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─OCUMENTATION FOR ╞ILESPLITTER 128
╓ERSION 2.0 (┴PRIL 25, 1990)
╥ELEASED TO THE ├-128 USER COMMUNITY - ╨UBLIC ─OMAIN -
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╫HAT DOES ╞ILESPLITTER 128 DO?
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╘HIS PROGRAM WILL TAKE ANY SEQUENTIAL FILE AND CHOP IT UP INTO SMALLER
PACKAGES FOR WHATEVER ARCANE PURPOSES YOU DESIRE. ┴LL YOU DO IS SET
THE BYTE (PACKAGE) SIZE AND LET 'ER CRAWL (IT IS KINDA SLOW).
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┬ASICALLY, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS ANSWER THE FOUR PROMPTS:
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╬┴═┼ - INPUT THE FILENAME TO CHOP UP. ╔F YOU INPUT AN UP-ARROW (^), YOU
WILL BE TREATED TO A DIRECTORY OF DRIVE 8. ╔F YOU INPUT A POUND SIGN
(\), YOU WILL BE DROPPED OFF IN THE SEQUENTIAL FILE READER.
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┬┘╘┼╙ ╨┼╥ ╞╔╠┼ - ╚OW MANY BYTES (CHARACTERS) DO YOU WANT IN EACH PACKAGE?
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╠╔╬┼ ╠┼╬╟╘╚ - ╘HIS IS MISLEADING. ╞ILESPLITTER WILL GO UNTIL IT
ENCOUNTERS A CARRIAGE RETURN ┴╙ ╠╧╬╟ ┴╙ ╔╘ ╙┼┼╙ ╘╚┼ ├┴╥╥╔┴╟┼ ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ┬┼╞╧╥┼
╔╘ ╥┼┴├╚┼╙ ╘╚┼ ╠╔╬┼ ╠┼╬╟╘╚ ┘╧╒'╓┼ ╔╬╨╒╘. ╞OR INSTANCE, SETTING THE LINE
LENGTH TO 80 WHILE YOU'RE CHOPPING A FILE WITH CARRIAGE RETURNS AFTER
EVERY 40 CHARACTERS ISN'T GOING TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE RESULTING
FILES. ┴LL YOUR LINES WILL STILL BE 40 CHARACTERS LONG.
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╫HAT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE IS IF YOU SET, FOR INSTANCE, ╠╔╬┼ ╠┼╬╟╘╚ TO
40 AND THE FILE BEING PROCESSED HAS A CARRIAGE RETURN AT 80 CHARACTERS.
╘╚┼╬ YOUR RESULTING FILES WILL HAVE LINE LENGTHS OF 40 CHARACTERS.
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╔ HOPE THE PRECEEDING MAKES SENSE. ╔N OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T MAKE THE
RESULTING LINES ╠╧╬╟┼╥ THAN THE ORIGINAL LINES, BUT YOU CAN MAKE 'EM
SHORTER.
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─┼╙╘╔╬┴╘╔╧╬ ─╥╔╓┼ - THIS IS THE DRIVE YOU WANT THE NEWLY CHOPPED FILES
WRITTEN TO. ─RIVES 8, 9, 10 AND 11 SHOULD ALL WORK. ╔'VE TESTED THIS
PROGRAM WITH DRIVES 8 AND 9. ╙EEMS A LITTLE FASTER IF YOU USE TWO
DRIVES.
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┴S THE PROCESS PROCEEDS, YOU WILL SEE AN ┴├╘╔╓╔╘┘ ├╧╒╬╘┼╥ THAT BLINKS
ON AND OFF RAPIDLY. ╘HIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM IS WORKING
AND IS NOT OFF IN LA-LA LAND WITH BRAIN FADE. ╘HE CURRENT NEW FILE IS
DISPLAYED AS WELL.
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┬Y THE WAY, ALL RESULTING FILES ARE NAMED ╬┼╫╞╔╠┼ ╪, WHERE ╪ IS FROM
1 TO WHATEVER.
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╘HIS IS RELEASE 2.0 OF THIS PROGRAM. ╔'VE TRIED TO MAKE THE NEW VERSION
FASTER (AND IT IS), NICER LOOKING AND MORE USEFUL.
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╔'VE ADDED A DIRECTORY FEATURE FOR DRIVE 8 AND A SEQUENTIAL FILE READER
THAT WORKS ON DRIVES 8 - 11. ╘HE READER ROUTINE IS FROM ╥╒╬ ═┴╟┴┌╔╬┼'S
═┴╟╔├ COLUMN AND WAS WRITTEN BY ╫ILLIAM ├OLEMAN. ╘HE ROUTINE IS ╓┼╥┘
╓┼╥┘ FAST.
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╔ HOPE SOMEONE FINDS THIS PROGRAM OF USE. ╔F YOU WANNA MODIFY THE
HECK OUT OF IT - GO AHEAD.
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╘WO VERSIONS OF ╞ILESPLITTER 128 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ARCHIVE:
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╞╔╠┼╙╨╠╔╘-╓2 (THE 100% ┬┴╙╔├ VERSION) AND ╞╔╠┼╙╨╠╔╘.├╧═ (COMPILED WITH
THE ┬┴╙╔├ 128 COMPILER). ┴S YOU MIGHT SURMISE, THE COMPILED VERSION
IS A HECK OF A LOT FASTER.
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┼NJOY!
-┬OB ╟. ─ODSON