ÓUPER ÁUTO ÒUN
BY ÍARION Ô. ÈUDSPETH 

×HEN É PURCHASED A 1581, THE MENU PROGRAMS É HAD AT MY DISPOSAL QUICKLY PROVED INADEQUATE.  É HAD BEEN USING "ÁUTO ÒUN" BY ÊOE ×. ÒOCKE FROM THE ÁPRIL 1986 ISSUE OF ÒÕÎ.  É LIKED IT BUT IT ,TOO, WAS INADEQUATE FOR THE LARGE CAPACITY 1581.

É HAVE WRITTEN A PROGRAM, ÓUPER ÁUTO ÒÕÎ 64, THAT IS SIMILAR BUT DOES MUCH MORE.  ÉT LOADS ANY NUMBER OF MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS THEN ACTIVATE THEM PROVIDING THEY DON'T OVERWRITE MY PROGRAM.  ÉT ALSO LOADS ÂASIC PROGRAMS AND EXECUTES THE ÒÕÎ COMMAND.

ÉF YOU CAN'T FIND THE FILE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ON ONE DISK, IT ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE DISKS ANY NUMBER OF TIMES AND SUPPORTS UP TO FOUR DRIVES.  ÔHOSE DRIVES INCLUDE THE 1581, THE 1541 AND THE 1571 DISK DRIVES.   ÔHERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF FILES THAT IT CAN DISPLAY.  ÉF YOU HAVE 200 FILES ON A DISK IT DISPLAYS THEM ALL, 26 FILES TO A PAGE.  ÙOU CAN FLIP FORWARD OR BACKWARD THROUGH THE PAGES WITH A SINGLE KEYSTROKE AND LIKE ÁÕÔÏ ÒÕÎ SELECT A FILE TO LOAD WITH A SINGLE KEYSTROKE.

ÁFTER YOU LOAD AND RUN ÓUPER ÁUTO ÒÕÎ 64, A MARQUE APPEARS ON SCREEN THAT DISPLAYS INFORMATION.  ÔHE DISK NAME AND ÉÄ IS TOP CENTER.  ÔHE NEXT LINE DISPLAYS THE ÂLOCKS ÆREE.  ÔHE THIRD LINE CONTAINS THE TITLE OF THE PROGRAM ÓUPER ÁUTO ÒÕÎ 64.  ÔHE NEXT LINE DOWN DISPLAYS THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS ON THE DISK.  ÔHE FIFTH LINE DISPLAYS AN ANIMATED "ÐRESS A LETTER KEY TO LOAD A PROGRAM" AND "ÐRESS Æ1 TO RERUN ÓUPER ÁUTO ÒUN".

ÔHE NEXT THIRTEEN LINES ARE FILLED WITH A MAXIMUM OF 26 PROGRAM NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS.  ÔHE LAST THREE LINES CONTAIN PAGE NUMBER, NUMBER OF PAGES, HOW TO SWITCH PAGES AND HOW TO END THE PROGRAM.

ÇETTING ÓTARTED

×HEN YOU PRESS A LETTER KEY THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SCREEN IS ERASED AND, DEPENDING ON THE ADDRESS OF THE PROGRAM YOU HAVE CHOOSEN, A MESSAGE APPEARS.  ÉN THE MESSAGE IS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM YOU HAVE CHOSEN AND THE ADDRESS FROM WHICH IT WAS SAVED.

ÍOST ÂASIC PROGRAMS ARE SAVED FROM BELOW 4000 DECIMAL.  ÁLSO ÍÌ PROGRAMS THAT ARE STARTED WITH "ÒÕÎ" TYPICALLY HAVE A LOAD ADDRESS OF 2049.  ÉT'S GENERALLY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM YOU ARE LOADING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION "Ï.Ë. TO RELOCATE", "Ù/Î".

ÉF YOU ANSWER "Ù" THE PROGRAM IS LOADED AS ÂASIC AND THE "ÒÕÎ" COMMAND WILL BE EXECUTED.  ÓOME PROGRAMS SUCH AS ÒUNÓCRIPT OVERWRITE ÓUPER ÁUTO ÒÕÎ 64 AND PRECLUDE LOADING ANY OTHER PROGRAMS.  Á GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS TO LOAD FAST LOADERS AND OTHER MACHINE LANGUAGE UTILITIES FIRST.

ÉF THE PROGRAM'S ADDRESS IS BELOW 2049 OR ABOVE 40960, NO MESSAGE APPEARS.  ÔHE PROGRAM IS LOADED, ACTIVATED AND THE MENU OF ÓUPER ÁUTO ÒÕÎ 64 REAPPEARS. ÉF YOU CHOSE NOT TO RELOCATE, A MESSAGE APPEARS WITH APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS.  ÁFTER A ÍÌ PROGRAM IS LOADED THAT DOES NOT 'ÒÕÎ', BUT IS ACTIVATED, THE MENU IS DISPLAYED AGAIN ALLOWING YOU TO LOAD OTHER PROGRAMS.

ÉF YOU CAN'T FIND THE PROGRAM YOU WANT ON THE CURRENT DISK, PRESS Æ1 AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.  ÔHEY ARE THE SAME ONES THAT APPEARED WHEN YOU FIRST RAN THE PROGRAM.  ÙOU ARE ASKED FOR THE DEVICE NUMBER THEN INSTRUCTED TO INSERT A DISK AND PRESS ÒETURN.

É HAVE USED TWO ÍAGIC ÔRICKS" FROM ÒÕÎ. ÆROM THE ÏCTOBER 1987 ISSUE THERE'S TRICK NUMBER $434 CALLED "64 ÃURSOR ÌOCATOR" AND FROM ÁPRIL 1989, "64/128 ÄIRECTORY ÁRRAY", NUMBER $522. ÔHERE ARE SOME LINES THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 2 ÍÈZ ÆAST MODE IF YOU ARE USING A Ã-128, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN 64 MODE.  ÔHEY HAVE NO EFFECT ON A Ã-64, THOUGH.  ÔHESE SAME LINES MERELY BLANK THE SCREEN ON THE Ã-64.