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╓ ┼ ╥ ╙ ╔ ╧ ╬ 2 . 0
╞EBRUARY 5, 1990
╫RITTEN ┬Y ╙TEPHEN ╓AN ┼GMOND
360 ╞RONT ╥OAD
╠A╙ALLE, ╧NTARIO, ├ANADA
╬9╩ 1┌5
519/734-8803
╘HIS PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE. ╬O GUARANTEES ARE MADE AS TO ITS
PERFORMANCE, AND THE AUTHOR CAN NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
ARISING FROM ITS USE. ╘HE PROGRAM MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY.
** ╙ ╒ ╨ ╨ ╧ ╥ ╘ ╙ ╚ ┴ ╥ ┼ ╫ ┴ ╥ ┼ **
╔ ASK THAT YOU SEND IN A DONATION IF YOU USE THIS PROGRAM A LOT.
╙UPPORT SHAREWARE - IT IS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO THE LOW QUALITY OF
MOST PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS AND THE HIGH COST OF COMMERICAL SOFTWARE.
GEO╠YNX ╓ERSION 2.0 ╨AGE 1 ╞EBRUARY 1991
╙TEPHEN ╓AN ┼GMOND 360 ╞RONT ╥OAD ╠A╙ALLE, ╧NTARIO, ├ANADA
1. ╞IRST ╫ORDS
--------------
╞OR SOME TIME, ╟┼╧╙ HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE USE OF THE ├OMMODORE 64 AND
128. ╙INCE ITS INTRODUCTION, ╟┼╧╙ HAS ALLOWED THE 64/128 TO COMPETE IN
OUTPUT QUALITY WITH THE HIGHER-PRICED 16-BIT MACHINES. ┬ERKELEY
╙OFTWORKS HAS ALLOWED US TO LIVE UP TO THE STATEMENT THAT OUTPUT
QUALITY IS LIMITED ONLY BY THE OUTPUT DEVICE.
┴NOTHER POPULAR THING THAT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED ALL COMPUTERS IS
TELECOMMUNICATION: NOW WE CAN SEND ELECTRONIC MAIL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON; WE CAN CHAT WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE; WE
CAN GET TO KNOW PEOPLE WITHOUT EVER SEEING THEIR FACE. ╞OR SOME TIME
NOW, ╟┼╧╙ AND TELECOMMUNICATION HAVE NOT MERGED WELL BECAUSE OF ╟┼╧╙'S
NEW FILE FORMAT. ╔ IMAGINE THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TRANSFER
╟┼╧╙ FILES, AND HAVE (OR HAVE NOT) BEEN SURPRISED BY THE FACT THAT
MOST OR ALL OF THE FILE HAD DISAPPEARED.
╔ KNOW OF ONE OTHER PROGRAM WHICH HAS ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
╔T'S CALLED ├ONVERT, AND IT'S BY ╩OE ┬UCKLEY. ╔ SAW A VERSION OF IT UP
ON A LOCAL ┬┬╙ AND TRIED IT OUT. ┴DMITTEDLY, IT DID THE JOB, BUT FOR
SOME REASON, IT NEVER STRUCK ME AS BEING INTUITIVE. ╘HE REPETITIVENESS
OF THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM SEEMED TO STRIKE ME AS BEING UN-╟┼╧╙
LIKE. ╔ DECIDED ON THE SPOT, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THAT ╔ SHOULD WRITE A
BETTER PROGRAM. (╩OE, PLEASE DON'T TAKE OFFENSE AT THIS, IF YOU SHOULD
READ IT.)
┴FTER A FEW WEEKS OF WORK, GEO╠YNX 1.0 APPEARED, WHICH SEEMS LAUGHABLE
WHEN COMPARED TO THIS NEWEST VERSION. ╨ROUD OF IT, AND HOPING TO
REPEAT MY ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH THE ═INI ─ESK ╘OP (PUBLISHED ─ECEMBER
1989), ╔ SENT IT IN TO ├OMPUTE!'S ╟AZETTE. ╘WO MONTHS LATER THE
MAGAZINE DISAPPEARED, AND THE VACUUM IT CREATED SEEMED TO HAVE
SWALLOWED MY PROGRAM AS WELL. ╙OMETIME IN ┴UGUST, ╔ RECEIVED A
REJECTION LETTER. ╨ISSED OFF AFTER ALL THAT WAITING, ╔ WROTE THIS
VERSION. ╘HIS UPDATE ADDS A BATCH FILE MODE, A COLOR DISPLAY, AN
OPTION THAT ELIMINATES THE DESCRIPTION PROMPTS, AND A DECENT
INSTRUCTION MANUAL, WHICH YOU ARE READING.
╬O AFFILIATION IS IMPLIED WITH ╫ILL ├ORLEY, AUTHOR OF THE ORIGINAL
╠YNX, OR WITH ANY OTHER ╠YNX-WANNABE AUTHORS. ╘HE NAME ╠YNX IS USED
WITHOUT PERMISSION, BUT ╔ ASSUME THAT ╫ILL WON'T GIVE A FART IF ╔ USE
IT.
GEO╠YNX ╓ERSION 2.0 ╨AGE 2 ╞EBRUARY 1991
╙TEPHEN ╓AN ┼GMOND 360 ╞RONT ╥OAD ╠A╙ALLE, ╧NTARIO, ├ANADA
2. ╙TARTING GEO╠YNX
-------------------
╘HE ARCHIVE THAT YOU RECEIVED GEO╠YNX WITH WAS A SELF-DISSOLVING ╠╚┴╥├
FILE. ╘HE ├╙-─╧╙ SYSTEM USED TO CREATE THIS ARCHIVE WAS MADE BY ├HRIS
╙MEETS, AND ╔ SALUTE THIS FINE SHAREWARE AUTHOR. ╘HE CONTENTS OF THIS
ARCHIVE ARE:
╥╒╬ ═┼: ╘HE DOCUMENTATION PRINTER AND THE AUTHOR'S ADVERTISING.
╘╪╘.╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙: ╘HE FILE WHICH CONTAINS THIS TEXT.
╟┼╧╠┘╬╪: GEO╠YNX ITSELF, IN THE READY-TO-GO-OVER-THE-MODEM FORMAT THAT
GEO╠YNX PRODUCES; TO CREATE THIS, ╔ RAN GEO╠YNX ON ITSELF.
╟┼╧╠┘╬╪ ┬┴╙╔├: ┴ ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM WHICH CAN DISSOLVE GEO╠YNX FILES.
╔N ORDER TO CREATE A VERSION OF GEO╠YNX FOR USE IN ╟┼╧╙, RUN THE
╟┼╧╠┘╬╪ ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM, AND SUPPLY IT WITH THE FILENAME ╟┼╧╠┘╬╪. ╘HE
PROGRAM WILL PROCESS THE ╟┼╧╠┘╬╪ FILE INTO A VALID ╟┼╧╙ PROGRAM. ┴FTER
THE PROGRAM HAS RUN, YOU CAN BOOT ╟┼╧╙ AND RUN ╟┼╧╠┘╬╪ LIKE ANY OTHER
APPLICATION. GEO╠YNX ┬┴╙╔├ IS INTUITIVE ENOUGH THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE
TO USE IT WITHOUT MY COACHING.
3. ╒SING GEO╠YNX
----------------
GEO╠YNX WORKS WITH ANY MODEL DRIVE THAT ╔ KNOW OF - 1571, 1541, 1581,
AND ╥┴═ IMITATIONS OF THESE. ╔ DON'T KNOW OF ITS PERFORMANCE ON THE
├═─ ╚─ SERIES, BUT ╔ SUSPECT THAT ├═─ KNEW WHAT IT WAS DOING WHEN IT
MADE ITS HARD DRIVE, AND MADE IT 100% COMPATIBLE WITH ╟┼╧╙. ╔T ALLOWS
YOU TO ENTER A DESCRIPTION FOR EACH FILE THAT YOU PACK, AND DISPLAYS
THIS DESCRIPTION WHILE IT IS UNPACKING THE FILE.
┴FTER RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM THE ─ESK╘OP, YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH A
TASTEFULLY COLORED SCREEN WITH THREE OPTIONS: ╨┴├╦, ╒╬╨┴├╦, AND ╤╒╔╘.
╘HE SCREEN IS DIVIDED INTO THREE AREAS. ╘HE FIRST, IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE SCREEN, IS YOUR MAIN WORK AREA - HERE, YOU WILL HIGHLIGHT YOUR
FILES AND SELECT DIFFERENT ICONS TO DO DIFFFERENT TASKS. ╘HE SECOND,
AT THE BOTTOM-LEFT IS AN INFORMATION AREA THAT GIVES YOU STATISTICS ON
HOW GEO╠YNX IS PROGRESSING THROUGH YOUR FILES. ╘HE BOTTOM-RIGHT CORNER
CONTAINS A SLICK LOGO THAT ╔ THOUGHT LOOKED GOOD THERE.
╘HE ╤╒╔╘ OPTION TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ─ESK╘OP ON THE MOST RECENTLY
ACCESSED DRIVE. ╨┴├╦ CONVERTS A ╟┼╧╙ FILE INTO A ├OMMODORE FILE.
╒╬╨┴├╦ DOES THE REVERSE - CONVERTS FROM ├OMMODORE TO ╟┼╧╙.
3.1 ╙ELECTING ╞ILES
-------------------
┴FTER SELECTING YOUR DESIRED OPTION, YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH THE FILES
TO CHOOSE FROM. ╔F YOU DECIDE TO PACK A ╟┼╧╙ FILE, THE PROGRAM WILL
LOAD A LIST OF ALL THE ╒╙╥ FILES ON THE DRIVE. ╙INCE ALL ╟┼╧╙ FILES
ARE OF THE ╒╙╥ TYPE, YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS. ╔F YOU DECIDE TO
UNPACK FILES, THE DIRECTORY WILL BE LOADED, AND ALL THE ╨╥╟ FILES WILL
GEO╠YNX ╓ERSION 2.0 ╨AGE 3 ╞EBRUARY 1991
╙TEPHEN ╓AN ┼GMOND 360 ╞RONT ╥OAD ╠A╙ALLE, ╧NTARIO, ├ANADA
BE SEARCHED FOR A SPECIAL GEO╠YNX FLAG IN THE FIRST BLOCK. ┴LL FILES
WHICH MATCH THIS SEARCH ARE LISTED, AND THOSE WHO DON'T ARE REJECTED.
╘HE UPSHOT OF ALL THIS IS THAT ONLY FILES ELIGIBLE TO BE UNPACKED WILL
BE LISTED; YOUR ORDINARY FILES ARE AT NO RISK, UNLESS THEY SHOULD BE
UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN THE GEO╠YNX FLAG.
╘HE PROBLEM WITH THE PACK ROUTINE, IF ANY, IS THIS: ALL ╟┼╧╙ FILES ARE
╒╙╥, BUT NOT ALL ╒╙╥ FILES ARE ╟┼╧╙. ╔F YOU SHOULD, BY CHANCE, HAPPEN
TO PACK A ╒╙╥ FILE THAT WAS NOT A ╟┼╧╙ FILE, THEN GEO╠YNX MIGHT
COMPLAIN; IF IT DOESN'T, THEN YOUR PROGRAM HAD ALL THE LOOKS OF A ╟┼╧╙
FILE, AND THAT'S TOO BAD FOR YOUR ╒╙╥ FILE. ┘OU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
RESCUE IT BY USING THE UNPACK OPTION, BUT ╔ CAN OFFER NO GUARANTEES.
GEO╠YNX DISPLAYS THE CURRENT DISK NAME AND THE AMOUNT OF ROOM
AVAILABLE IN THE TOP WINDOW. ╘O SELECT THE FILES YOU WISH TO WORK
WITH, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE NEEDED FILES IN THE SELECTION WINDOW,
TOGGLING THEM ON AND OFF. ╘HE WINDOW DOES NOT DISPLAY ALL THE FILES;
TO SEE MORE, USE THE UNMISTAKABLY OBVIOUS UP AND DOWN ARROWS. ╘O
CANCEL YOUR ╨┴├╦ OR ╒╬╨┴├╦ CHOICE, USE THE ├ANCEL ICON TO RETURN YOU
TO THE INITIAL DIALOG BOX. ╘O MOVE TO ANOTHER DRIVE, USE THE ─RIVE
ICON. GEO╠YNX CYCLES SEQUENTIALLY THROUGH THE DRIVES - IF YOU HAVE
THREE DRIVES, AND YOUR CURRENT DRIVE IS ┬, THE ─RIVE ICON WILL TAKE
YOU THROUGH DRIVES ├, ┴, ┬, ├, ┴, ┬, ├, ETC. ╘O WORK WITH ANOTHER
DISK, CLICK ON THE ─ISK ICON, INSERT A NEW DISK IN THE CURRENT DRIVE
AND CLICK ON ╧╦.
╘O HAVE GEO╠YNX START WORK ON YOUR FILES, CLICK ON ╟╧!. ╔F YOU ARE
PACKING FILES, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED IF YOU WISH TO ENTER A DESCRIPTION
FOR THE FILES YOU HIGHLIGTED. ╔F YOU CLICK ON ┘┼╙, GEO╠YNX WILL PAUSE
AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH FILE AND ALLOW YOU TO ENTER A TEXT
DESCRIPTION OF IT. ┼NTER THE DESCRIPTION AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╔F YOU CLICK
ON ╬╧, GEO╠YNX WILL PLACE THE DESCRIPTION "╬OT GIVEN." IN EACH OF THE
FILES. ╔F YOU ARE UNPACKING THE FILES, GEO╠YNX WILL GET TO WORK RIGHT
AWAY, DISPLAYING THE DESCRIPTION OF EACH NEW FILE IT WORKS ON.
╫HEN THE OPERATION IS COMPLETE, YOU ARE RETURNED TO THE
╨ACK/╒NPACK/╤UIT DIALOG BOX. ╧NE FINAL NOTE ABOUT THE PACKING
OPERATIONS. ╞OR THE FILENAME, ╟┼╧╙ USES STANDARD ┴╙├╔╔, AND THE 64/128
USES ├OMMODORE ┴╙├╔╔. ╙TANDARD ┴╙├╔╔ LOWERCASE CHARACTERS CAN'T BE
ACCESSED WHEN THE COMPUTER IS THINKING IN ├OMMODORE ┴╙├╔╔, SO TO MAKE
YOUR LIFE EASIER, GEO╠YNX CONVERTS ALL THE CHARACTERS INTO ╟┼╧╙
UPPERCASE CHARACTERS, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED LOWERCASE IN ├OMMODORE
┴╙├╔╔. (EXAMPLE: BEFORE GEO╠YNX: "GEO╫RITE". AFTER GEO╠YNX, ╟┼╧╙ SEES:
"╟┼╧╫╥╔╘┼", AND ├OMMODORE SEES: "GEOWRITE".)
4. ─ISK ┼RRORS
--------------
╒NDER NORMAL OPERATIONS, GEO╠YNX WILL PERFORM WITHOUT A HITCH. ╘HE
PROGRAM CHECKS FOR DISK ERRORS WHENEVER IT ATTEMPTS TO WRITE A BLOCK
TO THE DISK, BUT DOESN'T BOTHER WHEN READING. ╔F A DISK ERROR OCCURS,
THE ENTIRE OPERATION IS ABORTED, ALL THE FILES ARE DESELECTED, AND YOU
ARE SHOWN WHAT THE ╟┼╧╙ ╦ERNAL THINKS THE ERROR IS. ╔F THE ERROR
OCCURRED IN A FILE, THEN THE FILE IS LIKELY TO BE CORRUPT. ╔F YOU'RE
GEO╠YNX ╓ERSION 2.0 ╨AGE 4 ╞EBRUARY 1991
╙TEPHEN ╓AN ┼GMOND 360 ╞RONT ╥OAD ╠A╙ALLE, ╧NTARIO, ├ANADA
SLICK WITH A DISK EDITOR, YOU COULD CONCEIVABLY RECOVER THE FILE;
REFER TO THE NEXT SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE FILE FORMAT.
5. GEO╠YNX ╞ILE ╞ORMAT (ADVANCED USERS)
----------------------
╟┼╧╙ SUPPORTS TWO FILE FORMATS: ╙EQUENTIAL AND ╓╠╔╥ (FOR ╓ARIABLE
╠ENGTH ╔NDEXED ╥ECORD). GEO╠YNX DOESN'T CARE WHICH ONE YOU ARE WORKING
WITH; THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT THE ╙EQUENTIAL FILES
ARE GEO╠YNXED CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN ╓╠╔╥, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE
BLOCK OF THE ╓╠╔╥ FILE MUST BE VISITED FOR ACCURATE INFORMATION. ╫HAT
FOLLOWS IS A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT GEO╠YNX DOES TO EACH FILE TYPE, AND
WHAT'S LOCATED WHERE.
╙EQUENTIAL FILE FORMAT.
┬LOCK ╔NDEX ─ESCRIPTION
===== ===== ==========================================================
1 GEO╠YNX INFORMATION BLOCK, NULL-FILLED EXCEPT FOR:
1-2 ╨OINTER TO NEXT BLOCK.
3-31 ╧RIGINAL DIRECTORY ENTRY OF FILE.
64-73 GEO╠YNX INDICATOR ("GEO╠YNX FORMAT V1.0").
128- ╓ARIABLE LENGTH FILE DESCRIPTION.
2 ╧RIGINAL HEADER BLOCK-SEE ╟┼╧╙ ╨ROG╥EF╟UIDE FOR DETAILS.
1-2 ╨OINTER TO FIRST BLOCK OF THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
3- ╘HE COMPLETE ╟┼╧╙ PROGRAM.
╓╠╔╥ FILE FORMAT.
┬LOCK ╔NDEX ─ESCRIPTION
===== ======= ========================================================
1 GEO╠YNX INFORMATION BLOCK, NULL-FILLED EXCEPT FOR:
0-1 ╨OINTER TO NEXT BLOCK.
2-30 ╧RIGINAL DIRECTORY ENTRY OF FILE.
63-72 GEO╠YNX INDICATOR ("GEO╠YNX FORMAT V1.0").
127- ╓ARIABLE LENGTH FILE DESCRIPTION.
2 ╧RIGINAL HEADER BLOCK-SEE ╟┼╧╙ ╟UIDE FOR DETAILS.
0-1 ╨OINTER TO ╓╠╔╥ RECORD INFORMATION BLOCK.
3 ┬LOCK WITH DETAILED INFO ABOUT RECORDS; NULL EXCEPT:
0-1 ╨OINTER TO FIRST BLOCK OF FIRST USED ╓╠╔╥ RECORD.
2N ╠ENGTH, IN BLOCKS, OF RECORD # N.
2N+1 ╬UMBER OF BYTES IN LAST BLOCK OF RECORD # N.
4- ╘HE COMPLETE FILE, WITH EACH ╓╠╔╥ RECORD CHAINED ONE
AFTER THE OTHER.
┴ CERTAIN ASPECT OF THE ╓╠╔╥ STRUCTURE DESERVES MENTION. ╔N THE ╓╠╔╥
RECORD INFO BLOCK, ╔ RECORD THE LENGTH OF THE BLOCK AND THE NUMBER OF
BYTES IN THE LAST BLOCK; THE LENGTH OF THE RECORD IS NECESSARY BECAUSE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECORDS IN THE GEO╠YNXED FILE IS NOT OBVIOUS,
AND A COUNTER IS NEEDED. ╘HE LENGTH OF THE FINAL BLOCK IS REQUIRED
BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION IS NORMALLY LOCATED IT BYTE #1 OF THE FINAL
GEO╠YNX ╓ERSION 2.0 ╨AGE 5 ╞EBRUARY 1991
╙TEPHEN ╓AN ┼GMOND 360 ╞RONT ╥OAD ╠A╙ALLE, ╧NTARIO, ├ANADA
BLOCK. ╙INCE BYTE #1 IS OVERWRITTEN WITH THE LINK TO THE NEXT RECORD,
IF ANY, ╔ ALSO NEED TO PRESERVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. ╔T'S FOR
THIS REASON THAT THE ENTIRE ╓╠╔╥ RECORD HAS TO BE READ THROUGH WHILE
GEO╠YNXING THE FILE.
╞ROM THE ABOVE TABLE, IT'S ALSO OBVIOUS THAT THE ╟┼╧╙ ╙EQUENTIAL FILES
ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO BE THE EXACT LENGTH AFTER TRANSMISSION OVER THE
MODEM, BECAUSE OF PADDING BROUGHT IN BY SUCH PROTOCOLS AS ╪═ODEM. ╔F ╔
WERE TO IMPLEMENT A MEANS TO MAINTAIN A PRECISE LENGTH, IT WOULD MEAN
SCANNING THE ENTIRE FILE, AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPEED HAS TO
MAINTAINED. ╘HUS, IF YOUR FILES SEEM TO GROW BY UP TO 128 BYTES EACH
TIME YOU TRANSMIT THEM, ╔ ADVISE YOU TO USE A DECENT PROTOCOL OR
TERMINAL PROGRAM.
╙YNOPSIS OF OPERATIONS:
╙┼╤ ╞ILE: ╞IND FILE; ╬OTE HEADER & FIRST BLOCK LOCATIONS; ╥EAD
DESCRIPTION; ╞IND, ALLOCATE AND WRITE DESCRIPTION BLOCK, MAKING IT
POINT TO HEADER; ╥EAD HEADER, MAKE IT POINT TO THE FIRST BLOCK; ═ODIFY
DIRECTORY ENTRY, POINT TO DESCRIPTION BLOCK, AND WRITE THE NEW ONE.
╓╠╔╥ ╞ILE: ╞IND FILE; ╬OTE HEADER & FIRST BLOCK LOCATIONS; ╥EAD
DESCRIPTION; ╞IND, ALLOCATE AND WRITE DESCRIPTION BLOCK, MAKING IT
POINT TO HEADER; ╥EAD HEADER, MAKE IT POINT TO THE ╓╠╔╥ INDEX BLOCK;
═ODIFY DIRECTORY ENTRY, POINT TO DESCRIPTION BLOCK, AND WRITE IT; ╞IND
LOCATION OF FIRST ╓╠╔╥ RECORD; ═AKE ╓╠╔╥ INDEX BLOCK POINT TO IT;
(*)├OUNT NUMBER OF BLOCKS IN THIS RECORD; ╒PDATE NUMBER OF BLOCKS AND
NUMBER-OF-BYTES-IN-LAST-RECORD INFO IN ╓╠╔╥ INDEX BLOCK; ╠OOP TO (*)
UNTIL THE WHOLE FILE IS DONE; ╫RITE ╓╠╔╥ INDEX BLOCK.
6. ╫HAT ╘HE ╞UTURE ╚OLDS
------------------------
╘HIS IS REALLY MY FIRST OFFICIAL ╙HAREWARE RELEASE. ╔ DON'T KNOW WHAT
┬ERKELEY DID WITH MY ─IALOG ┬OX ┼DITOR, BUT ╔ SUSPECT IT'S OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE. ╔'M WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS, SOME OF THEM GEO╨ROGRAMMER
HELPERS, SOME OF THEM NOT. ╘HE ─IALOG ┬OX ┼DITOR IS AT ╓1.6. ╔'VE
WRITTEN A GEO╨ROGRAMMER LABEL DUMPER FOR ALL YOU POOR FOLKS WITHOUT A
╥┴═ EXPANDER FOR THEIR GEO─EBUGGER. ╔'VE WRITTEN A PROGRAM WHICH, IN A
WAY, COMBINES THE ┴SSEMBLER AND ╠INKER INTO A SINGLE OPERATION, SO YOU
DON'T HAVE TO TO RETURN TO THE ─ESK╘OP TO GO BETWEEN THE TWO. ╔ WILL
BE WRITING, SOON, A GEO╨ROGRAMMER FILE EDITOR THAT WILL SAVE US FROM
THE SLOWNESS OF USING A GRAPHIC-BASED PROGRAM EDITOR THAT SHOULD NEVER
HAVE BEEN USED FOR GEO╨ROGRAMMER (I.E. GEO╫RITE). ╔ WILL ALSO BE
RELEASING AN 80-COLUMN [!] COLOR/GRAPHICS TERMINAL PROGRAM FOR THE 64.
╔F YOU WANT TO GET IN ON THESE FINE PROGRAMS AND THEIR DOCUMENTATION,
THEN DO THE RIGHT THING AND SUPPORT SHAREWARE. ═AKE YOUR DONATION
WORTH YOUR TROUBLE AND MINE. ─OUBLE-DIGIT DONATIONS WILL BE THANKED
WITH A DISK CONTAINING ALL THE NEWEST VERSIONS OF MY PROGRAMS.
╔ CAN BE REACHED IN THE ╫╫╔╓╬ET PROBABLY AT 13@5954, IF THE NODE EVER
GOES UP. ╔F IT DOESN'T, ╔'LL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 595X GROUP, AND ONE
OF THE SYSOPS SHOULD KNOW ME AS ╨OWER ╙TATION OR ├HRONOLOGICAL ╧RDER.
GEO╠YNX ╓ERSION 2.0 ╨AGE 6 ╞EBRUARY 1991
╙TEPHEN ╓AN ┼GMOND 360 ╞RONT ╥OAD ╠A╙ALLE, ╧NTARIO, ├ANADA