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   On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 08:04:07 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence Woodman wrote:   
   >   
   > On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:48:21 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence Woodman  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> Hello Everyone,   
   >>>   
   >>> I've been trying to save some memory on the VIC-20 to a file on disk but   
   >>> seem to be having some problems when it comes to close the file.  At the   
   >>> moment the file saves the data properly from assembly but I have to use   
   >>> 'CLOSE 8' from basic to prevent it having an asterisk next to the name in   
   >>> the directory entry.   
   >>   
   >> I assembled with xa and ran in Vice but I don't get an asterisk in the   
   >> directory entry. Other than the obvious file name issue I see nothing   
   >> wrong but I'm hardly an expert.   
   >   
   > Thanks for trying.  I have got it running now, the problem was that I was   
   > automating this and wasn't leaving it long enough before checking the   
   > directory.  It's all working now :-)   
      
   And the delay when physically writing a file does not occur in   
   emulators. That's why it worked in VICE right away.   
      
   Hmm, VICE has "true drive emulation". I wonder what happens if activated...   
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   Andreas   
      
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