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Message: 1464

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 09/12/2000

Subject: Re: importing graphics to mm?

 

>> when i edit them in the SGE, the tape never
>> loads as a
consequence of my meddling.
>
> .TAP files have checksums. If you change a byte,

> the checksum won't be correct afterwards.
>
> The easiest solution is to
TAPSPLIT the file
> beforehand, edit the extracted chunks, and
> re-TAPCAT it
afterwards.

Actually, the *easiest* solution is to use SPECSAISIE FixChecksum - just run the edited .TAP
file through that, and it fixes the checksums! :-)

--
Andrew
Broad
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