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╙─┴-ONLY UTILITY
╘HIS IS A UTILITY FOR THOSE WHO USE ┴╥├230 FOR ╙─┴'S
ONLY. ╔T IS CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN ┴╥├/╙─┴.┴╔─.
╫HEN MAKING AN ╙─┴, A COPY OF ╙─┴.═╠ MUST BE PRESENT
ON THE DESTINATION DRIVE.
┴ COPY OF ┴MPERE ═ETAL'S DOCUMENTATION (┴╥├.─╧├╙)
IS INCLUDED IN THIS ╙─┴ SO ╔ WILL NOT GO INTO THE
DETAILS OF ┴╥├230.
┴BOUT THE PROGRAMS
┴╥├230
┴╥├230 WAS WRITTEN BY ├HRIS ╙MEETS.
╙─┴.═╧─, ╙─┴.═╠
╙─┴.═╧─ IS A MUCH-MODIFIED ═╧─╒╠┼6 WHICH ALONG WITH
THE REST OF ┴╥├.┴╔─ WAS WRITTEN BY ─AN ╠EVINE.
═┴╦┼.╔╬╘╥╧&┬╧╧╘
╘HIS PROGRAM INCLUDES A PRIMITIVE EDITOR, FOR MAKING
THE ╔╬╘╥╧ WHICH IS DISPLAYED WHEN THE ╙─┴ IS RUN. ┴FTER
THE ╔╬╘╥╧ IS DONE, PRESS ╞1 TO EXIT. ┴╥├230 AND ╙─┴.═╧─
WILL THEN BE LOADED AND RUN. ═┴╦┼.╔╬╘╥╧&┬╧╧╘ WAS WRITTEN
BY ╦URT ┬RANDON.
╚OW TO USE
┬OOTING UP
1) ╠OAD AND RUN ═┴╦┼.╔╬╘╥╧&┬╧╧╘. ╘HE SCREEN WILL CLEAR
AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN A PROMPT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN. ╬OW GO AHEAD AND INPUT WHAT YOU NEED. ╘HE
CURSOR CONTROLS ARE ACTIVE HERE AND WORK NORMALLY,
BUT ARE CHECKED SO THAT THE SCREEN WILL NOT SCROLL
AND RUIN YOUR WORK. ╘HE PROGRAM CAN BE EXITED AT THIS
POINT BY PRESSING THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY. ╘HE COLOR IS WHITE
ONLY ALTHOUGH REVERSE-FIELD IS SUPPORTED. ╫HEN YOU
ARE FINISHED, PRESS ╞1. ╘HE DISK WILL START, AND THE
SCREEN WILL CLEAR FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. ╘HEN THE
┴╥├230 SCREEN WILL APPEAR ALONG WITH THE COMMAND
A:SDA.MOD
╘HE PROGRAM ╙─┴.═╧─ WILL THEN BE EXECUTED.
╥UNNING ╙─┴.═╧─
╙─┴.═╧─ IS A MODIFICATION OF ═╧─╒╠┼6 WHICH ╔
BELIEVE WAS WRITTEN BY ─AN ╠EVINE. ╔T NOW
SUPPORTS ╙─┴ CREATION ON EITHER DRIVE (8 OR 9)
AS WELL AS FILE GATHERING FROM EITHER DRIVE. ┘OU
EXPLICITLY SPECIFY THE OUTPUT DRIVE RIGHT AFTER
THE OUTPUT-FILE NAME. ┘OU CAN STATE THE INPUT-FILE
DRIVE IN THE INPUT-FILE NAMES AS FOLLOWS:
A<FILENAME TO MEAN DRIVE 8
OR
C<FILENAME TO MEAN DRIVE 9
WHERE < IS THE LEFT-ARROW KEY AT THE TOP LEFT
OF THE KEYBOARD. ╘HE COLON IS WHAT ┴╥├ USES
BUT ┬┴╙╔├'S INPUT ROUTINES WILL GIVE AN
<?┼╪╘╥┴ ╔╟╬╧╥┼─> OBJECTION IF YOU PUT IT IN. ╘HE
PROGRAM WILL TRANSLATE IT.
╫HEN ┴╥├230 IS BOOTED, IT COMES UP WITH A DEFAULT DRIVE
OF <A:>. ╙EE ┴╥├.─╧├╙ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
╫HEN THE ╙─┴ RUN IS FINISHED, THE MACHINE IS IN IMMEDIATE
MODE.
╘HAT IS ABOUT THE EXTENT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS
PROGRAM AND ┴╥├.┴╔─ WHEN USED FOR ╙─┴'S.