sipples@husc2.UUCP (sipples) (02/03/88)
I'm using DOS 3.10 on an AT clone and frequently have difficulties with
single drive COPYs, PKARC, and other file-by-file utilities. The directory
of the target disk often gets trashed -- it is duplicated with the source
disk's directory. Of course, the target disk does not contain the same
files, necessarily, as the source, so the target disk is effectively trashed.
No matter how careful I am about swapping disks only when the machine asks
for them ("Insert disk into drive A: now..."), the problem persists. (Other
evidence of the problem: sometimes even after changing disks a DIR shows
the contents of the old disk). Any solutions? Do later versions of PC-DOS
fix this?
Also, does anyone know of a driver, ala GRAPHICS.COM, which will allow
screen dumps and IBM character set printing on a Diablo 630 printer? (The
printer has line drawing modes and can use the "." repeatedly for limited
graphics.)
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