HP-71 Compu-LS module

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(03-24-2017 12:18 AM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  After achieving inconsistent results the 96-byte output file was finally produced. A new LIF file header was then created using aLIFhdr and it incorrectly set the file size to 96 bytes, not 95.5.

Not sure why it took several tries, I've found it consistent.

When it SAVES the '71 binary file to DOS, if it's an odd number of nybbles, it must round up to full bytes, a DOS file system requirement. When then having a new header added, the size is based on the now 'larger' size, as the actual (original) cannot be determined.

There is no other possibility, no matter how clever the DOS side s/w is, the original file length info is not available.

But it doesn't matter since the, now possibly 1-nybble larger, file imported this way, works just fine.