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╘HE ╞RUGAL ┴UDIOPHILE ─OES ╟┼╧╙
(╟EOS ├ASSETTE ╙LEEVE)
┬Y ╟AELYNE ╥. ═ORANEC
├OPYRIGHT 1992
┴ WHILE BACK, ╔ STARTED A NEW MUSIC COLLECTION. ├OMPACT DISKS NOW LINE
ANOTHER SHELF IN MY LIVINGROOM, RIGHT ALONG SIDE ALL MY CASSETTES. ╔ LIKE
COMPACT DISKS. ╘HE ONLY THING ╔ DON'T LIKE IS THE FACT THAT MY JUNK HEAP OF
A CAR ONLY HAS AN OLD TAPE PLAYER IN IT, INSTEAD OF A ├─ PLAYER. ╔'M NOT
ABOUT TO GO SPEND MORE MONEY ON A CAR CD PLAYER. ═AYBE WHEN THE
SUBSCRIPTIONS START ROLLING INTO ├64 ┴LIVE!, ╔ MIGHT BE ABLE TO, BUT FOR
THE MOMENT, ╔'M AS FRUGAL AS THE NEXT PERSON. ╔ MADE "ARCHIVAL" BACK UP
TAPES OF MY NEW COMPACT DISKS. ╬OW ╔ CAN LISTEN TO THE NEW MUSIC, EVEN IN
THE OLD JUNK HEAP OF A CAR.
╔ REALLY HATE WRITING IN THE TINY LINES ON THE CASSETTE SLEEVES. ═Y
HANDWRITING ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE, AND MY HAND GETS CRAMPED UP TRYING TO
WRITE THAT SMALL, MAKING THE WRITING WORSE. ═Y NEWLY MADE TAPES BLENDED
RIGHT IN WITH THE OLD TAPES. ╔ COULDN'T DISTINGUISH THE NEW ONES FROM TAPES
MADE 5 YEARS AGO. ╫HEN ╔ MADE A TAPE OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS, WHOSE
ALBUM WAS VERY ORNATE WITH AN UNUSUAL FONT, ╔ DREW THE LINE AT SCRIBBLING
MY SONG LIST ON THE CASSETTE SLEEVE.
╔N FACT, ╔ DREW QUITE A FEW LINES, USING GEO╨╒┬╠╔╙╚. ┴FTER MONTHS OF MAKING
FINE ADJUSTMENTS, MY ╟┼╧╙ CASSETTE SLEEVE DESIGN IS READY FOR ├64 ┴LIVE!
═AGAZINE. ╘HE FIRST FEW SLEEVES ╔ MADE WERE HIT OR MISS, BUT NOW ╔ HAVE A
SYSTEM FOR CREATING SLEEVES THAT HAVE EYE APPEAL AND STYLE. ╘HEY'RE
READABLE, AND ╔ CAN CHANGE THE FONT TO MATCH THE STYLE OF MUSIC ON THE
CASSETTE. ╘HERE ARE, AFTER ALL, THOUSANDS OF FONTS AVAILABLE FOR ╟┼╧╙. ╘HE
ONLY LIMITATION IS THE SIZE OF THE FONT; IT HAS TO FIT IN A VERY SMALL AREA
FOR THE SIDE OF THE CASSETTE SLEEVE. ┼VEN WITH THIS LIMITATION, THERE ARE
WAYS AROUND IT, SUCH AS USING ╞╧╬╘ ┼─╔╘╧╥ 2.2 TO SCALE THE FONT DOWN TO A
SIZE THAT WILL FIT.
╔ HAVE THE GEO╨UBLISH FILE ARRANGED IN A LOGICAL ORDER. ╔N THE ═ASTER ╨AGE
MODE, ╔ HAVE A TEMPLATE OF THE SLEEVE OUTLINE. ╔N ╨AGE ╠AYOUT MODE, THERE
ARE FOUR SMALL TEXT AREAS, (GEO╫╥╔╘┼ FILES), ONE FOR THE SIDE, ONE FOR THE
BACK, AND TWO SONG LIST AREAS, ONE FOR SIDE ┴ AND ONE FOR SIDE ┬ OF THE
TAPE. ┴LL ARE MARKED, SO THAT IT'S EASY TO TELL WHAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO
FILL THE AREA. ╘O CHANGE IT, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE AREA, AND THEN CLICK ON
┼─╔╘ FROM THE MODE MENU. ╔F THE FONT YOU ARE TRYING TO USE IS TOO BIG, YOU
WILL KNOW IMMEDIATELY, AS SOME OR ALL OF THE TEXT WILL DISAPPEAR ONTO THE
MYSTERIOUS NEXT PAGE. ╘O GET IT BACK, HIGHLIGHT THE AREA AND CHOOSE A
SMALLER FONT OR POINT SIZE. ╔N THE ╟RAPHICS ═ODE, THERE IS ANOTHER OUTLINE
OF THE SLEEVE, BOTH FOR REFERENCE, AND SO THAT IT WILL PRINT CORRECTLY. ╔
ADDED A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT HOW TO USE THE FILE, WHICH, AFTER YOU MAKE A
BACKUP COPY, CAN BE DELETED. ╙O YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS ARRANGED, ╔ LEFT IN
THE LAST CASSETTE SLEEVE THAT ╔ MADE, AND INCLUDED IN THE FILE ARCHIVE THE
FONT THAT ╔ USED TO CREATE THE SLEEVE. ╧NE OF THE THINGS THIS PARTICULAR
SLEEVE ILLUSTRATES IS HOW TO DEAL WITH LONG SONG LISTS THAT GO BEYOND THE
FOLD LINE FOR THE CASSETTE SLEEVE. ┴LL IT TAKES REALLY, IS POPPING INTO
╟RAPHICS ═ODE TO ZOOM INTO THE AREA TO SEE IF THE FOLD LINE GOES ACROSS THE
TEXT. ╔F IT DOES, GO BACK TO EDITING THE SONG LIST IN ╨AGE ╠AYOUT MODE, AND
ADD A BLANK LINE IN THE AREA WHERE THE FOLD LINE GOES ACROSS THE TEXT. ╘HIS
USUALLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM.
┬ECAUSE ╔ CREATED A TEMPLATE IN ═ASTER ╨AGE ═ODE, IF ╔ HAD SEVERAL SLEEVES
╔ WANTED TO MAKE IN ONE SESSION, ╔ COULD DO SO BY ADDING ANOTHER PAGE AND
THEN USE THE TEMPLATE TO SET UP THE PAGE LAYOUT AREA FOR NEW TEXT FILES.
╘O CREATE A LABEL FOR THE TAPE USING THE SAME FONT, ╔ USE ═╠┴┬┼╠╓2.5 WHICH
IS AVAILABLE ON ╤-╠INK (UPLOADER: ─IBIEF). ╙IDE ┴ AND ┬ CAN FIT ON ONE
MAILING LABEL, IF YOU ONLY USE TWO LINES TOTAL. ┴FTER PRINTING THE LABEL,
CUT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE, TRIM THE END OF IT ABOUT A QUARTER INCH, AND YOU
HAVE A CASSETTE SLEEVE WITH MATCHING LABELS.
┼VENTUALLY ╔'D LIKE TO GET MY ENTIRE TAPE COLLECTION "╟┼╧-IZED" BY CREATING
A GREAT LOOKING CASSETTE SLEEVE WITH MATCHING LABELS, AND UPDATING MY MUSIC
DATA BASE AT THE SAME TIME, SINCE ╔ CAN USE THE INFORMATION FROM THE
GEO╫╥╔╘┼ SONG LISTS TO IN GEO╞╔╠┼.
╔'VE BEEN ENJOYING MY TAPES, EVEN IN THE OLD BEAT UP CLUNKER CAR. ╘HE GREAT
LOOKING SLEEVES DON'T MAKE THE MUSIC SOUND ANY BETTER, BUT IT SURE BEATS
TRYING TO READ MY CRAMPED SCRAWL ON THE SIDE OF THE TAPES. ╬OT TO MENTION
THAT SOME MUSIC GROUPS JUST NEED A COOL FONT TO GO ON THE SLEEVE. ╔T GIVES
MY TAPES A VERY PROFESSIONAL LOOKING APPEARANCE.
╘HE CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES ARE PACKED TOGETHER USING GEO╨┴├╦. ╔F YOU ALREADY
HAVE THIS GEM OF A PROGRAM, COPY THE LYNXED FILE OVER TO A ╟┼╧╙ WORK DISK
AND USE GEO╨┴├╦ TO BOTH UNPACK AND CONVERT THEM INTO ╟┼╧╙ FORMAT AT THE
SAME TIME. ╔F YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE THIS PROGRAM, DON'T DESPAIR. ╫E'VE
INCLUDED IT ON THE DISK FOR YOU, ALONG WITH ├ONVERT2.5DA TO PUT IT INTO
╟┼╧╙ FORMAT.
╔N CASE YOU'VE NEVER RUN ACROSS THE PROBLEM, ╟┼╧╙ PROGRAMS CAN NOT BE
COPIED BY REGULAR ├OMMODORE ─╧╙. ╔T JUST DOESN'T WORK RIGHT. ╙O ╟┼╧╙ USERS
CONVERT THEIR FILES INTO REGULAR ├┬═ FILES THAT CAN BE UPLOADED WITH A
MODEM OR COPIED ONTO DISKS USING ├OMMODORE ─╧╙. ╘HEN LATER THEY CONVERT THE
FILES BACK TO ╟┼╧╙ FORMAT. ╔T'S AN EXTRA STEP, BUT AT LEAST THE PROCESS IS
AVAILABLE. ╧THERWISE THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY NEW ╟┼╧╙ FILES ON ┬┬╙'S AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
╔F CONVERTING ╟┼╧╙ FILES IS OLD HAT TO YOU, YOU CAN SKIP THIS BRIEF LITTLE
TUTORIAL, BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, THIS IS HOW YOU GO ABOUT IT.
╞IRST, COPY THE FILES "CASSLEEV.LNX", "CONVERT2.5DA", AND "GEOPACK" ONTO A
╟┼╧╙ WORK DISK. ┬EFORE LOADING ╟┼╧╙, LOAD "CONVERT2.5DA",8,1 FROM ├OMMODORE
┬┴╙╔├. ╔T WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR THIS TO DO ITS' THING, SO GO HAVE A CUP OF
COFFEE OR VISIT WITH YOUR FAMILY (REMEMBER THEM?). ╫HAT IT IS DOING, IS
CONVERTING ITSELF INTO A ╟┼╧╙ FORMAT FILE. ╫HEN THE READY PROMPT APPEARS,
BOOT ╟┼╧╙, AND PUT YOUR WORK DISK INTO THE DISK DRIVE. ─OUBLE CLICK ON
CONVERT TO LOAD IT, AND TELL IT YOU WANT TO CONVERT GEO╨┴├╦. ┴FTER MUCH
CLICKING OF THE MOUSE TO ANSWER THE PROMPTS, YOU WILL HAVE GEO╨┴├╦ IN ITS
╟┼╧╙ FORM. ─OUBLE CLICK ON GEO╨ACK FROM THE DESK╘OP TO UNPACK AND CONVERT
THE CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES. ╬OW YOU'RE READY TO LOAD GEO╨╒┬╠╔╙╚ AND START
CREATING YOUR OWN CUSTOM MADE CASSETTE SLEEVES!
╩UST FOR BEGINNERS - YOU'VE MADE YOUR ├64 WORK OUT WHILE CONVERTING THE
├ONVERT2.5DA PROGRAM, SO BE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF IT FOR YOUR
╟┼╧╙ ARSENAL AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO RUN IT FROM ┬┴╙╔├ AGAIN.
╔F USING GEO╨┴├╦ SEEMS TO WORK OUT WELL, YOU MAY SEE MORE ╟┼╧╙ FILES ON
FUTURE ├64 ┴LIVE! DISKS. ╟┼╧PACK IS SHAREWARE. ╘HE AUTHOR IS ╙ETH ─ETHMAN,
AND HE ASKS $5.00 FOR THE SHAREWARE FEE. ╔F YOU USE IT FOR MORE THAN
UNPACKING THE CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES, PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND HIM HIS
PAYMENT.
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├REDITS:
╟┼╧╙ VERSION 2.0, GEO╨╒┬╠╔╙╚, GEO╫╥╔╘┼, AND GEO╞╔╠┼ ARE ALL TRADEMARKS OF
╟┼╧WORKS, FORMERLY ┬ERKELEY ╙OFTWORKS, INC.
╞╧╬╘ ┼─╔╘╧╥ 2.2 IS COPYRIGHT 1988 BY ╩IM ├OLLETTE (SHAREWARE $10.00)
═╠┴┬┼╠╓2.5 WAS WRITTEN BY ─AVID ┬. ╞ERGUSON, (SHAREWARE: $5.00 TO YOUR
FAVORITE CHARITY). ┴ COMMERCIAL UPDATE TO THIS PROGRAM, ─WEEZILABEL, IS
AVAILABLE FROM: ─AVID ┬. ╞ERGUSON, 3729 ╘ERNEUZEN ┴VE, ═ODESTO, ├┴ 9356
├╧╬╓┼╥╘2.5DA ROUTINES ARE COPYRIGHT 1989 BY ╫ILLIAM ├OLEMAN
GEO╨┴├╦ IS BY ╙ETH ─ETHMAN, SHAREWARE $5.00)
╘HE CONVERT ROUTINES WITHIN GEO╨┴├╦ WERE WRITTEN BY ╫ILLIAM ├OLEMAN
╘HE LYNX ROUTINES WITHIN GEO╨┴├╦ WERE WRITTEN BY ╫ILL ├ORLEY.
╘HIS ARTICLE AND THE CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES WERE WRITTEN AND CREATED BY
╟AELYNE ╥. ═ORANEC. ╘HE ARTICLE IS COPYRIGHT 1992, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR
REPRINTED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
╔F YOU DISTRIBUTE THE LYNXED CASSETTE SLEEVE FILES, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE
THE ORIGINAL FILES, AND PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE MY NAME OR 64 ┴LIVE!S NAME
FROM THEM. ╔F YOU UPLOAD THEM TO A ┬┬╙, BE SURE TO MENTION THAT IT CAME
FROM ├64 ┴LIVE! ═AGAZINE.
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┼─╔╘╧╥╙ ╬╧╘┼: ┬ECAUSE ╟┼╧╙ WILL NOT RUN FROM OUR MENU THE ╟┼╧╙ PROGRAMS ARE
ON THIS DISK BUT NOT LISTED IN THE MENU. ├OPY THEM FROM THIS DISK TO YOUR
╟┼╧╙ WORK DISK AND USE THEM FROM THERE. ╘HE ╟┼╧╙ PROGRAMS ARE:
├┴╙╙╠┼┼╓.╠╬╪
╟┼╧╨┴├╦
├╧╬╓┼╥╘2.5─┴
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