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╫╚┴╘ ╔╙ ╧═┼╟┴-╤?
╧MEGA-╤ IS AN ELEGANT COMBINATION OF POWER AND EASE OF USE. ╧MEGA-╤ MAY BE THE
MOST USEFUL PROGRAM YOU'LL EVER DOWNLOAD. ╫ITH THIS ╧╬┼ PROGRAM, YOU CAN
PERFORM DOZENS OF IMPORTANT FILE AND DISK OPERATIONS BY MOVING A CHECK-MARK TO
THE MENU OPTION YOU WANT AND PRESSING THE ╞1 KEY. ┘OU CAN EVEN USE A JOYSTICK
TO GET AROUND.
┘OU NO LONGER HAVE TO FIND AND DOWNLOAD A MULTITUDE OF CONFUSING UTILITIES. ╬O
LONGER ARE YOU LEFT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH UTILITY AND WHICH VERSION YOU
NEED. ╙AVE TIME, MONEY AND AGGRAVATION; ╧MEGA-╤ DOES IT ALL AUTOMATICALLY!
┼┴╙┘ ─╔╙╙╧╠╓╔╬╟ ╧╞ ─╧╫╬╠╧┴─ ╞╔╠┼╙
╘HE MOST IMPORTANT AND INNOVATIVE FEATURE OF ╧MEGA-╤ IS ITS ABILITY TO
AUTOMATICALLY DISSOLVE ARCHIVE FILES CREATED WITH ANY VERSION OF "┴╥├", "╠YNX",
"╠IBRARY" AND "┴RKIVE". ╧MEGA-╤ CAN ALSO HANDLE ╙╔─ MUSIC FILES, AS WELL AS
"UNSQUEEZE" FILES COMPACTED USING ╩OHN ╠EESON'S "╙╤" UTILITY.
┼VERYONE WILL APPRECIATE ╧MEGA-╤'S FULL SUPPORT OF BOTH SINGLE AND DUAL DRIVE
OPERATION. ╨EOPLE WITH SINGLE DRIVES WILL BE ENTHUSIASTIC TO FIND ╧MEGA-╤ CAN
DISSOLVE LARGE FILES WITH ONE DRIVE. ╧WNERS OF ├OMMODORE'S 1581 DISK DRIVE WILL
BE PLEASED TO FIND THAT ╧MEGA-╤ WORKS WITH THEIR 1581 AS WELL!
╫HEN YOU ARE FINISHED DISSOLVING THE FILES, ╧MEGA-╤ WILL EVEN BOOT THE PROGRAM
OR DISPLAY AND PRINT TEXT FILES FOR YOU!
┴╠╠ ╘╚╔╙ ┴╬─ ─╔╙╦ ╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬╙ ╘╧╧
╘HE ╧MEGA-╤ UTILITY ALLOWS YOU TO PERFORM A HOST OF DISK FUNCTIONS AS EASILY AS
MOVING AROUND ╤-╠INK. ╘HROUGH SIMPLE MENU SELECTIONS YOU CAN:
* ╞ORMAT YOUR DISK
* ╥EAD/PRINT TEXT AND ┼-═AIL FILES
* ╓IEW THE DISK DIRECTORY
* ╥ENAME, SCRATCH, AND LOCK FILES
* ┴╬─ ═╧╥┼...
┴┬╧╒╘ ╘╚┼ ╬┼╫ ╓┼╥╙╔╧╬
╬OW ╧MEGA-╤ IS EVEN ═╧╥┼ POWERFUL THAN BEFORE! "╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔" ENHANCES AND
UPGRADES THE FEATURES YOU'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM ╧MEGA-╤, WHILE ADDING SEVERAL
NEW AND EXCITING OPTIONS. ╔N ESSENCE, ╧MEGA-╤ HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REDESIGNED IN
ORDER TO ADD MUCH NEW FUNCTIONALITY WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE SIZE
OF THE PROGRAM OR SACRIFICING ITS USER-FRIENDINESS.
╘HE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SEVERAL OF THE ENHANCEMENTS MADE TO ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔:
* ┘OU CAN NOW DISSOLVE MULTIPLE ARCHIVES OF ANY TYPE IN ONE "BATCH" - NOT JUST
╙╔─╨LAYER ARCHIVES. ╨LUS, A BELL AT THE END OF THE DISSOLVE WILL ALERT YOU
IF YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER.
* ╘HE ╙┼╤ FILE READER HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED AND NOW SUPPORTS AND
AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ FILES. ╔T CAN ALSO FILTER OUT NON-
PRINTABLE CHARACTERS AND ALLOWS YOU TO SCROLL IN ┬╧╘╚ DIRECTIONS THROUGH
THE DOCUMENT!
* ╘HE TEXT FILE PRINTER NOW RIVALS THE BEST PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. ┘OU CAN
CUSTOMIZE PAGE LENGTH AND WIDTH, AS WELL AS ALL FOUR MARGINS. ╨AGE
NUMBERING, CARRIAGE RETURN STRIPPING, AND TWO-COLUMN PRINTING ARE OTHER
NEW FEATURES.
* ┴N "╒NSQUEEZER" TOOL IS AVAILABLE TO PROCESS FILES COMPACTED BY THE "╙╤"
UTILITY ("Q/" PREFIX).
* ┘OU MAY NOW PRINT DISK DIRECTORIES IN THE ORDER THEY APPEAR ON DISK OR IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
* "╚OT KEYS" ARE INCLUDED, WHICH ALLOW FOR FASTER SELECTION OF MENU OPTIONS
FOR EXPERT USERS.
* ╔NCREASED ╙─┴ COMPATIBILITY.
* ╙TATE-OF-THE-ART DIRECTORY EDITOR ALLOWS YOU TO EFFORTLESSLY CHANGE THE
ORDER OF FILES ON A DISK. ┘OU CAN EVEN INSERT SEPARATOR LINES, ALPHABETIZE
FILES, AND CHANGE FILE TYPES OR LOCK/UNLOCK FILES!
* "╟ENERIC ─RIVE ═ODE" MAKES ╧MEGA-╤ COMPATIBLE WITH ALMOST ANY DISK DRIVE
AVAILABLE.
* ═ORE CUSTOMIZATION MENUS THAN EVER BEFORE; ADAPT ╧MEGA-╤ TO ┘╧╒╥ PERSONAL
PREFERENCES!
* ┴BILITY TO CONVERT ╙PEED╙CRIPT AND TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ FILES TO STANDARD ╙┼╤ TEXT
FILES.
* ═╒├╚ ═╧╥┼!
┘OU'LL FIND ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ A WORTHY AND SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE TO THE ORIGINAL
BLOCKBUSTER UTILITY!
╙┼╠┼├╘╔╬╟ ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙
╒SING ╧MEGA-╤'S FEATURES IS EASIER NOW THAN EVER WITH ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔! "╚OT KEYS"
ALLOW EXPERIENCED USERS TO QUICKLY CHOOSE FUNCTIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO USE THE
CURSOR KEYS, AND THOSE WHO PREFER JOYSTICK CONTROL OVER THE KEYBOARD CAN NOW
ACCESS JUST ABOUT ALL OF ╧MEGA-╤'S FEATURES WITHOUT TOUCHING A SINGLE KEY!
╘HOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE ╤-╠INK SOFTWARE AND FUNCTION KEYS WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM
USING ╧MEGA-╤, SINCE ITS MENU SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO CLOSELY RESEMBLE THAT
OF ╤-╠INK. ╘O SELECT AN OPTION FROM A MENU, MERELY MOVE THE FLASHING CHECK MARK
TO THE OPTION YOU DESIRE AND PRESS ╞1 OR ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE ╞5 KEY ALLOWS YOU TO
CANCEL AN OPTION OR BACK UP TO THE LAST MENU.
┴LTERNATELY, YOU CAN PRESS THE FIRST LETTER OF AN OPTION ON MOST MENUS TO
QUICKLY SELECT THAT FEATURE. ╘HIS IS CALLED A "HOT KEY", AND YOU WILL PROBABLY
PREFER THIS QUICKER METHOD OF MOVING AROUND AFTER YOU'VE FAMILIARIZED YOURSELF
WITH THE VARIOUS FEATURES OF ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔.
╚╧╫ ╘╧ ╙┼╠┼├╘ ╞╔╠┼╙
═OST OF ╧MEGA-╤'S COMMANDS GIVE YOU A MENU OF FILES FROM WHICH TO MAKE YOUR
SELECTIONS. ╘HE FOLLOWING TIPS WILL MAKE USING ╧MEGA-╤'S MENUS EASIER:
* ╘HE UP/DOWN ARROW KEYS WILL ALLOW YOU TO SCROLL FROM FILE TO FILE. ╔F THERE
ARE MORE FILES ON THE DISK THAN WILL FIT ON A SINGLE SCREEN, THE ENTIRE
SCREEN WILL SCROLL WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
* ╨RESSING THE ├╠╥ KEY (╙╚╔╞╘ PLUS THE ╚╧═┼ KEY) WILL MOVE YOU TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE LIST, AND PRESSING THE ╚╧═┼ KEY ALONE WILL MOVE YOU TO THE TOP OF
THE LIST.
* ╔F A COMMAND ALLOWS ONLY ONE FILE TO BE SELECTED, PRESSING ╞1 WILL START
ACTION ON THE FILE NEXT TO THE FLASHING CHECK-MARK.
* ╧N COMMANDS THAT ALLOW YOU TO SELECT MORE THAN ONE FILE, YOU SELECT THE
FILES BY PRESSING THE ╞1 KEY WHEN THE FLASHING CHECK-MARK IS NEXT TO THE
FILE OF YOUR CHOICE. ╘HIS HIGHLIGHTS THE FILENAME. ┘OU BEGIN ACTION ON THE
SELECTED FILES BY PRESSING THE ╞3 KEY.
* ┴ QUICK WAY TO SELECT ALL OF THE FILES ON THE DISK IS TO PRESS ╞8 (HOLD
DOWN ╙╚╔╞╘ AND PRESS ╞7). ╘HIS WILL TOGGLE THE STATUS OF ALL FILES; THOSE
HIGHLIGHTED WILL BE UNSELECTED, AND VICE VERSA. ─ON'T FORGET THAT YOU STILL
MUST PRESS ╞3 TO BEGIN THE OPERATION ON THE FILES YOU'VE SELECTED USING ╞7.
* ╘HE ╞7 KEY NOW CALLS UP A WINDOW DISPLAYING STATISTICS FOR THE CURRENT
DISK: THE DISK NAME, BLOCKS FREE, AND NUMBER OF FILES DISPLAYED OUT OF THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF FILES ON THE DISK. ╞5 WILL REMOVE THE DISPLAY.
╒╙╔╬╟ ┴ ╩╧┘╙╘╔├╦ ╫╔╘╚ ╧═┼╟┴-╤
┘OU CAN USE A JOYSTICK PLUGGED INTO PORT #2 TO PERFORM ALMOST ANY ╧MEGA-╤
FUNCTION. ╘HE JOYSTICK HAS THE SAME EFFECT AS THE CURSOR KEYS; PUSHING UP WILL
MOVE THE SELECTION BAR TO THE PREVIOUS MENU ITEM, AND SO ON.
═OMENTARILY PRESSING THE TRIGGER HAS THE SAME EFFECT AS ╞1 OR ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘O
SIMULATE PRESSING ╞5 (CANCEL), HOLD IT DOWN FOR HALF A SECOND OR MORE.
╙OME OPTIONS REDEFINE THE LONG TRIGGER PRESS TO PERFORM OTHER OPTIONS. ┘OU'LL
FIND THAT THE JOYSTICK INTERFACE IS EXTREMELY INTUITIVE, SO THE BEST WAY TO
LEARN ABOUT IT IS TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT.
╚╧╫ ╘╧ ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ ╞╔╠┼╙
╫HENEVER YOU DOWNLOAD A FILE WHOSE NAME ENDS WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
SUFFIXES, THE FILE IS AN 'ARCHIVE'. ┴RCHIVES ARE FILES WHICH CONTAIN MANY FILES
COMBINED TOGETHER. ╘HESE COMBINED FILES MUST BE SEPARATED, OR "DISSOLVED",
BEFORE THEY CAN BE USED. ╫ITH THE EXCEPTION OF ├╨/═, ┴MIGA, AND ═╙-─╧╙ FILES,
╧MEGA-╤ ALLOWS FOR FAST, AUTOMATIC DISSOLVING OF THESE FILES:
".┴╥├" - ├REATED USING ┴╥├ ".╙─┴" - ╙ELF-─ISSOLVING ┴╥├ FILE
".╠╬╪" - ┴ ╠YNX ARCHIVE ".╠┬╥" - ├REATED USING ╠IBRARY
".┴╥╦" - ┴N ┴╥╦╔╓┼ FILE ".╙┴╠" - ╙╔─ MUSIC WITH WORDS
".╨╔╠" - ╙╔─ MUSIC WITH PICTURE ".╫╨╠" - ╙╔─ MUSIC, PICTURE, WORDS
".╙╠╥" - ╙╔─ MUSIC AND STEREO ".═╙╫" - ╙╔─ MUSIC, STEREO, WORDS
╫HEN DOWNLOADING ARCHIVED FILES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE ENOUGH ROOM LEFT
ON THE DISK TO HOLD THE DISSOLVED FILES. ╟ENERALLY, THE BEST WAY TO ACCOMPLISH
THIS TO TO DOWNLOAD EACH ARCHIVE FILE TO A BLANK DISK. ┴LTERNATELY, HERE ARE
SOME GUIDELINES TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH SPACE YOU'LL NEED FOR
DISSOLVING THE FILES:
".╠┬╥" FILES REQUIRE SLIGHTLY MORE BLOCKS FREE THAN THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS IN THE
ARCHIVE. ╘HIS IS ALSO TRUE FOR ALL OF THE ╙╔─╨LAYER ARCHIVES.
".┴╥├" FILES CAN REQUIRE MUCH MORE DISK SPACE THAN THE ARCHIVE; GENERALLY
YOU'LL BE SAFE IF YOU HAVE AT LEAST ╘╫╔├┼ THAT NUMBER OF BLOCKS FREE.
".╠╬╪" AND ".┴╥╦" FILES DESTROY THE ARCHIVE AS THEY DISSOLVE, SO THEY WILL NEED
VERY LITTLE FREE SPACE ON THE DISK. ┬ECAUSE THE ORIGINAL ARCHIVE IS DESTROYED
DURING THE DISSOLVE, WE ╙╘╥╧╬╟╠┘ RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE A BACK-UP COPY OF ╠YNX
AND ┴RKIVE FILES BEFORE DISSOLVING THEM.
╘O DISSOLVE ONE OR MORE FILES USING ╧MEGA-╤, FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS:
1. ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬ ╧MEGA-╤.
2. ╞ROM ╧MEGA-╤'S ═AIN ═ENU, MOVE THE FLASHING CHECKMARK TO "─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ ╞╔╠┼╙"
AND PRESS ╞1.
3. ╔NSERT THE DISK THAT CONTAINS THE ARCHIVES YOU WANT TO DISSOLVE AND
PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬.
4. ┘OU THEN SEE A LIST OF THE ARCHIVE FILES ON THAT DISK. ├URSOR TO THE
FILE(S) YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISSOLVE AND PRESS ╞1 OVER EACH ONE TO
HIGHLIGHT IT.
5. ┴FTER SELECTING ALL OF THE FILES YOU WANT, PRESS THE ╞3 KEY. ┘OU'LL BE
PRESENTED A MENU THAT READS:
╬ORMAL ─ISSOLVE
╙CRATCH ╧RIGINAL ╞ILE
├HOOSE THE FIRST OPTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL ARCHIVE
AFTER THE DISSOLVE, OR PICK THE SECOND OPTION TO REMOVE THAT FILE AFTER
DISSOLVING IS COMPLETED. ╬OTE THAT ╠YNX AND ┴╥╦╔╓┼ FILES ARE ┴╠╫┴┘╙
REMOVED.
6. ╧MEGA-╤ WILL THEN DISSOLVE THE ARCHIVES, PLACING THE INDIVIDUAL FILES ON
YOUR DISK. ┘OU WILL HEAR A "BELL" SOUND WHEN THE PROCESS IS FINISHED.
╬╧╘┼: ╫HEN USING THE MULTI-DRIVE OPTION, YOU'LL BE ASKED WHICH DRIVE THE SOURCE
FILE IS ON AND WHICH DRIVE YOU DESIRE TO HAVE THE DISSOLVED FILES PLACED ON
(DESTINATION DRIVE).
╟┼╬┼╥┴╠ ─╔╙╙╧╠╓╔╬╟ ╬╧╘┼╙
╘O HELP DISSOLVE LARGE ".╠╬╪" AND ".┴╥╦" FILES WITH A SINGLE DRIVE, THE
ORIGINAL FILES ARE DESTROYED DURING THE DISSOLVE PROCESS. ╫HEN DISSOLVING THESE
FILES WITH TWO DRIVES, HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL FILES ARE RETAINED UNLESS YOU
SELECT THE "╙CRATCH ╧RIGINAL ╞ILES" OPTION WHEN PROMPTED FOR THAT INFORMATION.
╘HE SCRATCH OPTION IS OF PARTICULAR USEFULNESS FOR ╙╔─ MUSIC ARCHIVES,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU DOWNLOAD SEVERAL TO A SINGLE DISK. ╙CRATCHING EACH ONE AFTER
IT IS DISSOLVED HELPS FREE UP SPACE FOR THE RESULTING FILES.
─╔╙╙╧╠╓╔╬╟ ╠┴╥╟┼ ┴╥├ ╞╔╠┼╙
╧CCASIONALLY ╧MEGA-╤ WILL REPORT THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON YOUR DISK TO
DISSOLVE AN ".┴╥├" OR ".╠┬╥" FILE ON A SINGLE DRIVE. ╙INCE MANY PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE TWO DRIVES TO WORK WITH, A UNIQUE FEATURE HAS BEEN BUILT INTO ╧MEGA-╤ TO
HANDLE THESE CASES.
┬Y ENABLING THE "─ESTRUCTIVE ─ISSOLVE" OPTION ON THE "─ISK ╙ET-╒P" SECTION OF
THE ├ONFIGURATION ═ENUS, ╧MEGA-╤ WILL DELETE THE ORIGINAL ARCHIVE FILE AS IT
DISSOLVES IT. ╘HIS WILL ALLOW SINGLE DRIVE OWNERS TO HANDLE THESE LARGER
FILES.
┴S WITH ANY DISSOLVE WHICH DESTROYS THE ORIGINAL FILES, IT IS ╙╘╥╧╬╟╠┘
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU MAKE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL FILE BEFORE DISSOLVING IT, IN
CASE OF ANY IRRECOVERABLE DISK ERRORS.
╬OTE THAT WHEN THE "─ESTRUCTIVE ─ISSOLVE" FEATURE IS ENABLED, THAT CHOICE WILL
APPEAR ON THE DISSOLVE PROMPT ALONG WITH "╬ORMAL ─ISSOLVE" AND "╙CRATCH
╧RIGINAL ╞ILES". ╘O USE DESTRUCTIVE DISSOLVE, SELECT THAT OPTION. ╥EMEMBER,
HOWEVER, THAT IT WILL APPLY TO ┴╠╠ FILES SELECTED TO BE DISSOLVED ON THE MENU
PRIOR TO RECEIVING THAT PROMPT.
╨LEASE NOTE THAT THE ╞AST ─╧╙ ═╒╙╘ BE ENABLED IN ORDER FOR THIS FEATURE TO
WORK. ╘HUS, "─ESTRUCTIVE ─ISSOLVE" IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE 1581. ╚OWEVER, IT IS
NOT NEEDED ON THAT DRIVE, ANYWAY, BECAUSE OF THE HUGE STORAGE CAPACITY.
─╔╙╙╧╠╓╔╬╟ ╥┼╠┴╘╔╓┼ ╞╔╠┼╙
╔F YOU USING TWO DRIVES TO DISSOLVE FILES, ONE HOLDING THE ARCHIVE AND THE
OTHER FOR THE DISSOLVED FILES, YOU WILL GET AN ERROR MESSAGE IF THERE ARE
╥ELATIVE (╥┼╠) FILES IN THE ARCHIVE. ╥ELATIVE FILES CAN ONLY BE DISSOLVED USING
A SINGLE DRIVE. ┴S VERY FEW ARCHIVES CONTAIN THESE FILES, THIS WILL RARELY
OCCUR.
┼╥╥╧╥ ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙
╧N OCCASION YOU MAY ENCOUNTER "╘HE FORMAT OF THIS ARCHIVE IS NOT RECOGNIZED".
╘HIS CAN RESULT FROM ARCHIVE FILES WHICH HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED, OR SAVED AS THE
WRONG FILE TYPE OR EXTENSION. ╘HIS ERROR WILL ALSO OCCUR IF YOU ARE TRYING TO
DISSOLVE NON-├OMMODORE ARCHIVE FILES, SUCH AS THOSE CREATED ON ├╨/═, ┴MIGA OR
╔┬═ SYSTEMS.
╔F YOU BELIEVE THE FILE MAY BE CORRUPTED, TRY DOWNLOADING THE FILE AGAIN.
╔N THE CASE OF AN ARCHIVE WHICH WAS SAVED AS THE WRONG FILE TYPE, SIMPLY USE
THE "├HANGE ╘YPE" FUNCTION ON THE "─ISK ├OMMANDS" MENU.
╞OR FILES SAVED WITH THE WRONG FILENAME SUFFIX, USE THE "╥ENAME ╞ILE" OPTION ON
THAT SAME MENU IN ORDER TO RENAME THE FILE WITH THE CORRECT SUFFIX.
┴┬╧╒╘ ╙┼╤ ╞╔╠┼╙
═ANY TEXT FILES, SUCH AS INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROGRAMS YOU DOWNLOAD, ┼-═AIL, AND ╤-
╠INK TEXT SAVED USING THE ╞3 KEY, ARE STORED AS SEQUENTIAL (╙┼╤) FILES ON YOUR
DISK. ╧MEGA-╤ HAS FEATURES FOR BOTH READING AND PRINTING THESE FILES.
╥EMEMBER THAT ╙┼╤ FILES ARE NOT PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬; THEY ┴╠╫┴┘╙
REQUIRE SOME OTHER UTILITY IN ORDER TO BE USED. ═OST SEQUENTIAL FILES YOU RUN
INTO WILL BE SIMPLE TEXT FILES, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE NON-TEXT DATA, ARCHIVES OF
SOME SORT, OR CONVERTED ╟┼╧╙ FILES. ╞OR THIS REASON, WE CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH
THE IMPORTANCE OF READING FILE DESCRIPTIONS PRIOR TO DOWNLOADING FILES. ┘OU CAN
SAVE YOURSELF A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AND AGGRAVATION!
┴LSO NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF TEXT FILES. ╘HE MOST COMMON IN
├OMMODORE COMPUTING ARE FILES IN "╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔" FORMAT. ╘HIS IS THE FORMAT OF ANY
┼-═AIL OR TEXT YOU SAVE FROM ╤-╠INK, AND ALMOST ANY DOCUMENTATION FILE YOU
DOWNLOAD WILL BE IN THIS FORMAT.
"╘RUE ┴╙├╔╔" IS USED ON MOST OTHER COMPUTERS, AND FILES IN THAT FORMAT PRINTED
USING ├OMMODORE EQUIPMENT USUALLY COME OUT WITH THE CASE OF EACH CHARACTER
SWITCHED (M╒├╚ L╔╦┼ T╚╔╙).
╞INALLY, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TEXT FORMATS USED BY VARIOUS WORD PROCESSORS.
╧MEGA-╤ IS EQUIPPED TO READ AND PRINT BOTH ╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔ AND TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ FILES, AND
IT CAN CONVERT FILES IN THE POPULAR ╙PEED╙CRIPT WORD PROCESSOR FORMAT OVER TO
╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔ FOR READING OR PRINTING USING ╧MEGA-╤.
╔F YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER A FILE IS IN TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ OR ╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔ FORMAT, TRY
READING IT WITH ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S "╥EAD ╞ILES" OPTION BEFORE PRINTING. ╫HEN READING,
╧MEGA-╤ CAN AUTOMATICALLY SENSE TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ AND ADJUST ITSELF ACCORDINGLY.
┘OU'LL THEN KNOW WHETHER TO ENABLE THE TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ OPTION WHEN PRINTING.
╚╧╫ ╘╧ ╥┼┴─ ╞╔╠┼╙
╧MEGA-╤'S ╙┼╤ TEXT FILE READER IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT HAS THE ABILITY TO READ
MORE THAN ONE FILE IN A "BATCH"; MOST OTHER READERS ONLY ALLOW YOU TO SELECT
ONE FILE AT A TIME. ╘O READ A FILE OR GROUP OF FILES USING ╧MEGA-╤, FOLLOW
THESE STEPS:
1. ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬ ╧MEGA-╤.
2. ╞ROM ╧MEGA-╤'S ═AIN ═ENU, MOVE THE FLASHING CHECKMARK TO "╥EAD ╞ILES" AND
PRESS THE ╞1 KEY.
3. ╔NSERT THE DISK THAT CONTAINS THE FILES YOU WANT TO VIEW AND PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬.
4. ┘OU WILL SEE A LIST OF THE ╙┼╤ FILES ON THAT DISK. ┘OU MAY THEN SELECT ONE
OR MORE FILES FROM THE LIST BY MOVING THE FLASHING CHECK-MARK TO THE
FILE(S) AND PRESSING ╥┼╘╒╥╬ OR ╞1.
5. ┴FTER SELECTING THE FILE(S), PRESS ╞3. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER YOU WISH
TO READ THE FILE NORMALLY OR SKIP BAD CHARACTERS. ╘HE FIRST OPTION WILL
DISPLAY NON-PRINTABLE CONTROL CODES AS HEXADECIMAL DIGITS ENCLOSED IN
BRACKETS, WHILE THE SECOND WILL TOTALLY IGNORE SUCH CODES. ┴FTER SELECTING
ONE OF THESE OPTIONS, ╧MEGA-╤ WILL BEGIN TO DISPLAY THE FIRST FILE
SELECTED.
╘HE FILENAME OF THE TEXT FILE BEING READ IS DISPLAYED IN THE TOP-LEFT CORNER OF
THE SCREEN, AND AS THE FILE IS DISPLAYED ONSCREEN, THE NUMBER OF LINES READ UP
TO THAT POINT IS SHOWN IN THE TOP-RIGHT CORNER.
╘HE TEXT IS DISPLAYED AS IT APPEARS IN THE DOCUMENT; WHERE THERE IS A CARRIAGE
RETURN, ╧MEGA-╤ DROPS TO THE NEXT LINE. "╫ORD WRAP" PREVENTS WORDS FROM BEING
SPLIT UP OVER TWO LINES. ╔F ╧MEGA-╤ DETERMINES THAT THE TEXT IS IN TRUE ┴╙├╔╔
FORMAT (SEE THE PORTION OF THIS DOCUMENTATION ON THE ├USTOMIZING ═ENUS TO LEARN
HOW THAT IS DETERMINED), THE WORDS "╘╥╒┼ ┴╙├╔╔" WILL REPLACE THE FILENAME
ONSCREEN, AND TEXT WILL BE ADJUSTED TO DISPLAY CORRECTLY.
╔F YOU FIND THAT THE TEXT IS SCROLLING BY TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU, HOLD DOWN THE
├╘╥╠ KEY OR PUSH THE JOYSTICK IN ANY DIRECTION. ╘HIS WILL SLOW DOWN THE LISTING
A BIT. ╘O PAUSE COMPLETELY, PRESS ╙╚╔╞╘ OR THE JOYSTICK BUTTON.
╔N PAUSE MODE, THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU. ├╧╬╘╔╬╒┼ ALLOWS YOU TO
RESUME READING THE FILE WHERE YOU LEFT OFF; ╬┼╪╘ ╞╔╠┼ ABORTS READING THE
CURRENT FILE AND BEGINS WITH THE NEXT FILE SELECTED; AND ╤╒╔╘ STOPS COMPLETELY
AND RETURNS YOU TO THE MAIN MENU.
┴LSO DURING PAUSE MODE, YOU CAN USE THE ├╥╙╥ ╒╨/─╧╫╬ KEY TO SCROLL IN EITHER
DIRECTION THROUGH THE PORTION OF THE DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN READ SO FAR.
╘HEREFORE, IF AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FILE SCROLLS BY, YOU CAN SIMPLY CURSOR
BACK TO VIEW IT! ╬OTE THAT VERY LONG DOCUMENTS CANNOT BE HELD COMPLETELY IN
MEMORY TO MAKE THIS OPERATION POSSIBLE, SO YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS BE ABLE TO
SCROLL BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE TEXT. ╨RESS ╚╧═┼ TO MOVE TO THE TOP OF
THE BUFFER, OR ├╠╥ TO RETURN TO THE LAST LINE READ.
╫HEN THE END OF A FILE IS REACHED, YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE ╬┼╪╘ ╞╔╠┼ TO GO ON TO
THE NEXT SELECTED FILE, OR ╤╒╔╘ TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU. ╘HE SCROLLING
FEATURES ALSO WORK AT THIS POINT, TOO.
╚╧╫ ╘╧ ╨╥╔╬╘ ╞╔╠┼╙
╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S ╙┼╤ TEXT FILE PRINTER HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY REDESIGNED AND NOW
GIVES YOU MUCH MORE CONTROL OVER MOST PRINTER FUNCTIONS THAN BEFORE. ┘OU CAN
CUSTOMIZE MARGINS, PAGE LENGTH AND WIDTH, REFORMATTING OPTIONS, AND EVEN PAGE
NUMBERING! ╘O USE THE FILE PRINTER, FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS:
1. ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬ ╧MEGA-╤, AND MAKE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS CONNECTED AND
TURNED ON.
2. ╞ROM ╧MEGA-╤'S ═AIN ═ENU, MOVE THE FLASHING CHECKMARK TO "╨RINT ╞ILES" AND
PRESS THE ╞1 KEY.
3. ╔NSERT THE DISK THAT CONTAINS THE FILES YOU WANT TO PRINT AND PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬.
4. ┘OU WILL SEE A LIST OF THE ╙┼╤ FILES ON THAT DISK. ┘OU MAY THEN SELECT ONE
OR MORE FILES FROM THE LIST BY MOVING THE FLASHING CHECK-MARK TO THE
FILE(S) AND PRESSING ╥┼╘╒╥╬ OR ╞1.
5. ┴FTER SELECTING THE FILE(S), PRESS ╞3.
┴T THIS POINT, DEPENDING ON YOUR PRINTER CUSTOMIZATION SELECTIONS, YOU MIGHT BE
GIVEN A SERIES OF PROMPTS. "╨RINT AS ╞ORMATTED/╙TRIP ├ARRIAGE ╥ETURNS" ALLOWS
YOU TO SELECT WHETHER YOU WISH TO PRINT THE DOCUMENT EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS IN
THE FILE OR REFORMAT IT FOR YOUR OWN SET LINE LENGTH. ╫HEN PRINTING TEXT
FORMATTED FOR 40 COLUMNS ON AN 80-COLUMN PRINTER, UNLESS YOU'RE PRINTING IN TWO
COLUMNS, YOU WILL SAVE PAPER BY STRIPPING CARRIAGE RETURNS.
"├OMMODORE ┴╙├╔╔/╘RUE ┴╙├╔╔" LETS YOU TELL ╧MEGA-╤ WHICH TYPE OF FILE YOU'LL BE
PRINTING. ╔N MOST CASES, SELECT ├OMMODORE (╨┼╘) ┴╙├╔╔. ╔F YOU ARE UNSURE, USE
THE ╙┼╤ FILE READER FIRST TO DETERMINE THE TEXT TYPE.
"╙INGLE ├OLUMN/╘WO ├OLUMNS" GIVES YOU THE OPTION OF DISPLAYING TEXT IN TWO
COLUMNS ON A PAGE. ╘HIS IS EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR ╤-╠INK TEXT AND ┼-═AIL, WHICH
IS FORMATTED FOR 40 COLUMNS AND WOULD NORMALLY PRINT ON ONLY HALF OF EACH
PAGE.
╥EMEMBER THAT THESE OPTIONS WILL APPLY TO ALL FILES YOU SELECTED TO PRINT.
╧THER OPTIONS, INCLUDING MARGIN SETTINGS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU DESIRE PAGE
NUMBERING AT THE TOP OF EACH PAGE, ARE SET FROM THE "╨RINTER ╙ET-╒P" AREA OF
THE ├USTOMIZATION ═ENUS.
┴FTER ALL PROMPTS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, ╧MEGA-╤ WILL BEGIN PRINTING EACH FILE YOU
SELECTED. ╨ERFORATION IS ALWAYS SKIPPED BY THIS PROGRAM, SO IF YOUR PRINTER OR
INTERFACE ALSO OFFERS THAT OPTION, MAKE SURE IT IS TURNED ╧╞╞. ┴LSO NOTE THAT
╧MEGA-╤ USES NO SPECIAL CONTROL CODES, SUCH AS FORM FEEDS OR LINEFEEDS, SO IT
CAN BE USED WITH ANY PRINTER AVAILABLE.
╞╔╠┼ ┴╬─ ─╔╙╦ ├╧══┴╬─╙
╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ HAS A FULL COMPLEMENT OF BUILT-IN DISK COMMANDS IN AN EASY TO USE,
MENU-DRIVEN FORMAT. ╘O SEE THE MENU OF COMMANDS, SELECT "╞ILE ├OMMANDS" FROM
THE ═AIN ═ENU.
╞╧╥═┴╘ ┴ ─╔╙╦: ┼ACH NEW DISK FROM A BOX OF BLANK DISKS MUST BE FORMATTED BEFORE
IT CAN BE USED. ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO FORMAT THE DISK BY PROVIDING A DISK
NAME OF UP TO 16 CHARACTERS AND A DISK ╔─ OF TWO CHARACTERS. ╫┴╥╬╔╬╟:
╞╧╥═┴╘╘╔╬╟ ┴ ─╔╙╦ ╫╔╠╠ ┼╥┴╙┼ ┴╬┘ ╔╬╞╧╥═┴╘╔╧╬ ╙╘╧╥┼─ ╧╬ ╔╘. ─╧ ╬╧╘ ╞╧╥═┴╘ ┘╧╒╥
╤- ╠╔╬╦ ─╔╙╦. ┘OU CAN OMIT THE DISK ╔─, BY JUST PRESSING ╥┼╘╒╥╬, TO QUICKLY
CLEAR THE DIRECTORY OF A DISK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN FORMATTED ONCE.
╙├╥┴╘├╚ ╞╔╠┼╙: ╘HIS IS A CONVENIENT WAY TO REMOVE ONE OR MORE FILES FROM A
DISK. ╙ELECT THE FILE(S) FROM THE LIST BY PRESSING ╞1, THEN PRESS ╞3 TO DELETE
THE SELECTED FILES FROM THE DISK. ╔F YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU CAN USE THE
"╒NSCRATCH" COMMAND TO RETRIEVE FILES, BUT ╧╬╠┘ IF YOU DO IT IMMEDIATELY,
BEFORE ANY OTHER CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE DISK.
╥┼╬┴═┼ ╞╔╠┼╙: ╘HIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO EASILY CHANGE THE NAMES OF ONE OR MORE
FILES ON A DISK. ┘OU'LL BE ABLE TO SELECT THE FILES FROM A MENU, AND THEN
YOU'LL BE PROMPTED FOR THE NEW NAME FOR EACH FILE.
├╧╨┘ ╞╔╠┼╙: ╘HIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY FILES FROM ONE DRIVE TO ANOTHER. ╔T
WORKS ONLY IN MULTI-DRIVE MODE. ┴ SINGLE-DRIVE FILE COPIER CANNOT BE
IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE OF MEMORY CONSTRAINTS.
┬╧╧╘ ┴ ╞╔╠┼: ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO AUTOMATICALLY LOAD AND RUN A PROGRAM
(╨╥╟) FILE FROM YOUR DISK. ╧MEGA-╤ WILL AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINE WHETHER TO ╠╧┴─
THE FILE WITH A ,8 OR A ,8,1 AND PUT THE ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬ COMMANDS ON THE SCREEN
FOR YOU!
╓┴╠╔─┴╘┼ ─╔╙╦: ╘HIS COMMAND CAN BE USED TO FREE UP EXTRA SPACE ON A CLUTTERED
DISK. ╔T ALSO HELPS TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN DISK ERRORS, PARTICULARLY BOTHERSOME
SPLAT ("*") FILES.
─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘: ┴S ON THE MAIN MENU, THIS OPTION LISTS THE FILES ON A DISK. ╔T IS
THE EQUIVALENT OF TYPING ╠╧┴─"$",8 AND ╠╔╙╘ FROM ┬┴╙╔├.
╠╧├╦/╒╬╠╧├╦ ╞╔╠┼╙: ╘HE "╠OCK" OPTION WILL LOCK IMPORTANT FILES ON THE DISK TO
PREVENT THEM FROM BEING DELETED WITH THE "╙CRATCH" COMMAND. "╒NLOCK" WILL
REMOVE THIS RESTRICTION. ╬╧╘┼: ╘HIS WILL ╬╧╘ PREVENT A FILE FROM BEING LOST IF
THE DISK IS FORMATTED WITH THE "╞ORMAT" COMMAND.
├╚┴╬╟┼ ╘┘╨┼╙: ╘HIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE A SEQUENTIAL (╙┼╤) FILE INTO A
PROGRAM (╨╥╟) FILE AND VISA VERSA. ╘HIS IS EXTREMELY USEFUL WHEN ONE DOWNLOADS
A FILE FROM A ┬┬╙ AND SPECIFIES THE WRONG FILE TYPE.
╧╘╚┼╥ ├╧══┴╬─╙: ╘HIS CAN BE USED TO SEND TEXT COMMANDS DIRECTLY TO THE DRIVE.
╘HESE COMMANDS ARE LISTED IN THE DISK DRIVE'S OWNER'S MANUAL AND SHOULD ONLY BE
USED BY EXPERIENCED USERS. ╔F CHOSEN BY ACCIDENT, YOU CAN RETURN TO THE MENU BY
PRESSING ╞5. ╬OTE THAT THIS OPTION IS AVAILABLE ONLY IN "EXPERT" MODE (SEE THE
╟ENERAL ├USTOMIZATION ═ENUS).
╟┼╬┼╥┴╠ ╙┼╘-╒╨
╧MEGA-╤ NOW CONTAINS THREE FULL SCREENS OF CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS, ORGANIZED
INTO "╟ENERAL", "─ISK", AND "╨RINTER" SECTIONS. ┘OU WILL NOW FIND IT POSSIBLE
TO ADJUST A MULTITUDE OF FEATURES TO YOUR OWN TASTES.
┼ACH PARAMETER YOU CAN SET IS DISPLAYED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, AND ITS
CURRENT VALUE OR STATUS IS SHOWN TO THE RIGHT. ╘HE CURSOR KEYS ALLOW YOU TO
MOVE FROM OPTION TO OPTION. ╘O CHANGE NUMERIC VALUES, USE THE "+" AND "-" KEYS
TO CYCLE IN EITHER DIRECTION THROUGH THE POSSIBLE RANGE. ╘EXT PARAMETERS ARE
CHANGED BY PRESSING THE ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY UNTIL THE DESIRED SETTING APPEARS.
╘HE "╟ENERAL ╙ET-╒P" MENU CONTAINS SEVERAL OPTIONS DEALING WITH THE OVERALL
APPEARANCE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF ╧MEGA-╤:
"╧VERALL ═ODE" CAN BE TOGGLED BETWEEN ╬ORMAL AND ┼XPERT. ╔N NORMAL MODE, DISK
ERROR MESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED IN AN EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND, VERBOSE FORMAT. ╔N
EXPERT MODE, THE ACTUAL ERROR MESSAGE SENT BY THE DISK DRIVE IS DISPLAYED,
ALONG WITH THE TRACK AND SECTOR WHERE THE ERROR OCCURRED. ┴LSO, THE "╧THER ─ISK
├OMMANDS" FEATURE IS ACCESSIBLE ONLY IN ┼XPERT MODE.
"╔NSERT ─ISK ╨ROMPTS" ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO BE REMINDED
TO INSERT A DISK WHEN YOU SELECT ANY OF ╧MEGA-╤'S OPTIONS. ╔F YOU FIND THAT
MESSAGE BOTHERSOME AND JUST AN EXTRA, UNNEEDED KEYPRESS, SET THIS PARAMETER TO
"╬O".
"─ISK ├ONFIGURATION" IS ALSO FOUND ON THE ─ISK ╙ET-╒P MENU AND IS PROVIDED HERE
FOR CONVENIENCE.
"╩OYSTICK ╙PEED" DETERMINES THE OVERALL RESPONSIVENESS OF THE JOYSTICK. ╠OWER
VALUES ALLOW YOU TO MOVE FASTER THROUGH OPTIONS WHEN USING A JOYSTICK.
"╘RIGGER ─ELAY" ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY HOW LONG THE TRIGGER MUST BE HELD DOWN
BEFORE IT IS REGISTERED AS A CANCEL (╞5) KEYPRESS. ╘HIS VALUE IS EXPRESSED IN
"JIFFIES" (1/60THS OF A SECOND).
"╘RUE ┴╙├╔╔ ├OUNT" DETERMINES HOW MANY OCCURRENCES OF A LOWERCASE LETTER
FOLLOWED BY A CAPITAL LETTER WILL TRIGGER ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S ╙┼╤ FILE READER'S TRUE
┴╙├╔╔ MODE. ╒SE A VALUE OF ZERO TO COMPLETELY DISABLE AUTOMATIC TRUE ┴╙├╔╔
SENSING.
─╔╙╦ ╙┼╘-╒╨
╘HE SETTINGS ON THE "─ISK ╙ET-╒P" MENU ALL DEAL WITH ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S DISK ACCESS
FUNCTIONS:
"─ISK ├ONFIGURATION" GIVES YOU THREE DISTINCT MODES OF OPERATION. ╔N ╙INGLE
─RIVE MODE, THE ONLY DISK DRIVE USED BY ╧MEGA-╤ IS THE UNIT FROM WHICH YOU
LOADED THE UTILITY. ═ULTIPLE ─RIVE MODE CAUSES ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ TO ALWAYS PROMPT YOU
FOR SOURCE AND DESTINATION DRIVES, WHILE ╞IXED ═ULTIPLE MODE ALWAYS USES THE
SOURCE AND DESTINATION DRIVES SPECIFIED ON THE ─ISK ╙ET-╒P MENU.
"╙CREEN ┬LANKING" CAN GREATLY SPEED UP DISK OPERATIONS WHEN USED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S FAST ─╧╙ FOR THE 1541, SO IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU KEEP IT
ENABLED.
"┬LOCKS ╞REE ├HECK" ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY WHETHER YOU'D LIKE ╧MEGA-╤ TO CHECK
IF THERE ARE ENOUGH BLOCKS FREE ON THE DESTINATION DISK BEFORE DISSOLVING,
CONVERTING, UNSQUEEZING, OR COPYING FILES TO THAT DISK.
"1541 ╞AST ─╧╙" WHEN ENABLED CAUSES ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S CUSTOM, FAST DISK OPERATING
SYSTEM TO BE USED WITH ANY DRIVES THAT SUPPORT IT (1541S AND COMPATIBLES).
"╙OURCE ─RIVE" IS USED TO SET THE DEFAULT DRIVE ON WHICH ALL DISK COMMANDS WILL
BE PERFORMED. ╘HE SOURCE DRIVE IS ALSO UNDERSTOOD TO BE THE ONE THAT WILL HOLD
THE ORIGINAL FILE TO BE COPIED, DISSOLVED, CONVERTED, OR UNSQUEEZED. ╔N "╞IXED
─RIVE ═ODE", THE DRIVE NUMBER SELECTED HERE WILL ┴╠╫┴┘╙ BE USED FOR THE SOURCE
DRIVE.
"─ESTINATION ─RIVE" IS THE DRIVE THAT WILL HOLD THE RESULTING FILES WHEN AN
ARCHIVE IS DISSOLVED, OR A FILE IS COPIED OR CONVERTED. ┴S WITH THE ABOVE
SETTING, THIS IS NORMALLY ONLY THE DEFAULT DRIVE, BUT IN "╞IXED ─RIVE ═ODE", IT
IS ALWAYS USED.
"─ESTRUCTIVE ─ISSOLVE" WILL ONLY BE GIVEN AS AN OPTION DURING DISSOLVE IF
ENABLED FROM THIS MENU. ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ IS PROVIDED WITH THIS FEATURE DISABLED SO
THAT USERS DO NOT MISUSE THE FEATURE WHILE ACQUAINTING THEMSELVES WITH THE
PROGRAM.
"╟ENERIC ─RIVE ═ODE", WHEN ACTIVATED, DISABLES ALL ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ FUNCTIONS THAT
CAN ONLY BE USED WITH A 1541, 1571, OR 1581 DISK DRIVE. ╔T ALSO MAKES SOME
INTERNAL CHANGES WHICH ALLOW MOST FEATURES (SUCH AS DISSOLVING) TO BE USED WITH
ALMOST ANY DRIVE AVAILABLE. ╘HUS, IF YOU PLAN TO USE ╧MEGA-╤ WITH NON-STANDARD
DRIVES, YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE ╟ENERIC ─RIVE ═ODE. ╧THERWISE, IT'S TO YOUR
ADVANTAGE TO DISABLE IT.
╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ╙┼╘-╒╨
╘HE "╨RINTER ╙ET-╒P" MENU ALLOWS YOU TO CONFIGURE ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ TO WORK BEST WITH
YOUR PARTICULAR BRAND OF PRINTER AND PRINTER INTERFACE!
╘HE FIRST THREE OPTIONS ON THE MENU CAN ALL BE SET TO "┘ES", "╬O", OR "┴SK".
╫HEN SET TO ┘ES, THE FEATURE IS ALWAYS ENABLED. ╙IMILARLY, THE OPTION IS NEVER
USED IF SET TO ╬O. ╔F YOU WOULD LIKE THAT FEATURE TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE, DEPENDING
ON THE DOCUMENT PRINTED, CHOOSE ┴SK. ┼ACH TIME YOU SELECT FILES TO BE PRINTED,
YOU WILL THEN BE PROMPTED ABOUT THAT OPTION.
"╙TRIP ├ARRIAGE ╥ETURNS" CONTROLS ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S TEXT REFORMATTER. ╥EADING THE
FILE ONSCREEN FIRST CAN OFTEN HELP YOU DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT REFORMATTING
WOULD MAKE THE TEXT LOOK BETTER OR SAVE PRINTER PAPER.
"╘RUE ┴╙├╔╔" CAN ALSO BE DETERMINED USING ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S FILE READER PRIOR TO
PRINTING.
"╘WO-├OLUMN ═ODE" ALLOWS YOU TO PRINT FILES IN TWO COLUMNS ON A PAGE. ╘HIS IS
ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR TEXT FORMATTED FOR 40 COLUMNS OR LESS, BUT IF YOU STRIP
CARRIAGE RETURNS, JUST ABOUT ANY FILE WILL LOOK GOOD IN TWO COLUMNS.
"╨AGE ╬UMBERING" CAN BE TOGGLED BETWEEN ┘ES AND ╬O. ╫HEN ENABLED, THE CURRENT
PAGE NUMBER WITHIN A DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS THE FILENAME, WILL BE PRINTED IN THE
TOP-RIGHT CORNER OF EACH PAGE. ╘HE HEADER IS PRINTED THREE LINES ABOVE YOUR TOP
MARGIN, SO THAT MARGIN MUST BE AT LEAST 3 IF YOU PLAN TO NUMBER PAGES.
"╨RINTER ─EVICE" ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY WHICH DEVICE NUMBER YOUR PRINTER IS. ╔N
MOST CASES, THIS NUMBER WILL BE 4.
"╠EFT ═ARGIN" DETERMINES HOW MANY SPACES TO PRINT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH LINE
BEFORE PRINTING THE TEXT OF THE LINE.
"╥IGHT ═ARGIN" LETS YOU LEAVE ONE OR MORE BLANK SPACES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
EACH PAGE.
"╘OP ═ARGIN" SPECIFIES HOW MANY LINES TO SKIP AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE BEFORE
BEGINNING TO PRINT.
"┬OTTOM ═ARGIN" PERMITS YOU TO LEAVE SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE.
"╠INE ╠ENGTH" IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHARACTERS THAT MAY BE PRINTED ACROSS A
PAGE - 80 FOR MOST PRINTERS.
"╨AGE ╠ENGTH" REPRESENTS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES PER PAGE - ALMOST ALWAYS
66.
├╚┴╬╟╔╬╟ ─┼╓╔├┼ ╬╒═┬┼╥╙
╙INCE MANY PEOPLE HAVE MORE THAN ONE DISK DRIVE BUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS HAVE
NOT PHYSICALLY (THROUGH HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS) CHANGED THE DEVICE NUMBER OF
ONE OF THEM, ╧MEGA-╤ PROVIDES A FEATURE THAT CAN CHANGE THE DEVICE NUMBER OF A
DISK DRIVE TEMPORARILY. ╚ERE IS THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE FOR USING THIS
OPTION:
1. ╘URN ONLY ONE OF THE DISK DRIVES ON AND BOOT ╧MEGA-╤.
2. ╟O TO ╧MEGA-╤'S ├USTOMIZATION ═ENU AND SELECT "├HANGE ─EVICE ╬UMBER".
3. ┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A SOURCE DRIVE NUMBER. ╙ELECT THE DEVICE NUMBER
OF THE DRIVE FROM WHICH YOU LOADED ╧MEGA-╤ (NORMALLY 8).
4. ╫HEN ASKED FOR A DESTINATION DRIVE NUMBER, SELECT ANY DRIVE NUMBER OTHER
THAN THE ONE FROM WHICH YOU LOADED ╧MEGA-╤.
5. ┴T THIS POINT, YOU MAY SAFELY TURN ON THE OTHER DISK DRIVE.
╘HE DEVICE NUMBER OF THE DISK DRIVE YOU USED TO LOAD ╧MEGA-╤ HAS BEEN CHANGED
TO WHATEVER NUMBER YOU SPECIFIED WHEN ASKED FOR "─ESTINATION DRIVE", WHILE THE
UNIT JUST POWERED UP WILL RETAIN ITS ORIGINAL NUMBER.
╙┴╓╔╬╟ ┘╧╒╥ ╞┴╓╧╥╔╘┼ ╙┼╘╘╔╬╟╙
╔T WOULD BE TEDIOUS IF YOU HAD TO CUSTOMIZE ╧MEGA-╤ TO YOUR OWN TASTES EVERY
TIME YOU LOADED THE PROGRAM. ╘O ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THIS, ╧MEGA-╤ ALLOWS YOU
TO SAVE YOUR FAVORITE SETTINGS TO DISK!
╘O DO SO, SIMPLY SELECT "╙AVE ├ONFIGURATION" FROM THE ├USTOMIZATION ═ENU. ┘OU
WILL BE PROMPTED TO INSERT THE DISK THAT CONTAINS YOUR ╧MEGA-╤ FILE INTO THE
DRIVE FROM WHICH YOU ORIGINALLY BOOTED THE PROGRAM.
╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ WILL THEN MODIFY ITSELF ON DISK, AND EACH TIME YOU LOAD ╧MEGA-╤
AFTER THAT, YOUR PERSONAL SETTINGS WILL BE USED! ╬OTE THAT FOR FASTEST RESULTS,
╧MEGA-╤ SHOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST PROGRAM (╨╥╟) FILES ON THE DISK. ┴LSO NOTE
THAT THIS FUNCTION IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE FILENAME OF THE UTILITY; SO YOU CAN
RENAME ╧MEGA-╤ TO A SIMPLER FILENAME IF YOU WISH, AND YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO
SAVE THE CONFIGURATION.
╒╬╙╤╒┼┼┌╔╬╟ ╞╔╠┼╙
╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ NOW HAS THE CAPABILITY OF "UNSQUEEZING" FILES THAT HAVE BEEN
COMPACTED USING ╩OHN ╠EESON'S POPULAR "╙╤" UTILITY (AVAILABLE IN ╤-╠INK
╒TILITIES). ╞ILES PROCESSED BY ╙╤ CAN EASILY BE IDENTIFIED BY THE FILENAME
PREFIX OF "Q/". ╞OR EXAMPLE, IF ONE WERE TO SQUEEZE THE FILE "FOO", THE
RESULTING FILE WOULD BE "Q/FOO".
╒NSQUEEZING FILES WITH ╧MEGA-╤ IS AS EASY AS DISSOLVING! ╞OLLOW THESE SIMPLE
STEPS:
1. ╙ELECT "╒NSQUEEZE ╞ILES" FROM THE MAIN MENU.
2. ╔NSERT A DISK THAT CONTAINS A FILE OR GROUP OF FILES YOU WOULD LIKE TO
UNSQUEEZE.
3. ┘OU WILL BE GIVEN A MENU OF SQUEEZED FILES ON THAT DISK. ╒SE ╞1 OR ╥┼╘╒╥╬
TO SELECT FILES TO UNSQUEEZE, THEN PRESS ╞3 WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED
SELECTING.
╘HAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT! ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ WILL PROCEED TO UNSQUEEZE EACH FILE YOU
SELECTED. ╘HE UNSQUEEZED FILES WILL HAVE THE SAME FILENAME AS THE ORIGINAL
FILE, BUT WITHOUT THE "Q/" PREFIX!
╘┼╪╘ ╞╔╠┼ ├╧╬╓┼╥╙╔╧╬
╧CCASIONALLY YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER TEXT FILES THAT ARE NOT IN THE NORMAL ╙┼╤ TEXT
FORMAT THAT CAN BE READILY VIEWED OR PRINTED ON A 64. ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ CAN CONVERT
TWO POPULAR ALTERNATE TEXT FORMATS TO STANDARD (╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔) DOCUMENTS.
╧N THE "╙PECIAL ╧PTIONS" MENU OF ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔, YOU WILL FIND THREE CONVERSION
FEATURES:
╙PEED╙CRIPT -> ╘EXT
╘RUE ┴╙├╔╔ -> ╘EXT
├ONVERT ╙╙ -> ╘RUE
╘HE FIRST AND THIRD OPTIONS TRANSFORM DOCUMENTS ENTERED USING ├OMPUTE!
╨UBLICATIONS' "╙PEED╙CRIPT" WORD PROCESSOR, PERHAPS THE MOST-USED EDITOR IN
├OMMODORE COMPUTING. ┘OU CAN CONVERT ╙PEED╙CRIPT FILES TO STANDARD ╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔
TEXT (FIRST CHOICE) OR TO TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ DOCUMENTS (THIRD CHOICE). ╘HE SECOND
CONVERSION OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ FILES TO ╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔ TEXT.
┴FTER SELECTING THE FILES YOU WISH TO CONVERT FROM A MENU OF FILES ON THE DISK,
YOU WILL BE PROMPTED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
╧BEY ═AXIMUM ╠INE ╠ENGTH
╔GNORE ╠INE ╠ENGTH
╙INCE ╙PEED╙CRIPT DOCUMENTS OFTEN DO NOT ALREADY HAVE EMBEDDED CARRIAGE
RETURNS, YOU WILL PROBABLY WANT TO CHOOSE THE FORMER OPTION, WHICH WILL EMPLOY
WORD WRAP AND ADD CARRIAGE RETURNS TO FORMAT THE DOCUMENT BASED ON THE LINE
LENGTH YOU SET IN THE ╨RINTER ├USTOMIZATION ═ENU. ╘HE LATTER OPTION DOES NOT
CHANGE THE FORMAT OF THE DOCUMENT AT ALL; IT JUST CONVERTS THE CHARACTERS
CONTAINED IN IT.
├ONVERTED FILES WILL HAVE THE SAME FILENAME AS THE ORIGINAL FILE, BUT WITH A
".T" SUFFIX. ╞OR EXAMPLE, A TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ FILE NAMED "FOO" CONVERTED TO NORMAL
TEXT WOULD HAVE THE FILENAME "FOO.T".
─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘ ┼─╔╘╧╥
╔F YOU'RE A FREQUENT DOWNLOADER, YOU KNOW HOW EASY IT IS FOR DISKS TO BECOME
CLUTTERED AND DISORGANIZED. ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ CONTAINS A FULL-FEATURED DIRECTORY
EDITOR THAT CAN HELP YOU GET YOUR DISK COLLECTION IN ORDER! ╬OT ONLY CAN YOU
REARRANGE THE ORDER OF FILES ON A DISK, YOU CAN ALPHABETIZE AN ENTIRE DISK,
LOCK AND UNLOCK FILES, AND EVEN ADD SEPARATOR LINES TO MAKE DIRECTORY LISTINGS
MORE READABLE AND PLEASING TO THE EYE!
╠IKE ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S OTHER FEATURES, THE DIRECTORY EDITOR HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE
EXTREMELY EASY TO USE. ┴FTER INSERTING A DISK TO BE EDITED AND SELECTING THE
─IRECTORY ┼DITOR FROM THE "╙PECIAL ╧PTIONS" MENU, THE EDITOR SCREEN WILL
APPEAR. ╞ILES ON THE DISK ARE DISPLAYED IN A SCROLLING BOX ON THE LEFT SIDE OF
THE SCREEN, WITH THE CURRENT FILE HIGHLIGHTED. ╘HE TYPE OF THAT FILE, ALONG
WITH ITS BLOCK COUNT IS DISPLAYED TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.
╒SE THE ├╥╙╥ ╒╨/─╧╫╬ KEY TO MOVE THROUGH THE LIST OF FILES. ╔F THERE ARE MORE
FILES THAN CAN FIT IN THE BOX, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SCROLL THROUGH THE REMAINING
FILES. ┘OU CAN PRESS ╚╧═┼ TO RETURN TO THE TOP OF THE LIST, OR ├╠╥ (╙╚╔╞╘ AND
╚╧═┼) TO GO TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
╘HE ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE A FILE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. ╨RESSING
╥┼╘╒╥╬ OVER A FILENAME REMOVES THAT FILE FROM THE DIRECTORY AND PLACES IT IN A
"BUFFER" AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. ┘OU ARE NOW FREE TO MOVE THE CURSOR TO
WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT THE FILE. ╨RESSING ╥┼╘╒╥╬ WITH A FILE IN YOUR BUFFER WILL
INSERT THAT FILE INTO THE DIRECTORY AT THE CURRENT POSITION.
╨RESSING ╞7 CALLS UP A MENU WITH SEVERAL SPECIAL OPTIONS. ╒╙┼╥ ┬╠┴╬╦ INSERTS A
SEPARATOR FILENAME INTO THE DIRECTORY, WHICH IS HANDY FOR GROUPING TOGETHER
FILES THAT BELONG TO A CERTAIN PROGRAM. ┼─╔╘ ╞╔╠┼╬┴═┼ ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE
NAME OF THE CURRENT FILE. ╫HEN ENTERING A FILENAME, THE BACK ARROW KEY CREATES
THE CHARACTER USED IN SEPARATOR LINES, SO YOU CAN GIVE SEPARATORS MORE
DESCRIPTIVE NAMES IF YOU WISH.
┴╠╨╚┴┬┼╘╔┌┼ WILL REARRANGE THE DIRECTORY IN ASCENDING ALPHABETICAL ORDER. ┼╪╔╘
╧╬╠┘ RETURNS TO THE MAIN ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔ MENU WITHOUT MAKING ANY ACTUAL CHANGES TO
THE DISK'S DIRECTORY, WHILE ╙┴╓┼ ┴╬─ ┼╪╔╘ REWRITES THE DIRECTORY TO DISK THE
WAY YOU REARRANGED IT.
╘HERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL KEYS AVAILABLE IN EDITING MODE (WHEN THE ╞7 MENU IS NOT
ON THE SCREEN). ╨RESS ╙╨┴├┼ TO INSERT A SEPARATOR LINE, OR "┼" TO EDIT A
FILENAME. ╘O REMOVE A SEPARATOR LINE, PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ OVER IT WITHOUT ANYTHING IN
THE BUFFER. ╞3 CHANGES THE TYPE OF THE CURRENT FILE, WHILE ╞4 ALTERNATES ITS
STATUS BETWEEN LOCKED AND UNLOCKED. ╞INALLY, ╞5 WILL ABORT THE EDITOR WITHOUT
REWRITING THE DIRECTORY TO RECORD YOUR CHANGES.
╬╧╘┼: ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔'S DIRECTORY EDITOR HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE FAIL-SAFE. ╔T IS
NOT POSSIBLE TO ACCIDENTALLY REMOVE OR "LOSE" FILES USING THE EDITOR. ╚OWEVER,
BE SURE THE DISK IN THE DRIVE IS NOT CHANGED DURING THE EDITING PROCESS, OR YOU
COULD MODIFY THE WRONG DISK.
╧╘╚┼╥ ╞┼┴╘╒╥┼╙
╫HEN USING THE "╠IST ─ISK ╞ILES" OR "─ISK ─IRECTORY" OPTIONS, PRESSING ╞7 WILL
DISPLAY A MENU WITH THE FOLLOWING CHOICES:
╨RINT ─IRECTORY
┴LPHABETIZED ╨RINT
┼DIT ─IRECTORY
╘HE FIRST TWO OPTIONS ALLOW YOU TO PRINT THE DISK DIRECTORY IN ITS ORDER ON
DISK OR IN ASCENDING ALPHABETICAL ORDER. ╔N ORDER TO SAVE PRINTER PAPER, FILES
ARE PRINTED IN AS MANY COLUMNS AS PERMITTED BY THE LINE LENGTH SET ON THE
╨RINTER ├USTOMIZATION ═ENU.
"┼DIT ─IRECTORY" SIMPLY ENTERS THE DIRECTORY REARRANGER USING THE CURRENT DISK.
╞OR DE