É HAVE BEEN USING A 1581 UTILITY PROGRAM ALMOST DAILY FOR QUITE A WHILE
THAT WAS WRITTEN BY ÊOHN ÂROWN, OWNER OF ÔWIN ÃITIES 128 AND ÐARSEC, ÉNC. 
TO FORMAT MY 1581 DISKS AND MAKE PARTITIONS. É ALWAYS WANTED IT TO DO MORE
SO É CHANGED IT AND THEN WROTE TO ÊOHN AND ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO PUBLISH 
IT WITH MY CHANGES. ÈE VERY GRACIOUSLY TOLD ME TO GO AHEAD AND SINCE IT WAS
SO CHANGED FROM WHAT HE WROTE TO GO AHEAD AND PUT MY OWN NAME ON THIS ONE 
AND CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. ÓO HERE IT IS AS:

ÍÁÉÌÉÔ81

ÔHIS PROGRAM DEFAULTS TO A MENU WHEN FIRED UP. ÂY THE WAY, IT WORKS IN 128 
OR 64 MODE EQUALLY WELL. ÔHE MENU GIVES YOU SEVERAL OPTIONS. ÔO START WITH
YOU WILL PROBABLY WANT TO FORMAT A 1581 DISK. ÉT THEN ASKS FOR DISK NAME AND
THEN ASKS FOR A 2 LETTER ÉÄ CODE FOR THE DISK.

ÁFTER IT FORMATS THE DISK IT WILL ASK YOU IF YOU WISH TO CREAT 4 1541 
PARTITIONS OR 2 1571 PARTITIONS ON THE DISK. ÉF YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE
PARTITIONS YOU CAN END THE PROGRAM AT THIS POINT. 

ÉF YOU WISH TO PARTITION THE DISK THEN CHOOSE 1 OR 2.(SORRY, THATS ALL THE 
CHOICES, AND THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT)

ÔHE PROGRAM WILL NOW CREATE YOUR PARTITIONS, FORMAT EACH PARTITION, WRITE A
ONE BLOCK UTILITY TO EACH PARTITION AND TO THE ROOT, THEN WRITE ITSELF TO
THE ROOT DIRECTORY OF THE DISK.

ÁFTER YOU EXIT GO BACK AND CHECK EACH PARTITION TO MAKE SURE THE FORMAT WAS 
SUCCESSFUL. ÏNCE IN A GREAT WHILE, ESPECIALLY WHEN USING OLD DISKS, YOU WILL 
RUN INTO ONE THAT DOES NOT FORMAT PROPERLY. ÉF IT DOESN'T, THEN DO IT ALL
OVER AGAIN.

ÔO CHECK THE DISK JUST TYPE ÌÏÁÄ"*",8 OR WHATEVER DRIVE NUMBER YOU ARE USING.
ÙOU HAVE NOW LOADED THE LITTLE 1 BLOCK UTILITY. ÉTS PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW YOU
TO GO FROM ONE PARTITION TO ANOTHER. ÉT WILL FIRST ASK YOU FOR YOUR DEVICE
# OF YOUR 1581, THEN TYPE 1, 2, 3, OR 4 TO GO TO A PARTITION. ÔYPE 1 AND YOU
ARE IN PARTITION 1. ÆROM ANY PARTITION YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO ANY OTHER
PARTITION OR TO THE ROOT USING THIS "/" UTILITY. ÔHERE IS A COPY OF IT IN
EACH PARTITION AND IT IS THE FIRST PROGRAM IN THE DIRECTORY OF EACH 
PARTITION.

ÁFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED CHECKING EACH PARTITION LOAD ÍÁÉÌÉÔ81 FROM THE ROOT
DIRECTORY. ÉT WROTE ITSELF TO THE DISK WHEN YOU FORMATTED AND MADE THE
PARTITIONS. ÙOU CAN NOW USE IT TO RENAME ANY OR ALL OF THE PARTITIONS. ÊUST
REMEMBER TO USE THE NUMBER AS THE FIRST CHARACTER OF YOUR NEW PARTITION
NAME.

ÔHE PURPOSE OF THIS UTILITY IS TO ALLOW YOU TO STORE THE CONTENTS OF 
COMPLETE 1541 OR 1571 DISKS ON YOUR 1581 FOR ARCHIVAL BACKUP OR FOR MAILING
TO A FRIEND. ÆOR INSTANCE, É HAVE ONE DISK THAT HAS THE ORIGINAL 64 ÂUDDY
ASEMBLER IN ONE PARTITON, THE 128 VERSION IN A 2ND PARTITION (REMEMBER THAT 
THIS PROGRAM WORKS EQUALLY WELL WITH THE 128). ÉN THE LAST TWO PARTITIONS
É HAVE A PERSONALIZED VERSION OF EACH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THE FIRST
TWO PARTITIONS.

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