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╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 ALLOWS YOU TO USE ALL THE STANDARD ├OMMODORE DISK COMMANDS
EXCEPT ╠╧┴─ AND ╙┴╓┼.   ╨RESS (├=)8 TO SEE THE DISK WEDGE SCREEN:

        (├=)W              SELECT DISK WEDGE
                           (╬)=NEW DISK (FORMAT)
                           (─)=DUPLICATE (DUAL ONLY)
                           (├)=COPY FILE
                           (╥)=RENAME FILE
                           (╙)=SCRATCH FILE
                           ($)=GET DIRECTORY
                           (╔)=INITIALIZE DRIVE
        ╙YNTAX </ABC> WHERE:
             A=╥ OR ╫ FOR READ OR WRITE
             B=0-3 DEVICE # MINUS 8
             C=0-1 DRIVE NUMBER

        EXAMPLE: /R00=SET READ DEVICE=8, DRIVE=0
                 /W11=SET WRITE DEVICE=9, DRIVE=1
        NOTE: ALL WEDGE COMMANDS OPERATE ON THE WRITE UNIT

╘O USE ANY OF THE DISK WEDGE COMMANDS, PRESS (├=)W.  ╘HE SCREEN WILL SAY
"ENTER COMMAND OR RETURN."  ╘YPE THE LETTER OR SYMBOL FOR THE COMMAND YOU
WISH TO USE.  ╔F YOU'RE USING TWO DISK DRIVES OR A DUAL DRIVE YOU WILL ALSO
NEED TO SPECIFY DRIVE OR DEVICE NUMBERS.

╘HUS (├=)W FOLLOWED BY $ WOULD GIVE YOU A DISK DIRECTORY FOR A SINGLE
DRIVE.  ╔F YOU WANT TO COPY A FILE FROM ONE DRIVE TO ANOTHER, YOU WOULD
TYPE /R00 FIRST (READ FROM DEVICE 8, DRIVE 0) AND THEN /W10 (WRITE TO
DEVICE 9, DRIVE 0).

╚ERE'S A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THE COMMANDS MEAN.

├╧╨┘: CREATE A DUPLICATE COPY OF A DISK FILE ON THE SAME DISK.  ┘OU MUST
USE A DIFFERENT FILENAME FOR THE DUPLICATE FILE, OR YOU'LL GET A "╞╔╠┼
┼╪╔╙╘╙" ERROR.

              C:NEWFILE=OLDFILE

    ┘OU CAN ALSO USE THE ├╧╨┘ COMMAND TO COMBINE SEVERAL FILES INTO ONE
LARGER ONE WITH A NEW NAME.

            C:NEWFILE=OLDFILE1,OLDFILE2,OLDFILE3

┘OU CAN COMBINE TWO TO FOUR FILES INTO ONE FILE IN THIS MANNER.

─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘: LISTS THE CONTENTS OF THE DISK DIRECTORY.

─╒╨╠╔├┴╘┼: ╞╧╥ ─╒┴╠ ─╥╔╓┼╙ ╧╬╠┘, MAKES A DUPLICATE COPY OF AN ENTIRE DISK.
╫HEN YOU USE THIS COMMAND, MAKE SURE THE SOURCE DISK HAS A WRITE-PROTECT
TAB ON IT TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL ERASURE.  ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 WILL REFORMAT THE
DESTINATION DISK, REMOVING ANY DATA IT MAY CONTAIN, SO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
WHICH DISK YOU USE.

         D<DESTINATION DRIVE#>=<SOURCE DRIVE#>

╔F THE ORIGINAL DISK IS IN DRIVE 1, NEW DISK IN DRIVE 0, THE COMMAND WOULD
BE
                  D0=1

╔╬╔╘╔┴╠╔┌┼:  ╙OMETIMES AN ERROR MESSAGE FROM YOUR DISK DRIVE WILL PREVENT
YOU FROM USING THE DISK DRIVE.  ╘HE ╔NITIALIZE COMMAND RETURNS THE DISK
DRIVE TO ITS "POWER ON" STATUS.

╬┼╫:  FORMATS A NEW DISK, OR REFORMATS ONE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN USED.
┴NYTHING ON THE DISK IS ERASED.

╥┼╬┴═┼:  CHANGES THE NAME OF A FILE ON YOUR DISK.

       R:NEWNAME=OLDNAME

╥┼╙┼╘:  ╒SED LIKE ╔NITIALIZE, TO RETURN THE DISK DRIVE TO POWER-UP STATUS.

             UJ  (4040, ═╙─, NEW 1541)
             U;  (OLD 1541'S)

╙├╥┴╘├╚:  ERASE A FILE FROM THE DISK DIRECTORY.  ┘OU CAN SCRATCH SEVERAL
FILES AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU WISH BY SEPARATING THE FILENAMES WITH COMMAS.

╓┴╠╔─┴╘┼:  ├HECK THE ALLOCATED BLOCKS ON A DISK.  ╒SE THIS COMMAND TO
REMOVE AN IMPROPERLY CLOSED FILE (INDICATED BY AN * NEXT TO THE FILE TYPE
WHEN YOU LIST THE DIRECTORY).  ─ON'T USE ╙├╥┴╘├╚ FOR THIS PURPOSE.

╙┼╘ ╥┼┴─ ╧╥ ╫╥╔╘┼ ├╚┴╬╬┼╠:  ╙ET THE DEVICE AND DRIVE NUMBER USED BY THE
PROGRAM.

        /<DIRECTION><DEVICE # MINUS 8> <DRIVE #>

┼XAMPLE: SET READ CHANNEL TO DEVICE 8, DRIVE 0:  /R00
         SET WRITE CHANNEL TO DEVICE 10, DRIVE 1:  /W21

╬╧╘┼:  <RETURN> IS NOT REQUIRED WITH THE ╙┼╘ COMMAND.  ╔F YOU MAKE A
MISTAKE, JUST TYPE THE COMMAND AGAIN.


╞╔╠┼ ╘╥┴╬╙╞┼╥ ╨╥╧╘╧├╧╠╙

     ╫HEN YOU'RE TRANSFERRING TEXT FILES FROM ONE COMPUTER TO ANOTHER,YOU
DON'T REALLY NEED ABSOLUTE ACCURACY IN TRANSMISSION.  ┴FTER ALL, IF A
LETTER OR TWO IS MISREAD, IT WILL NEARLY ALWAYS BE POSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS MEANT.  ┬UT THIS ISN'T THE CASE WHEN YOU'RE TRANSFERRING PROGRAMS.
╙INCE THE LANGUAGE AND SYNTAX OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM IS CRITICAL, IT'S
EQUALLY CRITICAL THAT PROGRAMS BE TRANSMITTED ACCURATELY FROM ONE COMPUTER
TO ANOTHER.  ╘HAT'S WHY THERE ARE MANY "PROTOCOLS" TO INSURE ACCURATE
TRANSMISSION OF FILES.  ┴ PROTOCOL IS A FORMAL COMMUNICATIONS SEQUENCE THAT
INCLUDES SOME METHOD FOR CHECKING FOR ERRORS IN TRANSMISSION.  ╙IXTH ╙ENSE
64 INCLUDES TWO DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS, ├OMPU╙ERVE "┬" AND ╪═╧─┼═.

    ├OMPU╙ERVE "┬" PROTOCOL, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, IS USED TO SEND AND
RECEIVE FILES BETWEEN YOUR ├OMMODORE 64 AND ├OMPU╙ERVE.  ╔T WAS DEVELOPED
BY ├OMPU╙ERVE IN ORDER TO MAKE FILE TRANSFERS AUTOMATIC; ├OMPU╙ERVE'S
MAINFRAME WILL QUERY YOUR COMPUTER, AND IF IT FINDS THAT YOU ARE USING "┬"
PROTOCOL, FROM THEN ON YOU NEED DO NOTHING ELSE.  ┘OUR COMPUTER AND THE
MAINFRAME WILL HANDLE THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE.  ╘HE TOP STATUS LINE WILL
CHANGE TO SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS OF YOUR TRANSFER:

       ┬╠╧├╦-000 ─-000 ├-  ╙-00000  ┬ ╨╥╧╘╧├╧╠

┬╠╧├╦ INDICATES WHICH BLOCK OF THE PROGRAM THE COMPUTER IS DOWNLOADING.  ─
INDICATES THE PROGRESS OF THE TRANSFER OF THE DATA WITHIN THE BLOCK; IT
WILL CHANGE RAPIDLY FROM 000 TO 515.  ├ INDICATES THE ERROR CHECKING
MECHANISM; IT WILL SHOW EITHER ┘ OR ╬ DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE BLOCK
CHECKED OUT PROPERLY.  ╙ SHOWS THE SECTOR ON THE DISK TO WHICH THE BLOCK IS
BEING ASSIGNED.  ┴ND, OF COURSE, ┬ ╨╥╧╘╧├╧╠ SHOWS YOU WHICH PROTOCOL YOU'RE
USING.

     ╘O USE ├OMPU╙ERVE "┬" PROTOCOL, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ENABLED ON THE
BOTTOM STATUS LINE (THE ┬ WILL BE VISIBLE).  ╔F THE ┬ IS NOT VISIBLE, PRESS
(├=)╔.  ╠ET'S SAY YOU WISH TO UPLOAD A FILE INTO ONE OF THE ├OMPU╙ERVE ─ATA
╠IBRARIES.  ┘OU WOULD SELECT THE ─ATA ╠IBRARY, THEN TELL ├OMPU╙ERVE YOU
WISH TO UPLOAD, AND YOU WILL BE ASKED THE NAME OF THE FILE AS IT EXISTS ON
YOUR DISK, AND THE NAME YOU WISH THE FILE TO HAVE IN THE ─ATA ╠IBRARY.
╞ROM THEN ON, THE PROCESS IS AUTOMATIC.  ├OMPU╙ERVE WILL TELL YOU WHEN THE
UPLOAD IS COMPLETE.  ╧N THE VERY RARE OCCASIONS WHEN THE FILE TRANSFER IS
UNSUCCESSFUL, YOU'LL BE TOLD THAT, TOO, AND ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 WILL THEN
AUTOMATICALLY INHIBIT THE ┬ PROTOCOL SO YOU WON'T GET DUMPED OFF LINE.  ╔F
YOU WANT TO TRY THE UPLOAD PROCEDURE AGAIN, BE SURE TO ENABLE ┬ PROTOCOL BY
PRESSING (├=)╔.

     ╪═╧─┼═ IS A FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL THAT CAN BE USED BETWEEN MANY KINDS
OF COMPUTERS.  ┘OU CAN USE ╪═╧─┼═ TO TRANSFER FILES TO AND FROM ├OMPU╙ERVE
AND OTHER LARGE DATABASE SERVICES, AS WELL AS LOCAL ┬ULLETIN ┬OARD ╙ERVICES
(┬┬╙'S) AND OTHER PERSONAL COMPUTERS.  ╫HEN YOU SEND FILES TO A MAINFRAME
SERVICE, OR TO MOST ┬┬╙'S, THE HOST COMPUTER WILL TELL YOU WHEN TO BEGIN
THE ╪═╧─┼═ TRANSFER.  ╔F YOU'RE TRANSFERRING FILES WITH ANOTHER HOME
COMPUTER USER, YOU SHOULD AGREE ON WHEN TO BEGIN THE PROCESS BEFORE YOU DO
SO.

     ╘O START AN ╪═╧─┼═ FILE TRANSFER, PRESS (├=)╪.  ╘HE TOP STATUS LINE
WILL FIRST ASK YOU ╙┼╬─ ╧╥ ╥┼├┼╔╓┼?  ╨RESS ╙ IF YOU WISH TO SEND A FILE, ╥
TO RECEIVE ONE.  (┘OU DO NOT NEED TO PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬>.)

     ╔F YOU CHOOSE TO SEND A FILE, YOU WILL THEN BE ASKED ╨╥╧╟╥┴═ ╧╥
╙┼╤╒┼╬╘╔┴╠?  ╘HIS REFERS TO THE TYPE OF FILE YOU ARE SENDING.  ╔F IT IS A
COMPUTER PROGRAM, PRESS ╨.  ╔F IT IS TEXT, PRESS ╙ (AND AGAIN, YOU NEED NOT
PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬>.)  ╬EXT THE STATUS LINE WILL SAY ╥┼┴─ ╞╔╠┼ ╬┴═┼ 0:INTRO.SCR.
╔F YOU ARE TRANSFERRING A FILE, TYPE IN THE NAME OF THE FILE HERE.  ╠ET'S
USE THIS FILE NAME AS AN EXAMPLE.  ╨RESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> AND THE STATUS LINE WILL
CHANGE ONCE AGAIN.

            ┬╠╧├╦-000  ─-000 ├- ╙-0000 ╪═╧─┼═

╘HIS LINE SHOWS YOU THE STATUS OF YOUR UPLOAD WITH ╪═╧─┼═; SEE THE
DESCRIPTION UNDER ┬ ╨╥╧╘╧├╧╠ TO SEE WHAT THE VARIOUS CHARACTERS MEAN.

     ╔F YOU CHOOSE TO RECEIVE A FILE, YOU WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ASKED ╨╥╧╟╥┴═
╧╥ ╙┼╤╒┼╬╘╔┴╠?  ╨RESS THE APPROPRIATE LETTER.  ╬EXT YOU WILL SEE ╫╥╔╘┼ ╞╔╠┼
╬┴═┼ 0:COMM.DATA.  ┴T THIS POINT YOU CAN SPECIFY THE NAME UNDER WHICH YOU'D
LIKE YOUR FILE TO BE SAVED ON YOUR DISK.  ═AKE SURE A PROPERLY FORMATTED
DISK IS IN THE DRIVE BEFORE YOU PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬>; DO ╬╧╘ LEAVE YOUR ╙IXTH
╙ENSE 64 DISK IN THE DRIVE.  ╔F YOU ARE USING A BACKUP COPY OF ╙IXTH ╙ENSE
64 WITHOUT A WRITE-PROTECT TAB, THE PROGRAM WILL ATTEMPT TO WRITE YOUR FILE
TO THE DISK.  ╔F YOU ARE USING YOUR ORIGINAL ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 DISK, THE
PROGRAM WILL ATTEMPT TO WRITE TO IT, BUT SINCE IT IS WRITE-PROTECTED, YOU
WILL GET AN ERROR MESSAGE, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO START THE DOWNLOAD ALL OVER
AGAIN.  ╧NCE YOU'VE MADE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER DISK IN THE DRIVE, AND
THE NAME OF THE FILE THE WAY YOU WISH IT, PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬>.  ╘HE STATUS LINE
WILL CHANGE TO

               ┬╠╧├╦-000 ─-001 ├-╬ ╙-00000 ╪═╧─┼═

(╙EE THE DESCRIPTION UNDER ┬ ╨╥╧╘╧├╧╠ FOR AN EXPLANATION.)

     ╧NCE YOU START AN ╪═╧─┼═ TRANSFER, THE PROCESS WILL CONTINUE
AUTOMATICALLY.  ╔F YOU WANT TO STOP THE TRANSFER AT ANY POINT, PRESS
(╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨).  ╔N THE RARE EVENT THAT THE TRANSFER IS UNSUCCESSFUL, ╪═╧─┼═
WILL TELL YOU.


     ╙INCE ╪═╧─┼═ CAN BE USED BY SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF COMPUTERS, YOU
MAY NEED TO USE THE TRANSLATION CONTROL ON OCCASION.  (╙EE THE SECTION
DEALING WITH TRANSLATION CONTROL UNDER "╙TATUS ╠INE" FOR AN EXPLANATION.)
╬ORMALLY, WHEN YOU'RE COMMUNICATING WITH A LARGE MAINFRAME OR WITH A
NON-├OMMODORE COMPUTER, BOTH ╘RANSMIT AND ╥ECEIVE TRANSLATION WILL BE ON,
AND THE ╘ AND ╥ WILL BE VISIBLE ON THE BOTTOM STATUS LINE.  ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64
WILL THEN BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATING STANDARD ┴╙├╔╔ TO OR FROM ╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔
AS NEEDED.  ╚OWEVER, IF YOU'RE COMMUNICATING WITH A ├OMMODORE COMPUTER, YOU
DON'T NEED THE TRANSLATION, AND YOU SHOULD TURN IT OFF.