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├ONVERT .╠┌╚ TO .╙╞╪ FILES
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┼ASY ╨ART BY: ╥USSELL ╨RATER
─ONATED TO ╨UBLIC ─OMAIN
╚ARD ╨ART BY: ├HRIS ╙MEETS
╙HAREWARE
╘HE .╠┌╚ FORMAT WHICH IS USED ON ╬╙-─╧╙ IS CREATED WITH ╠╚┴╥├╚╔╓┼.
├HRIS ╙MEETS HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE .╠┌╚ FILES ON THE ├ 128
USING HIS ╙HAREWARE PROGRAM ├╙-─╧╙. ╔NCLUDED IN ├╙-─╧╙ IS A SELF
EXTRACTING HEADER WHICH MAKES AN .╠┌╚ FILE INTO AN .╙╞╪ FILE.
╘HIS HEADER, WHICH ╔ HAVE INCLUDED AS "BASE" CAN BE EASILY ATTACHED
TO ANY .╠┌╚ FILE WHICH IS NOT LONGER THAN ABOUT 185 ├OMMODORE DISK
BLOCKS LONG AND THE RESULTING .╙╞╪ FILE WILL DISOLVE ON EITHER THE
├64 OR THE ├128.
╘O SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS OF ATTACHING THE "BASE" HEADER TO .╠┌╚ FILES,
╔ HAVE CREATED THIS SMALL PACKAGE CONTAINING "BASE" AND A SMALL ┬ASIC
PROGRAM WHICH DOES ALL OF THE WORK FOR YOU. ╔T RUNS IN EITHER ├64 OR
├128 MODE.
╘HINGS TO WATCH TO AVOID ERRORS IN CREATING THE .╙╞╪:
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1) ╘HE LENGTH OF THE .╠┌╚ FILE. ═UST BE 185 ├= DISK BLOCKS OR LESS.
2) ╘HE FILE "BASE" AND THE .╠┌╚ FILE MUST BE ON THE WORK DISK.
3) ┴ TEMPORARY FILE NAMED ┌┌┌ WILL BE CREATED ON THE DISK. ═AKE SURE
THERE IS NO FILE OF THAT NAME PRESENT BEFORE YOU BEGIN.
4) ╘HERE MUST BE AT LEAST AS MANY BLOCKS FREE ON THE DISK AS THE
TOTAL BLOCKS USED BY "BASE" AND THE .╠┌╚ FILE. ╫E WILL BE MAKEING A
COPY WHICH COMBINES THE TWO FILES.
╘HINGS TO BE AWARE OF IF THE .╠┌╚ WAS CREATED ON AN ═╙-─╧╙ MACHINE: -------------------------------------------------------------------
1) ╙OME FILES MAY SHOW A CHECKSUM ERROR WHEN DISOLVED. ╔F THEY ARE
TEXT FILES, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
2) ┴LL FILES WILL BE ╨╥╟ TYPE. ╙INCE ═╙-─╧╙ DOESN'T HAVE OUR FILE
TYPES, THE .╠┌╚ DOESN'T CARRY FILE TYPE INFORMATION. .╠┌╚ FILES AND
.╙╞╪ FILES CREATED WITH ├╙-─╧╙ DO HAVE THE TYPE INFORMATION. ╔'VE
INCLUDED MY ╞╔╠┼ ╘┘╨┼ ├╚┴╬╟┼ PROGRAM IN THIS ┴╥├ TO ALLOW 128 USERS
TO CONVERT THE FILES TO THE TYPE YOU WANT. ├64 USERS WILL HAVE TO
FIND A FILE TYPE CHANGER SOMEWHERE ELSE.
3) .╠┌╚ TEXT FILES CAN BECOME ╚╒╟┼ WHEN DISOLVED. ╘HE .╠┌╚ FILE ╔
USED TO TEST THIS PROGRAM WAS 92 ├= DISK BLOCKS LONG. ╫ITH THE
.╙╞╪ HEADER ADDED IT BACAME 106 ├= BLOCKS LONG. ╔T DISOLVED TO
532 ─╔╙╦ ┬╠╧├╦╙. ╙O DON'T BE SURPRISED IF A 185 BLOCK LONG FILE
OVER-FILLS A 1541 FORMATTED DISK. ╘HERE IS NOTHING ╔ CAN THINK OF
TO DO ABOUT THAT.
╔F YOU FIND THIS PROGRAM USEFUL, PLEASE DOWNLOAD A COPY OF ├╙-─╧╙
SOMEWHERE AND DON'T FORGET TO SEND ├HRIS HIS ╙HAREWARE FEE. ╘HE
├╙-─╧╙ PACKAGE IS WELL WORTH THE FEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO
USE IT.
╞OR MY PART, ╔ DID IT FOR FUN AND TO HELP OTHER ├OMMODORE USERS
WHO HAVE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE ─╧├╙ FOR ├╙-─╧╙ AS ╔ DO!