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┴RE YOU TIRED OF SPENDING AN ENTERNITY TRYING TO MAKE BACKUP COPIES OF YOUR
DATA BASE MANAGER FILES? ╫ELL, FROM THE ┬AYOU COMES AN INTERESTING RECIPE TO
SATISFY YOUR HUNGER FOR FAST BACKUPS. ╫ITH A ├64, TWO 1541'S AND A LITTLE ├AJUN
╥ELISH THROWN IN FOR FLAVORING, YOU WILL BE MAKING BACKUP COPIES IN NO TIME
FLAT! ╘YPICAL ╥┼╠ATIVE FILE COPIERS FOR THE ├OMMODORE COPY A ╥┼╠ATIVE FILE BY
FIRST FINDING THE LAST RECORD IN THE FILE THEN FORMATTING THE NEW ╥┼╠ATIVE FILE
WITH NULL RECORDS UP TO THE LAST RECORD. ╘HIS CAN TAKE CONSIDERABLE TIME WITH
THE 1541. ╧NCE THE NEW FILE IS FORMATTED, THE DATA IS TRANSFERRED RECORD BY
RECORD TO THE NEW FILE. ╫HY FORMAT THE NEW FILE? ╘HE ORIGINAL HAS ALREADY BEEN
CORRECTLY FORMATTED. ╫HY NOT JUST TRANSFER THE DATA DIRECTLY, BLOCK BY BLOCK
TO A SEQUENTIAL FILE. ╔N ORDER TO RECREATE THE SIDE SECTORS, ├AJUN ╥ELISH USES
A LITTLE ─╧╙ TRICKERY TO FIND OUT WHICH TRACK AND SECTOR EACH BLOCK IS WRITTEN
TO. ╔T THEN GOES BACK AND CHANGES THE FILE TYPE FROM ╙┼╤UENTIAL TO ╥┼╠ATIVE
AND RESETS OTHER IMPORTANT PARAMETERS IN THE DIRECTORY. ╬╧ ╨╥╧┬╠┼═! ╘HIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT ├AJUN ╥ELISH ACCOMPLISHES!
├AJUN ╥ELISH HAS BEEN RELEASED TO THE ╨╒┬╠╔├ ─╧═┴╔╬ AS ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼. ┴ DONATION OF
$1, $5 OR $10 WOULD GLADLY BE ACCEPTED! ╙UPPORT THE ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ ├╧╬├┼╨╘! ╙END YOUR
DONATIONS TO:
╫ILL ├ORLEY
7551 ╘WILIGHT ─RIVE
╙ACRAMENTO ├┴ 95822