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- ╘HESE ╨ROGRAMS ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
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- ╘HEY WERE DEVELOPED BY ╬6┼╙╓ FOR HIS
- OWN USE - AND ARE CONSTANTLY IN
- REVISION.
-
- ┴NY SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT WILL
- BE APPRECIATED.
-
- ╔F YOU WANT TO BE NOTIFIED OF REVISIONS
- PLEASE DROP AN ╙┴╙┼ TO ME AND ╔ WILL
- KEEP YOU POSTED.
-
- ╨╠┼┴╙┼ ┬┴├╦-╒╨ ╘╚╔╙ ─╔╙╦ ┬┼╞╧╥┼
- ╥╒╬╬╔╬╟ ┴╬┘ ╨╥╧╟╥┴═╙ ╘╧ ┴╓╧╔─
- ╨┼╥═┴╬┼╬╘ ┴├├╔─┼╬╘┴╠ ╠╧╙╙ ╧╞ ╨╥╧╟╥┴═╙.
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- ╘HIS DISK CONTAINS FIVE PROGRAM SETS-
-
- ─╒╨┼ - A HIGH SPEED CONTEST DUPING-
- . LOGGING PROGRAM SET.
-
- ─╪├├ - A ─╪ CALL SIGN AND ─╪├├ AWARDS
- . TRACKING PROGRAM SET.
-
- ╫┴╙ - A 5-BAND WORKED ALL STATES AWARDS
- . PROGRAM SET.
-
- ═╔╬╔═╒╞ - A PROPAGATION PREDICTION
- . PROGRAM BY ╦┼6╒┘.
-
- ├╧╬╘┼╙╘ ├┴╠┼╬─┴╥ - A PERPETUAL CONTEST
- . CALENDAR.
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-
- ╘HE PROGRAMS ARE WRITTEN ALMOST
- ENTIRELY IN ┬┴╙╔├ AND SHOULD BE EASY
- TO MODIFY. ╚OWEVER - PLEASE READ
- ANY PROGRAMMERS CAUTIONS IN THE
- PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE MODIFYING
- ANY ROUTINES.
-
- ┴LL PRINTER SEQUENCES IN THESE
- PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED FOR A
- ╟EMINI 10╪ PRINTER WITH A ╙TAR
- ═ICRONICS INTERFACE (AN ┴╙├╔╔
- PRINTER). ╙YSTEMS WITH ├OMMODORE
- PRINTERS OR OTHER INTERFACES
- WILL PROBABLY WORK ╧╦ BY REPLACING
- ANY ╧╨┼╬ 6 4 6 STEPS WITH ╧╨┼╬ 6 4 0
- OR ╧╨┼╬ 6 4 7
-
- ╘HE ╨ROGRAM SETS ARE DESCRIBED IN MORE
- DETAIL - WITH IMPORTANT OPERATING
- INSTRUCTIONS - IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES.
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- * ─╪├├ ╨╥╧╟╥┴═ ╙┼╘ *
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- ─╪├├ AND THE ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS--
- ─╪┼─╔╘ - ─╪╨╥╔╬╘ - AND ╠╨╥─╪ ARE A
- ─╪├├ CALL SIGN IDENTIFICATION AND
- ─╪├├ AWARDS TRACKING PROGRAM SET.
-
- ─╪├├ IS THE MAIN OPERATING PROGRAM.
- ╘HE OTHER PROGRAMS ARE UTILITIES.
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- ┘OU WILL FIND THE PROGRAM ──1 ON THE
- DISK. ╘HIS IS ACTUALLY THE DATA BASE
- FOR USE OF ─╪├├ AND IS STORED AS A
- PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS MACHINE LANGUAGE
- LOADED AND SAVED. ──1 INCLUDES-
-
- . ╘HE ┴╥╥╠ ─╪├├ COUNTRIES LIST.
-
- . ┴ CROSS REFERENCE TABLE FOR
- . ┴╥╥╠ ─╪├├ CALL SIGNS.
-
- . ╘HE INTERNATIONAL TABLE OF PREFIX
- . ALLOCATIONS.
-
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- ╘HIS REFERENCE TABLE IS OVER 13000
- BYTES OF INFORMATION. ╘HE SEARCH
- IS IN MACHINE LANGUAGE AND IS
- INSTANTANEOUS.
-
- ╘HE PROGRAM LOWERS THE UPPER MEMORY
- LIMIT TO ADDRESS 20990 AND USES
- 20992 TO 34545 TO STORE FILE ──1.
- ╘HE MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS USE
- ADDRESSES 49230 TO 49500 SO AVOID
- USING PROGRAMS WHICH OVERLAP ANY
- OF THESE AREAS.
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- ╘HE ONLY GLITCH IN THIS PROGRAM IS
- THAT THE MACHINE LANGUAGE SEARCH
- ROUTINE WILL NOT FIND ╞╧ PREFIXES.
- ╔ DON'T KNOW WHY.
- ╒SE #1╞╧ FOR ├LIPPERTON ╔SLAND AND
- #2╞╧ FOR ╞RENCH ╨OLYNESIA.
-
- ╘HE ┴NTARTICA ╨REFIXES ARE NOT CROSS-
- INDEXED. ╞┬8┘ WILL FIND ┴NTARTICA.
-
- ╘HE ONLY OTHER NON CROSS-INDEXED CALL
- SIGN ALLOCATIONS ARE THE ╒╙ CALLS.
- ╘HEY ARE ALL (INCLUDING ╒╙ ╨ACIFIC
- ╔SLAND CALLS) LISTED AS ╦***.
-
- ╞OR EXAMPLE - USE-
-
- . ╦6 FOR ╬6 ╫─6 ╫┴6 ETC.
- . ╦╚6 FOR ┴╚6 ╬╚6 ╫╚6 ETC.
-
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- ╔N THIS PROGRAM ENTER ANY CALL SIGN
- AND THE PROGRAM WILL TELL YOU-
-
- . 1. ╘HE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
- . 2. ╘HE ┴╥╥╠ LISTED PREFIX IN THE
- . ┴╥╥╠ OFFICIAL COUNTRIES LIST.
- . 3. ╘HE CONTINENT
- . 4. ╘HE ├╤─╪ ZONE AND THE ╔┴╥╒ ZONE.
- . 5. ╫HETHER YOU HAVE WORKED AND/OR
- . CONFIRMED THE COUNTRY.
-
- ┘OU ARE ALSO PROMPTED TO INPUT WORKED
- OR CONFIRMED TO UPDATE YOUR ─╪├├ COUNT.
-
- ╓ARIOUS SCREEN AND PRINTER REPORTS ARE
- INCLUDED.
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- ┘OU MUST RESAVE YOUR FILE FROM THE
- MAIN MENU AFTER UPDATING THE FILE.
- ╔T IS NOT AUTOMATIC.
-
- ╞OR A LISTING OF THE ──1 DATA BASE
- USE THE UTILITY PROGRAMS ─╪╨╥╔╬╘ FOR
- A SCREEN OUTPUT OR ╠╨╥─╪ FOR A
- PRINTER OUTPUT.
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- ╘HE UTILITY PROGRAM ─╪┼─╔╘ ALLOWS YOU
- TO ADD TO THE ──1 DATA BASE; BUT MAKE
- SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE OF
- THE DATABASE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO ADD
- TO OR CHANGE ──1.
-
- ╫HEN ADDING CALL SIGNS TO THE MAIN
- DATA BASE ALWAYS ADD $$$$ AS THE
- LAST ENTRY (IN PLACE OF THE CALL SIGN)
- AS THIS IS THE END OF FILE MARKER
- FOR THE MACHINE LANGUAGE SEARCH
- ROUTINE.
-
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- ┴ SCREEN OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE
- YOUR DATA BASE AS A SEQUENTIAL FILE.
- ╘HIS ROUTINE TAKES ABOUT SIX MINUTES
- INSTEAD OF THE 30 SECONDS REQUIRED
- FOR A MACHINE LANGUAGE LOAD.
-
-
- ┼╬─ ╧╞ ─╪├├ ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙
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- ╘HIS PROGRAM SET CONTAINS TWO
- PROGRAMS - ╫┴╙╠ AND ╫┴╙. ╘HESE
- PROGRAMS ARE ENTIRELY IN ┬┴╙╔├ AND
- SHOULD BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD.
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-
- ╘HE ╙TATE INFORMATION IS KEPT IN THE
- PROGRAM AS DATA STATEMENTS; THE 5-BAND
- ╙╙┬ - ├╫ TABLE IS KEPT AS THE
- SEQUENTIAL FILE ╫╧╥╦┼─ WHICH IS
- INITIALLY CREATED BY ╫┴╙╠ - A FAST
- SEQUENTIAL LOADER FOR YOUR FIRST
- DATA LOAD INTO THE ╫┴╙ SYSTEM. ╔F
- YOU FIND ╫┴╙╠ CUMBERSOME GIVEN YOUR
- LOG OR RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM - SIMPLY
- MAKE ONE ENTRY INTO ╫┴╙╠ AND THEN EXIT
- THROUGH THE PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS. ╘HIS
- WILL SET UP THE ╫╧╥╦┼─ SEQUENTIAL FILE.
- ┘OU ├┴╬╬╧╘ RUN ╫┴╙ WITHOUT FIRST
- RUNNING ╫┴╙╠.
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- ┴FTER THE INITIAL LOAD ╫┴╙ BECOMES THE
- UPDATE AND REPORT PROGRAM.
-
- ╘HE CALL SIGN WHICH WILL BE PRINTED
- AT THE TOP OF THE REPORTS IS CONTAINED
- IN THE FIRST STEP (10). ├HANGE THAT
- STEP TO REFLECT YOUR CALL SIGN.
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- ┼╬─ ╧╞ ╫┴╙ ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙
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- ─╒╨┼-╠╧╟ - ABBREVIATED AS ─╒╨┼ AND
- ─╒╨┼-1├ ON THE DISK - ARE CONTEST
- DUPING AND LOGGING PROGRAMS WITH
- MACHINE LANGUAGE (INSTANTANEOUS)
- SEARCH ROUTINES.
-
- ─╒╨┼ WILL CONTAIN UP TO 1000 CALLS
- WORKED WITHOUT GARBAGE COLLECTION
- AND 2000 CALLS WORKED WITH GARBAGE
- COLLECTION OR INTERMITTENT RE-LOAD.
- ┴ HANDY SCREEN INDICATOR TELLS YOU
- THE MEMORY SPACE REMAINING AT ANY
- TIME.
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- ─╒╨┼ DUPECHECKS ON THE CALL - BAND -
- AND MODE FOR CONTESTS WHICH ALLOW
- CREDIT FOR MULTIPLE CONTACTS ON THE
- SAME STATION. ─╒╨┼-1├ DUPECHECKS ON
- THE CALL SIGN ONLY FOR CONTESTS WHICH
- ALLOW ONLY ONE CONTACT PER STATION
- REGARDLESS OF BAND OR MODE. ╔F YOU
- DO NOT HAVE ─╒╨┼-1├ - THERE IS ONLY
- ONE DIFFERENCE FROM ─╒╨┼. ├HANGE THE
- 8 IN ─┴╘┴ PROGRAM STEP 2460 TO 5.
- ╘HEN RE-SAVE THE PROGRAM AS ─╒╨┼-1├.
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- ─╒╨┼ WILL ALSO CHECK PREFIXES FOR
- USE IN THE ╫╨╪ CONTESTS. ┴NY ENTRY
- OF LESS THAN 4 CHARACTERS WILL BE
- CHECKED AGAINST ALL PREFIXES WORKED
- AND A TWO SECOND SCREEN ENTRY WILL
- INDICATE A NEW OR DUPE PREFIX.
- ╘HE ENTIRE CALL SHOULD BE RE-ENTERED
- IF THE STATION IS TO BE WORKED.
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- ─╒╨┼ HAS A VARIETY OF OTHER NIFTY
- FEATURES:
-
- . 1. ┴ SOUND INDICATOR FOR NEW OR
- . DUPE.
-
- . 2. ┴N OPTION FOR DUPE ONLY OR
- . PRINTER PRINT LOG.
-
- . 3. ╧N SCREEN 24-HOUR REAL TIME
- . CLOCK RUN FROM THE ├64 ╙╔─
- . CHIPS (ACCURATE) - NOT ╘╔$.
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- . 4. ┴UTOMATIC DATE ADVANCE AT 00 ╒╘├.
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- ─╒╨┼ PROGRAM MODIFICATION CAUTIONS-
-
- ╘HE FIRST TWO STEPS OF THE PROGRAM
- MUST NOT BE MODIFIED AND NO STEPS
- MAY BE ADDED BEFORE OR BETWEEN THEM -
- OTHERWISE THE PROGRAM WILL NOT WORK.
- ╞OR THE TECHNICALLY ORIENTED - ┴$ MUST
- BE THE FIRST STRING ─╔═ENSIONED FOR
- THE MACHINE LANGUAGE SEARCH TO WORK.
- ─╒$ IN THE SECOND STEP IS A DUMMY
- SCRATCH PAD STRING USED BY THE MACHINE
- LANGUAGE SEARCH ROUTINE AND MUST BE AT
- THE PROPER HEX ADDRESS.
-
- ╘HE MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS RESIDE
- FROM ADDRESS 49152 TO 49850. ─O
- NOT USE PROGRAMS WHICH OVERLAP THESE
- ADDRESSES.
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- ═ORE ─╒╨┼ PROGRAM MODIFICATION
- CAUTIONS-
-
- ╘HE MACHINE LANGUAGE SEARCH ROUTINE
- GETS THE CALL SIGN - BAND - MODE -
- AND TIME FROM THE SCREEN DISPLAY FOR
- COMPARISON AGAINST THE FILE OF CALLS
- WORKED. ─O NOT ALTER THE SCREEN FORMAT
- IN A WAY WHICH MOVES THESE VARIABLES.
- #
-
- ╘HE SCREEN COLORS ARE DESIGNED FOR THE
- 1701 ├OMMODORE ├OLOR ═ONITOR. ╔F YOU
- HAVE A MONOCHROME MONITOR OR DON'T
- LIKE THE SCREEN COLORS - CHANGE STEPS
- 970 - BORDER AND BACKGROUND COLORS;
- 980 1940 2050 - MAIN CHARACTER COLOR
- 1260 - EMPHASIZED CHARACTER COLOR AND
- CLOCK.
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- ╔F YOU HAVE SOUND CAPABILITY FROM YOUR
- MONITOR OR ╘╓ THE SEARCH ROUTINE WILL
- PRODUCE A SHORT STEADY TONE FOR A NEW
- CALL OR A SHORT PULSE TONE FOR A DUPE
- CALL. ╘HIS FEATURE IS VERY USEFUL
- WHEN THE LOGGER IS SEPARATE FROM THE
- STATION OPERATOR.
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- ╘HE UTILITY PROGRAM ─╒╨┼-┼─╔╘ ALLOWS
- YOU TO EDIT THE FILE OF CALLS WORKED
- INCLUDING THE BAND - MODE- TIME
- DATE - OR EXCHANGE AFTER THE CONTEST IS
- OVER IN CASE YOU NOTED ANY ERRORS IN
- THE OUTPUT OF THE FILE.
-
- ╘HE UTILITY PROGRAM ─╒╨┼-╥╨╘ WILL
- PRINT YOUR DATA BASE EITHER -
-
- . 1. IN LOG ORDER.
- . 2. IN LOG FORMAT BUT ALPHA ORDER.
- . 3. IN ALPHA CHECK-LOG FORMAT.
-
- ╘HE ALPHABETIZING ROUTING IS IN
- MACHINE LANGUAGE AND IS EXTREMELY
- FAST. ╔T WILL ALPHABETIZE AT THE
- RATE OF 1000 ENTRIES PER SECOND.
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- ┼╬─ ╧╞ ─╒╨┼-╠╧╟ ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙
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- ═╔╬╔═╒╞ IS A PROPAGATION PREDICTION
- PROGRAM WHICH REQUIRES THE OPERATOR
- TO ENTER THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF
- THE TRANSMITTER (HIS STATION) AND THE
- RECEIVER (THE LOCATION OF THE STATION
- HE INTENDS TO CONTACT) AND THE DATE
- OF INTENDED CONTACT.
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- ╘HE PROGRAM WILL THEN PRINT GRAPHICALLY
- THE PROPAGATION CONDITIONS FOR THE
- DATE AND STATION INDICATED.
-
- ╘HE ORIGINAL PROGRAM BY ╦┼6╒┘ HAS
- BEEN MODIFIED BY ADDING A MACHINE
- LANGUAGE SCREEN DUMP AT THE BEGINNING
- OF THE PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS ╦┼6╒┘'S
- TABULAR AND GRAPHICS SCREEN DISPLAYS
- TO BE PRINTED TO AN ┴╙├╔╔ PRINTER.
- ╔ HAVE NOT TRIED THIS SCREEN DUMP
- ROUTINE ON A ├64 PRINTER.
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- ╘HE PROGRAM DOES NOT REQUIRE THE
- OPERATOR TO ENTER THE TRANSMITTER
- LOCATION OR COORDINATES EACH TIME
- THE PROGRAM IS RUN. ╙IMPLY PUT
- YOUR INFORMATION INTO STEP 340 AND
- RESAVE THE PROGRAM. ╞ROM THEN ON
- THE PROGRAM WILL KNOW YOUR INFORMATION.
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- ┼╬─ ╧╞ ═╔╬╔═╒╞ ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙
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- ╘HIS PROGRAM COMBINES A PERPETUAL
- CALENDAR WITH 1981-4 CONTEST SCHEDULES
- TO PREDICT THE CONTEST WEEKEND FOR
- REGULARLY SCHEDULED CONTESTS FOR ANY
- YEAR IN THE FUTURE.
-
- ╔T WILL PRINT EITHER TO THE SCREEN
- OR PRINTER.
-
- ╘HIS PROGRAM IS VERY NEW AND WILL
- TAKE A FEW YEARS TO VERIFY THE CONTEST
- DATES. ╘HE EXISTING DATES REFLECT
- INFORMATION PRINTED IN ╤╙╘ FOR 1981
- THROUGH 1984.
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