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------------40 ├╧╠╒═╬ ╘┼╪╘-------------
╒╠╘╥┴ ╓5.5 IS THE BEST SEQUENIAL
FILE READER AND PRINTER ON EARTH.
╚OWEVER, IT HAS A NUMBER OF MINOR BUGS,
MOST OF WHICH ARE NOT NOTICEABLE, BUT
WERE CORRECTED ANYWAY IN ╒╠╘╥┴ ╓6.0. ┴
NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS WERE ALSO MADE
TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE.
╘HE BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS THAT IT
DID NOT PROPERLY PRINT CERTAIN TYPES OF
FILES, LIKE THIS ONE FOR EXAMPLE. ╘HIS
FILE IS A COMMON TYPE OF FILE FOUND ON
╤╠╔╬╦. ╔T IS 40 ├OLUMN ╘EXT WHICH HAS A
CARRIAGE RETURN AT OR BEFORE THE 40TH
CHARACTER POSITION OF EACH LINE. ╫ITH
╒╠╘╥┴ ╓6.0, THIS FILE CAN BE PRINTED
USING ╞3 TO PRINT ╘╫╧ COLUMNS WITHOUT
THE WORD WRAP GETTING SCREWED UP WITH
ALL THE EMBEDDED <CR>S. ╔T WAS FIXED
BY MAKING THE COLUMNS 39 CHARACTERS
INSTEAD OF 38 AND SHOVING THE SECOND
COLUMN OVER 1 PLACE TO RETAIN THE TWO
CHARACTER SPACING BETWEEN COLUMNS.
╘HIS FILE CAN ALSO BE PRINTED AS 40
COLUMN TEXT CENTERED ON THE PAGE BY
SELECTING ╞5 AND SETTING THE LEFT AND
RIGHT MARGINS TO 20. ┴CTUALLY, THE
RIGHT MARGIN SETTING OF 20 ISN'T NEEDED
BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO USE IT BECAUSE
SOME FILES SAVED FROM ╤╠╔╬╦ HAVE A
MISSING <CR> AT THE END OF A LINE
THAT NORMALLY MESSES UP THE PRINTING,
BUT LOOKS RIGHT ON THE MONITOR SCREEN.
╘HE LAST SENTENCE OF THE THIS PARAGRAPH
IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS. ╔F YOU'RE
USING ╞1 WITH ╓5.5 EVERYTHING AFTER IT
IS DOUBLE SPACED BECAUSE THERE IS A
CHARACTER IN THE 40TH POSITION THAT ╓5.5 DOESN'T LIKE.
╬OW TRY PRINTING THIS STUFF USING
╞6 WITH ╓6.0 AND SELECTING 8 FOR THE
LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS. ┼VERYTHING IS
REFORMATTED INTO 64 COLUMN TEXT. ╧NLY
THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF <CR>S ARE
CHANGED TO SPACES.
╘HE SECOND PROBLEM WAS THAT IT
COULD NOT HANDLE PREFOMATTED TEXT SUCH
AS ╨ROGRAMMING ╘ECH ═ANUALS WHICH HAVE
THE MARGINS, PAGE NUMBERS, AND FORM
FEEDS BUILT INTO THE TEXT. ┴ PROVISION
WAS ADDED TO DISABLE THE PERFORATION
SKIPPER FOR THESE FILES.
╘HERE WAS ONE MORE TYPE OF FILE
THAT NEEDED SOME HELP: FILES WITH A
<CR> AT THE 65TH POSITION. ╘HIS TEXT
PRINTED UP AGAINST THE LEFT EDGE OF THE
PAPER WITH NO ROOM TO PUT HOLES FOR A
BINDER. ┴N ADJUSTABLE LEFT MARGIN IS
NOW PROVIDED.
┴NOTHER IMPROVEMENT IS THE ABILITY
TO CHANGE THE DEVICE NUMBER FROM THE
KEYBOARD FOR A SECOND DISK DRIVE.
═╔╬╧╥ ┬╒╟╙ ┼╪╘┼╥═╔╬┴╘┼─:
1. ╙ELECTING ╞7 THEN 4 CAUSES A
CRASH IF THERE IS NO DISK IN THE DRIVE.
2. ╫HEN READING TEXT WITH ╞1, THE
SCREEN STARTS DOUBLE SPACING THE FIRST
TIME A CHARACTER APPEARS IN THE 40TH
COLUMN POSITION.
3. ╫HEN USING ╞1 TO READ A FILE,
YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK ON THE DRAW TO
STOP THE SCROLLING WITH THE ╙╚╔╞╘ KEY,
OR ELSE YOU HAVE TO STOP AND START OVER
TO SEE WHAT YOU MISSED. ╒╠╘╥┴ ╓6.0
SCROLLS THE FIRST 15 LINES ONTO THE
SCREEN, THEN STOPS. ╬OW, HOLDING THE
╙╚╔╞╘ (OR ├╥╙╥ DOWN) KEY WILL CONTINUE
TO READ THE FILE.
4. ╫HEN FORMATTING A DISK, AN
OPTION IS PROVIDED TO CHANGE THE ╔─ TO
PREVENT DISKS FROM HAVING DUPLICATE ╔─
NUMBERS.
5. ╓ARIOUS MESSAGES DIDN'T SHOW UP
WHEN THE SOUND WAS OFF.
6. ╫HEN LEAVING ╒╠╘╥┴ ╓5.5, THE
BELL HAD A MOTOR BOAT SOUND IN THE
BACKGROUND AS THE ATTENUATOR STEPPED
DOWN. ╒SING THE ─┼├┴┘ FIXED IT.
7. ╔F THE FIRST CHARACTER OF A
FILE IS A <CR>, THEN A "0" IS PRINTED
AS THE FIRST CHARACTER.
8. ╫HEN USING ╞7 AND 4 FOR THE
DIRECTORY, THE SECOND PAGE WAS BLUE
INSTEAD OF LIGHT GRAY.
....╩OE ╦OVALIK (╩OE╦22)