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|    Andreas Kohlbach to Harry Potter    |
|    Re: 31,syntax error,00,00 reading file o    |
|    22 Jan 17 17:17:21    |
   
   On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 15:36:18 -0800 (PST), Harry Potter wrote:   
   >   
   > Hi! I am working on a special program for the C64 using cc65 and the   
   > WinVice 3.0 x64 emulator, and, sometimes, when I try to read some   
   > files, I get the error message above from the drive. When the program   
   > reads the file, the emulated drive head moves to track 18, then 17,   
   > and then, the error is given. What could be causing the error? The   
   > erroneous code is as follows:   
   > ---------------------------   
   > extern char* filetypes[];   
   >   
   > static char qfilename[]="0:%s,%c,%c";   
   >   
   > static char fi[32];   
   >   
   > static unsigned char __fastcall__ openfile (char* s, unsigned char mode,   
   unsigned char ftype)   
   > {   
   > sprintf (fi, qfilename, s, (char)filetypes[ftype][0], mode==C   
   M_READ?'r':'w');   
   > gotoxy (0, 0); cputs (fi); putchar ('-'); cgetc();   
   > return cbm_open (filenum, 8, 4, fi);   
   > }   
   > ------------------------   
      
   That looks like C source code to me, not an error message.   
      
   Anyway, I seem to recall that some copy protection mechanisms were using a   
   modified track 18 (different number of sectors than it's supposed to   
   have). May that causes it.   
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