╘HE ╤┬┬'S MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO STORE PROGRAMS OF YOUR OWN CHOICE. ╘HE PROGRAMS CAN THEN BE RELOADED JUST AS IF THEY WAS LOADED FROM DISK. ╘HE ADVANTAGE IS THAT THEY CAN BE RELOADED IN A FLASH, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF KEYSTROKES. ╞URTHERMORE, THE PROGRAMS ARE IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE WHENEVER YOU TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER. ╒SING A LITHIUM BATTERY, THE ╤┬┬ WILL RETAIN ITS CONTENTS EVEN WHEN THE COMPUTER IS TURNED OFF.
╘HE ╤UICK ┬ROWN ┬OX ORIGINAL FILE MANAGER CAUSES SOME COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS WITH SOME APPLICATIONS HOWEVER. ┴ DIFFERENT KIND OF FILE MANAGER WAS INCLUDED IN ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ IN ORDER TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. ┘OU CAN STILL USE THE ╤┬┬'S PROPRIETARY FILE MANAGER IF YOU WISH, OR EVEN BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘S FILE MANAGER HAS THE ABILITY TO LIVE PEACEFULLY TOGETHER WITH ORDINARY CARTRIDGE SOFTWARE INSIDE THE ╤┬┬.
╙ETTING UP THE ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ FILE MANAGER:
┬EFORE YOU CAN USE YOUR ╤┬┬ TO STORE PROGRAMS, YOU MUST MAKE IT READY TO DO SO. ╞IRST, THE ╤┬┬'S 64/128 SWITCH MUST BE SET TO 128. ╘HEN, SELECT "╞ORMAT ╤┬┬" FROM ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ MAIN MENU USING THE UP-ARROW.
┘OU WILL THEN BE ASKED HOW MANY BANKS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE FOR ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘S FILE MANAGER. ┘OU SHOULD ╬╧╘ RESERVE MORE BANKS THAN YOUR ╤┬┬ CONTAINS THOUGH. ╘HE 16╦ ╤┬┬ HAS ONE BANK, THE 32╦ HAS TWO, AND THE 64╦ MODEL HAS FOUR BANKS. ╔F YOU HAVE THE 128╦ OR 256╦ MODELS, ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ CAN STILL USE ONLY 64╦ (FOUR BANKS) OF YOUR ╤┬┬'S SPACE. ╔N THAT CASE, YOU MAY WISH TO USE THE ╤┬┬ AND ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ FILE MANAGERS BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. ╬OW, SELECT THE NUMBER OF BANKS THAT SUITS YOU.
┘OU CAN CHANGE THE NUMBER OF BANKS RESERVED FOR ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘S FILE MANAGER AT A LATER TIME IF YOU WISH, WITHOUT DISTURBING THE CONTENTS OF YOUR ╤┬┬. ╔F YOU HAVE FORMATTED THE ╤┬┬ (USING ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘) ALREADY, AND THE ╤┬┬ CONTAINS PROGRAMS, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE PROGRAMS FROM THE ╤┬┬ AT THE SAME TIME. ╔F YOU ANSWER ╬╧, ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ CHECKS TO SEE IF THE PROGRAMS CURRENTLY IN THE ╤┬┬ WILL FIT INTO THE NUMBER OF BANKS YOU SPECIFY. ╙PECIFYING A LOWER NUMBER OF BANKS THAN NEEDED TO HOLD THE CURRENT PROGRAMS WON'T BE ALLOWED. ╔F YOU ANSWER ┘┼╙ TO REMOVAL OF THE PROGRAMS, ALL PROGRAMS WILL BE WIPED OUT, AND YOU ARE FREE TO SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF BANKS YOU WISH (WITHIN THE LIMITS OF YOUR ╤┬┬). ╘HIS IS THE FASTEST WAY TO REMOVE ALL ╤┬┬ FILES IN ONE GO IF YO WISH TO USE THE ╤┬┬ FOR OTHER PROGRAMS.
┘OU MAY ALSO SET THE NUMBER OF BANKS TO ZERO. ╘HIS WILL EFFECTIVELY TURN OFF THE FILE MANAGER AND YOUR ╤┬┬ IS FREE TO BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
╒SING ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘'S ╤┬┬ FILE MANAGER:
╫HEN YOU HAVE FORMATTED YOUR ╤┬┬ USING ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘, YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBER OF BYTES FREE FOR STORAGE ALONG WITH A MENU AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. ┘OU CAN NOW STORE UP TO 26 PROGRAMS INTO THE ╤┬┬. ╘HEIR NAMES WILL APPEAR BELOW ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ MAIN MENU, AND CAN BE RELOADED BY THE LETTER KEYS ┴ - ┌. ╘HE MENU ENTRIES ARE:
╞1, ╙TORE ┬┴╙╔├:
╫ILL STORE THE ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM CURRENTLY IN THE 128'S MEMORY INTO THE ╤┬┬. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE IT A NAME OF UP TO 16 CHARACTERS. ╨RESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬, AND YOUR PROGRAM WILL APPEAR IN THE DIRECTORY BELOW ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘S MAIN MENU. ╔T WILL THEN RUN AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU PRESS THE LETTER KEY NEXT TO THE PROGRAM NAME. ╔F THE PROGRAM IS TOO LARGE TO FIT INTO THE REMAINING ╤┬┬ SPACE, THE MESSAGE "╤┬┬ IS FULL" WILL APPEAR. ╘HE PROCESS WILL BE ABORTED.
╞3, ├OPY FROM DISK:
╘HIS COMMAND RESEMBLE THE MAIN MENU DIRECTORY COMMAND. ╘HE DIRECTORY WILL BE READ FROM THE DISK DRIVE INDICATED BY THE SHIFT KEYS. ╫HEN THE DIRECTORY IS HALTED, A FLASHING POINTER WILL APPEAR. ╘HE COMMAND KEYS WILL NOW DETERMINE HOW THE SELECTED PROGRAM ARE TO BE RELOADED FROM THE ╤┬┬. ┘OU HAVE THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:
╥┼╘╒╥╬:
╫ILL MAKE THE PROGRAM LOAD INTO MEMORY AND RUN AS A ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO ╥╒╬ "FILENAME" ╔F THE FILE HAS BEEN CREATED USING "╙AVE ╤┬┬" (SEE BELOW), THE CURRENT ╤┬┬ CONTENTS WILL BE WIPED OUT AND REPLACED WITH THE CONTENTS OF THE FILE.
╞1:
╫ILL DO THE EQUIVALENT OF ─╠╧┴─ "FILENAME".
╞3:
╫ILL DO THE EQUIVALENT OF ┬╠╧┴─ "FILENAME",B0 (WILL USE BANK 0). ╒NLIKE THE OTHERS, THIS COMMAND WILL RETURN TO ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘'S MAIN MENU AFTER THE FILE HAS BEEN LOADED.
╞5:
╫ILL DO THE EQUIVALENT OF ┬╧╧╘ "FILENAME", USING BANK 0 WHILE LOADING. ╨LEASE NOTE HOWEVER, IF THE START ADDRESS OF THE PROGRAM IS LOWER THAN 16384 ($4000) THE COMPUTER WILL BE CONFIGURED TO BANK 15 WHEN THE PROGRAM IS EXECUTED.
╞7:
╫ILL MAKE THE PROGRAM LOAD, SWITCH TO 64 MODE, AND RUN IT.
╨LEASE NOTE THAT, EXCEPT FOR ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAMS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO STORE A PROGRAM INTO THE ╤┬┬ DIRECTLY FROM MEMORY. ┘OU MUST SAVE IT TO A DISK FILE FIRST, AND THEN DOWNLOAD IT FROM DISK TO THE ╤┬┬. ┴LSO PLEASE NOTE THAT UPON RELOAD FROM THE ╤┬┬, THE STATE OF THE SHIFT KEYS ARE SIGNIFICANT IF THE THE PROGRAM IN QUESTION IS SENSITIVE TO WHICH DISK DRIVE IT WAS LOADED FROM.
╔F THE FILE YOU TRY TO DOWNLOAD IS TOO LARGE TO FIT INTO THE REMAINING ╤┬┬ SPACE, THE MESSAGE "╤┬┬ IS FULL" WILL APPEAR. ╘HE PROCESS WILL BE ABORTED.
╞5, ╙AVE ╤┬┬:
┘OU MAY SAVE THE WHOLE ╤┬┬ CONTENTS (THE PARTS CURRENTLY ALLOCATED BY ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ FILE MANAGER) TO DISK AS A SINGLE FILE. ╘HE ╤┬┬ CONTENTS CAN THEN BE RELOADED USING THE "COPY FROM DISK" COMMAND (╞3, SEE ABOVE).
╞7, ╙CRATCH:
╘O REMOVE A PROGRAM FOR THE ╤┬┬, PRESS ╞7 AND THEN THE LETTER NEXT TO THE PROGRAM YOU WISH TO DELETE. ╨LEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU DELETE A FILE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE DIRECTORY, THE DELETION MAY TAKE SOME TIME. ╨LEASE BE PATIENT.
╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ╬╧╘┼ ABOUT SAVING/DELETING IN THE ╤┬┬: ─UE TO THE ├128 ELECTRONICS DESIGN, WRITING TO THE ╤┬┬ WILL CORRUPT SYSTEM ╥┴═ MEMORY IN THE SAME ADDRESS RANGE. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ MINIMIZES THIS PROBLEM BY SELECTING ╥┴═ BANK 1 DURING READS/WRITES TO THE ╤┬┬. ┼XPECT TO HAVE BANK 1 MEMORY FROM 32768 ($8000) TO 49151 ($BFFF) CORRUPTED WHEN STORING OR DELETING PROGRAMS IN THE ╤┬┬.
╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘S BANKING SCHEME USING THE ╤UICK ┬ROWN ┬OX:
╒NLIKE THE ╤┬┬ NATIVE FILE MANAGER ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL ALWAYS START USING THE HIGHEST NUMBERED BANK IN THE ╤┬┬ AND WORK DOWNWARDS. ╘HIS GOES FOR THE WHOLE RANGE OF ╤┬┬ MODELS, 16╦ TO 256╦. ╥ESERVING TWO BANKS OF A 64╦ ╤┬┬ FOR ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘, WILL RESERVE BANKS 2 & 3 LEAVING BANKS 0 & 1 FREE FOR OTHER USES.
╥ESERVING ALL BUT ONE BANK IN YOUR ╤┬┬ WILL LET YOU USE BANK 0 FOR CARTRIDGE SOFTWARE WHILE USING THE REST OF THE BOX FOR PROGRAM STORAGE.
╒SING ╤┬┬ AND ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ FILE MANAGERS AT THE SAME TIME:
╘HE REVERSED BANKING SCHEME OF ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO USE BOTH MANAGERS AT THE SAME TIME. ╘HE NATIVE ╤┬┬ FILE MANAGERS CAN RESERVE ONE OR MORE BANKS AT THE END OF THE ╤┬┬ FOR OTHER USES. ╘HEN, LET ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ USE THOSE BANKS FOR PROGRAM STORAGE. ╧R INDEED, YOU MAY ELECT NOT TO USE ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ FILE MANAGER AT ALL. ┘OU COULD EVEN USE THE 64 MODE ╤┬┬ MANAGER EITHER ALONE OR TOGETHER WITH ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ FILE MANAGER IN 128 MODE.
╘HERE IS ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS APPROACH HOWEVER IF YOU WANT TO USE THE 128 MODE ╤┬┬ MANAGER. ╒SING THE NATIVE ╤┬┬ FILE MANAGER WILL DISABLE THE SERVANT. ╘O USE BOTH, THERE MUST BE A WAY TO SET THE ╙╚╔╞╘-╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ COMBINATION TO '┬┴╬╦12:╙┘╙32777'. ╘HAT'S ALL THAT'S NEEDED TO USE THE SERVANT. ╘HERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THIS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. ┬ELOW YOU WILL FIND A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD PREFERRED BY THE AUTHOR. ╘HE METHOD WON'T CORRUPT ANY MEMORY, AND YOU CAN LOAD YOUR FAVORITE FUNCTION KEYS AUTOMATICALLY UPON POWER-UP. ╚ERE'S HOW:
1) ╙AVE THE ╤┬┬ CONTENTS TO DISK AS DESCRIBED IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR ╤┬┬ MANUAL.
2) ╥UN THE "128 MANAGER" PROGRAM THAT CAME WITH YOUR ╤┬┬.
3) ╔F YOU WISH TO START WITH A BLANK BOX, CHOOSE TO "╔NITIALIZE THE ╤┬┬ FOR LOADING". ╥EFER TO YOUR ╤┬┬ MANUAL FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROCESS.
4) ┼XIT THE FILE MANAGER AND DEFINE YOUR FAVORITE FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS USING THE ╦┼┘ COMMAND.
5) ╘YPE '┬┴╬╦12:╙┘╙32777' TO ENTER ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘, THEN PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬áTO GET BACK TO ┬┴╙╔├. ╘HE ╙╚╔╞╘-╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ COMBINATION WILL NOW HAVE BEEN SET TO '┬┴╬╦12:╙┘╙32777' BY ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘.
6) ╘YPE '┬╙┴╓┼ "F-KEYS",P4096TOP4351', THEN PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HIS WILL SAVE YOUR FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS TO DISK.
7) ╥UN THE 128 MANAGER AGAIN. ╙ELECT "LOAD NEW PROGRAM". ┼NTER THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU USED FOR YOUR FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS; "F-KEYS". ╞OLLOW THE PROMPTS, ENTER ╔─ KEYS.
8) ┼NTER A 6 LETTER NAME, USING A < SYMBOL AS THE FIRST LETTER. ╘HE < CHARACTER WILL CAUSE THE ╤┬┬ NOT TO EXECUTE THE FILE, THE F-KEYS ARE NOT AN EXECUTABLE FILE. ╠EAVE THE ╥┴═ BANK AND ╙┘╙ BANKS AS THEY ARE.
9) ╬OW SELECT "AUTO-START PROGRAM" FROM THE MANAGER MENU. ┼NTER THE TWO LETTER IDENTIFIER YOU JUST SPECIFIED
10) ╞INISHED. ╫HEN YOU RESET YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR ╞-KEYS ALONG WITH ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ START KEY COMBO WILL BE ACTIVATED. ╨RESS ╙╚╔╞╘-╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ TO ENTER THE SERVANT.
╟ETTING RID OF THE ╤┬┬ AUTOSTART:
┘OU MAY WISH TO REMOVE THE ╤┬┬ CONTROL OVER YOUR COMPUTER ENTIRELY, LEAVING ALL CONTROL TO ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘. ╘YPE THE FOLLOWING LINE IN ┬┴╙╔├:
SLOW:BANK13:POKE56832,16:POKE32774,0
╚IT ╥┼╘╒╥╬, THEN PRESS THE RESET BUTTON.
╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL NOW BE PRESENT AT POWER-UP, BUT IF YOU WISH, THE ╤┬┬ CAN BE INVOKED BY PRESSING THE POINT (.) KEY, "├ALL EXROM".
╘O RE-ENABLE THE ╤┬┬ AUTOSTART:
SLOW:BANK13:POKE56832,16:POKE32774,255
╚IT ╥┼╘╒╥╬, THEN PRESS THE RESET BUTTON.
┬OOTING ╟┼╧╙ 128 FROM THE ╤┬┬:
╘HE ═AVERICK ╓5 INCLUDES A FEATURE WHICH CONVERTS THE ╟┼╧╙ CORE SYSTEM INTO A SINGLE BOOTABLE FILE. ═AKE YOUR ╟┼╧╙ BOOT FILE FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS SUPPLIED WITH ═AVERICK.
╨╠┼┴╙┼ ╬╧╘┼: ╘HE ═AVERICK ╟┼╧╙ TOOL WILL AT ONE POINT INSTRUCT YOU TO PRESS THE RESET BUTTON. ╫ITH ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ INSTALLED YOU'LL HAVE TO DO ANOTHER STEP: ╨RESS THE "0" (NULL) KEY.
╠OAD THE NEWLY CREATED ╟┼╧╙ BOOT FILE INTO THE ╤┬┬ USING ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘'S ╞3 COMMAND. ╨RESS ╞5 TO MAKE THE FILE BOOT, AND SPECIFY BANK 0. ╨LEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SIZE OF THE ╟┼╧╙ BOOT FILE, THE ╤┬┬ MUST BE SET UP WITH AT LEAST 3 BANKS, MEANING THAT YOUR ╤┬┬ MUST BE OF AT LEAST 64╦ IN SIZE.
╒PON RELOAD FROM THE ╤┬┬, ┘OU CAN MAKE ╟┼╧╙ ACCESS DRIVE 9 (FOR LOADING OF THE ─ESKTOP AND ├ONFIGURE) BY HOLDING DOWN ╙╚╔╞╘. ╔T SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ╟┼╧╙ WON'T WORK PROPERLY USING OTHER DRIVES THAN 8 OR 9. ╞URTHERMORE, THE ╟┼╧╙ BOOT FILE CAN'T USE A 1581 IF IT WAS CREATED FOR ANOTHER DRIVE TYPE OR VICE VERSA. 1541 VERSUS 1571 WON'T MATTER THOUGH.
