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TPUG DISK:BEST OF UTILITIES(C)U6,JUN88
ORDER DISK: (C)U6 BEST UT6
6 BLOCKS FREE
┬┼╙╘ OF ╒╘╔╠╔╘╔┼╙ DISK, ╩UNE '88.
╘HIS DISK CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF 14
PROGRAMS THE ├64 LIBRARIANS CAN NOT DO
WITHOUT, IN THE MAKING OF THE ╘╨╒╟ ├64
DISKS. ╫E HOPE YOU FIND THEM AS USEFUL
AS WE DO. ╘HEY ARE NOT NEW PROGRAMS.
┴LL WE HAVE DONE, IS GATHERED THOSE
PROGRAMS WE USE THE MOST OFTEN ONTO ONE
DISK.╘HEN WE PUT THE 'MOST OFTEN USED'
DISKS/PROGRAMS TOGETHER, HOPING TO GET
ONE DISK OUT OF THE TWO,AND OF COURSE,
GOT OVER ONE DISK, BUT LESS THAN TWO.
╫HICH OF COURSE, MEANS THERE IS A
SECOND ┬┼╙╘ OF ╒╘╔╠╔╘╔┼╙... SOON TO BE
RELEASED. ╔N THE MEANTIME, ENJOY THE
FIRST.
'DIR ASSIST V3.0' IS A FREEWARE OLDIE,
FROM ╘╨╒╟ DISK (C)TI, AUTHOR ═IKE
┼MBRY. ╔T WAS FIRST RELEASED TO ╘╨╒╟
IN 1984, AND HAS CERTAINLY GONE THE
ROUNDS.┘OU MAY KNOW IT AS '╫╧╫!' FROM
╘╨╒╟ DISK (C)TI, OR AS 'DIRECTORY
ASSISTANCE' OR SOME SUCH NAME,FROM THE
┬┬╙ SERVICES. ╒NFORTUNATELY,SOMEHOW,
THE INSTRUCTIONS SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN
LOST WHEN DOWNLOADED FROM THE SERVICES,
SO FIND INCLUDED THE 83 BLOCK
INSTRUCTION FILE AS WELL.
╘HIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS
ONE TO MANIPULATE/EDIT THE DIRECTORY,
AND SAVE THAT MANIPULATED DIRECTORY TO
DISK. ┴LL EDITING IS HELD IN MEMORY
UNTIL ┘╧╒ DECIDE TO COMMIT IT TO DISK!
╧NCE THE DIRECTORY IS LOADED INTO
MEMORY, ONE CAN INSERT A ZERO BLOCK
TEXT STRING TO INSERT NOTES INTO THE
DIRECTORY, CHANGE AND OR SWAP THE ORDER
OF THE FILES, DO AN ALPHA SORT OF THE
DIRECTORY,ADD EXTENSIONS SUCH AS ,8 OR
,8,1 TO THE FILENAMES IN THE DIRECTORY,
SO ONE CAN LOAD FILES MORE EASILY, AND
EVEN MORE! ╘HE HELP FILE IS ALWAYS ON
THE SCREEN,SO IT IS RELATIVELY EASY TO
USE, ONCE YOU GET OVER THE FRIGHT OF
IT. ╘HIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT, WHEN
USED CORRECTLY, MAKES YOUR DIRECTORY
LOOK PROFESSIONAL! ┬EFORE YOU USE THE
PROGRAM, DO TAKE THE TIME TO LOAD AND
RUN 'DIR INST.C', THE INFORMATION FILE
YOU CAN EITHER VIEW OR PRINT.
'DIR INST.C' IS THE DOCUMENTATION FOR
'DIR ASSIST V3.0'. ╨LEASE MAKE SURE
YOUR READ THIS PROGRAM FILE.
╬╧╘┼: IF YOU DESIRE TO HAVE THE ZERO
BLOCK TEXT STRING APPEAR AS A 'USR'
FILE, THEN USE THE 42 BLOCK PROGRAM ON
(C)AAA CALLED 'DIRECTORY.C'. ╘HIS IS
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WILL OCCUR ON
THE NEXT ┬┼╙╘ OF ╒╘╔╠╔╘╔┼╙ DISK.
'DISK HOUSE' COMES FROM ╘╨╒╟ DISK
(C)TK, FROM 1984, VIA THE ├├├ OF
╘OLEDO. ╘HE PROGRAM ALLOWS ONE TO DO
VARIOUS DISK HOUSEKEEPING CHORES, SUCH
AS: ╞ORMAT/╥ENAME/╓ALIDATE A DISK,
╥ENAME/┬ACKUP/╙CRATCH A FILE,╠IST AND,
(THANK GOODNESS) ╨RINT A DIRECTORY.
'WILLIE'S WEDGE.C'IS A VERSION OF'├-64
WEDGE' AND '─╧╙ 5.1', MERGED INTO ONE
PROGRAM. ╔T ALLOWS ONE TO USE A ONE
LETTER COMMAND TO TELL THE ├64 TO ╠╧┴─,
╙┴╓┼, ETC. ─O READ THE INSTRUCTIONS,
'WILLIE'S INST.C' AND PERHAPS YOU TOO
WILL DUMP THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO
PRINTER, TO POST THEM BESIDE YOUR
COMPUTER STATION, AND DO BEGIN TO USE
THE WEDGE. ╘HIS PROGRAM WAS ALSO ON
╘╨╒╟ DISK (C)MC.
'WILLIE'S INST.C' CAN BE DUMPED TO
PRINTER SO YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THE
WEDGE.
'PRINTDIR.C' COMES FROM ╘╨╒╟ DISK
(C)AAA, AND IS USED TO PRINT MORE THAN
ONE DIRECTORY AT A SITTING.╔F YOU ARE
LIKE ME, PROCRASTINATION IS NO
STRANGER. ╫HEN ╔ FINALLY GET MORE THAN
3 DISKS WITHOUT A PRINTED DIRECTORY
LISTING, ╔ USE THIS PROGRAM. ╔T IS
REALLY EASY TO USE, AND WORTH THE TIME
TO LOAD.
╞1: LOADS THE DIRECTORIES
╞3: EXAMINES THE DIRECTORIES
SUB MENU: F1- PAGE UP
F3- PAGE DOWN
F5- LEFT SCROLL (TO
VIEW ALL THE DIRECTORIES LOADED)
F7- RIGHT SCROLL (AS
ABOVE)
F6- REMOVE A DIRECTORY
FROM MEMORY
F8- RETURN TO MAIN MENU
╞5: ╨RINT DIRECTORY
SUB MENU: F3- PRINTS THE
DIRECTORIES AS ENTERED
F5- SORTS THE
DIRECTORIES ON LENGTH, LONGEST FIRST
F8- RETURN TO MAIN MENU
╞6: ├LEARS THE MEMORY OF ALL
DIRECTORIES, SO BE CAREFUL!
╞8: QUITS THE PROGRAM
╫HEN THIS PROGRAM DUMPS TO PRINTER, IT
PLACES 3 DIRECTORIES ACROSS THE 8 1/2"
PAGE,AND WILL SKIP PERFORATIONS AT THE
11" MARK. ╙OME MAY CONSIDER IT SLOW,
BUT IT IS WORTH THE WAIT. ╞OR THOSE
WHO MAY WANT TO CHANGE SOME OF THE
PARAMETERS, LIST LL. 1-8,AND ENTER THE
CHANGES.
'CHECK DISC.C' COMES FROM ╘╨╒╟ UTILITY
DISK (C)U1. ╔T CHECKS THE NEWLY
FORMATTED DISK BY BLOCK, TRACK AND
SECTOR, SO IS A 'GO HAVE A CUPPA'
PROGRAM, ONCE IT IS ╥╒╬. ╔T CHECKS TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE BLOCKS (664 OF
THEM) ON THE DISK ARE USEFUL. ╔F 'BAD'
BLOCKS ARE FOUND, THE PRG. TELLS THE
┬┴═ TO NOT USE THEM. ╔F YOU WANT AN
ERROR FREE, COPYABLE ═┴╙╘┼╥ DISK,THEN
THIS IS THE PROGRAM FOR YOU.
'PRINTER TEST' CHECKS THE MECHANICAL
AND ELECTRONIC CAPABILITIES OF THE
PRINTER. ╞UNCTIONS TESTED ARE:
╟RAPHICS, ┬USINESS (LOWER CASE), ├╚╥
STRINGS:10, 13, 8, 14, 16, 26, 27, 17,
145, 18, 146 AND THE PROGRAM LISTING
CAPABILITIES OF THE PRINTER, OUTPUTTED
FROM THE ╓IC OR ├64. ╘HIS PROGRAM IS
ALSO ON ╘╨╒╟ UTILITY DISK (C)U1.
'DRIVE ALIGNMENT' COMES FROM 128 DISK
(Y)AAF. ╔T WORKS ON BOTH THE ├64 AND
128, BUT SOMEHOW NEVER GOT ONTO A ├64
DISK! ╔T DOES JUST AS IT SAYS.
'VFAST FILECPY' IS AN EXCELLENT
╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ FILE COPY PROGRAM, ON DISK
(C)AAU, WELL WORTH THE $4.00 ASKED FOR.
╘HOSE WHO HAVE ╙UPER ╦IT 2.0, WILL
RECOGNIZE THIS AS AN UPDATED FILE COPY
SECTION OF THAT PROGRAM, BY THE SAME
AUTHORS, BUT A FEW BUGS IN THE COPY
PROCESS HAVE BEEN FIXED, SO IT IS MORE
RELIABLE.
╚INTS:
1. ╘O GET INTO THE PROGRAM AFTER THE
STARTUP SCREEN, PRESS SPACE BAR.
2. ╘O SELECT FILES TO BE COPIED ETC,
PRESS SPACE BAR.
3. ╘O USE 2 DISK DRIVES,SELECT 'CHANGE
DEVICE NUMBER OPTION' (IE #7), AND
FOLLOW PROMPTS. ╘HEN SELECT 'CHANGE
DRIVES OPTION' (IE #8) TO CHANGE THE
NUMBER OF THE DRIVE. ╒SE THE RETURN
KEY UNTIL YOU GET THE OPTION YOU
DESIRE. ╘HEN CURSOR TO CHOOSE THE
OPTION YOU DESIRE OFF THE MENU.
╘HOSE WHO USE THE PROGRAM WILL BE
PLEASED WITH A NUMBER OF FEATURES:
1. ╘HE LIGHTNING SPEED FAST FORMAT
FEATURE.
2 ╘HIS IS A TOTALLY ML PROGRAM WITH
DRIVE CODE AND VERY FAST ╔/╧ ROUTINES
TO MAKE THIS THE FASTEST FILE COPIER ON
THE MARKET.
3. ╒NFORTUNATELY, THIS ─╧┼╙ ╬╧╘ COPY
RELATIVE FILES OR WORK IN 1571 DOUBLE
SIDED MODE.
'SEQ READ & PRINT' IS A SMALL, BUT
POWERFUL SEQUENTIAL FILE READER, THAT
WILL DUMP TO PRINTER, AND APPEARS ON
MANY OF THE NEWER ╘╨╒╟ DISKS. ╔T MAY
BE CONSIDERED SLOW, BUT FOR THE NUMBER
OF BLOCKS USED, IT IT A FAVOURITE OF
ALL THE ├64 LIBRARIANS.
─OCUMENTATION FOR THE FOLLOWING ARE
ENTERED AS SEPARATE SEQUENTIAL FILES ON
THIS DISK, AND MAY BE VIEWED/PRINTED BY
EITHER 'ULTRA SEQ-PRINT' OR 'SEQ READ
AND PRINT':
'COMPILER.64', FROM ╘╨╒╟ DISK (C)AAT
WILL LET YOU COMPILE THOSE SLOW RUNNING
┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAMS INTO MUCH FASTER AND
MORE EFFICIENT ╨-CODE.
'DE-BLITZ 87',FROM ╘╨╒╟/╔╬╞╧ DISK (C)I
20, CONVERTS A PROGRAM COMPILED WITH
┬LITZ BACK INTO ┬┴╙╔├ SOURCE. ╘HE
PROGRAM CAN THEN BE MODIFIED AND
RE-COMPILED.
'YELLOW PAGESV2.1',FROM ╘╨╒╟/╔╬╞╧ DISK
(C)I 20 WORKS WITH 1541, 1571, 1581 AND
═╙─ DISK DRIVES. ╔F RUNNING ON A 128
(IN ├64 MODE), ALL OF THE SPECIAL ├128
KEYS WILL BE ACTIVE. ╔T ALLOWS YOU TO
ALTER THE ORDER OF ALL THE FILES IN
YOUR DISKS' DIRECTORIES. ╧THER FEATURES
INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE
FILETYPES, INSERT SEPARATORS, SCRATCH,
UN-SCRATCH AND PROTECT FILES. ╔T IS
SMALL ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ON EACH OF YOUR
DISKS!
'ULTRA SEQ-PRINT' FROM ╘╨╒╟ DISK
(C)AAN, IS THE ULTIMATE SEQUENTIAL FILE
READER AND PRINTER, ALONG WITH THE
DOCUMENTATION, 'ULTRA.DOC'.
'EZDISK' COMES FROM ╘╨╒╟ DISK (C)AAN,
IS YET ANOTHER DISK UTILITY,USEFUL FOR
'UNSCRATCHING' FILES, OR FOR RECOVERING
THOSE '*' FILES!
╟EORGE ┴.╬ICHOLSON
┴NNE ┼.╟UDZ