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                ─UPE/╠OGGER VERSION 1.41 BY ┬RIAN ╟. ├AVE

     ╘HIS PROGRAM WILL OPERATE ALL LOGGING PROCEEDURES FOR A FIELD DAY
RADIO STATION OR ANY OTHER HAM RADIO CONTEST.  ╔T WAS DESIGNED TO BE AS
EASY TO USE AND AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.  ╔ HAVE INCLUDED AS MANY
FUNCTIONS AS ╔ COULD THINK OF TO MAKE IT COMPLETE.  ╔ DESIGNED IT FOR USE
WITH MAINLY ONE DISK DRIVE BUT A TWO DRIVE LOG BACKUP UTILITY IS INCLUDED
TO SPEED UP THIS PROCESS.  ┴LTHOUGH IT IS WRITTEN IN BASIC 7.0,  IT IS
STILL VERY FAST.  ╔ HAVE TESTED THE SEARCH SEQUENCE WITH 300+ CALLS AND
IT CAN SEARCH THEM IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND DISK WRITE TIME IS USUALLY
ABOUT 2 TO 4 SECONDS (1571 IS USUALLY LESS THAN 2 SECONDS AND 1581 IS
TYPICALLY 1 TO 1 AND A HALF SECONDS).

     ╘HIS IS A COPYRIGHTED SHAREWARE PROGRAM.  ╔F YOU DECIDE TO USE IT,  YOU
NEED TO SEND A CONTRIBUTION OF AT LEAST $5.00 TO ME TO COVER MY HARD WORK.
╔F THE RESPONSE FROM THIS PROGRAM IS GOOD,  ╔ HAVE SEVERAL IDEAS IN MIND TO
TRY TO IMPROVE IT,  SUCH AS BETTER DUAL DRIVE SUPPORT AND A DATE CLOCK
(TIME IS ALREADY INCLUDED), 80 COLUMN SUPPORT AND ANYTHING ELSE SUGGESTED.

     ╟ENERAL INFORMATION:

     ╘HE START UP CAN TAKE A FEW MINUTES AS IT SETS UP YOUR DATA DISK.
─O ╬╧╘ TRY TO USE YOUR PROGRAM DISK AS YOUR DATA DISK BECAUSE IT WILL
FORMAT THE DISK BEFORE WRITING THE DATA FILES.  ╔ CHOSE ╥┼╠ TYPE FILES
FOR THE LOGS BECAUSE THE TIME REQUIRED TO UPDATE THIS FILE IS THE SHORTEST
OF ALL ├OMMODORE FILE FORMATS.  ╘HE PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY INITIALIZE
ALL THE FILES TO THEIR MAXIMUM LENGTH AT THE BEGINNING TO FURTHER REDUCE
FILE UPDATING TIME.  ╘HE ╙┼╤ FILE HOLDS THE BAND NAMES SO ALL YOUR INFO
IS BACKED UP.  ╔F POWER SHOULD FAIL,  SIMPLY REBOOTING THE SOFWARE,  THEN
BOOTING THE DATA DISK WILL GET YOU BACK AND RUNNING IN QUICK ORDER.

     ╟ETTING STARTED:

     ╘O LOAD THE DUPE/LOGGER,  TURN ON YOUR ├128 THEN WAIT FOR THE PROMPT.
┴T THE READY PROMPT,  TYPE RUN"BOOT" AND HIT RETURN.  ┴FTER A LITTLE BIT,
THE PROGRAM WILL COME UP AND ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO LOAD A PREVIOUS FIELD
DAY LOG.  ╔F YOU ARE RELOADING AFTER A POWER FAILURE,  ANSWER Y FOR YES.
╔T WILL THEN INSTRUCT YOU TO INSERT YOUR DATA DISK.  ╨RESS ANY KEY AFTER
DOING SO AND IT WILL LOAD UP THE FIRST BAND ON THE LIST.

     ╔F YOU ARE JUST STARTING OUT LIKE NOW ANSWER N FOR NO.  ╔T WILL THEN
ASK YOU FOR THE NUMBER OF BANDS YOU ARE GOING TO USE.  ╘RY TO THINK OF ALL
THE BANDS YOU WILL BE USING AT THIS STATION,  BUT DON'T WORRY IF YOU MISS
ONE BECAUSE YOU CAN ADD IF YOU NEED TO.  ╬EXT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO NAME
EACH OF THESE BANDS.  ╧RDER IS NOT IMPORTANT,  BUT THE NAME IS.  ┼ACH NAME
SHOULD BE AT LEAST 3 CHARACTERS LONG.  ╔F A BAND YOU ARE USING IS A ├╫ BAND
THEN ENTER THE BAND FOLLOWED BY A SPACE THEN THE LETTERS CW.  ╧THERWISE IT
WILL ASSUME YOU ARE USING PHONE MODE.  ┴ GOOD WAY TO NAME THEM IS BY USING
THE METER DESIGNATION OR THE MHZ FOLLOWED BY CW IF IT IS A CW BAND (I.E.
10M CW,  20M ,  440MHZ,  7MHZ CW,  ETC.).  ┴NY NAME LESS THAN 8 CHARACTERS
WILL DO BUT THIS FORMAT IS VERY EFFECTIVE.  ┴FTER ENTERING ALL YOUR BAND
NAMES,  INSERT A ┬╠┴╬╦ UN-INITIALIZED DISK OR A DISK THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY
DATA YOU WANT TO KEEP.  ╘HE PROGRAM WILL THEN FORMAT THE DISK AND ALL THE
DATA FILES.  ╘HIS CAN TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES ESPECIALLY ON 1541 DISK DRIVES.
1571 AND 1581 DISK DRIVES ARE QUITE A BIT FASTER. ╘HIS IS A ONCE PER
CONTEST PROCEEDURE,  AS THE SINGLE DATA DISK WILL DO FOR THE ENTIRE CONTEST.

      ┴FTER LOADING/INITIALIZING YOUR BAND FILES,  YOU WILL BE PUT RIGHT
INTO THE MAIN SEARCH/ENTRY MODE.  ╘O PROPERLY USE THE LOGGER YOU NEED TO
SET THE CLOCK SO THE LOGGER WILL RECORD THE RIGHT TIME.  ╨RESS THE HELP KEY
TO BRING UP THE CONTROL MENU,  THEN PRESS THE 6 KEY TO SET THE CLOCK.  ╬OW
ENTER THE TIME IN 24 HOUR FORMAT TWO DIGITS FOR THE HOURS,  TWO DIGITS FOR
THE MINUTES,  AND TWO FOR THE SECONDS.  ╬O COMMAS,  SPACES,  ETC.  ╘HESE
AREN'T REQUIRED OR ACCEPTED.  ╨RESS RETURN WHEN YOU HAVE THE CORRECT TIME
ENTERED.  ╘HE PROGRAM WILL PUT YOU BACK AT THE SEARCH/ENTRY MODE.  ┘OU ARE
NOW READY TO START THE CONTEST.

     ╘O SEARCH A CALL SIMPLY TYPE IN THE CALLSIGN (DON'T USE CAPITAL LETTERS)
AND PRESS RETURN IF THE CALL IS LESS THAN 6 CHARACTERS.  ╘HE FUNCTION KEYS
╞1 THROUGH ╞8 ARE ASIGNED TO COMMON PREFIXES AS AN AID TO SLOW TYPISTS OR
ANYONE WHO DOESN'T LIKE TYPING IN THE PREFIXES MANUALLY ALL THE TIME.
╨RESSING THE APPROPRIATE FUNCTION KEY WILL PRODUCE THE PREFIX LISTED ON THE
SCREEN.  ┴FTER THE CALLSIGN IS ENTERED THE PROGRAM WILL BLANK THE SCREEN
AND SEARCH FOR A DUPLICATE CALLSIGN ALREADY CONTACTED ON THE CURRENT BAND.
╔F A MATCH IS FOUND,  THEN THE SCREEN WILL TELL YOU SO AND THE NUMBER OF THE
CONTACT IN THE LOG LIST.  ╔F NO MATCH IS FOUND,  THE PROGRAM WILL SAY CALL
CLEARED.  ╬EXT,  YOU WILL BE ASKED IF CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THE
AIR.  ╘HIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ABORT IF YOU CAN'T FINISHED THE INFORMATION
EXCHANGE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE CONTACT.  ╔F YOU ANSWER N FOR NO,  THEN
THE LOGGING OF THE CALL IS ABORTED AND YOU ARE RETURNED TO THE SEARCH/ENTRY
MODE.  ╔F YOU ANSWER Y FOR YES,  THEN YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE CLASS/
LOCATION OF THE STATION.  ╘HIS CAN BE USED FOR ANY DATA THAT NEEDS TO BE
EXCHANGED BETWEEN YOU AND THE OTHER STATION.  ┴FTER ENTERING THIS INFO,
THE TIME WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO THE LOG AND THE DISK WILL BE UPDATED
WITH THE NEW ENTRY.  ┴FTER A SECOND OR TWO,  YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE
SEARCH/ENTRY MODE AND THE PROGRAM WILL WAIT FOR THE NEXT CALL TO BE ENTERED.
╔F POWER IS LOST DURING ANY PART OF THE PROCESS,  YOU WON'T LOSE ANY CALLS
BECAUSE ALL OF IT IS ON THE DISK.  ╙IMPLY RELOAD THE SOFTWARE AND THE LOGS
FROM DISK,  SET THE TIME AND YOU'RE UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.

     ├ONTROL MENU FUNCTIONS:

     ╘HE CONTROL MENU IS USED FOR ANY ON THE FLY THINGS YOU NEED TO DO SUCH
AS CHANGING BANDS,  SETTING THE TIME,  MAKING BACKUPS,  ETC.  ╘O ACTIVATE
THE CONTROL MENU,  PRESS THE HELP KEY WHILE YOU ARE IN THE SEARCH/ENTRY
MODE.  ╘HE CONTROL MENU WILL THEN COME UP.  ╚ERE IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
COMMANDS AVAILABLE ON IT.

     1.  ├HANGE BANDS.  ╘HIS IS HOW YOU GET FROM SAY THE 10 METER BAND TO
THE 20 METER BAND OR TO THE 40 METER BAND.
┴FTER SELECTING 1 FROM THE CONTROL MENU,  THE PROGRAM WILL PRESENT A LIST
OF THE CURRENT BANDS AVAILABLE TO SELECT FROM.  ╘O SELECT ONE,  JUST TYPE
THE NUMBER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THAT IS NEXT TO THE BAND YOU WANT
TO USE AND THAT BAND'S DATA WILL BE IMMEDIATELY LOADED INTO THE COMPUTER.
╔F THE BAND YOU WANT TO USE ISN'T IN THE LIST,  THEN USE THE ADD NEW BANDS
OPTION FROM THE CONTROL MENU TO CREATE IT.

     2.  ─ELETE LAST CALL.  ╘HIS WILL DELETE THE LAST CALL LOGGED ON THE
CURRENT BAND.  ╘HIS IS SO THAT IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY ENTERED A CALL THAT
WASN'T CONFIRMED AND YOU THEREFORE NEED IT DELETED,  YOU COULD.

     3.  ├ATALOG DISK.  ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO LIST ALL THE FILES ON THE DISK
THAT IS IN YOUR DISK DRIVE.  ╔F THE LIST IS TOO LONG,  YOU CAN PAUSE/RESUME
THE LIST BY PRESSING THE NO SCROLL KEY.

     4.  ┼DIT LAST CALL ENTERED.  ╘HIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT THE
CLASS/LOCATION INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAST CALL ENTERED ON THE
CURRENT BAND (JUST IN CASE YOU MADE A MISTAKE).

     5.  ╠IST CALLS.  ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO LIST THE CALLS ON THE CURRENT BAND
TO THE SCREEN FOR VIEWING.  ╘HE FIRST NUMBER TO ENTER IS THE ENTRY NUMBER OF
THE STATION YOU WANT TO START THE LIST AT,  AND THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE
ENTRY NUMBER OF THE LAST STATION YOU WANT TO LIST.  ╘HE NUMBERS MUST BE
SEPARATED BY A COMMA.  ╔F YOU WANT A LIST OF ALL THE STATIONS ON THE CURRENT
BAND,  THEN JUST PRESS RETURN WITHOUT EITHER OF THE NUMBERS.

     6.  ╔NPUT TIME TO THE COMPUTER.  ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE COMPUTER'S
INTERNAL TIME CLOCK.  ╘HIS CLOCK RUNS OFF THE LINE FREQUENCY COMING IN ON
YOUR COMPUTERS POWER SUPPLY.  ╔F THE COMPUTER IS RUNNING ON A GENERATOR,
THEN YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A ─├ OPERATED SUPPLY THAT WILL PROVIDE A CRYSTAL
BASED 60 HZ FREQUENCY TO THE COMPUTER OR THE CLOCK MIGHT TEND TO DRIFT A
BIT.  ╙UCH A POWER SUPPLY IS MADE BY ┼NGINEERING ├ONSULTING FOR THE ├64
COMPUTER.  ╔F YOU DON'T MIND REPLACING THE CONNECTOR ON THE SUPPLY AND
PUTTING A LITTLE EXTRA HEAT SINKING ON THE 5 VOLT REGULATOR,  THEN THIS
POWER SUPPLY WILL WORK FINE ON A ├128 COMPUTER.

     7.  ├OPY FILE.  ╔F FOR SOME REASON YOU WANT TO BACK UP THE CURRENT BAND
IN MEMORY,  BACKUPS ARE ALWAYS SMART ON ANY COMPUTER SYSTEM,  THIS OPTION
ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE ALL THE CALLS ON THE CURRENT BAND TO ANOTHER DISK.

     8.  ├OPY ENTIRE LOG.  ╔F YOU WANT A BACKUP OF ALL THE BANDS YOU HAVE
USED SO FAR,  THEN THIS OPTION WILL DO IT.  ╔T USES THE SAME DISK DRIVE
FOR BOTH READING AND WRITING THE DATA AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY FORMAT THE
NEW LOG DISK AFTER YOU INSERT YOUR NEW DISK SO DON'T USE A DISK WITH ANY
DATA ON IT THAT YOU CARE ABOUT BECAUSE AFTER THIS THE ONLY DATA THAT WILL
BE THERE IS THE NEW COPY OF THE BAND LOGS.  ┴LSO, THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES YOU
TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL (OLD) LOG DISK AND THE NEW ONE.  ┼ACH BAND
REQUIRES ONE PASS TO COPY SO FIVE BANDS MEANS SWITCHING BETWEEN THE OLD AND
NEW DISKS FIVE TIMES.  ╔F YOU HAVE TWO DRIVES THEN YOU CAN USE THE TWO DRIVE
COPIER TO COPY THE DISK WITHOUT HAVING TO SWITCH THE DISK ALL THE TIME.

     9.  ╥ESET DRIVE & RELOAD FILE.  ╘HIS DOES JUST WHAT IS SAYS.  ╔T WILL
PERFORM A SOFTWARE RESET ON THE DISK DRIVE AND THEN RELOAD THE CURRENT BAND
INTO MEMORY (NO DATA IS LOST DURING THIS).  ╔F FOR SOME REASON YOUR DISK
DRIVE IS HAVING PROBLEMS,  THIS SHOULD HELP.

     0.  ├OPY ENTIRE LOG USING TWO DRIVES.  ╘HIS IS IDENTICAL TO OPTION 8
EXCEPT THAT TWO DRIVES ARE USED INSTEAD OF ONE.  ╬O DISK SWITCHING IS NEEDED
WITH THIS COPIER UNLIKE THE SINGLE DRIVE COPIER.

     +.  ┴DD NEW BANDS.  ╔F YOU DIDN'T ENTER ENOUGH BANDS WHEN YOU STARTED,
THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO FIX IT.  ┴FTER SELECTING THIS OPTION,  YOU WILL BE
ASKED TO ENTER A NEW BAND NAME.  ╩UST KEEP ENTERING BAND NAMES UNTIL YOU
HAVE ALL THAT YOU NEED,  THEN TYPE THE WORD END.  ╘HE NEW BANDS WILL BE
CREATED ON YOUR EXISTING LOG DISK,  SUBJECT TO THE SAME TIME DELAYS AS WHEN
YOU FIRST ENTERED YOUR BANDS.  ╫AIT UNTIL ON THE AIR TRAFFIC ISN'T TOO BUSY
TO USE THIS FUNCTION SO AS NOT TO SLOW YOUR OPERATORS DOWN.  1571 AND 1581
DISK DRIVES WILL CUT THIS TIME DOWN CONSIDERABLY.

     ╘WO OTHER PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED FOR REPORT GENERATION.  ╘HE FIRST IS
THE LOG-PRINT.  ╘HIS WILL PRINT OUT ALL YOUR BANDS IN AN ACCEPTABLE FORMAT
TO TURN IN TO CONTEST OFFICALS AT THE END (REQUIRES A COMMODORE COMPATIBLE
PRINTER AS DEVICE 4 TO USE).  ┴T THE BEGINNING IT WILL ASK YOU TO ENTER
SOME INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR STATION,  YOUR STATION CALLSIGN,  YOUR CLUB
OR ORGANIZATION'S NAME (IF ANY),  AND THE CONTEST NAME.  ┴FTER THIS IT WILL
INSTRUCT YOU TO INSERT YOUR DATA DISK AND THEN WILL PRINT OUT YOUR LOGS.

     ╘HE OTHER PROGRAM IS DUPE-PRINT.  ╘HIS REQUIRES THE SAME INFORMATION
AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN IT WILL PRINT OUT A DUPE SHEET,  AUTOMATICALLY
SORTING IT INTO ALPHABETICAL ORDER FOR EACH BAND.

     ╘HAT IS IT.  ╔F YOU HAVE ANY BUGS TO REPORT,  ╔ HAVE THOROUGHLY TESTED
THIS SOFTWARE BUT NOBODY IS PERFECT,  SEND IT TO ME VIA ├OMPUSERVE E-MAIL
AT ╔─#: 70511,1437.

     ╥EMEMBER THAT THIS IS COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND
A CONTRIBUTION OF AT LEAST $5.00 IF YOU USE IT.  ╘HIS PROGRAM TOOK ALOT OF
EFFORT TO WRITE.

═AKE YOUR CHECK PAYABLE TO ┬RIAN ├AVE AND SEND IT TO:

                                 ┬RIAN ├AVE
                                 12692 ╦UMQUAT ┴VE.
                                 ├HINO, ├┴. 91710