ÔHIS ARC HELP FILE IS FOR THOSE OF US THAT DO NOT LIKE TO HAVE TO STUDY ÌÁÒÇÅ PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION.
 
ÅD ÐARRY - ÖAN ÎUYS, ÃÁ - ÕPDATE :861123
 
 
ÐRELIMINARY NOTES:
 
1) ÄISABLE FASTLOAD. ÁÒÃ DOESN'T WORK W/THE FASTLOAD CARTRIDGE.
2) ÍACH 5 AND ÁÒÃ SEEM TO WORK FINE.
3) É HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS ÖÏÒÐÁÌING ARC.
4) ÍÏÓÔ OF US USE ÁÒÃ MAINLY TO CREATE/DISSOLVE ÁÒÃHIVED FILES.
5) ×HEN NO DRIVE DESIGNATOR IS GIVEN, ÁÒÃ USES CURRENT DEFAULT DRIVE.
 
 
ÁÒÃ DISK DRIVE DESIGNATION CHARACTERS:
 
ÁÒÃ ÄÅÖ ÄÒÖ    ÁÒÃ ÄÅÖ ÄÒÖ    ÁÒÃ ÄÅÖ ÄÒÖ     ÁÒÃ ÄÅÖ ÄÒÖ
-----------    -----------    -----------     -----------
A:  8   0      C:  9   0      E:  10  0       G:  11  0
B:  8   1      D:  9   1      F:  10  1       H:  11  1
 
ÅXTRACTING (DISSOLVING) ARC FILES:
 
ARC/X A:FILENAME
 
ÅXTRACTS ALL FILES FROM THE ÁÒÃ FILE CALLED "FILENAME" ON DRIVE A: (DEVICE 8/DRIVE 0 (LIKE A 1541/1571 WOULD BE.)
 
 
ÃREATING ÁÒÃHIVE FILES:
 
ARC/C A:ARCNAME A:*
 
ÔHIS CREATES AN ÁÒÃHIVE FILE ON DRIVE A: AND PUTS THEM INTO A FILE NAMED "ARCNAME" ON DRIVE A:. ÔHIS IS THE WAY "É" SUGGEST YOU ARCHIVE: ÐUT ALL FILES YOU WW
ANT TO ÁÒÃHIVE ÁÌÏÎÅ ON A DISK AND THEN ÁÒÃHIVE THEM ALL BY USING THE PATTERN MATCH AS EXAMPLED ABOVE BY THE END-OF-LINE "A:*". ÔHIS IS ÍÕÃÈ EASIER THAN TRYY
ING TO TYPE ALL THE FILE NAMES YOU WISH ARCHIVED.
 
É HAVE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES ÁÒÃ WILL TRY TO READ THE ACTUAL ÁÒÃ FILE IT HAS CREATED AND END WITH A "WRITE FILE OPEN" ERROR. ÔHIS DOES NOT EFFECT THE ARCHII
VE IN ANY WAY SO DO NOT DESPAIR.
 
 
ÁÒÃ ALSO HAS A BUILT IN WEDGE. ÓTANDARD ÄÏÓ WEDGE COMMANDS CAN BE SENT. ÈERE'S A FEW EXAMPLES:
 
>$*              ;DISK DIRECTORY     (TYPING "DIR" WORKS ALSO.)
>$$              ;FREE BLOCKS
>*=P             ;DISPLAYS ALL ÐÒÇ FILES.
>$A*             ;DISPLAYS ALL FILES STARTING WITH THE LETTER "A"
>S0:F1           ;SCRATCHS FILE NAMED "F1"
>I0              ;INITIALIZE DISK (READS BAM/DIR INTO DRIVE MEMORY).
>N0:DISKNAME,01  ;FORMATS DISK W/ID OF "01".
 
É SUGGEST YOU REFER TO YOUR DRIVE MANUAL FOR MORE HELP ON DISK COMMANDS.
 
 
ÁÒÃ DATE SETTING:
 
×HEN CREATING AN ÁÒÃHIVE IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO SET THE DATE SO YOU (AND OTHER USERS) WILL KNOW THE DATE THE FILE WAS ACTUALLY ARCHIVED. ÈERE'S AN EXAMPLE:
 
DATE 15,11,1986    ;THIS SETS THE ÁÒÃHIVE DATE TO 15NOV1986
DATE               ;DISPLAYS THE CURRENT DATE OF ÁÒÃ.
 
 
ÈARDCOPYING THOSE "DOC XXX.ARC" DOC'S:
 
1ST YOU MUST SET YOUR PRINTER DEVICE NUMBER AND SECONDARY ADDRESS BY ÐÏËÅING VALUES INTO ARC IN ONE OF TWO POSSIBLE WAYS:
 
1) LOAD ARC. DO ÎÏÔ RUN. ÔHEN:
POKE2051,(PRINTER DEVICE #/DEFAULTS TO 4)
POKE2052,(SECONDARY ADDRESS/DEFAULTS TO 4/É SUGGEST ÃÂÍ PRINTERS USE 7)
 
2) LOAD/RUN ÁÒÃ. ÔHEN:
POKE13*4096-1,(PRINTER DEVICE)
POKE13*4096-2,(SECONDARY ADDRESS)AND96
 
ÉF YOU USE METHOD ONE YOU CAN RESAVE ÁÒÃ SO YOUR VALUES WILL BE THE DEFAULT WHENEVER YOU LOAD YOUR VERSION OF ÁÒÃ.
 
ÎOW TO PRINT THE DOC'S WITHOUT HAVING TO EXTRACT THE FILE (409 BLOCKS!):
 
ARC/PP/P    ;PRINTS DOC'S FOR PETASCII PRINTERS.
ARC/PA/P    ;PRINTS DOC'S FOR ASCII PRINTERS.
 
 
ÏTHER MISC ÁÒÃ COMMANDS:
 
ARC/L ARCFILE    ;LISTS FILES/INFO THAT ARE IN AN ÁÒÃHIVED FILE.
ARC/P FILENAME   ;TYPES CONTENTS OF "FILENAME" TO SCREEN W/OUT EXTRACTING.
ARC/E F1 F2      ;EXTRACTS ÏÎÌÙ THE "F2" FILE FROM THE ARCHIVE FILE "F1".
LOAD "C:FILENAME ;LOADS "FILENAME" FROM DRIVE 9/0.
A:PROGRAM        ;LOAD/RUN "PROGRAM" FROM DRIVE 8/0.
TYPE FILENAME    ;TYPES "FILENAME" CONTENTS TO SCREEN.
A:ARC AID*       ;BOOTS AN "ARC MENU" THAT ALLOWS EASIER USE OF ÁÒÃ.
 
 
ÁRC ALSO HAS A BUILT IN TEXT EDITOR BUT É PERSONALLY HAVE NOT USED IT AS YET. ÉF INTERESTED IN THIS AND OTHER FEATURES OF ARC, É SUGGEST YOU CONSULT THE OFFF
ICIAL DOCUMENTATION. ÆOR THE LATEST ÁÒÃ VERSION, CURRENT DOCUMENTATION AND ÁÒÃ OWNERSHIP REGISTRATION É SUGGEST YOU SEND $20 TO THE AUTHOR, ÃHRIS ÓMEETS AT::
 
 
ÃHRIS ÓMEETS/ÁÒÃ64
ÁMPERE ÍETAL
80 ÈALE ÒOAD ÕNIT 4
ÂRAMPTON, ÏNTARIO
ÃANANDA, Ì6×-3Í1
416-458-0039 (ÂÂÓ)
 
ÍUCH THANX TO ÃHRIS ÓMEETS FOR A FANTASTIC ÁÒÃHIVE PROGRAM!
 
ÅP
