-------------------------------------››     DOCUMENTATION FOR HAPPYXL›            VERSION/1C:› * by Tim Patrick - the Happy Hacker *› -------------------------------------›› (Editors Note: For those of  you  who› have   this  DOS,   I  can recommend › it.   To all others,  please get it!)›             ******› Yup,   here   it   is,  the  official› version  of HappyXL from the Hacker  › himself!››     After  a few  weeks of discussing› it with HAPPY (and a  few  months  of› some  serious procrastination) I have› per-    mission to  give  this  away!› (Thank  you   Richard  Adams of HAPPY› Computers!)››          SO WHAT IS HAPPYXL?:›          --------------------›     HappyXL  is  a software patch for› the    ATARI XL/XE  Operating  System› (O/S)      that   allows   high-speed› Serial I/O    data transfers  between› your  computer      and   the   HAPPY› enhanced disk drives!     › HappyXL makes a non-permanent change › to the SIO code in your computers O/S› that is compatible with most DOS and › DOS-based programs! WHAT DOES IT WORK› WITH?:›          ------------------------  ›   I  have  used  HappyXL  with  these› DOS's:  ATARI  DOS 2.0S ATARI DOS 2.5› (see my 2.5+ in DL-3!); ATARI DOS 3.0› (big  deal!);  Q-DOS  4.0  (ATARI DOS› 4.0); OSS DOSXL 2.30 (should work  w'› OS/A+);   SMART-DOS   8.2D;   TOP-DOS› 1.5a/+ (better  than  theirs!)  MYDOS› 3.08A/4.2C.›› With DOSXL name it DOSXL.SYS...› With  DOS  2.5 name it RAMDISK.COM...› Append  RAMDISK.COM  to  HappyXL,  or› better yet, download DOS25P.SCR from › SIG*ATARI DL-3 and UNSCRUNCH it! It's› an improved version of 2.5 with  lots› of extras for XL/XE owners! (It's BIG› though, D/L it when not busy!) ›› With other DOS's make sure HappyXL is› the FIRST autorun on the disk!  Other› files may be appended to HappyXL, and› should run normally (I use it with   › DISKIO 4.3!).››            GENERAL INFORMATION:›            --------------------›     HappyXL uses NO AVAILABLE MEMORY!      › You will have about 1K more memory at› LOMEM  with HappyXL than with a HAPPY› type DOS  (WARP-DOSXL,  TOP-DOS  with› HAPPY module, or HAPPY WARP-DOS 2.0)!  › Use   HappyXL  instead  of  TOP-DOS's› module,  it has no bugs (less bugs?).›› Also, HappyXL does NOT affect  the   › FORMAT or WRITE-DOS commands (unlike   › HAPPY's WARP-DOS)!››             COPYRIGHT NOTICE:›             -----------------› HappyXL, it's  utilities and  related› software, including DOS 2.5+ and it's› enhancements, are Copyright (C)  1986› and  1987,  Tim Patrick!  Subject to › the following:›         These programs may be  freely› used,  copied,  and  distributed,  as› long  as   the   Copyright   notices,› credits,    and/or titles are intact!›› The documentation MUST accompany  all› related software!› These programs may NOT be sold  with-› out my written permission!›› Contact  Tim  Patrick  at the address› below! And, the High-Speed I/O driver› is  (C) 1986 HAPPY Computers Inc., it› is used by permission,  and  is  only› for  use  by registered owners of the› HAPPY   810   or   1050   disk  drive› enhancements!        ›         FOR MORE INFORMATION:›         ---------------------› If you really like HappyXL, I am  not› offended by monetary donations<hehe>!  › I have a disk FULL  of  documentation› about HappyXL and how it works! There› is also info on special features like› how to turn HappyXL on and off, using› HappyXL to load custom character sets› and how to get HIGH-SPEED DISK BOOTS!  ››      This disk will contain utilities› to  enhance HappyXL and DOS 2.5+, and› it will also have the NEW version  of› the  ULTRA-TRANSLATOR  (2.0)  that is› the   most   compatible    translator› available! ›› Most  of  the  utilities on this disk› will come with SOURCE-CODE!   If  you› are  learning  assembler,  you  might› find some useful stuff here!››          THE INFORMATION DISK:›          ---------------------›     So  how do you get this disk? You› mean  you  haven't  guessed?  Send  a› monetary donation of $10  (or  more!)› to:     TIM PATRICK›     544-C WAILEPO ST.›     KAILUA, HI 96734 ››     If  you would like DOS 2.5+ also,› let me know and I'll throw it in!› NOTE:   DOS  2.5+  is  available  for› downloading on CompuServe's SIG*ATARI› in  DL-3,  DOS25P.SCR,  you also need› UNSCRUNCH! All  of  the  programs  on› this  disk  will  be public domain or› (C)free-ware! ›          KEEP ON HACKIN'... TIM!›          ***********************››    *   ***     ****  ***  *    *   ›   * *   **    **   *  **  *   * *  ›  **  *  **    **   *  **  *  **  * ›  *****  **    **   *  *****  ***** ›  **  *  **  * **   *  **  *  **  * › ***  *  *****  ****  ***  * ***  * ››            === end === ›