MSDOS Display problems with highlighted chars.
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds

The display portion of the ASIC chip in the HP 95LX had a bug in it that
caused underlines (and the cursor) to disappear when the text was also
inverse video.  Could this be your problem?  Otherwise, underscore all by
itself works just fine.

** Everett Kaser                   Hewlett-Packard Company
** ...hplabs!hp-pcd!everett        work: (503) 750-3569   Corvallis, Oregon
** everett@hpcvra.cv.hp.com        "Today is a good day for change."
From: akcs.dymos@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Dave Thies)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 03:40:01 GMT
Subject: bbs4deskjet
Message-ID: <2b3a80fb.5066comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Keywords: deskjet printer 550c bbs

I am looking for a bbs for help on the HP 550c deskjet serries printer.
any information would be greatly appreciated !
please leave mail for "Dymos@bbs.isca.uiowa.edu"
or e-mail dthies@nyx.cs.du.edu
thankyou !

From: akcs.softcalc@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (brian maguire)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:40:02 GMT
Subject: Re: HP 48 version J?
Message-ID: <2b452bd2.5073.1comp.sys.handhelds.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds

In response to item 5073 by scott at lakes.trenton.sc.us
 
> I recently sent my HP 48sx back to Corvallis to get a screen 
> anomaly fixed.  I got a different unit back as an exchange.  I 
> decided to check the version by this procedure:
> ON-D,[Backspace],EVAL.  To my suprise it said:
>       Version HP48-J 
>      Copyright HP 1989
 
>  I didn't even know there was a version J.  Has anybody else 
> seen this or am I severely misinterpreting this?
 
 
You read it right.  The latest ROM version is J.  Externally, 
the only big difference in version J is the speed of the Equation 
Writer.  HP rewrote the code and increased its speed by a 
factor of about 2.  Everything else runs at the same speed 
though (sorry, no CPU speed-up).
 
If you're wondering, I don't think versions F through I were 
never released.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
From: jacobsen@itexjct.jct.ac.il (Joel Jacobsen)
Subject: Casio 7700G/8700G prices?
Organization: ITEX, Jerusalem, Israel
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 12:50:00 GMT

I need the prices of the Casio 7700G/8700G in the USA.

        Joel
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: macarthu@ee.ualberta.ca (Thomas MacArthur)
Subject: 6809 assembler for Macintosh
Summary: Need 6809 compilier for Mac
Keywords: 6809, compilier
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:17:03 GMT


Does anyone have a PD compilier for a 6809 that will run on a Macintosh or know of a fairly cheap commercial one. Also is there a Motorola ftp site with this kind programs on it.

Thanks in advance
Thomas MacArthur 
:wq
From: qpit@werple.apana.org.au (Peter Cupit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Micro C Compiler
Date: 25 Dec 1992 07:40:05 +1100
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: werple.apana.org.au
Summary: Please send me mail if you have tried Micro C for the 6809
Keywords: Anyone tried Micro C compiler?

Hello,

     I've seen add's for a C compiler calld Micro C which can be got for
$100 American and which has tables for a number of processors.  Company
is Dunfield Development Systems, P.O. Box 31044,  Nepean, Ontario Canada.
ph(613) 256-5820.   Has anybody out there had an experience with this
compiler, if so I would appreciate hearing any comments you might have.

Thanks for any information,


Peter 


Peter David Cupit.
qpit@werple.apana.org.au

-- 
Peter David Cupit.
qpit@werple.apana.org.au

Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987 ~BHOSVWZ#097)
Subject: Re: Reading Coco files on my MS-DOS machine
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 08:31:24 GMT

Doug Morack (DCM115@psuvm.psu.edu) wrote:
:    Does anyone know of an FTP site where I could get a program to read my old
: RS-DOS disks on my IBM-compatible?  If not, is there still a commercial program
: on the market?  Thanks in advance.
: 
:                                                           Doug

I (vaguely) remember doing the reverse with a coco reading an IBM diskette, 
as I recall (again, fuzzily) they both use the same disk controller chip.  SO,
what I did was probably a dski$ (diskin$?  I forget, you know the direct access
stuff), read it in sector by sector, and clean it up with (ugh) scripsit.  There
was some problem at the sector boundries, perhaps a checksum or whatever, but
if you're trying to read other than ascii text, you're probably out of luck.

If you need more details, I'd be happy to try to dredge the dank recesses of my
mind & come up with more, but I make no guarantees.  That was a LONG time ago.

--

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Don't blame me; I voted for Perot!                hinzd@picard.med.ge.com 
SAAB - Because you get what you pay for.             Pherrets are Phun!!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809