ÔHE ÆRUGAL ÁUDIOPHILE ÄOES ÇÅÏÓ
(ÇEOS ÃASSETTE ÓLEEVE)
ÂY ÇAELYNE Ò. ÍORANEC
ÃOPYRIGHT 1992

Á WHILE BACK, É STARTED A NEW MUSIC COLLECTION. ÃOMPACT DISKS NOW LINE 
ANOTHER SHELF IN MY LIVINGROOM, RIGHT ALONG SIDE ALL MY CASSETTES. É LIKE 
COMPACT DISKS. ÔHE ONLY THING É DON'T LIKE IS THE FACT THAT MY JUNK HEAP OF 
A CAR ONLY HAS AN OLD TAPE PLAYER IN IT, INSTEAD OF A ÃÄ PLAYER. É'M NOT 
ABOUT TO GO SPEND MORE MONEY ON A CAR CD PLAYER. ÍAYBE WHEN THE 
SUBSCRIPTIONS START ROLLING INTO Ã64 ÁLIVE!, É MIGHT BE ABLE TO, BUT FOR 
THE MOMENT, É'M AS FRUGAL AS THE NEXT PERSON. É MADE "ARCHIVAL" BACK UP 
TAPES OF MY NEW COMPACT DISKS. ÎOW É CAN LISTEN TO THE NEW MUSIC, EVEN IN 
THE OLD JUNK HEAP OF A CAR.

É REALLY HATE WRITING IN THE TINY LINES ON THE CASSETTE SLEEVES. ÍY 
HANDWRITING ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE, AND MY HAND GETS CRAMPED UP TRYING TO 
WRITE THAT SMALL, MAKING THE WRITING WORSE. ÍY NEWLY MADE TAPES BLENDED 
RIGHT IN WITH THE OLD TAPES. É COULDN'T DISTINGUISH THE NEW ONES FROM TAPES 
MADE 5 YEARS AGO. ×HEN É MADE A TAPE OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS, WHOSE 
ALBUM WAS VERY ORNATE WITH AN UNUSUAL FONT, É DREW THE LINE AT SCRIBBLING 
MY SONG LIST ON THE CASSETTE SLEEVE.

ÉN FACT, É DREW QUITE A FEW LINES, USING GEOÐÕÂÌÉÓÈ. ÁFTER MONTHS OF MAKING 
FINE ADJUSTMENTS, MY ÇÅÏÓ CASSETTE SLEEVE DESIGN IS READY FOR Ã64 ÁLIVE! 
ÍAGAZINE. ÔHE FIRST FEW SLEEVES É MADE WERE HIT OR MISS, BUT NOW É HAVE A 
SYSTEM FOR CREATING SLEEVES THAT HAVE EYE APPEAL AND STYLE. ÔHEY'RE 
READABLE, AND É CAN CHANGE THE FONT TO MATCH THE STYLE OF MUSIC ON THE 
CASSETTE. ÔHERE ARE, AFTER ALL, THOUSANDS OF FONTS AVAILABLE FOR ÇÅÏÓ. ÔHE 
ONLY LIMITATION IS THE SIZE OF THE FONT; IT HAS TO FIT IN A VERY SMALL AREA 
FOR THE SIDE OF THE CASSETTE SLEEVE. ÅVEN WITH THIS LIMITATION, THERE ARE 
WAYS AROUND IT, SUCH AS USING ÆÏÎÔ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ 2.2 TO SCALE THE FONT DOWN TO A 
SIZE THAT WILL FIT.

É HAVE THE GEOÐUBLISH FILE ARRANGED IN A LOGICAL ORDER. ÉN THE ÍASTER ÐAGE 
MODE, É HAVE A TEMPLATE OF THE SLEEVE OUTLINE. ÉN ÐAGE ÌAYOUT MODE, THERE 
ARE FOUR SMALL TEXT AREAS, (GEO×ÒÉÔÅ FILES), ONE FOR THE SIDE, ONE FOR THE 
BACK, AND TWO SONG LIST AREAS, ONE FOR SIDE Á AND ONE FOR SIDE Â OF THE 
TAPE. ÁLL ARE MARKED, SO THAT IT'S EASY TO TELL WHAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO 
FILL THE AREA. ÔO CHANGE IT, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE AREA, AND THEN CLICK ON 
ÅÄÉÔ FROM THE MODE MENU. ÉF THE FONT YOU ARE TRYING TO USE IS TOO BIG, YOU 
WILL KNOW IMMEDIATELY, AS SOME OR ALL OF THE TEXT WILL DISAPPEAR ONTO THE 
MYSTERIOUS NEXT PAGE. ÔO GET IT BACK, HIGHLIGHT THE AREA AND CHOOSE A 
SMALLER FONT OR POINT SIZE. ÉN THE ÇRAPHICS ÍODE, THERE IS ANOTHER OUTLINE 
OF THE SLEEVE, BOTH FOR REFERENCE, AND SO THAT IT WILL PRINT CORRECTLY. É 
ADDED A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT HOW TO USE THE FILE, WHICH, AFTER YOU MAKE A 
BACKUP COPY, CAN BE DELETED. ÓO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS ARRANGED, É LEFT IN 
THE LAST CASSETTE SLEEVE THAT É MADE, AND INCLUDED IN THE FILE ARCHIVE THE 
FONT THAT É USED TO CREATE THE SLEEVE. ÏNE OF THE THINGS THIS PARTICULAR 
SLEEVE ILLUSTRATES IS HOW TO DEAL WITH LONG SONG LISTS THAT GO BEYOND THE 
FOLD LINE FOR THE CASSETTE SLEEVE. ÁLL IT TAKES REALLY, IS POPPING INTO 
ÇRAPHICS ÍODE TO ZOOM INTO THE AREA TO SEE IF THE FOLD LINE GOES ACROSS THE 
TEXT. ÉF IT DOES, GO BACK TO EDITING THE SONG LIST IN ÐAGE ÌAYOUT MODE, AND 
ADD A BLANK LINE IN THE AREA WHERE THE FOLD LINE GOES ACROSS THE TEXT. ÔHIS 
USUALLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM.

ÂECAUSE É CREATED A TEMPLATE IN ÍASTER ÐAGE ÍODE, IF É HAD SEVERAL SLEEVES 
É WANTED TO MAKE IN ONE SESSION, É COULD DO SO BY ADDING ANOTHER PAGE AND 
THEN USE THE TEMPLATE TO SET UP THE PAGE LAYOUT AREA FOR NEW TEXT FILES.

ÔO CREATE A LABEL FOR THE TAPE USING THE SAME FONT, É USE ÍÌÁÂÅÌÖ2.5 WHICH 
IS AVAILABLE ON Ñ-ÌINK (UPLOADER: ÄIBIEF). ÓIDE Á AND Â CAN FIT ON ONE 
MAILING LABEL, IF YOU ONLY USE TWO LINES TOTAL. ÁFTER PRINTING THE LABEL, 
CUT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE, TRIM THE END OF IT ABOUT A QUARTER INCH, AND YOU 
HAVE A CASSETTE SLEEVE WITH MATCHING LABELS.

ÅVENTUALLY É'D LIKE TO GET MY ENTIRE TAPE COLLECTION "ÇÅÏ-IZED" BY CREATING 
A GREAT LOOKING CASSETTE SLEEVE WITH MATCHING LABELS, AND UPDATING MY MUSIC 
DATA BASE AT THE SAME TIME, SINCE É CAN USE THE INFORMATION FROM THE 
GEO×ÒÉÔÅ SONG LISTS TO IN GEOÆÉÌÅ.

É'VE BEEN ENJOYING MY TAPES, EVEN IN THE OLD BEAT UP CLUNKER CAR. ÔHE GREAT 
LOOKING SLEEVES DON'T MAKE THE MUSIC SOUND ANY BETTER, BUT IT SURE BEATS 
TRYING TO READ MY CRAMPED SCRAWL ON THE SIDE OF THE TAPES. ÎOT TO MENTION 
THAT SOME MUSIC GROUPS JUST NEED A COOL FONT TO GO ON THE SLEEVE. ÉT GIVES 
MY TAPES A VERY PROFESSIONAL LOOKING APPEARANCE.

ÔHE CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES ARE PACKED TOGETHER USING GEOÐÁÃË. ÉF YOU ALREADY 
HAVE THIS GEM OF A PROGRAM, COPY THE LYNXED FILE OVER TO A ÇÅÏÓ WORK DISK 
AND USE GEOÐÁÃË TO BOTH UNPACK AND CONVERT THEM INTO ÇÅÏÓ FORMAT AT THE 
SAME TIME. ÉF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE THIS PROGRAM, DON'T DESPAIR. ×E'VE 
INCLUDED IT ON THE DISK FOR YOU, ALONG WITH ÃONVERT2.5DA TO PUT IT INTO 
ÇÅÏÓ FORMAT.

ÉN CASE YOU'VE NEVER RUN ACROSS THE PROBLEM, ÇÅÏÓ PROGRAMS CAN NOT BE 
COPIED BY REGULAR ÃOMMODORE ÄÏÓ. ÉT JUST DOESN'T WORK RIGHT. ÓO ÇÅÏÓ USERS 
CONVERT THEIR FILES INTO REGULAR ÃÂÍ FILES THAT CAN BE UPLOADED WITH A 
MODEM OR COPIED ONTO DISKS USING ÃOMMODORE ÄÏÓ. ÔHEN LATER THEY CONVERT THE 
FILES BACK TO ÇÅÏÓ FORMAT. ÉT'S AN EXTRA STEP, BUT AT LEAST THE PROCESS IS 
AVAILABLE. ÏTHERWISE THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY NEW ÇÅÏÓ FILES ON ÂÂÓ'S AROUND 
THE COUNTRY.

ÉF CONVERTING ÇÅÏÓ FILES IS OLD HAT TO YOU, YOU CAN SKIP THIS BRIEF LITTLE 
TUTORIAL, BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, THIS IS HOW YOU GO ABOUT IT. 
ÆIRST, COPY THE FILES "CASSLEEV.LNX", "CONVERT2.5DA", AND "GEOPACK" ONTO A 
ÇÅÏÓ WORK DISK. ÂEFORE LOADING ÇÅÏÓ, LOAD "CONVERT2.5DA",8,1 FROM ÃOMMODORE 
ÂÁÓÉÃ. ÉT WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR THIS TO DO ITS' THING, SO GO HAVE A CUP OF 
COFFEE OR VISIT WITH YOUR FAMILY (REMEMBER THEM?). ×HAT IT IS DOING, IS 
CONVERTING ITSELF INTO A ÇÅÏÓ FORMAT FILE. ×HEN THE READY PROMPT APPEARS, 
BOOT ÇÅÏÓ, AND PUT YOUR WORK DISK INTO THE DISK DRIVE. ÄOUBLE CLICK ON 
CONVERT TO LOAD IT, AND TELL IT YOU WANT TO CONVERT GEOÐÁÃË. ÁFTER MUCH 
CLICKING OF THE MOUSE TO ANSWER THE PROMPTS, YOU WILL HAVE GEOÐÁÃË IN ITS 
ÇÅÏÓ FORM. ÄOUBLE CLICK ON GEOÐACK FROM THE DESKÔOP TO UNPACK AND CONVERT 
THE CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES. ÎOW YOU'RE READY TO LOAD GEOÐÕÂÌÉÓÈ AND START 
CREATING YOUR OWN CUSTOM MADE CASSETTE SLEEVES! 

ÊUST FOR BEGINNERS - YOU'VE MADE YOUR Ã64 WORK OUT WHILE CONVERTING THE 
ÃONVERT2.5DA PROGRAM, SO BE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF IT FOR YOUR 
ÇÅÏÓ ARSENAL AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO RUN IT FROM ÂÁÓÉÃ AGAIN.

ÉF USING GEOÐÁÃË SEEMS TO WORK OUT WELL, YOU MAY SEE MORE ÇÅÏÓ FILES ON 
FUTURE Ã64 ÁLIVE! DISKS. ÇÅÏPACK IS SHAREWARE. ÔHE AUTHOR IS ÓETH ÄETHMAN, 
AND HE ASKS $5.00 FOR THE SHAREWARE FEE. ÉF YOU USE IT FOR MORE THAN 
UNPACKING THE CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES, PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND HIM HIS 
PAYMENT.

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ÃREDITS:

ÇÅÏÓ VERSION 2.0, GEOÐÕÂÌÉÓÈ, GEO×ÒÉÔÅ, AND GEOÆÉÌÅ ARE ALL TRADEMARKS OF 
ÇÅÏWORKS, FORMERLY ÂERKELEY ÓOFTWORKS, INC.

ÆÏÎÔ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ 2.2 IS COPYRIGHT 1988 BY ÊIM ÃOLLETTE (SHAREWARE $10.00)

ÍÌÁÂÅÌÖ2.5 WAS WRITTEN BY ÄAVID Â. ÆERGUSON, (SHAREWARE: $5.00 TO YOUR 
FAVORITE CHARITY). Á COMMERCIAL UPDATE TO THIS PROGRAM, ÄWEEZILABEL, IS 
AVAILABLE FROM: ÄAVID Â. ÆERGUSON, 3729 ÔERNEUZEN ÁVE, ÍODESTO, ÃÁ 9356

ÃÏÎÖÅÒÔ2.5DA ROUTINES ARE COPYRIGHT 1989 BY ×ILLIAM ÃOLEMAN

GEOÐÁÃË IS BY ÓETH ÄETHMAN, SHAREWARE $5.00)

 ÔHE CONVERT ROUTINES WITHIN GEOÐÁÃË WERE WRITTEN BY ×ILLIAM ÃOLEMAN
 ÔHE LYNX ROUTINES WITHIN GEOÐÁÃË WERE WRITTEN BY ×ILL ÃORLEY.

ÔHIS ARTICLE AND THE CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES WERE WRITTEN AND CREATED BY 
ÇAELYNE Ò. ÍORANEC. ÔHE ARTICLE IS COPYRIGHT 1992, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR 
REPRINTED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.

ÉF YOU DISTRIBUTE THE LYNXED CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE 
THE ORIGINAL FILES, AND PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE MY NAME OR 64 ÁLIVE!S NAME 
FROM THEM. ÉF YOU UPLOAD THEM TO A ÂÂÓ, BE SURE TO MENTION THAT IT CAME 
FROM Ã64 ÁLIVE! ÍAGAZINE.
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ON THIS DISK BUT NOT LISTED IN THE MENU. ÃOPY THEM FROM THIS DISK TO YOUR
ÇÅÏÓ WORK DISK AND USE THEM FROM THERE. ÔHE ÇÅÏÓ PROGRAMS ARE:

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