Date   : Thu, 08 Aug 1991 01:08:40 GMT
From   : mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!nowster!pm@uunet.uu.net (Paul Martin)
Subject: Re: ZSM23: LIB.L corrupt?

Ewen McNeill <ewen@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> I was given a copy of David Goodenough's ZSM23.LBR, assembler package.
> It looks like a really good assembler, with lots of useful subroutines
> supplied.

This probably came from me. I got it from SIMTEL20.

> However, when I came to extract the files, I found that two of the files
> in my copy of ZSM23.LBR had the wrong checksums (I used CRCK4.COM to

>   C> ZCAT <wgtnbb57.txz >wgtnbb57.txt

> This type of command line arguement worked with the version that was
> supplied compiled, but not with my new version that I had assembled.
> The program failed with a BDOS error saying that drive H: didn't exist.
> Not surprising - I don't have a drive H.

I get the same problem, but only with files opened using 
_fopen(fname,"wo") (ie. binary files).

As I can't contact Dave Goodenough (mail to dg@pallio.UUCP goes 
into the bit-bucket somewhere) I'm also interested in a fix for 
this. (I pay for incoming mail, so no posting binaries to me, 
please).

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Paul Martin
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