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╘HIS SYSTEM, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO
DISSOLVE ═╙/─╧╙ ┴╥├ FILES, ON A
├OMMODORE 64, IS COMPRISED OF 2 FILES.
╘HESE FILES ARE:
1. ╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┬═╠
2. ╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┴╥├
╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┴╥├, IN TURN, IS COMPRISED OF
3 FILES. ╘HESE FILES ARE:
1. ╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.─╧├ (THIS FILE)
2. ╥┼╬┴═┼.╨╧╨
3. ╥┼╬┴═┼.╨┴╙
╙INCE YOU ARE READING THIS FILE, YOU'VE
OBVIOUSLY FIGURED OUT THAT ╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┬═╠
IS THE PROGRAM YOU USE TO DISSOLVE THE
FILE NAMED ╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┴╥├ INTO ITS
COMPONENT FILES.
╘HIS SYSTEM IS THE COPYRIGHTED PROP-
ERTY OF THE AUTHOR -- IT IS ╬╧╘ IN THE
PUBLIC DOMAIN. ╚╧╫┼╓┼╥.. FREE USE AND
DISTRIBUTION IS ENCOURAGED, SUBJECT TO
THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS:
(1) ╘HIS SYSTEM MAY NOT BE UPLOADED
TO ANY ┬┬╙ OR COMPUTER SERVICE
THAT CHARGES A FEE FOR DOWNLOAD-
ING FILES.
(2) ╘HIS SYSTEM MAY NOT BE MADE PART
OF A DISKETTE WHEN A FEE IS
CHARGED FOR COPYING THAT DISK-
ETTE, HOWEVER SMALL THAT FEE.
╘HIS SYSTEM WAS WRITTEN BY THE ╙┘╙╧╨
OF THE ╦═══ ╨ASCAL ┬┬╙. ╘HE NUMBER OF
THIS ┬┬╙ IS (609) 232-0773. ╨LEASE
REPORT ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU MAY HAVE
WITH THIS SYSTEM TO THAT ┬┬╙.
╘HIS SYSTEM WAS WRITTEN FOR A NUMBER
OF REASONS. ╘HESE ARE:
1. ╘HE EVOLUTION OF THE .┴╥├ FILE
FORMAT, DEVISED BY ╙┼┴ FOR THE
═╙/─╧╙ WORLD, INTO A DE-FACTO
STANDARD.
2. ╘HE AUTHOR'S DISSATISFACTION
WITH THE VARIOUS ARCHIVING
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR THE
├OMMODORE 64.
3. ┴ CHANCE TO SHOW OFF ╦═══
╨ASCAL'S ABILITY TO GENERATE
USEFUL SYSTEM UTILITIES ON A
├OMMODORE 64.
╚OWEVER, USE OF THE .┴╥├ FILE FORMAT
DEVISED BY ╙┼┴ CREATES A PROBLEM ON A
├OMMODORE SYSTEM. ╘HERE IS ONLY SPACE
IN THE FILE HEADER FOR A 12 CHARACTER
FILE NAME; FILE NAMES ON A ├OMMODORE
SYSTEM CAN BE 16 CHARACTERS LONG.
┴LSO, THERE IS NO SPACE IN THE .┴╥├
FILE HEADER FOR TELLING ╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┬═╠ IF
THE ├OMMODORE FILE SHOULD BE WRITTEN AS
A ╙┼╤ OR ╨╥╟ FILE.
╘HIS PROBLEM IS SOLVED BY THE PROGRAM
NAMED ╥┼╬┴═┼.╨╧╨. ╘HIS PROGRAM MUST BE
RUN IF THE .┴╥├ FILE YOU DISSOLVE WITH
╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┬═╠ CONTAINS A FILE WITH A
FILE EXTENSION OF .╥╬═. ╘HIS FILE
CONTAINS THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO
MASSAGE THE DIRECTORY OF THE DISKETTE
CONTAINING THE FILES GENERATED BY
RUNNING ╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┬═╠.
╘O RUN ╥┼╬┴═┼.╨╧╨, LOAD IT INTO THE
MEMORY OF YOUR 64 AND RUN IT. ╫HEN YOU
ARE PROMPTED FOR THE NAME OF THE RENAME
FILE, PLACE THE DISKETTE THAT WAS THE
OUTPUT DISKETTE CREATED WHEN YOU RAN
╒╬┴╨├┴╥├.┬═╠, INTO UNIT 8, DRIVE 0.
╘HEN, ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE WITH A
FILE EXTENSION OF .╥╬═, BUT OMIT THE
'.╥╬═'.
╥┼╬┴═┼.╨┴╙ IS THE ╨ASCAL SOURCE FILE
THAT WAS USED AS INPUT, TO THE ╦═══
╨ASCAL COMPILER (VERSION ╔╓.9╞), TO
CREATE ╥┼╬┴═┼.╨╧╨. ╘HIS FILE WAS
INCLUDED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW OFF THE
CAPABILITIES OF ╦═══ ╨ASCAL.