100% COMPATIBILITY WITH ALL SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE YOU MIGHT THROW AT IT. ╥┴═─╧╙ IS FULLY SUPPORTED WHERE APPROPRIATE. ─OES NOT USE ANY MEMORY. ╙UPPORTS 40 OR 80 COLUMN MODE, FAST (2═HZ) OPERATION IN 80 COLUMNS. ╙IMPLE DEVICE NUMBER SELECTION. ─EVICE NUMBERS OTHER THAN 8 (9 THROUGH 12) CAN BE ACCESSED BY HOLDING DOWN ╙╚╔╞╘, ├=, ├╧╬╘╥╧╠ OR ┴╠╘ ALONG WITH THE COMMAND KEY.
-á┘OUR COMPUTER WON'T TRY TO BOOT A DISK WHEN POWERED UP OR RESET. ╔F YOU ─╧ WANT TO BOOT A DISK, JUST SMACK THE "0" KEY WHICH IS BIG AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE ON THE NUMERIC KEYPAD.
-á╥UN THE FIRST PROGRAM ON A DISK AS A ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM.
-á╠OAD THE FIRST PROGRAM, SWITCH TO 64 MODE, AND RUN IT. ├AN HANDLE FILES OF UP TO 249 BLOCKS.
-á╥UN ├64 PROGRAMS AS IF YOU ENTERED '╠╧┴─ "*",X,1' IN 64 MODE WHERE 'X' IS THE DEVICE NUMBER.
-á─IRECTORY. ╥╒╬, ─╠╧┴─, ┬╠╧┴─ OR ┬╧╧╘ A 128 MODE PROGRAM, OR RUN A 64 MODE PROGRAM BY POINTING AT THE DESIRED FILE. ╓IEW THE CONTENTS OF ╙┼╤, ╨╥╟, ╒╙╥, ╥┼╠ AND EVEN ─┼╠ FILES. ─ISPLAY AS ┴╙├╔╔ OR SCREEN CODES. ╤UICK AND CONVENIENT 1581 PARTITION SELECTION. ╙CRATCH SELECTED FILE.
-á╥ECOVER A ╬┼╫-ED ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM. ┼VEN WORKS AFTER A RESET WHEN A GRAPHICS SCREEN WAS INVOLVED.
-á╟O TO 64 MODE. ┘OU CAN GO BACK TO 128 MODE, AND THEN RE-ENTER 64 MODE WITH ═╠ PROGRAMS, ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAMS AND VARIABLES AS YOU LEFT THEM. ┼VEN UTILITIES WILL STILL BE WORKING!
-á┼NHANCED ─╧╙ COMMANDS. ╓ALIDATE WILL NOW PROTECT THE BOOT AREA (IF BOOT SECTOR EXISTS), EVEN IF IT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SECTORS. ─EVICE NUMBER CHANGE/SWAP COMMAND. ╥ECALL LAST COMMAND.
-á╙WAP 40/80 COLUMN SCREENS.
-á├ONVERT MEMORY TO ┬┴╙╔├ ─┴╘┴ STATEMENTS. ├REATE STAND-ALONE PROGRAM OR MERGE ─┴╘┴ STATEMENTS INTO ANY ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM. ╙ELECT INITIAL LINE NUMBER, INCREMENT, LINE LENGTH AND DATA TYPE (2 TYPES OF DECIMAL AND 3 TYPES OF HEXADECIMAL). ├AN READ ALL BANKS AND MEMORY RANGES.
-á╔NTEGRATED FILE MANAGER FOR THE ╤╒╔├╦ ┬╥╧╫╬ ┬╧╪. ╒NLIKE THE ╤┬┬'S OWN FILE MANAGER IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH ╩IFFY─OS, PROGRAMS, UTILITIES OR ANYTHING ELSE. ╞AST (2═HZ) AND CONVENIENT ONE-KEY LOADING FROM THE BOX. ─OWNLOAD FILES FROM DISK BY USING THE DIRECTORY. ┘OU CAN FREELY MIX 64 & 128 MODE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SAME BOX.
╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ FEATURES, DISK TOOLS:
├AN USE ALL DEVICE NUMBERS 4 THROUGH 30. ┴UTOMATICALLY DETECTS THE HARDWARE YOU ARE USING, AND ADJUSTS ACCORDINGLY. ╒SES BURST MODE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. ╥ECOGNIZES ╥┴═─╧╙ AS ANY OTHER DRIVE. ╞ULL 1581 PARTITION SUPPORT. ╘HE COPIERS AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 64╦ ╓─├ MEMORY. 1700, 1764 AND 1750 MEMORY EXPANSION UNITS SUPPORTED AS AN OPTION. ╫ILL AUTOMATICALLY DETECT THE SIZE OF THE ╥┼╒ (UP TO 1═B SUPPORTED) WHEN SELECTED.
- ─IRECTORY. ╓IEW NORMAL DIRECTORY ON SOURCE OR TARGET DISK, OR VIEW AN EXTENDED DIRECTORY* WHICH DISPLAYS DELETED FILES AS WELL.
- ─ISK REPORT. ╙TATISTICAL OVERVIEW OF THE NUMBER OF FILES OF EACH TYPE, THE BLOCKS THEY USE, BOOT BLOCKS AND BLOCKS FREE ON DISK.
-á─ISK COPIER*. ├OPY WHOLE DISK OR ONLY THE TRACKS WHICH ARE USED (MARKED AS USED IN THE ┬┴═). ╙INGLE OR DUAL DRIVE COPY. ┴UTOMATICALLY DETECTS IF THE DISK IS SINGLE OR DOUBLE SIDED. ╫ITH 64╦ ╓─├ MEMORY (BUT WITHOUT A ╥┼╒), IT WILL COPY A WHOLE SINGLE SIDED DISK IN ONE PASS.
- ╞ILE COPIER. ╙INGLE OR DUAL DRIVE COPY. ┴DJUSTABLE SECTOR INTERLEAVE ON TARGET DISK FOR MAXIMUM RELOAD SPEEDS. ╬O LIMITS ON THE USE OF 1581 SUBDIRECTORIES. ╔T CAN COPY FILES FREELY BETWEEN SUBDIRECTORIES, EVEN FROM ONE SUBDIRECTORY TO ANOTHER ON THE SAME DISK. ┴UTOMATICALLY DETECTS THE SPACE REMAINING ON THE TARGET DISK, AND REPORTS IF THE SPACE IS INADEQUATE. ╧PTIONS TO MAKE MULTIPLE COPIES OF FILES, SCRATCH COPIED FILES FROM THE SOURCE DISK, AND AUTOMATICALLY REPLACE OF DUPLICATE FILES ON THE TARGET DISK.
-á╙CRATCH FILES. ┬ULK SCRATCH THE FILES YOU SELECT.
-á╒NSCRATCH FILES*. ╥ECOVER SCRATCHED FILES. ╫ILL REPORT, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, WHICH FILES ARE RECOVERABLE OR NOT. ├AN RECOVER ALL FILE TYPES, EVEN ├┬═ FILES.
-á╚EADER/FORMAT DISK. ╧N THE 1571 YOU CAN SELECT SINGLE OR DOUBLE SIDED FORMAT, AND YOU CAN CONVERT A SINGLE SIDED DISK TO DOUBLE SIDED. ├HANGE DISK NAME & ╔─. ├REATE PARTITIONS AND SUBDIRECTORIES ON THE 1581. ╟RAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE DISK WHICH DISPLAYS THE FREE SPACE USABLE AS SUBDIRECTORY AREAS.
-á┼DIT DIRECTORY*. ╥E-ARRANGE, SORT, RENAME, LOCK/UNLOCK FILES. ├HANGE PROGRAM LOAD ADDRESS, CHANGE FILE TYPE & COMPRESS DIRECTORY.
-á╨RINT DIRECTORY*. ╧UTPUT DIRECTORY TO PRINTER INCLUDING ALL NORMALLY HIDDEN INFORMATION. ╘HIS INCLUDES START TRACK/SECTOR, ╥┼╠ FILE SIDE SECTOR AND RECORD LENGTH. ╧PTIONALLY, PRINT START AND END ADDRESSES FOR ╨╥╟ FILES AND ╙┼╤/╒╙╥ FILE LENGTHS.
-á┴UTOBOOT TOOL. ├REATE BOOT SECTOR ON A DISK FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES. ╫RITE A ┬┴╙╔├ COMMAND LINE TO BE EXECUTED UPON BOOTING. ╠IMITED ONLY BY ┬┴╙╔├ AND SIZE OF THE BOOT SECTOR; ALL DIRECT MODE COMMANDS CAN BE USED. ═AKE BOOT SECTOR TO RUN 64 MODE PROGRAMS, EVEN PROGRAMS REQUIRING A ╙┘╙ COMMAND OR ╠╧┴─ "*",8,1 TO EXECUTE. ┴NALYZE BOOT SECTOR. ╦ILL BOOT SECTOR, TRANSFER BOOT SECTOR FROM ONE DISK TO ANOTHER. ├ONVERT BOOT SECTOR TO AN EXECUTABLE PROGRAM OR VICE VERSA. ┬OOT SECTORS WILL SUPPORT ALL DEVICE NUMBERS.
* ╘HE MARKED FEATURES WON'T WORK WITH ╥┴═─╧╙, THE OLD ├┬═ HIGH CAPACITY DRIVES SUCH AS THE 8250, 4040 AND 8250 OR HARD DRIVES. ╫HETHER IT WILL WORK WITH HARD DRIVES USING "EMULATION PARTITIONS" HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED. 1581, 1571 AND ALL DRIVES USING 1541 COMPATIBLE DISKS WILL WORK PERFECTLY IF THEY CAN BE HOOKED UP TO THE 128.
╔F YOU PREFER, THE ╙ERVANT ╥╧═ CAN BE PUT INTO A CARTRIDGE FOR THE EXPANSION PORT, OR EVEN INSIDE THE 17XX SERIES ╥┼╒'S.
