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╥┴═─╧╙ ][
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├OPYRIGHT (C) 1986
├OMMODORE ┼LECTRONICS, ╔NC.
2═B ╨ATCH BY ┴NDREW ┼. ═ILESKI 1991
┴LIAS '╥ECURSION'
┬OY IT'S NICE TO SEE 8158 ┬╠╧├╦╙ ╞╥┼┼!
╥E: ╞INAL ╓ERSION
-----------------
╫ELL, IT'S FINALLY HERE! ╞ULL SUPPORT
FOR ALL EXPANDED ╥┼╒S. ╔ CALL IT
'╥┴═─╧╙α][' TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IT
SUPPORTS 2═B ╥┼╒S, AS WELL AS ALL OTHER
SMALL AND BIG ONES UP TO 8 ═B!
╞IRST OFF, ╔ WANT TO THANK ALL MY ┬┼╘┴
TESTERS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO HELP ME
STAMP OUT ALL THE BUGS (??). ╔ COULDN'T
POSSIBLY TORTURE TEST THIS PROGRAM
COMPLETELY MYSELF. ╘HANKS ╠ARRY ┼AMER,
╥AYMOND ─AY, AND '╬INJA ╚AWK'.
╥E: ╥┴═─╧╙
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╘HE ORIGINAL ╥┴═─╧╙ IS AN EXTREMELY
COMPLEX PROGRAM THAT MAKES SOME COPY
PROTECTED STUFF LOOK SIMPLE. ╔ SUPPOSE
THIS WAS DONE FOR SPEED, AND TO
CONSERVE MEMORY.
═Y CONCLUSION:
╥┴═─╧╙ WAS WRITTEN BY A BRILLANT
PROGRAMMER, WHO WAS PROBABLY ON ┴├╔─
AT THE TIME! ;)
╙ERIOUSLY, IT WAS NOTT FUN FIGURING THE
PATCH OUT...
╥E: ╘HE ╨ATCH
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╙O WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG??
╫ELL FOR STARTERS, THE ROUTINES CAUSING
TROUBLE ARE AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE
PROGRAM. ╔ FIRST TRIED A BRUTE FORCE
METHOD OF ATTACK TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM,
AND ╔ SUDDENLY HAD A MOMENT OF
BRILLIANCE (THEY DON'T HAPPEN TOO
OFTEN...) WHEN ╔ REALIZED, AT 5:42
IN THE MORNING, WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS
AND HOW SIMPLE IT WAS TO MAKE A PATCH.
╔ BANGED MY HEAD AGAINST THE WALL
SEVERAL TIMES, THEN HAPPILY PASSED-OUT
FROM EXHAUSTION...
╥E: ╥┴═─╧╙ ][
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╥┴═─╧╙ ][ ISN'T PERFECT; IT STILL HAS
ALL THE QUIRKS OF THE ORIGINAL ╥┴═─╧╙.
╔F ╥┴═─╧╙ WORKED FOR YOU THOUGH, SO
SHOULD ╥┴═─╧╙ ][.
╥┴═─╧╙ ][ IS COMPOSED OF THREE PROGRAMS
╥┴═─╧╙.┬┴╙ - ┴ SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
┬┴╙╔├ LOADER.
╥┴═─╧╙64.┬╔╬4.3 - ╘HE ACTUAL ╥┴═─╧╙ ][
├64 MACHINE CODE.
(BASED ON ╓4.2)
╥┴═─╧╙128.┬╔╬4.5 - ╘HE ┴CTUAL ╥┴═─╧╙ ][
├128 MACHINE CODE.
(BASED ON ╓4.4)
╩UST LOAD AND RUN THE ┬┴╙╔├ LOADER AS
USUAL. ╔F YOU USE ╙UPER ╙NAPSHOT, YOU
CAN CHOOSE THE OPTION NOT TO RESTORE
THE ╔/╧ VECTORS. ╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO
USE HIGH SPEED ╠╧┴─S AND ╙┴╓┼S ON THE
SERIAL BUS.
╔'VE ALSO INCLUDED A UNIVERSAL FILE
COPY PROGRAM, IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE
ONE. ╩UST LOAD AND RUN; IT IS PRETTY
SIMPLE TO USE.
╥E: ├64 ╥╙-232 ╨ATCH
-----------------
╞OR THOSE WITH ┬┬╙ OR TERMINAL SOFTWARE
THAT WANT TO USE A ╥┴═─╔╙╦, YOU MAY
NEED TO ADD A PATCH. ╘HIS PATCH GOES ON
THE INTERFACE PAGE AT $XX╞1. ╘HE PATCH
MUST BE INSTALLED ONLY ┴╞╘┼╥ YOU HAVE
INITIALIZED THE ╥┴═─╔╙╦. ╘HIS PATCH IS
INTENDED FOR THE ├╧╠╧╥64 ┬┬╙! ╔T SHOULD
WORK WITH MOST 'BEHAVED' MODEM PROGRAMS
THOUGH.
─┼├ $─├03 ;─ISABLE ╙╘╧╨ KEY.
╠─┴ $02┴1 ;├HECK IF ╥╙-232 ENABLES SHOW
┴╬─ #$01 ;THE PORT IS ACTIVE, AND WAIT
┬╬┼ $╞9 ;UNTIL THE PORT IS NOT BUSY.
╙╘┴ $─030 ;╙ELECT 1═HZ ═ODE ON ├128.
╨╠┴ ;─ONE.
╥╘╙
╘HIS PATCH MAY HAVE TO BE CHANGED ON A
├128 RUNNING IN NATIVE MODE, SINCE THE
╥╙-232 ENABLES ARE PROBABLY AT A
DIFFERENT SPOT.
╘HANKS GO TO ╠ARRY ┼AMER FOR GETTING
THIS PATCH!
╥E: ├OPYRIGHTS
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╥┴═─╧╙ IS COPYRIGHTED BY ├OMMODORE, AND
MY PATCHES ARE ALSO COPYRIGHTED!
╔ OFFER MY PATCHES AS ╙HAREWARE, AND
ASK FOR A DONATION OF AT LEAST $5 FOR
ALL MY HARD WORK. ╔T WASN'T EASY.
╘HANKYOU.
╔F YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, OR IDEAS,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME TOO!
┴NDREW ┼. ═ILESKI
╔T'S PRONOUNCED SOMETHING LIKE
'═ILL-┼-SKI'
SHORT ┼ LIKE IN 'W┼ST'
210-180 ╠EES ┴VENUE
╧TTAWA, ╧NTARIO
├ANADA ╦1╙ 5╩6
╞EEL FREE TO ┼-═AIL ME AT:
╥ECURSION - ON ╤UANTUM ╠INK
70233,3505 - ON ├OMPUSERVE
467269@╒╧╘╘┴╫┴ - ON ┬ITNET