T.BASICS
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..^U:ZERO.. BASICS: LOADSTAR MEETS MURPH
Y'S LAW.. BY FENDER TUCKER..
A QUESTION WE ASK OURSELVES FROM.TIME T
O TIME IS: JUST HOW MANY THINGS.CAN GO W
RONG? YOU MAY HAVE ASKED.THIS QUESTION
YOURSELF... PROBLEMS WITH DISKS CAN B
E.LOOSELY DIVIDED INTO THREE.CATEGORIES,
BAD DISKS, BAD DATA AND.USER ERROR. I'
LL START OF WITH THE.FIRST TWO CATEGORIE
S SINCE THE LAST.SO RARELY HAPPENS. I'M
NOT BEING AS.FACETIOUS AS I SEEM; A PRO
PERLY.DESIGNED PROGRAM SIMPLY WON'T ALLO
W.USER ERRORS.. SOFTDISK, INC. BUYS I
TS DISKS IN.BULK AND THEREFORE RELIES UP
ON THE.MANUFACTURER TO SEND US GOOD DISK
S..IF TOO MANY OF THE DISKS SEEM TO HAVE
.PHYSICAL PROBLEMS, WE CONTACT THE.MANUF
ACTURER AND TRY TO GET GOOD ONES.IN REPL
ACEMENT. LATELY, THIS HAS NOT.BEEN A PR
OBLEM... THE BIGGEST PHYSICAL PROBLEM
WITH.DISKS IS KNOWN AS 'TOO TIGHT IN.SL
EEVE'. IF YOU RECEIVE A DISK AND.YOU FI
ND THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN LOAD THE.DIRECTOR
Y BY ENTERING LOAD"$",8, THEN.THE PROBLE
M COULD BE THAT THE DISK.ISN'T TURNING I
N THE BLACK PLASTIC.SLEEVE. THE DISK DR
IVE LIGHT WILL.RAPIDLY BLINK FOR A WHILE
AND THEN.BEGIN A STEADY BLINK.. WHEN
I ENCOUNTER THIS PROBLEM, I.TAKE OUT TH
E DISK AND, BY INSERTING.TWO FINGERS INT
O THE HOLE IN THE.MIDDLE OF THE DISK, TR
Y TO TURN THE.DISK IN THE SLEEVE. IF IT
'S TIGHT OR.WON'T MOVE AT ALL, I TRY TO
FORCE IT.WITHOUT ACTUALLY BENDING THE DI
SK. I.TRY TO FIND WHERE IT'S TIGHTEST A
ND.THEN I GENTLY PULL THE SLEEVE AWAY.FR
OM THE DISK ITSELF... I REALIZE THAT
MOST PEOPLE ARE.HESITANT ABOUT MAN-HANDL
ING SOMETHING.THAT COSTS $10, BUT THE DI
SKS ARE.TOUGHER THAN YOU'D THINK. TRY N
OT TO.TOUCH THE DISK DIRECTLY, IF POSSIB
LE..LOADSTAR WILL REPLACE ANY ORIGINAL.D
ISK SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAMPER IT,.THOU
GH... IF YOU SPILL SOMETHING ON THE.D
ISK AND IT BECOMES STICKY AND WON'T.TURN
, YOU CAN STILL SAVE THE DISK BY.CUTTING
OPEN THE BLACK SLEEVE,.REMOVING THE DIS
K ITSELF, WASHING THE.DISK GENTLY WITH W
ARM WATER, AND.REPLACING THE DISK IN THE
SAME.SLEEVE. IF THE SLEEVE IS IN BAD.S
HAPE, PUT THE DISK IN ANOTHER EMPTY.SLEE
VE. YOU CAN ALWAYS RESEAL THE.SLEEVE WI
TH SCOTCH TAPE... PLEASE DON'T BLAME
US FOR EVERY.'TIGHT IN SLEEVE' PROBLEM.
HAVE YOU.EVER SEEN THE WAY THE POST OFF
ICE.TREATS PACKAGES? IN ANY CASE, WE'LL
.CHEERFULLY REPLACE ANY DISKS... I'M
NOT TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE.POSSIBILITY T
HAT WE HAVE MAILED OUT A.DISK WITH A SID
E OR TWO MISSING, BUT.OUR PRODUCTION SYS
TEM MAKES THIS TYPE.OF ERROR QUITE RARE.
IF YOU CAN'T.LOAD A DIRECTORY, THE DIS
K IS.PROBABLY NOT TURNING IN THE SLEEVE.
.. IF YOUR DRIVE RATTLES WHEN.LOADING
A LOADSTAR FILE, YOU WILL.PROBABLY ENCO
UNTER A READ ERROR..AGAIN, OUR PRODUCTIO
N SYSTEM MAKES.THIS PROBLEM ALMOST NON-E
XISTENT, BUT.DISK ERRORS CAN CREEP IN AN
YWHERE.ALONG THE WAY. IF YOUR DRIVE IS.
PROPERLY ALIGNED, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.REA
D ERRORS WITH LOADSTAR.... I HAD AN I
MPORTANT DISK RECENTLY.THAT SEEMED TO ST
ART SPROUTING READ.ERRORS. THE DRIVE WA
S OKAY SO I.EXAMINED THE DISK CLOSELY.
I NOTICED.THAT THERE WERE CONCENTRIC MAR
KS ON.THE HUB RING (THE WHITE OR BLACK R
ING.AROUND THE DISK HOLE). THIS.SUGGEST
ED TO ME THAT THE DISK WAS.SLIPPING ON T
HE DRIVE 'SPINDLE'..SINCE IT WAS AN IMPO
RTANT DISK I.TAPED A SLIVER OF SCOTCH TA
PE ON THE.HUB RING (TO MAKE IT 'THICKER'
) AND.THE DISK WORKED FINE. NEEDLESS TO
.SAY, I BACKED UP THE DISK RIGHT AWAY...
A TROUBLESHOOTER SHOULD HAVE A.GOOD
IDEA OF WHAT IS PHYSICALLY.HAPPENING INS
IDE THE DRIVE... BUT WHAT IF IT'S THE
DATA ON THE.DISK, AND NOT THE DISK ITSE
LF, THAT'S.BAD? WELL, THAT HAPPENS. HE
RE IS A.LIST OF THINGS TO DO IF YOU ENCO
UNTER.ONE OF THESE TYPES OF ERRORS...
FILE NOT FOUND - THIS IS A MAJOR.ERROR.
IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT DISK IN.THE DRIV
E, YOU CAN HELP US OUT BY.TYPING SYS 629
13 AND RETURN. THE.MESSAGE WILL BE THE
NAME OF THE.MISSING FILE. IF YOU KNOW H
OW TO.MOVE FILES AROUND, ESPECIALLY ML.F
ILES, YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND THE FILE.SOM
EWHERE ON A LOADSTAR DISK AND MAKE.SURE
A COPY OF THE FILE IS ON THE.RIGHT SIDE
OF THE DISK. IF YOU TELL.US WHICH FILE
IS MISSING IT WILL HELP.US FIND THE PROB
LEM.. SOMETIMES THE DRIVE LIGHT WILL.
BLINK BUT THE ERROR MESSAGE IS NOT.DISPL
AYED. HERE IS A SHORT COMMAND.SEQUENCE
THAT WILL DISPLAY THE.MESSAGE. IN THE D
IRECT MODE, TYPE:..OPEN15,8,15:FORI=0TO3
0:SYS43906#15,A$:.PRINTA$;:IFST=0THENNEX
T.AND PRESS RETURN.. IF THE COMPUTER
SEEMS LIKE IT'S.FOUND AN ERROR BUT THERE
'S NO CURSOR.ON THE SCREEN, YOU MAY HAVE
A.SITUATION WHERE THE CURSOR IS THE.SAM
E COLOR AS THE SCREEN. IF THE.SCREEN IS
BLACK, TYPE POKE53281,1..IF THE SCREEN
IS ANOTHER COLOR, TYPE.POKE53281,0. YOU
MAY FIND AN ERROR.MESSAGE THAT WASN'T V
ISIBLE BEFORE.. SOME PROGRAMS WRITE T
O THE DISK..WE TRY TO WARN YOU ABOUT THI
S BUT.SOMETIMES WE FORGET. IF YOU GET A
.WRITE PROTECT ON MESSAGE, TAKE OFF.YOUR
WRITE-PROTECT TAB... ILLEGAL QUANTIT
Y ERROR - THE BEST.THING TO DO IS TO LIS
T THE LINE WHERE.THE ERROR IS FOUND AND
PRINT OUT ALL.OF THE VARIABLES. IF WE H
AVE THIS.INFORMATION, IT'S EASIER FOR US
TO.TROUBLESHOOT... SOME ERRORS ARE C
AUSED BY.FASTLOAD MODULES OR CARTRIDGES.
.LOADSTAR IS GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH.T
HE EPYX FASTLOAD CARTRIDGE, BUT IT'S.A G
OOD IDEA TO TRY A NON-WORKING.PROGRAM WI
THOUT IT.. ONE KIND OF ERROR THAT'S.A
SSOCIATED WITH FASTLOAD IS THE.DREADED D
IRECTORY ERROR. SOMETIMES.IT'S NOT REALL
Y THERE - TURNING THE.DRIVE OFF AND BACK
ON AGAIN FIXES IT.- BUT OTHER TIMES IT'
S REALLY A.CORRUPTED DIRECTORY TRACK. T
O FIX.THIS PROBLEM YOU'LL NEED A DISK.ED
ITOR. SEE THE BYTES FEATURE ON.THIS DIS
K FOR MORE INFORMATION... THERE IS AN
OTHER ERROR THAT'S.CONNECTED TO FASTLOAD
AND THE 1541.AND 1571 DISK DRIVES. I'M
SPEAKING.OF DRIVE NOT READY. IN A TYPI
CAL DAY.I SEE THIS ONE ABOUT TEN TIMES.
NOT.TO WORRY, RESET THE DRIVE AND IT GO
ES.AWAY. ANNOYING, BUT NOT FATAL...
I HOPE THIS ARTICLE HASN'T SCARED.YOU AW
AY FROM USING COMMODORE.PRODUCTS. THE L
ESSON TO BE LEARNED.IS THAT THERE IS A P
RICE TO PAY FOR.THE $1000 YOU DIDN'T SPE
ND ON AN IBM.PC. COMMODORE IS QUITE BUG
-RIDDEN.COMPARED TO OTHER, MORE EXPENSIV
E.BRANDS OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS, BUT IT.S
URE IS A LOT MORE FUN, ISN'T IT?.. WE
AT LOADSTAR THINK SO. I CAN.GUARANTEE
YOU THAT WE SMILE 530% MORE.OFTEN THAN O
UR COUNTERPARTS IN THE.BIG BLUE DISK DEP
ARTMENT. BUT THEN.WE LIKE POURING EVAPO
RATED MILK INTO.OUR DISK DRIVES, TOO...
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