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╘EACHER'S ╨ET, A GRADE BOOK

(C)1984 ═ICHEAL ╩. ┼RSKINE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

(SEE NOTICE BELOW)

╘HE NAME USED ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE ON
THIS DISK AND IN THIS DOCUMENT IS
ONLY TITLE ╔ HAVE CHOSEN FOR
CONVIENENCE.

╔ AM A CHRISTIAN AND AFTER MUCH
PRAYER ╔ FEEL URGED TO PRESENT MY
WORK IN A MANNER WHICH WILL GET THE
WIDEST POSSIBLE DISSEMINATION IN THE
SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME. ╔ CHOOSE TO
ALLOW ANY PARTY POSSESING A COPY OF
THIS DISK AND THE PROGRAMS CONTAINED
HEREIN TO MAKE COPIES OF THE ENTIRE
DISKETTE FOR PURPOSES OF ARCHIVAL
STORAGE OR AS A GIFT TO A FRIEND. ╬O
PARTY, EXCEPT AS MENTIONED BELOW,
SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO HAVE ANY RIGHT
TO PUBLICATION, DISSEMINATION,
ALTERATION OR REPRODUCTION OF ANY
PORTION OF THE DATA AND PROGRAMS
CONTAINED UPON THIS DISKETTE OR ANY
DOCUMENTS WHICH IT PRODUCES, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF COMMERCIAL GAIN, IN ITS
VARIOUS FORMS, OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROMOTING THE SALE OF ANY OTHER ITEM
OR PRODUCT. ╘HE SOLE RIGHTS TO THE
USE OF THIS PRODUCT BY PUBLICATION,
REPRODUCTION, ALTERATION, AND
DISTRIBUTION FOR PURPOSES OF
COMMERCIAL GAIN IS RESERVED BY ├╧═┴╠
╒SERS ╟ROUP ╒╙┴, ╠EN ╠INDSAY, ├OLIN
╘HOMPSON AND THE AUTHOR ═ICHAEL ╩.
┼RSKINE, WHO ALSO RETAINS THE RIGHT
OF APPROVAL OF ANY ALTERATION OF THE
PROGRAM BY THE ABOVE NAMED PARTIES.
╬O PARTY WHO PROVIDES ANY  AUTHORISED
COPY OF THIS DISKETTE OR THE PROGRAMS
CONTAINED HEREON SHALL IN ANY WAY BE
LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES
WHICH OCCUR DURING THE COPY, USE OR
MISUSE OF THIS PROGRAM.

╧╓┼╥╓╔┼╫ OF THE PROGRAMS
------------------------

╘HE TEACHER'S PET, A GRADE BOOK, WILL
HENCEFORTH BE REFERRED TO AS THE ╘╨.
╘HE ╘╨ IS ACTUALLY A SET OF 12
PROGRAMS WHICH FUNCTION AS A SYSTEM
TO PRODUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS ROSTERS
AND CLASS GRADE BOOKS. ╘HE SYSTEM OF
PROGRAMS IS APPROXIMATLY 64 KILOBYTES
IN SIZE AND FOR THEREFORE  CANNOT ALL
EXIST IN THE ├64'S MEMORY AT ANY
INSTANT IN TIME. ╞OR THIS REASON ╔
HAVE CHOSEN TO WRITE THE SORCE CODE
IN THE LANGUAGE ├╧═┴╠ WHICH MAKES THE
LOADING AND UNLOADING OF OTHER
PROGRAMS CHILDS PLAY. ╔F YOU HAVE
NEVER HEARD THE NAME BEFORE ╔ VERY
STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU CONTACT THE
├╧═┴╠ ╒SER'S ╟ROUP ╒╙┴, BECAUSE ├╧═┴╠
REALLY IS THE EASIEST HIGH LEVEL
LANGUAGE TO TEACH AND LEARN THAT HAS
EVER BEEN WRITTEN.

╧VERVIEW OF EACH PROGRAM OPTION
-------------------------------

╔NITIALIZE A DISKETTE
---------------------

╬╧╘┼: ┘OU MUST USE THIS PROGRAM TO
INITIATE DISKETTES YOU WISH TO USE ON
THE ╘╨ SYSTEM.

╘HIS PROGRAM WILL INITIATE A NEW OR
USED DISKETTE SO THAT IT CAN BE USED
WITH THE ╘╨. ╔T WILL DESTROY ANY DATA
WHICH WAS ON THE DISK BEFORE YOU USED
THE PROGRAM SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
USING A DISK WHICH HAS NO INFORMATION
THAT YOU WISH TO KEEP.

╘O SELECT THIS PROGRAM OR ANY OF THE
PROGRAMS YOU SIMPLY PRESS THE LETTER
OF THE OPTION YOU DESIRE AND THEN
PRESS THE RETURN KEY. ╘HE COMPUTER
WILL THEN LOAD THE PROGRAM AND RUN IT
FOR YOU. ╔N EACH "CASE" YOU WILL BE
ASKED IF YOU HAVE SELECTED THE
CORRECT OPTION. ╔F YOU ANSWER YES THE
PROGRAM WILL RUN IF YOU ANSWER ╬╧ YOU
WILL BE ├╚┴╔╬ED BACK TO THE MAIN
MENUS.

╫HEN THE INITIATE A DISK PROGRAM HAS
COMPLETED ITS JOB YOU WILL BE ASKED
TO PLACE THE TEACHER'S PET BACK IN
THE DRIVE AND AFTER THE VERIFY
"PROCEDURE" WILL BE RETURNED TO THE
MAIN MENU.

╬╧╘┼: ╔F AT ANY TIME YOU GET INTO A
PROGRAM YOU DON'T WISH TO EXECUTE AND
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, JUST REMOVE
THE DISK YOU HAVE IN THE DRIVE AND
SHUT THE ├64 OFF. ╘HEN YOU WILL HAVE
TO LOAD THE GATEWAY AND RUN IT TO GET
BACK INTO THE ╘╨.

═AKE A ROSTER
-------------

╘HIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW YOU TO BUILD
A CUSTOM DESIGNED ROSTER FOR ANY
CLASS OR PORTION OF A CLASS BEING
TESTED IN UP TO 9 SUBJECT AREAS. ┘OU
MAY NOT ENTER MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS
ON ANY SINGLE CLASS ROSTER. ╘HE DATA
YOU PLACE IN THE ROSTER WILL
DETERMINE THE RUN TIME OF ANOTHER
PROGRAM CALLED THE GRADE BOOK MAKER.
╘HE DATA ENTERED IN THE ROSTER
ACTUALLY DETERMINES THE SIZE OF THE
GRADE BOOK YOU WILL MAKE LATER. ╔F
YOU EXPERIANCE EXCESSIVE RUN TIMES OF
THE GRADE BOOK PROGRAM YOU CAN CUT
THE RUN TIME OF THAT PROGRAM BY
MAKING YOUR ROSTERS FOR ONLY ONE OR
TWO SUBJECTS.

╘HE NAMES OF THE STUDENTS WILL BE
STORED IN EXACTLY THE SAME ORDER
INWHICH THEY ARE ENTERED. ╔F YOU WANT
TO ENTER YOUR GRADES IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER AT A LATER TIME THEY MUST BE
ENTERED IN THAT ORDER WHEN YOU MAKE
THE ROSTER.

╘HIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ADD THREE
SPACES TO THE ROSTER YOU SET-UP FROM
THE START, SO THAT YOU CAN ADD UP TO
THREE STUDENTS AT A LATER TIME. ╔F
YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT A LARGE
ENOUGH BUFFER, JUST ADD AS MANY
FICTICIOUS NAMES AS YOU WANT. ╘HEN
WHEN YOU ARE ASKED FOR THEIR GRADES
IN THE ENTER GRADES PROGRAM, SIMPLY
EXCUSE THEM BY ENTERING -1!

╘HE MAKE ROSTER PROGRAM WILL TAKE YOU
TO THE MAKE A GRADE BOOK PROGRAM WHEN
IT IS FINISHED RUNNING.

═AKE A GRADE BOOK
-----------------

╘HIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY MAKES A GRADE
BOOK FILE. ╘HE SIZE OF THE FILE IS
BASED UPON THE DATA YOU ENTERED IN
YOUR ROSTER. ╘HE SIZE OF THIS FILE
CAN BE ROUGHLY CALCULATED BY THE
FOLLOWING FORMULA:

((NS+3)*(NG+3)*NSUBS)/50=BLOCKS
WHERE:

NS     = NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NG     = NUMBER OF GRADES PER SUBJECT
NSUBS  = NUMBER OF SUBJECTS
BLOCKS = NUMBER OF BLOCKS THE FILE
         WILL OCCUPY ON THE DISK.

╘HE ANSWER WILL BE ACCURATE TO +/- 8%
FOR FILES LARGER THAN 10 BLOCKS SO
PLAY IT SAFE.

╘HE ROSTER AND GRADE BOOK MUST BE ON
THE SAME DISK!

╘O CHECK A DISK AND SEE IF IT HAS
ENOUGH SPACE SIMPLY LOAD ITS CONTENTS
WHILE YOU ARE STILL IN BASIC AND
CHECK THE AVAILABLE BLOCKS.

╨LAN YOUR GRADE BOOK BEFORE YOU MAKE
YOUR ROSTER AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A
PROBLEM!

╫HEN THIS PROGRAM IS EXECUTED IT WILL
GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE OF THE TIME IT
WILL TAKE TO MAKE THE GRADE BOOK AS
SPECIFYED IN THE ROSTER. ╘HIS
ESTIMATE TENDS TO BE ABOUT 8% LOW.
┘OU WILL THEN BE PRESENTED AN OPTION
TO RUN THE PROGRAM. ╔F YOU CHOOSE NOT
TO RUN IT, YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO
THE MAIN MENUS.

╔F YOU SELECT TO RUN THE PROGRAM AND
IF THE PROGRAM ESTIMATE IS GREATER
THAN 15-20 MINS. ╟IVE YOUR DISK DRIVE
A REST AFTER YOU'VE RUN THE PROGRAM!
╘HE 1541 DRIVE IS SENSITIVE TO HEAT
AND ALTHOUGH IT WONT HURT THE DRIVE
TO RUN THIS PROGRAM SOMETIMES THE
DRIVE CAN'T FIND THE MENUS AFTER
GETTING WARM. ═Y SOLUTION WAS A
MUFFIN FAN FROM THE MY LOCAL RADIO
AND TV PARTS HOUSE AND A FILTER,
CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE!

╘HE UPGRADED VERSION OF THE ╘╨ WILL
HAVE A FASTER RUNNING PROGRAM THAT
SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY TROUBLE EVER!

╧NE THING WHICH HAS BEEN A LITTLE
TROUBLE FOR MOST USERS, IS THE FACT
THAT THE ROSTER NAME IS APPENDED TO
THE FRONT OF THE GRADE BOOK NAME YOU
CHOOSE. ╘HIS SEEMS TO CAUSE CONFUSION
BECAUSE THE NAME YOU GIVE THE GRADE
BOOK IS THE NAME YOU ALWAYS GIVE TO
THE COMPUTER, BUT THE COMPUTER ALWAYS
USES THE WHOLE FILE NAME. ╨LEASE
REMEMBER, THE NAME YOU CHOSE FOR THE
GRADE BOOK IS THE ONE THE PROGRAMS
EXPECT TO GET FROM YOU.

┼NTER GRADES PROGRAM
--------------------

╨ERSONALLY ╔ LIKE THIS PROGRAM THE
BEST BECAUSE IT IS FUN! ╫HEN YOU PICK
THIS OPTION YOU WILL BE CARRIED TO
THE PROGRAM WHICH ╔ EXPECTED YOU
WOULD MOST OFTEN USE.

╘HE USUAL PROMPTS WILL GET YOU INTO
THE PROGRAM BODY WHERE YOU WILL BE
ASKED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ROSTER,
GRADE BOOK (DON'T FORGET DO NOT GIVE
THE PROGRAM THE WHOLE FILE NAME WHICH
IT USES), AND THE SUBJECT. ╘HE
PROGRAM SEARCHES THE FILES TO MAKE
SURE YOU ARE ENTERING GRADES FOR A
SUBJECT WHICH EXISTS ON THE ROSTER
AND THEN ASKS FOR THE FIRST STUDENT'S
GRADE, THUS YOU CONTINUE THRU THE
PROGRAM TILL YOU'VE ENTERED ALL
GRADES OR EXCUSED ANYBODY WHO SHOULD
BE EXCUSED AND FINALLY, YOU WILL BE
PRESENTED WITH THE GRAPHICS SCREEN
WHICH SHOWS THE OLD CLASS AVERAGE,
THE AVERAGE FOR THE GRADES BEING
ENTERED, AND THE NEW AVERAGE FOR THE
CLASS, IF YOU ACTUALLY ENTER THE
GRADES AS THEY ARE WITH NO FURTHER
ADJUSTMENT! ╫HEN YOU FINISH ADJUSTING
THE AVERAGE FOR THE CLASS, MAKE A
NOTE OF IT AS IT IS ALGEBRAICALLY
ADDED TO EACH STUDENT'S AVERAGE
BEFORE THE STUDENT'S AVERAGE IS
ACTUALLY STORED! ═OMENTARILY WAIT AND
A SCREEN OF TEXT WILL APPEAR WHICH
PROVIDES AVERAGE ERROR AND THE
STANDARD DEVIATION FOR THE SET OF
SCORES YOU JUST ENTERED. ┬Y THE WAY,
THE BOXES YOU SEE ON THE GRAPHICS
SCREEN ARE PROPORTIONAL TO THE
STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE SET OF
SCORES WHICH YOU JUST ENTERED.

╘HE GRADES ARE NOT ACTUALLY PUT INTO
THE GRADE BOOK UNTIL YOU MAKE THAT
DECISION. ╫HEN THEY ARE ENTERED EVERY
STUDENTS GRADE IS CURVED BY THE
AMOUNT WHICH THE CLASS AVERAGE IS
CURVED!

╔F YOU MAKE A MISTAKE JUST USE THE
CHANGE A GRADE OPTION TO CORRECT THE
PROBLEM AFTER YOU'VE ENTERED ALL OF
THE GRADES FOR THE CLASS. ╘HAT
PROGRAM UPDATES THE CLASS AVERAGE AND
STUDENTS AVERAGE WHENEVER YOU CHANGE
A GRADE.

╔ DECIDED AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH TO
ROUND OFF ANY DECIMAL GRADE ENTERED.
╘HIS ALLOWED THE GRADE BOOK FILE TO
BE MUCH SMALLER THAN IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN IF ╔ HAD CHOSEN OTHERWISE. ╘HE
╘╨ SUPPORTS TRUE ROUNDING OF ALL
INTERNAL CALCULATIONS. ╘HE CLASS
AVERAGE IS CALCULATED WHENEVER A
BATCH OF GRADES ARE ENTERED, A GRADE
IS CHANGED, OR A STUDENT IS REMOVED
FROM A ROSTER. ┬ECAUSE OF THIS
CONSTANT CALCULATION AND ROUNDING OF
THE CLASS AND STUDENT AVERAGES THESE
FIGURES MAY VERY SLIGHTLY DIFFER FROM
THE FIGURES YOU WOULD OBTAIN IF YOU
DID ALL THE CALCULATIONS MANUALLY AND
THEN ROUNDED THE RESULT. ╘HE LEAST
SIGNIFIGANT DIGIT WILL ALWAYS REMAIN
IN THE UNITS POSITION.

├HANGE A GRADE PROGRAM
----------------------

╘HIS PROGRAM IS ENTERED BY THE USUAL
SET OF PROMPTS. ╔TS PURPOSE IS TO
ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE OR AUDIT A
PUPIL'S GRADES. ╘HIS IS THE PROGRAM
YOU NEED IF YOU HAVE A PARENT OR
PRINCIPAL COME TO YOU TO SEE WHY,
"═IKEE ISN'T DOING SO WELL IN
ALGEBRA!"

╔T ACTUALLY PRESENTS ALL OF A THE
GRADES FOR ANY STUDENT SO THAT THEY
CAN BE ALTERED BY YOU. ╔F YOU CHOOSE
NOT TO ALTER A GRADE SIMPLY CHANGE IT
TO THE SAME VALUE IT HOLDS!

╔F YOU CHOOSE TO EXCUSE A STUDENT WHO
FORMERLY HAD A ZERO THEN JUST CHANGE
THE GRADE FROM WHAT IT IS (ZEROS ARE
CURVED WITH THE REST OF THE GRADES
WHEN ENTERED) TO A -1.

╫HEN THIS PROGRAM CALCULATES THE NEW
CLASS AVERAGE AFTER YOU CHANGE A
STUDENTS GRADE IT DOES NOT ALTER EACH
STUDENTS GRADES ACCORDINGLY.

╙UBJECT REPORT CARD PROGRAM
---------------------------

╘HIS PROGRAM CAN BE USED AT ANY TIME
TO PRODUCE HARD OR SOFT COPY OF THE
CLASS STANDING OF ALL STUDENTS. ╔T
ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE CURRENT CLASS AVERAGE AND EACH
STUDENT'S AVERAGE RELATIVE TO THE
CLASS AVERAGE. ╔T IS USEFUL IN THE
EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY,
OR ALL, STUDENT(S) IN THE CLASS AND
CAN BE USED TO GENERATE ALL DATA
NORMALLY ENTERED UPON REPORT CARDS,
EXCEPT ATTENDENCE.

╨RINT/╥EAD CLASS ROSTER
-----------------------

╘HIS PROGRAM CAN GENERATE HARD OR
SOFT COPY ATTENDENCE ROSTERS. ╘HAT IS
TO SAY YOU CAN MAKE ATTENDENCE
ROSTERS USING THIS PROGRAM! ╔F YOUR
INTENT IS NOT TO MAKE A HARD COPY OF
THE ROSTER YOU CAN JUST REVIEW THE
ROSTER BY SELECTING THIS OPTION AND
ELECTING NOT TO HAVE PRINTER OUTPUT.

╔T ALSO PROVIDES NECESSARY HARD COPY
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER
OF STUDENTS WHICH MAY EXIST UPON THE
ROSTER AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, THE
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GRADES WHICH MAY BE
ENTERED PER STUDENT, PER SUBJECT AND
THE SUBJECT AREAS IN WHICH THE
STUDENT MAY BE TESTED.

┴TTENDANCE ROSTERS ARE PRODUCED WHICH
HAVE 10 SPACES TO THE RIGHT OF EACH
STUDENT'S NAME AND A PLACE AT THE TOP
FOR THE DATES INCLUSIVE.

╘HE ADD STUDENTS OPTION
-----------------------

╔F AT ANY TIME YOU WISH TO ADD A
STUDENT YOU MAY DO SO USING THIS
OPTION, HOWEVER IF YOU EXCEED THE
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPACES FOR WHICH
THE ROSTER IS DESIGNED THE PROGRAM
WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO ADD ANY
STUDENTS BEFORE DELETING SOMEONE (SEE
THE MAKE A ROSTER AND MAKE A GRADE
BOOK OPTIONS ABOVE).

╘HE REMOVE STUDENTS OPTION
--------------------------

╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO DO WHAT ITS
NAME IMPLYS. ╫HEN YOU DELETE A
SOMEONE FROM A CLASS ROSTER HIS NAME
IS REMOVED FROM THE ROSTER AND HIS
GRADES ARE REMOVED FROM THE GRADE
BOOK(S)! ╘HE PROGRAM WILL UPDATE THE
CLASS'S AVERAGE AND PRESENT THE NEW
DATA ALONG WITH THE OLD DATA, FOR
EACH GRADE BOOK. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED
HOW MANY GRADE BOOKS THE STUDENT IS
ACTUALLY IN AND THEN THE PROGRAM WILL
HELP YOU UPDATE EACH GRADE BOOK. ┘OU
MUST REMOVE THE STUDENT FROM ALL
GRADE BOOK'S WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ROSTER YOU ARE USING!

╥EMEMBER THE PROGRAM DOES ALL OF ITS
CALCULATIONS USING THE CLASS AND
INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AVERAGES. ┴FTER
YOU HAVE RUN THIS PROGRAM THE CLASS
AVERAGE WILL BE ALTERED BUT THE
INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S GRADES WILL NOT.
╔T IS LEFT TO THE INSTRUCTOR TO MAKE
FINAL ADJUSTMENTS OF THE CLASS
AVERAGE EACH TIME HE OR SHE ENTERS A
SET OF GRADES.

╙CRATCH ANY FILE PROGRAM
------------------------

┬E VERY CAREFULL WHEN USING THIS
PROGRAM BECAUSE ALL FILES MAINTAINED
ON THE GRADE BOOK DISK WORK AS A UNIT
TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO EACH
PROGRAM AS IT IS RUNNING. ╔F YOU
DESTROY THE WRONG FILE YOU WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO RECOVER ANY DATA YOU HAVE
ENTERED WITHOUT A DISK EDITOR PROGRAM
OR SENDING YOUR DISKETTE TO ME, WITH
VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE
FILES ON THE DISKETTE!

╥EAD THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION VERY
CAREFULLY: THE INITIATE A DISK
PROGRAM CREATES A FILE ON THE GRADE
CALLED "FILES". ╔T'S PURPOSE IS TO
KEEP TRACK OF ALL FILE NAMES ON THE
DISKETTE. ╘HE FIRST FIELD IN THAT
FILE HOLDS THE NUMBER OF FILES THE
DISKETTE CONTAINS. ┼ACH SUBSEQUENT
FIELD HOLDS A FILE NAME. ╫HENEVER YOU
ASK FOR A FILE THE PROGRAMS CHECK TO
SEE IF IT EXISTS BY READING THIS
FILE. ╬EVER ATTEMPT TO ERASE THIS
FILE, IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL THE
INFORMATION ON THE DISKETTE WILL BE
USELESS TO THE PROGRAMS!

╘HE ROSTER FILES ARE USED BY ALL OF
THEIR SUBORDINATE GRADE BOOKS WHILE
GRADE BOOK MAINTANENCE IS BEING
PERFORMED. ╔F YOU ARE MAINTAINING A
GRADE BOOK AND SCRATCH ITS ROSTER YOU
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
INFORMATION IN THE GRADE BOOK WITHOUT
RECREATING THE ROSTER EXACTLY AS IT
WAS BEFORE IT WAS DESTROYED!

╘HE GRADE BOOK FILES MAY BE DESTROYED
AND THEY WILL HAVE NO EFFECT UPON THE
RUNNING OF ANY PROGRAM EXCEPT THAT
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE
SCRATCHED FILE ANYMORE.

╔F YOU INITIATE A DISKETTE WHICH
CONTAINS INFORMATION YOU WANT TO KEEP
THAT INFORMATION IS LOST FOREVER!

╘HE DESTRUCTION OF ANY FILE BY
ACCIDENT OR MISUSE OF THE ╘╨ DOES NOT
PRECLUDE THE RETRIEVAL OF THE DATA IN
THE FILE BY OTHER PROGRAMMING
METHODS, BUT THE ╘╨ WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO GET THAT DATA FOR YOU. IT ACTUALLY
REMAINS UPON THE DISKETTE.

╨LEASE READ CAREFULLY THE BACK-UP
SECTION BELOW.

═AKING BACK-UPS
---------------

═AGNETIC DISKETTES ARE WONDERFUL
THINGS. WHEN USED WITH A 1541 DISK
DRIVE THEY STORE ABOUT 80 TYPED PAGES
OF INFORMATION BEFORE THEY ARE FULL.

╨ROGRAMS AND PROGRAMMERS AND THE
VARIOUS MISFORTUNES OF LIFE CAN
DESTROY A DISKETTE IN MILLI-SECONDS!

═AKE BACK-UP COPIES OF YOUR FILES AND
PROGRAMS!

╘HERE IS AN EXCELLENT PUBLIC DOMAIN
PROGRAM ON THIS DISKETTE WHICH WILL
COPY THE ╘╨ OR ANY OTHER DISK THAT
DOES NOT CONTAIN DISK ERROR
PROTECTION. ╒SE IT TO MAKE BACK-UPS
OF YOUR FILES!

╔F YOU ARE COPYING THE ╘╨ WHEN YOU
ARE FINISHED PLEASE PLACE A WRITE
PROTECTION TAPE OVER THE COPY'S
NOTCH! ┴LSO, PLEASE MAKE 2 COPIES AND
GIVE ONE TO A FRIEND!

╘HE BACK-UP PROGRAM IS WRITTEN TO RUN
IN BASIC, SO TURN THE ├64 OFF AND
THEN ON BEFORE MAKING COPIES!

┴ NOTE ABOUT YOUR AUTHOR
------------------------

╔ AM 32 YEAR'S OLD AND HAVE 3
CHILDREN. ╔ SPENT ELEVEN YEARS IN THE
ARMY WORKING VARIOUSLY AS A KOREAN
INTERPRETER, INTERCEPT OPERATOR AND
INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, BOTH ALL SOURCE
AND STRICTLY SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE. ╔
WAS A CAREER SOLDIER AND NEVER
DOUBTED THAT ╔ WOULD RETIRE ONE DAY!

┬UT THEN ╔ FOUND MYSELF MEDICALLY
DISCHARGED, WITH NO COMPENSATION,NO
MARKETABLE EDUCATION, AND A FAMILY TO
SUPPORT.

╠AST DECEMBER ╔ BOUGHT A ├64 AND THAT
WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO
PROGRAMMING. ╔ WROTE THIS PROGRAM TO
SELL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, BUT AFTER
PRAYER ╔ FEEL URGED TO PROVIDE IT IN
THIS FORM.

╔ WANT TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT AND THIS
IS AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT ╔ CAN DO
FOR YOU THE TEACHER.

╘HE TEACHER'S PET WILL BE MADE INTO A
BETTER AND MORE VERSITILE PROGRAM IF
AND ONLY IF ╔ DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK
TO WORK DELIVERING PIZZAS FROM 6PM -
2AM AND ATTENDING MY CS CLASSES FROM
7AM - 12AM. ╔ WILL NOT BE ENABLED TO
WORK UPON THE UPGRADE UNLESS ╔ GET
THE SUPPORT ╔ NEED FROM THE TEACHER'S
WHO USE THIS PROGRAM.

╔ AM COUNTING UPON THE FACT THAT ╔
GOT IT FINISHED FIRST AND BEST AND
THAT ╔ DID IT WITH THE IDEA THAT
PEOPLE RECOGNIZE A GOOD DEAL WHEN ONE
COMES ALONG.

╔F YOU LIKE THIS PROGRAM AND USE IT
FREQUENTLY AND IT SAVES YOU TIME AND
EFFORT THEN THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
╔ SPENT WELL OVER 450 HOURS BRINGING
IT TO BE WHAT IT IS. ╘HEN THINK ABOUT
WHAT IT COULD BE WITH ANOTHER 200-400
HOURS OF WORK. ╘HEN SEND ME WHAT YOU
THINK IT IS WORTH TO YOU IN TERMS OF
TIME SAVED!

╔F YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW WHO, LIKE
MYSELF, COULD NOT HAVE AFFORDED THE
COMMERCIAL VERSION OF THE PROGRAM
THEN JUST ENJOY THE CODE AND PRAISE
GOD BECAUSE IT WORKS AND IT IS FREE!

╨LEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL OR WRITE IF
YOU NEED HELP, HAVE A GOOD IDEA THAT
YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE UPGRADE, FIND
A BUG, OR JUST WANT TO CHAT. ╔ REALLY
DO WANT TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT.

═AY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AS
HE HAS ME AND MINE!

═ICHAEL ╩. ┼RSKINE
65 ┼. 24TH ╙TREET
╙AN ┴NGELO, ╘╪ 76903

915-655-2882