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┼┌─╔╙╦ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘ ╨╥╧╟╥┴═
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╘HESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOR THOSE
WHO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE
PROGRAM. ╘HEY ARE NOT MEANT TO BE LAW
AS THE PROGRAM IS IN ┬┴╙╔├ AND IS
╨UBLIC ─OMAIN.
╚ELP ╞ILE:
1. ╙CRATCH... ╘HIS COMMAND DELETES A
FILE FROM THE DISK
DIRECTORY. ╒SE THIS
COMMAND TO ERASE
UNWANTED FILES TO
CREATE MORE SPACE ON THE
DISK.
2. ╥ENAME... ╘HIS COMMAND IS USED TO
RENAME A FILE ON A DISK,
FROM THE OLD FILENAME TO
THE NEW FILENAME. ╘HE
DISK DRIVE DOES NOT
╥┼╬┴═┼ A FILE IF IT IS
╧╨┼╬.
3. ╓IEW... ╘HIS COMMAND CAN BE USED
TO PREVIEW FILES ON YOUR
DISK. ╙OMETHING LIKE A
SEQ. FILE READER. ╒SE IT
FOR PREVIEWING FORGOTTEN
CONTENTS OF A FILE.
4. ╙END ─╧╙ ╘HIS COMMAND IS USED FOR
├OMMAND THREE DIFFERENT
FUNCTIONS.
A)┼RROR ├HANNEL.. ╔F YOU
COMMIT ERRORS IN
FUNCTIONS CONCERNING
THE DISK DRIVE, THIS
COMMAND WILL SEE WHERE
AND WHAT ERROR WAS
COMMITTED. EG.╞ILE NOT
╞OUND, ╘YPE ═ISMATCH,
ETC.
B)╔NITIALIZE.. ╥ESETS THE
DISK DRIVE TO ITS
ORIGINAL SETTING. ╘HE
DRIVE REREADS THE ┬┴═
INTO A DISK BUFFER.
C)╓ALIDATE..╘HE ╓ALIDATE
COMMAND RECALCULATES
THE ┬LOCK ┴VAILABILITY
═AP (┬┴═) OF THE
CURRENT DISKETTE. ╘HIS
COMMAND CLOSES ANY
OPEN FILES AND ╙╨╠┴╘
(*) FILES. ╘HIS FREES
DISK SPACE.
5. ─ISK
─IRECTORY ╘HIS COMMAND SHOULD BE THE
FIRST USED TO SEE WHAT IS
ON THE DIRECTORY OF THE
DISK. ╘HIS COMMAND SHOWS
ALL TYPES OF FILES, PROG.,
SEQ., USER, REL.AND
─┼╠┼╘┼─ FILES FOR
UNSCRATCHING.
6. ╞ORMAT
─ISK. ┬EFORE ANY NEW DISK CAN
BE USED, IT MUST BE
╞ORMATTED FOR THE ├┬═ MODE.
╔T ISSUES THE COMMAND:
OPEN 15,8,15
PRINT#15,"FILE NAME,ID"
AUTOMATICALLY WHEN IT
ASKS FOR THE NAME OF THE
DISK AND ID. ╧NLY USE A
DISK THAT IS NEW OR THAT
YOU NO LONGER WANT THE
FILES ON.
7. ╒NSCRATCH..╚AVE YOU EVER DELETED A
FILE THAT YOU DIDN'T
WANT TO? ╘HIS COMMAND
RETURNS THE FILE TO THE
DIRECTORY AND ALSO
RECOVERS A ╙╨╠┴╘ (*)
FILE. ╓ERY HANDY.