[net.micro.cbm] 1541 magic incantation

egb@burl.UUCP (egb) (04/19/85)

Mr. Bill Rupp, noscvax!rupp:

My open letter to Bryce Nesbitt did not quote Bryce's "magic incantation", but
maybe it should have.  I have had a number of inquiries like yours, all saying,
"What *is* the magic incantation you are writing about?"

I dumped the header information related to Bryce's message, but downloaded the
rest.  Here it is:
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      To all Commodore 1541 owners!! If you have any protected software that
"bangs" the head on a read error,  enter the following magical incantation 
before loading - or add it to the boot of the program:

    OPEN1,8,15:PRINT#1,"M-W"CHR$(106)CHR$(0)CHR$(1)CHR$(136)

     This will prevent the bang of the head, and keep your drive in alignment!

                -Bryce Nesbitt of 1541 Flash!-

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It works.

Wally Blake