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╤╫╦ ╨ACKET ┴╥├HIVER
BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER & ╥OD ╟ASSON
╞OR USE WITH ╤╫╦╥╥128
13TH ╞EB 1994
╔╬─┼╪
1581 ╙UB-PARTITION (╬╧╘┼) 3
┴╥├ 1
├AUTION 2
├HANGING ─EFAULT ╙ETTINGS 2
├═─ ─RIVE ╨ATHS 3
├OPYRIGHT ═ESSAGE 1
─EFAULT ╙ETTINGS 2
┼RRORS 3
╞$ 2
╔NSTALLATION 1
╨URPOSE OF ╤╨┴ 2
═╙╟ FILE ╬AME 1
╥UNTIME 2
╙UB-DIRECTORY ╒SEAGE (├═─) 3
╘IME OUT 2
╤╨┴ AND ╤╨┴.═╠ 1
╤UIRKS 3
╤╫╦ PACKET NAME 1
╤╨┴ V4.0 ─OCUMENTATION
╨╒╥╨╧╙┼
=======
╤╨┴ IS INTENDED FOR USE WHERE CROSS-ARCHIVING ISN'T SUPPORTED. ╔N OTHER
WORDS IF YOUR ┬┬╙ DOOR FORCES YOU TO UPLOAD YOUR REPLYS WITH THE SAME
ARCHIVER AS YOU DOWNLOAD THEN ╤╫╦╥╥'S ┌╔╨ ROUTINES MAY BE LESS THAN
CONVENIENT TO USE SO ╤╨┴ MAY BE MORE DESIRABLE TO CREATE ┴╥├ REPLY
PACKETS.
╤╫╦╥╥ AIDS IN THIS BY CREATING A .═╙╟ FILE THAT CAN BE PACKED WITH ANY
PACKER YOU HAVE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING ╤╨┴, OR YOU MAY USE ╤╫╦╥╥'S ╤╨<┴>
OPTION TO PERFORM THE LINKING, AND LOADING OF ╤╨┴ FOR YOU.
╔N MOST CASES HOWEVER THE ┌╔╨ STORED PACKETS ARE PERFECTLY ACCEPTED BY
MOST ┬┬╙'S EVEN IF YOU DON'T USE ┌╔╨ FOR YOUR DOWNLOAD PACKER.
├╧╨┘╥╔╟╚╘ ╙╘┴╘┼═┼╬╘
===================
├╧╨┘╥╔╟╚╘ ╙╘┴╘┼═┼╬╘: ╘HE PROGRAMS ╤╨┴ AND ╤╨┴.═╠ ARE THE ORIGINAL WORK
OF ╥USSELL ╨RATER & ╥OD ╟ASSON. ╘HESE PROGRAMS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED
FREELY SO LONG AS THEY ARE UNALTERED AND NO CHARGE IS MADE FOR THEM.
╔F YOU WISH TO MAKE USEFUL MODIFICATIONS TO IT, DO SO. ╫E ONLY ASK THAT
YOU USE AN ALTERED FILE NAME AND DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR FILE IN THE
ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION PACKAGE. ╘HIS IS TO AVOID CONFUSION.
╤╨┴ AND ╤╨┴.═╠:
╘HESE TWO FILES WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A ╤╫╦ TYPE REPLY PACKET IN
THE.┴╥├ FORMAT. ╘HE FILE IS IN ╙╘╧╥┼D FORM AND NO COMPRESSING IS DONE.
╔ FEEL SPEED AND SIMPLICITY OF OPERATION MORE THAN MAKE UP FOR THE
INCREASE IN PACKET UPLOAD TIME. ╘HE .┴╥├ FORMAT DOES NOT NORMALLY
RESULT IN A PACKET SMALLER THAN 50% OF THE ORIGINAL SIZE, SO THE LACK
OF COMPRESSION IN ╤╨┴ IS NOT A MAJOR DRAWBACK.
╔╬╙╘┴╠╠┴╘╔╧╬
============
├OPY ╤╨┴XX AND ╤╨┴.═╠ TO YOUR WORK DISK. ╔ PREFER TO COPY THEM TO THE
SAME DISK AS ╤╫╦╥╥128. ╒SE THE FILENAME "╤╨┴" BECAUSE THIS IS THE ╧╬╠┘
NAME THAT ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL LOOK FOR SHOULD YOU USE THE ╤╨<┴> BOOT OPTION FROM
╤╫╦╥╥'S EXIT MENU.
┴S DELIVERED, ╤╨┴ WILL NOT HAVE THE CORRECT DEFAULT FILE NAMES AND MAY
NOT BE CONFIGURED WITH YOUR CHOICE OF DISK DEVICE NUMBERS. ┴ PROVISION
IS MADE FOR YOU TO CONFIGURE ╤╨┴ AS YOU LIKE IT.
┘OU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE USER DEFINED VARIABLES ARE. ╬O CHECKS ARE
INCLUDED TO PREVENT YOU FROM ENTERING ERRONEOUS DATA EXCEPT TO SHOW YOU
WHAT HAS BEEN ENTERED AND OFFER YOU THE CHOICE OF ACCEPTING IT OR NOT.
╥$ : ╘HE NAME OF YOUR .═╙╟ PACKET. ╘HIS IS SUPPLIED BY THE ┬┬╙ ITSELF
AND YOU SHOULD MATCH THIS NAME. ╬OTE. ╘HIS ╔╙ CASE SENSITIVE.
╔F ╤╨┴ IS BOOTED FROM ╤╫╦╥╥ THEN THE NAME OF YOUR CURRENT REPLY PACKET
IS USED.
─ : ╘HE DEFAULT DISK DEVICE WILL BE PEEKED FROM A LOCATION WHICH SHOWS
THE LAST DEVICE YOU ACCESSED. ╤╨┴.═╠ WILL BE LOADED FROM THAT DEVICE.
╘HIS DEVICE NUMBER IS SAVED IN VARIABLE ─.
╔T IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU STORE ╤╨┴ AND ╤╨┴.═╠ ON THE SAME DRIVE AND
DIRECTORY AS ╤╫╦╥╥'S SYSTEM FILES.
─╔ : ╘HE INPUT DEVICE, IS WHERE ╤╨┴ WILL EXPECT THE .═╙╟ FILE TO BE.
╨┴$: ╘HE INPUT DRIVE PATH - GENERALLY "0:" UNLESS USING A ├═─ DRIVE.
╨AGE 1
╤╨┴ V4.0 ─OCUMENTATION
─╨ : ╘HE OUTPUT DEVICE, IS WHERE IT WILL PUT THE .╥┼╨ FILE FOR
UPLOADING.
╨╥$: ╘HE OUTPUT DRIVE PATH - GENERALLY "0:" UNLESS USING A ├═─ DRIVE.
╬OTE. ┴T THE PROMPTS, LEAVING THESE FIELDS BLANK WILL ASSUME "0:",
AND IF "0:" IS USED THEN THEY ARE ╬╧╘ DISPLAYED AS PART OF THE
DEFAULTS.
┴S DELIVERED, THE PACKET NAME, ╥$, IS "┬┬╙╔─" ALL DEVICE NUMBERS ARE
SET TO BE EQUAL TO ─, THE DEFAULT DEVICE, AND ALL PATHS ARE SET TO
"0:".
╘WO METHODS ARE AVAILABLE TO CHANGE THE DEFAULTS. ╧NE IS TO LIST LINE
100 AND SIMPLY TYPE IN YOUR PACKET NAME IN PLACE OF "┬┬╙╔─". ╬╧╘┼. ─O
╬╧╘ ADD THE .═╙╟ EXTENSION. ╤╨┴ WILL DO THIS FOR YOU. ╘YPE YOUR
SELECTION OF DRIVE NUMBERS OVER THE ─ IN EACH ─X=─, AND DEFINE YOUR ├═─
PATHS IF REQUIRED THEN HIT RETURN TO ENTER THE NEW LINE 100 AND RESAVE
╤╨┴. ╘HE OTHER IS TO TO ENTER THEM WHILE THE PROGRAM IS RUNNING.
├┴╒╘╔╧╬:
╞$ GIVES YOU THE CHOICE TO SCRATCH THE .═╙╟ FILE AFTER READING IT, BUT
BEFORE THE .╥┼╨ FILE IS SAVED. ╘HIS IS FOR THOSE WHO ═╒╙╘ USE ╤╫╦╥╥
WITH ONE SMALL DRIVE. ─╧ ╬╧╘ ╒╙┼ ╘╚╔╙ ╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╔╞ ┘╧╒ ├┴╬ ╨╧╙╙╔┬╠┘ ┴╓╧╔─
╔╘. ╧NCE YOUR REPLIES ARE READ INTO MEMORY AND THE .═╙╟ FILE IS
SCRATCHED, ANY POWER LOSS OR DISK ERROR WILL RESULT IN THE ├╧═╨╠┼╘┼
╠╧╙╙ ╧╞ ┘╧╒╥ ╥┼╨╠╔┼╙.
╥╒╬ ╘╔═┼
========
╫HEN ╥╒╬, ╤╨┴ WILL SHOW YOU WHAT DEFAULTS YOU HAVE SET UP. ┴FTER THE
CURRENT DEFAULTS ARE SHOWN, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU ACCEPT THEM. ╚IT
ANY KEY OTHER THAN "N" TO ACCEPT. ╔F ANY OF THE DEFAULTS ARE NOT WHAT
YOU WANT, HIT "N" AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO CHANGE EACH DEFAULT OR TAP
<╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO ACCEPT AS SHOWN.
╘HE DRIVES WILL SHOW THE NUMBER OF THE DEFAULT DEVICE. ┘OU MAY ENTER A
DIFFERENT NUMBER AS 8, 9, ETC., OR YOU MAY JUST TYPE "D" TO SET THAT
DRIVE TO BE THE SAME AS THE DEFAULT DRIVE. ╫HEN FINISHED, YOU WILL BE
OFFERED THE "┴CCEPT ┘/N" AGAIN SO YOU CAN STILL CORRECT ANY ERRORS.
╫HEN IT IS CONFIGURED AS YOU WISH IT HIT ANY KEY OTHER THAN "N" TO
ACCEPT.
┴FTER YOU ACCEPT THE NEW DEFAULTS, YOU WILL BE ASKED "╙AVE NEW DEFAULTS
Y/╬". ╔F YOU HIT ANY KEY OTHER THAN "Y", THE SELECTIONS WILL BE
TEMPORARY FOR THAT RUN ONLY.
┴ "TIME OUT" FEATURE HAS BEEN ADDED. ╔N EITHER OF THE ABOVE CASES, IF
YOU DO NOT REPLY TO THE "┴CCEPT Y/N" BY THE TIME THE COUNTER REACHES
ZERO (APPROX 10 SECONDS) THE PROGRAM WILL ASSUME "YES" AND PROCEED
ACCORDINGLY.
╔F YOU WANT THE CHANGE TO BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF ╤╨┴, THEN BE SURE
THE WORK DISK YOU LOADED ╤╨╪ FROM IS STILL IN THE DEFAULT DRIVE AND
THAT YOU HAVE NOT ADDRESSED ANY OTHER DRIVE SINCE LOADING. ╚IT "Y" AND
THE PROGRAM WILL BE SAVED TO DISK WITH YOUR SELECTIONS AS ╤╨┴,
OVERWRITING THE ORIGINAL AS LONG AS IT WAS CALLED ╤╨┴. ┴FTER THE SAVE
IS COMPLETED, ╤╨┴ WILL RE-RUN.
╔N EITHER CASE, ╤╨┴ WILL THEN LOAD ╤╨┴.═╠, REPORTING ANY LOAD ERROR,
╨AGE 2
╤╨┴ V4.0 ─OCUMENTATION
AND ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF THE <┬┬╙╔─>.═╙╟ FILE IT WILL BE ┴╥├ING TO
PRODUCE YOUR <┬┬╙╔─>.╥┼╨ FILE.
┼╥╥╧╥╙:
╤╨┴ REPORTS ON ANY ERRORS IT FINDS. ─ISK ERRORS ARE ACCOMPANIED WITH
THE DISK ERROR NUMBER AND ERROR MESSAGE. ╔F THE REPLY PACKET IS TOO
LONG, ╤╨┴ WILL REPORT THAT, TOO, AND QUIT. ╘HE ├128 HAS SUFFICIENT
MEMORY THAT ╤╨┴ CAN HANDLE A FILE OF ABOUT 249 DISK BLOCKS. ╔ LEAVE IT
TO YOU TO AVOID CREATING SUCH A MONSTER. ╔F ALL GOES WELL, THE HAPPY
WORD "╞INISHED!" WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. ┘OUR .╥┼╨ PACKET IS READY
TO UPLOAD, PROPERLY NAMED AND ALL.
╤╒╔╥╦╙:
╔ SAW NO NEED TO ADD THE ─┴╘┼ OR ╘╔═┼ CODE. ╫E ALL GOT BY WITH THE ╞EB
1980 DATE IN THE SHELL THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED WITH THE EARLY ╤╫╦╥╥
VERSIONS, SO ╔ EXPECT NO PROBLEMS FROM IT. ┴LL PACKETS MADE WITH ╤╨┴
WILL BE DATED 1 ┴PR 93. ┴╨╥╔╠ ╞╧╧╠!
├═─ ─╥╔╓┼ ╨┴╘╚╙
===============
╙INCE ╤╫╦╥╥ SUPPORTS FULL SUB-DIRECTORY WITH ├═─ DRIVES, PROVISION HAS
BEEN MADE IN ╤╨┴ TO CATER FOR THIS.
╘WO PATH STRINGS ARE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
1. ╨┴$: ╘HIS IS THE PATH THAT ╤╨╪ EXPECTS TO FIND YOUR UNPACKED
(DOWNLOADED) MAIL PACKET
2. ╨╥$: ╘HIS IS THE PATH WHERE ╤╨╪ STORES THE UNPACKED MAIL.
(MESSAGES.DAT)
┬OTH PATHS ARE INITIALLY SET TO "0:" INDICATING THE CURRENT DIRECTORY
AND CAN BE CHANGED BY ANSWERING "NO" TO "ACCEPT DEFAULTS" AND CHANGING
THEM.
┼╟. IF YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED YOUR MAIL PACKET TO PARTITION#3 IN A
SUBDIRECTORY NAMED "DOWNLOADS" YOU WILL NEED TO SET ╨┴$="3//DOWNLOADS"
─O ╬╧╘ ADD THE "/:" TO THE END OF THE FILE NAMES. ╘HIS WILL PRODUCE A
SYNTAX ERROR. ╤╨┴ WILL ADD THIS FOR YOU.
╨╥$ SHOULD BE SET TO MATCH THE PATH THAT YOU HAVE SET FOR THE
'MESSAGES' DRIVE IN ╤╫╦╥╥, USING THE SAME FORMAT AS ABOVE.
╬OTE: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS START THE PATH NAMES WITH THE PARTITION NUMBER
AND TWO SLASHES "PN//".
╘HE SYNTAX FOR A ├═─ ╬ATIVE SUB-DIRECTORY DIFFERS FROM AND IS NOT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE 1581 MODE SUB-PARTITION (SUB-DIRECTORY) FUNCTION.
╨AGE 3