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═INI-═ANUAL
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╘HE TWO ROUTINES, REU2DISK AND DISK2REU APPEARED IN THE MOST
RECENT ISSUE OF '8 ┬ITS AND ├HANGE', A ├╨/═ MAGAZINE PUBLISHED
BY THE ╒SER ╟ROUP IN ├ONNECTICUT OF THE SAME NAME.
╘HE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE, A ├128 USER EXPLAINED THAT HE WROTE
THE ROUTINE TO MAKE A MIRROR IMAGE OF HIS 1750 (512K) ╥┼╒, SO
THAT HE COULD QUICKLY RECONSTRUCT THE ╥┼╒ FOR ├╨/═ USE WHILE
STILL IN 128 MODE. ╘HIS WOULD BE A LOT FASTER THAN COPYING
OVER ALL ITS MANY, MANY FILES, ONCE OPERATING WITH THE ├╨/═
SYSTEM. ┴S AN ADDED BENEFIT, HE USES SEVERAL 'COPIES' OF THE
╥┼╒, EACH SET UP WITH ITS OWN FILES FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS.
╘HE ROUTINE AS PUBLISHED WOULD NOT WORK FOR ME, AT FIRST,
UNTIL ╔ ADDED THE BANK SWITCHING WHICH WERE IN ONE ROUTINE,
BUT NOT THE OTHER. ╔T NOW WORKS FINE FOR A ├╨/═ ╥┼╒, AND IS
ESPECIALLY WELCOME WITH ╥┴═╠INK. ┴T PRESENT ╥╠ OFFERS LIMITED
├╨/═ SUPPORT. ╘HE RESULT: ├╨/═ FROM ╥╠ RUNS SLOW. ╘HIS
ROUTINE LETS ╥╠ QUICKLY (IN SECONDS) CONSTRUCT THE ╥┼╒, THEN
AFTER A ┬OOT INTO ├╨/═, PROFILE.SUB SWITCHES OVER TO A SUBMIT
IN THE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED ╥┼╒, AND THINGS RUN FAST.
╘HESE ROUTINES WORK EQUALLY AS WELL WITH ├╙/─╧╙ (THE
APPROPRIATE POKE TO 6000 IS REQUIRED *BEFORE* RUNNING SHELL,
TO LET ─╧╙ KNOW A ╥┼╒ IS READY). ╔ HAVE NOT AS YET TRIED IT
WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS.
╔T WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF IT WOULD WORK EQUALLY AS
WELL WITH ╟┼╧╙, ┬ASIC8 (IF SOME OF ITS APPLICATIONS COULD BE
CHANGED SO THAT THEY DO NOT *ALWAYS* RECONSTRUCT A ╥┼╒), AND
OTHER USES.
╨ERHAPS WE COULD ADD ADDITIONAL USES TO THIS FILE.
╚OW ╘O ╒SE
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├OPYING THE ╥┼╒:
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(1) ╙ET UP THE ╥┼╒ AS YOU WANT IT TO BE. ╔N ├╨/═ MODE LOAD
IT WITH THE FILES YOU WANT. ╔N ├╙/─╧╙ ADD ALL THE FILES YOU
MAY WANT TO ITS ╥AM─ISK. (╔ PUT EVERYTHING IN THERE.)
(2) ╥ETURN TO 128 MODE IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT ALTER THE ╥┼╒.
╔N ├╨/═ PRESSING ├ONTROL/┼NTER, IN ├╙/─╧╙, ENTERING ┬ASIC.
(3) ╠OAD 'REU2DISK'. ╔T WILL WRITE SIXTEEN 32K FILES TO
DISK, WHICH WILL BE A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE ╥┼╒. ╔T WILL WRITE
TO DEVICE # 16. ╔F YOU WANT TO CHANGE THIS TO ANOTHER DEVICE,
CHANGE THE 'U16' THAT APPEARS IN LINE 140 TO 'U8' OR WHATEVER
OTHER DEVICE YOU MAY WANT TO USE. (┘OU MAY WANT TO @╙┴╓┼ YOUR
NEW FILE CONFIGURATION.) ┴LLOW SPACE FOR THE 16 FILES WHICH
WILL HAVE THE NAMES MEMBLOCK0 THRU MEMBLOCK15.
╙TEPS 1 THRU 3 HAVE TO BE DONE ONLY ONCE, AND SHOULD BE
FOLLOWED FOR EACH MIRROR IMAGE OF THE ╥┼╒ THAT YOU MAY WANT.
╫RITING BACK TO THE ╥┼╒:
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(1) ╠OAD AND RUN 'DISK2REU'.
┬EFORE DOING THIS, MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE DEVICE NUMBER YOU
ARE RUNNING IT FROM BY CHANGING THE 'U16' WHICH APPEARS IN
LINE 130 TO A 'U8' OR OTHER DEVICE NUMBER. (@╙┴╓┼ YOUR CUSTOM
CONFIGURATION.)
(2) ╥UN THE APPLICATION THAT USES THE ╥┼╒, ADDING ANY 'CLUES'
TO ITS LOADER TO LET IT KNOW IT IS ONLY 'RE-BOOTING' WITH ITS
╥┼╒ INTACT. ┴ POKE6000,X (╔ FORGET THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW, IT
MAY BE 64) TELLS THIS TO ├╙/─╧╙. ╬OTHING IS REQUIRED FOR
├╨/═.
╘HAT'S IT!!
╧THER ├ONSIDERATIONS
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╘HE CODE CAN BE MODIFIED FOR THOSE USING A 1700 OR 1764, AS
WELL AS THOSE WITH CUSTOM EXPANDED ╥┼╒S.
┴ ╥┼╒ IMAGE USES 512K OF DISK SPACE FOR A 1750, SO A 1581
DRIVE IS REQUIRED. ╘HOSE USING 1571 DRIVES CAN MODIFY THE CODE
TO PAUSE, FOR RE-LOADING OF ANOTHER DISK, OR LIMIT THE IMAGE
TO 360K. ├HANGING THE BANKS (NOT THE PROGRAM'S BANK SWITCHING)
CAN THEN SAVE ANY CONFIGURATION. (╞OR EXAMPLE, ├╙/─╧╙ ALLOWS
╥┼╒ BANK ASSIGNMENTS. ┬Y SELECTING HIGHER ╥┼╒ BANKS FOR
├╙/─╧╙, BOTH IT AND ─IGITAL'S THREE ╨OCKET PROGRAMS CAN SHARE
THE SAME ╥┼╒. ├ARE MUST BE TAKEN SINCE ONE CAN OVERWRITE THE
OTHER'S USAGE OF THE ╥┼╒. ╫ITH DISK2REU IT IS NOT ANY PROBLEM
SINCE A NEW ╥┼╒ CAN BE LOADED FOR A NEXT APPLICATION.
╘HE AUTHOR, IN THE ARTICLE, SUGGESTS THAT OTHERS MAY WISH TO
ADD BURST LOAD AND SAVE ROUTINES TO SPEED UP THESE PROGRAMS.
(╘HIS IS NOT NEEDED WHEN RUNNING THEM FROM ╥╠, SINCE IT WILL
FILL A ╥┼╒ IN ABOUT 2 OR SO SECONDS.)
┴ ╫ORD OF ├AUTION
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╘HESE ROUTINES ARE USED TO BEST ADVANTAGE WHEN THE ╥┼╒ IMAGE
IS CONFINED TO PROGRAMS AND THEIR SUPPORT FILES. ╚OWEVER,
THEY MAY BE USED ANYWAY YOU LIKE.
─╧ ╬╧╘ ╞╧╥╟┼╘ TO FILECOPY INDIVIDUAL DATA FILES ON THE ╥┼╒,
BACK TO DISK. ╒NLESS ANOTHER DISK IMAGE IS MADE WITH
REU2DISK, ANY CHANGES TO THE ╥┼╒ WILL NOT BE THERE NEXT TIME
DISK2REU RELOADS THE 1750.
╞INALLY
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╔F YOU ADD ANY USEFUL CUSTOM ENHANCEMENTS TO THESE ROUTINES,
PLEASE CONSIDER UPLOADING AND SHARING THESE WITH OTHER USERS.
╚OWARD ╚ERMAN
12/25/91