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- ─ISK ─OCTOR ├16 & ╨LUS/4
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- ├OMMODORE ┬USINESS ═ACHINES ╠IMITED
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- ╧CTOBER 1984
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- ─ISK ─OCTOR ─OCUMENTATION
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- ─ISK ─OCTOR ╔NSTRUCTION ═ANUAL
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- ╘ABLE OF ├ONTENTS
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- ├ONTENTS ╨AGE
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- 1.0 ╔NTRODUCTION ................... 3
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- 2.0 ╠OADING AND ╥UNNING ╔NSTRUCTIONS 4
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- 3.0 ├OMMANDS ....................... 5
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- 3.┴ ├HANGE BYTE UNDER CURSOR .. 5
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- 3.┬ ╘EXT MODE ................. 5
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- 3.├ ─RIVE TO ACCESS ........... 6
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- 3.─ ╒NIT TO ACCESS ............ 6
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- 3.┼ ┬LOCK ..................... 7
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- 3.╞ ╔NCREMENT SECTOR............ 7
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- 3.╟ ─ECREMENT SECTOR............ 7
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- 3.╚ ╤UIT ...................... 8
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- 3.╔ ╙TOP ...................... 8
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- 3.╩ ╩UMP ...................... 8
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- 3.╦ ╬EXT ...................... 8
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- 3.╠ ╥EWRITE SECTOR ............ 9
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- 3.═ ╨RINT THE SECTOR .......... 9
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- 3.╬ ╚ELP ...................... 10
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- 3.╧ ╞1 ........................ 10
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- 3.╨ ╞4 ........................ 10
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- 3.╤ ╞2 ........................ 11
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- 3.╥ ╞5 ........................ 11
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- 3.╙ ╞7 ........................ 11
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- 4.0 ┼XAMPLES ....................... 12
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- ─ISK ─OCTOR ─OCUMENTATION
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- 1.0 ╔NTRODUCTION
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- ╘HE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM '─ISK ─OCTOR' IS TO ALLOW EASY
- MANIPULATION OF DATA AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS ON FLOPPY
- DISKETTES. ╘HE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM HAS INTENTIONALLY
- BEEN KEPT SIMPLE TO ALLOW MORE USERS THE ABILITY TO MAKE USE
- OF IT'S CAPABILITIES. ┴LTHOUGH THE USE OF THE PROGRAM HAS
- BEEN KEPT SIMPLE THE DATA THAT CAN BE ALTERED ON THE FLOPPY
- IS IN A SPECIFIC ORDER. ╧NE OF THE BEST SOURCES OF
- INFORMATION ABOUT HOW DATA IS WRITTEN AND STORED ON A FLOPPY
- DISKETTE IS THE MANUAL WHICH CAME WITH YOUR DISK DRIVE.
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- ╘HIS PROGRAM HAS THE POWER TO RUIN DISKETTES AS WELL AS
- RECLAIM INFORMATION FROM THEM. ╔T IS FOR THIS REASON THAT
- WE STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE DIRECTORY
- STRUCTURE AND FILE CHAINING FORMAT COVERED IN YOUR DISK DRIVE
- MANUAL.
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- ╘HROUGHOUT THIS MANUAL YOU WILL SEE '[RETURN]' THIS INDICATES
- THAT THE RETURN KEY SHOULD BE DEPRESSED.
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- 2.0 ╠OADING AND ╥UNNING ╔NSTRUCTIONS
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- '─╔╙╦ ─╧├╘╧╥.╘┼─' WILL WORK ON THE ├OMMODORE 16 AND ├OMMODORE
- ╨LUS/4 COMPUTERS AND IS WRITTEN IN MACHINE LANGUAGE WITH A
- ONE LINE BASIC DRIVER. ╔N THIS WAY LOADING IS VERY SIMPLE AS
- FOLLOWS :
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- ─╠╧┴─ "─╔╙╦ ─╧├╘╧╥.╘┼─" [RETURN]
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- ╘HIS STATEMENT WILL LOAD THE PROGRAM INTO THE MEMORY SPACE
- NORMALLY OCCUPIED BY BASIC PROGRAMS. ╔F YOU WERE TO ASK FOR
- A '╠╔╙╘ [RETURN]' YOU WOULD SEE :
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- 16 SYS (4128)
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- ╘O START '─ISK ─OCTOR' TYPE IN '╥╒╬ [RETURN].' ┴T THIS POINT
- YOU WILL SEE A SCREEN WITH THE TITLE OF THE PROGRAM, A FEW
- INSTRUCTONS AND YOU ARE READY TO GO.
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- ╘HERE ARE SEVERAL COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS THAT ─ISK ─OCTOR CAN
- PERFORM. ╔F YOU ARE JUST GETTING STARTED AND WISH TO
- EXPERIMENT, USE A DISKETTE WHICH DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY
- VALUABLE INFORMATION. ┴LTERING INFORMATION ON THE DISKETTE
- CAN CORRUPT THE ENTIRE DISKETTE.
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- ╘HE COMMANDS IN SECTION 3.0 OF THIS MANUAL WILL DETAIL WHAT
- EACH OF THE COMMANDS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING. ╔N EVERY COMMAND
- AS A PRECAUTION THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY WILL EXIT THE COMMAND WITHOUT
- THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMAND TAKING PLACE.
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- ╬╧╘┼ : ─ISK ─OCTOR CAN IRREPARABLY MODIFY A DISKETTE'S DATA.
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- 3.0 ├OMMANDS
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- 3.┴ '@' ├HANGE BYTE UNDER CURSOR
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- ╘HE CHANGE BYTE UNDER CURSOR IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE
- '@' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE CHANGE BYTE COMMAND IS CALLED A PROMPT IS PRINTED IN
- THE MESSAGE BUFFER UNDER THE DATA BOX AS FOLLOWS :
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- ├╚┴╬╟┼ ┬┘╘┼ ╬┼╫ ╓┴╠╒┼ [─/$╚]=
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- ╘HE PROGRAM NOW WANTS YOU TO INPUT EITHER A DECIMAL VALUE
- BETWEEN 0-255 [RETURN] OR A HEXIDECIMAL VALUE BETWEEN 00-FF
- PRECEEDED BY A '$' FOLLOWED BY [RETURN]. ┴FTER INPUTTING THE
- VALUE THE PROGRAM WILL CHANGE THAT BYTE UNDER THE CURSOR ON
- THE SCREEN, CHANGE THIS CHARACTER'S COLOR TO RED AND CHANGE
- THE BYTE IN THE DISK DRIVE BUFFER. ╘HIS CHANGE WILL NOT BE
- WRITTEN TO THE FLOPPY DISKETTE UNTIL THE EXECUTION OF THE '╥
- REWRITE' COMMAND DISCUSSED LATER IN SECTION 3.╠. ╘HE ├HANGE
- BYTE COMMAND CAN BE EXITED WITH THE USE OF THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY.
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- 3.┬ '╘' ╘EXT MODE
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- ╘HE TEXT MODE IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'T' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE TEXT MODE COMMAND IS CALLED THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR
- BECOMES ORANGE AND A PROMPT IS PRINTED IN THE MESSAGE BUFFER
- UNDER THE DATA BOX AS FOLLOWS :
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- ╘┼╪╘ ═╧─┼ : ╨RESS ╥ETURN TO ┼XIT
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- ╘HE PROGRAM NOW ALLOWS YOU TO ALTER THE DATA BY SIMPLY TYPING
- ON THE KEYBOARD. ─ATA MAY BE TYPED IN UPPER CASE OR LOWER
- CASE WITH REVERSE ON OR OFF. ┘OU MAY USE THE CURSOR KEYS TO
- POSITION THE CURSOR ANYWHERE IN THE DATA BOX. ┴S EACH BYTE
- IS TYPED THE BYTE IS CHANGED UNDER THE CURSOR ON THE SCREEN,
- THAT CHARACTER'S COLOR IS CHANGED TO RED AND THE BYTE IN THE
- DISK DRIVE BUFFER IS CHANGED. ┴S IN THE ├HANGE BYTE COMMAND
- THIS CHANGE WILL NOT BE WRITTEN TO THE FLOPPY DISKETTE UNTIL
- THE EXECUTION OF THE '╥ REWRITE' COMMAND DISCUSSED LATER IN
- SECTION 3.╠. ┴FTER STRIKING THE [RETURN] KEY TO EXIT THE
- ╘EXT MODE THE MESSAGE IS REMOVED FROM THE SCREEN AND THE
- BORDER COLOR RETURNED TO PURPLE. ╘HE ╘EXT MODE CAN ALSO BE
- EXITED BY USING THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY.
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- 3.├ '─' ─RIVE TO ACCESS
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- ╘HE ─RIVE COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'D' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE DRIVE COMMAND IS CALLED THE CURSOR WILL BE FLASHING
- ON THE NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF ─RIVE IN THE UPPER INFORMATION
- BOX. ┴T THIS POINT YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS. ╧NE OPTION IS
- TO ENTER A '0' OR A '1' TO SPECIFY THE DRIVE TO ACCESS.
- ┴NOTHER OPTION IS TO ENTER 'U' TO CHANGE THE UNIT THAT THE
- PROGRAM WILL ACCESS. ╘HE 'U' COMMAND IS DETAILED IN THE NEXT
- SECTION 3.─. ╚ELP CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE DRIVE OPTION
- BY DEPRESSING THE '╚┼╠╨' KEY. ╔F THE NUMBER ALREADY CONTAINS
- THE VALUE YOU REQUIRE THEN SIMPLY STRIKE THE [RETURN] KEY AND
- THE PROGRAM WILL GO TO THE DISK DRIVE, GET THE DATA FROM THIS
- BLOCK AND DISPLAY IT ON THE SCREEN. ╘HE PROGRAM CAN ALSO BE
- EXITED BY USING THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY FROM THE DRIVE COMMAND.
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- 3.─ '╒' ╒NIT TO ACCESS
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- ╘HE ╒NIT COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'U' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE UNIT COMMAND IS CALLED THE CURSOR WILL BE FLASHING
- ON THE NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF '╒NIT' NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE
- SCREEN. ╘HE UNIT CAN BE ANY NUMBER FROM 8 TO 15 INCLUSIVE.
- ╔F YOU HAVE A SECOND DRIVE CONNECTED AS UNIT 9 THEN THIS
- COMMAND WILL INSTRUCT '─ISK ─OCTOR' TO ACCESS THAT DISK
- DRIVE. ╔F THE NUMBER ALREADY CONTAINS THE VALUE YOU REQUIRE
- THEN SIMPLY STRIKE THE [RETURN] KEY.
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- 3.┼ '┬' ┬LOCK
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- ╘HE ┬LOCK COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'B' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE BLOCK COMMAND IS CALLED THE CURSOR WILL BE FLASHING
- ON THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE TWO DIGIT NUMBER TO THE RIGHT
- OF '╘RACK' IN THE UPPER INFORMATION BOX. ╘HE PROGRAM IS NOW
- WAITING FOR YOU TO INPUT A TRACK NUMBER. ┴FTER THE TRACK HAS
- BEEN INPUT THE CURSOR IMMEDIATELY MOVES TO THE TWO DIGIT
- NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF '╙ECTOR' IN THE UPPER INFORMATION BOX.
- ╘HE PROGRAM IS NOW WAITING FOR YOU TO INPUT A SECTOR NUMBER.
- ╫HEN THE BLOCK HAS BEEN INPUT (IE. ╘RACK AND ╙ECTOR) THE
- PROGRAM WILL GO TO THE DISK DRIVE , GET THE DATA FROM THE NEW
- BLOCK AND DISPLAY IT ON THE SCREEN. ╘HE PROGRAM CAN ALSO BE
- EXITED BY USING THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY WHILE INPUTTING THE TRACK OR
- SECTOR.
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- 3.╞ '+' ╔NCREMENT SECTOR
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- ╘HE ╔NCREMENT SECTOR COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '+'
- KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE INCREMENT SECTOR COMMAND IS CALLED THE YOU WILL SEE
- THE TWO DIGIT NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF '╙ECTOR' IN THE UPPER
- INFORMATION BOX BECOME INCREMENTED BY ONE. ┴FTER THIS
- INCREMENT THE PROGRAM WILL GO TO THE DISK DRIVE , GET THE
- DATA FROM THE NEW BLOCK AND DISPLAY IT ON THE SCREEN. ╘HIS
- COMMAND IS USEFUL IF YOU WANT TO LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THE
- SECTORS IN A PARTICULAR TRACK.
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- 3.╟ '-' ─ECREMENT SECTOR
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- ╘HE ─ECREMENT SECTOR COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '-'
- KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE DECREMENT SECTOR COMMAND IS CALLED THE YOU WILL SEE
- THE TWO DIGIT NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF '╙ECTOR' IN THE UPPER
- INFORMATION BOX BECOME DECREMENTED BY ONE. ┴FTER THIS
- DECREMENT THE PROGRAM WILL GO TO THE DISK DRIVE , GET THE
- DATA FROM THE NEW BLOCK AND DISPLAY IT ON THE SCREEN. ╘HE
- DECREMENT COMMAND WILL ONLY DECREMENT THE SECTOR TO A VALUE
- OF 00. ╘HIS COMMAND IS USEFUL IF YOU WANT TO LOOK THROUGH
- ALL OF THE SECTORS IN A PARTICULAR TRACK.
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- 3.╚ '╤' ╤UIT
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- ╘HE ╤UIT COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'Q' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE QUIT FUNCTION IS CALLED ALL OF THE DISK FILES ARE
- CLOSED AND CONTROL IS RETURNED TO DIRECT BASIC MODE.
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- ╘HE ╙TOP COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '╙╘╧╨' KEY.
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- ╘HIS COMMAND IS IDENTICAL TO THE ╤UIT COMMAND. ╫HEN THE STOP
- FUNCTION IS CALLED ALL OF THE DISK FILES ARE CLOSED AND
- CONTROL IS RETURNED TO THE DIRECT BASIC MODE.
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- 3.╩ '╩' ╩UMP
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- ╘HE ╩UMP COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'J' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE ╩UMP COMMAND IS CALLED THE TRACK AND SECTOR FOR THE
- BLOCK ARE READ FROM THE BYTE UNDER THE CURSOR AND THE NEXT
- BYTE RESPECTIVELY. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL GO TO THE DISK DRIVE ,
- GET THE DATA FROM THE NEW BLOCK AND DISPLAY IT ON THE SCREEN.
- ╘HIS COMMAND IS USEFUL WHEN FOLLOWING THE FORWARD LINKS OF A
- FILE STARTING FROM A DIRECTORY ENTRY.
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- ╘HE ╬EXT COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'N' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE ╬EXT COMMAND IS CALLED THE TRACK AND SECTOR FOR THE
- BLOCK ARE READ FROM BYTE 0 AND BYTE 1 RESPECTIVELY. ╘HE
- PROGRAM WILL GO TO THE DISK DRIVE , GET THE DATA FROM THE NEW
- BLOCK AND DISPLAY IT ON THE SCREEN. ╘HIS COMMAND IS VERY
- USEFUL WHEN FOLLOWING THE FORWARD LINKS OF A FILE.
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- 3.╦ '╥' ╥EWRITE ┬LOCK TO ╞LOPPY
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- ╘HE ╥EWRITE COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'R' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE CHANGE BYTE COMMAND IS CALLED A PROMPT IS PRINTED IN
- THE MESSAGE BUFFER UNDER THE DATA BOX AS FOLLOWS :
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- ╥┼╫╥╔╘┼ ┬╠╧├╦ ┴╥┼ ┘╧╒ ╙╒╥┼ [Y/N]
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- ╘HE PROGRAM IS NOW WAITING FOR YOU TO ANSWER 'Y' TO CONTINUE.
- ╔F YOU ANSWER YES TO THIS PROMPT THE DATA FROM THE DATA BOX
- WILL BE WRITTEN TO THE FLOPPY DISKETTE IN IT'S PRESENT FORM
- WHETHER IT WAS ALTERED OR NOT. ╧F COURSE IF THE
- WRITE-PROTECT NOTCH IS COVERED THE ATTEMPT TO WRITE TO THE
- DISK WILL FAIL. ─EPRESSING ANY KEY (INCLUDING THE '╙╘╧╨'
- KEY) BUT THE 'Y' KEY WILL ABORT THE ╥EWRITE FUNCTION.
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- 3.═ '╨' ╨RINT THE SECTOR
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- ╘HE ╨RINT COMMAND IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE 'P' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE PRINT COMMAND IS CALLED A PROMPT IS PRINTED IN THE
- MESSAGE BUFFER UNDER THE DATA BOX AS FOLLOWS :
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- ╚┼╪ ─╒═╨ ╘╧ ╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ? [Y/N]
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- ╘HE PROGRAM IS NOW WAITING FOR YOU TO ANSWER 'Y' TO CONTINUE.
- ╔F YOU ANSWER YES TO THIS PROMPT THE PRINTER WILL PRINT THE
- HEXIDECIMAL VALUES AND OF THE DATA BOX AS WELL AS AN ┴╙├╔╔
- REPRESENTATION OF THE DATA. ╨RESSING ANY KEY OTHER THAN THE
- 'Y' KEY WILL ABORT THE PRINT FUNCTION.
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- ╔F THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PRINTER (IE. NOT CONNECTED OR
- TURNED OFF) A PROMPT WILL BE PRINTED IN THE MESSAGE BUFFER
- UNDER THE DATA BOX AS FOLLOWS :
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- ╔N THIS CASE DEPRESSING ANY KEY WILL RETURN YOU TO THE
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- ╘HE ╚ELP FUNCTION IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '╚┼╠╨' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE ╚ELP FUNCTION IS CALLED A SCREEN FULL OF INFORMATION
- CONTAINING A QUICK SUMMARY WILL APPEAR. ─EPRESSING ANY KEY
- AT THIS POINT WILL RETURN YOU TO WHERE YOU LEFT.
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- 3.╧ '╞1' ╞UNCTION ╦EY
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- ╘HE ╞1 FUNCTION IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '╞1' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE ╞1 FUNCTION IS CALLED, THIS WILL CAUSE THE PROGRAM
- TO READ AND DISPLAY ╘RACK 18 ╙ECTOR 00. ╘HIS IS A QUICK WAY
- TO DISPLAY THE FIRST BLOCK OF THE DIRECTORY FILE CHAIN.
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- 3.╨ '╞4' ╞UNCTION ╦EY
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- ╘HE ╞4 FUNCTION IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '╞4' KEY
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- ╫HEN THE ╞4 FUNCTION IS CALLED, THIS WILL CAUSE THE PROGRAM
- TO READ AND DISPLAY ╘RACK 18 ╙ECTOR 01. ╘HIS IS A QUICK WAY
- TO DISPLAY THE SECOND BLOCK OF THE DIRECTORY FILE CHAIN.
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- ╘HE ╞2 FUNCTION IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '╞2' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE ╞2 FUNCTION IS CALLED, THIS WILL CAUSE THE PROGRAM
- TO READ AND DISPLAY ╘RACK 01 ╙ECTOR 00. ╘HIS IS A QUICK WAY
- TO DISPLAY THE INNER MOST TRACK ON A 1541 DISK DRIVE.
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- ╘HE ╞5 FUNCTION IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '╞5' KEY.
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- ╫HEN THE ╞5 FUNCTION IS CALLED, THIS WILL CAUSE THE PROGRAM
- TO READ AND DISPLAY ╘RACK 35 ╙ECTOR 00. ╘HIS IS A QUICK WAY
- TO DISPLAY THE OUTER MOST TRACK ON A 1541 DISK DRIVE.
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- ╘HE ╞7 FUNCTION IS ENVOKED BY DEPRESSING THE '╞7' KEY.
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- RETURNS IN THE KEYBOARD BUFFER. ╘HIS IS USEFUL TO ACCEPT THE
- DEFAULTS FROM THE SCREEN WHEN INPUTTING THE BLOCK INFORMATION
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- ╘HE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE '─╔╙╦ ─╧├╘╧╥.╘┼─' COULD
- AID IN MANIPULATING AND RECLAIMING DATA ON A DISKETTE.
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- ╒NSCRATCH A SCRATCHED FILE
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- ╘HE FIRST EXAMPLE IS HOW TO UNSCRATCH AN INADVERTANTLY
- SCRATCHED FILE. ╥EFER TO THE DISK DRIVE MANUAL FOR DETAILS
- ON THE FILE TYPE BYTE IN THE DIRECTORY ENTRY.
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- ┴FTER A FILE IS SCRATCHED THE FILE TYPE BYTE IN THE DIRECTORY
- ENTRY IS CHANGED TO A VALUE OF ZERO (0). ┴LL OF THE DATA IN
- THAT FILE REMAINS ON THE DISK UNTOUCHED UNTIL ANOTHER FILE I
- WRITTEN ON THE DISK. ╙O IF YOU HAVE JUST SCRATCHED A FILE
- AND HAVE NOT WRITTEN ANOTHER TO THE DISK THE FOLLOWING WILL
- RECLAIM THE FILE AS GOOD AS NEW.
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- ╘HE FILE TYPE BYTE NEED ONLY BE CHANGED BACK TO THE NUMBER
- WHICH REPRESENTS IT'S FILE TYPE (IE. $81 SEQ, $82 PRG, $83
- USR, $84 REL) AND THEN ╓┴╠╔─┴╘┼ THE DISK TO ALLOCATE THE
- BLOCKS IN THE ┬LOCK ┴VAILABILITY ═AP (┬┴═) AND THE FILE HAS BEEN
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- ├HANGE ─ISKETTE ╬AME
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- ╘HE NAME OF THE DISKETTE IS STORED IN THE DIRECTORY TRACK 18
- SECTOR 00 OF A 1541 DISK DRIVE. ╒SING '─╔╙╦ ─╧├╘╧╥.╘┼─' YOU
- CAN MODIFY THE TITLE THAT THE DISK WAS GIVEN WHEN IT WAS
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- ╒SE THE PROGRAM TO DISPLAY TRACK 18 SECTOR 00 AND POSITION
- THE CURSOR TO BYTE 144 WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE 16
- CHARACTER DISKETTE NAME. ┼NTER THE ╘┼╪╘ MODE AND TYPE IN THE
- NEW DISKETTE NAME. ╫HEN YOU HAVE FINISHED ALTERING THE NAME
- DEPRESS [RETURN] TO EXIT THE ╘┼╪╘ MODE. ╘O MAKE THIS CHANGE
- PERMANENT USE THE ╥┼╫╥╔╘┼ FUNCTION DESCIRBED IN SECTION 3.╠.
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