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- ╙╒╨┼╥ 81 ╒╘╔╠╔╘╔┼╙, ┴ ╥┼╓╔┼╫
- ┬ILL ╩ULIANI
- ─ISK ╒TILITIES FOR THE ├OMMODORE 1581,1571 AND 1541
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- ╚ARDWARE ╥EQUIREMENTS: ├-128 (80 ├OL.); SINGLE OR MULTI DRIVES.
- ╨UBLISHER: ╞REE ╙PIRIT ╙OFTWARE AND <┬╙─> ╙OFTWARE
- ┴UTHOR: ═ARK ┬RANNON
- ╨RICE: $39.95 ─ISK ╓ERSION (┬OTH & 1/2 AND 5 1/4 DISK SUPPLIED)
- $29.95 ╙╒╨┼╥├╚╔P ╓ERSION (╙EE BELOW)
- ├OPY ╨ROTECTION: ╬ONE
- ╥EVIEWER'S ╥ATING: ╓ERY ╟OOD (┴-)
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- ╨RODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE FOR THE ├-128 IS RARE, AND UTILITIES ARE LIKE HEN'S
- TEETH. ╫HEN ╔ FIRST SAW THE AD FOR THIS PRODUCT, ╔ JUST COULD NOT RESIST. ╔
- WAS NOT DISSAPOINTED. ╘HE ╙UPER '81 ╒TILITIES PACKAGE IS A COMPREHENSIVE AND
- USEFUL TOOL FOR SINGLE AND MULTIPLE DISK DRIVE OWNERS OF ├OMMODORE'S 1571 AND
- 1581. ═ANY DISK TOOLS ARE BUILT INTO THIS MENU DRIVEN PROGRAM. ╘HE MOST
- EXCITING UTILITIES ARE FOR ├OMMODORE'S NEW 1581, 3 1/2" DRIVE. ┴T LAST,
- PARTITIONS REVEALED!
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- ╙UMMERY OF FEATURES:
- ╞ILE ├OPY BETWEEN DRIVES, OR BETWEEN PARTITIONS (MAX. OF 50 FILES)
- ─ISK ├OPY BETWEEN DRIVES OR SAME DRIVE (ANY COMBINATION OF ONE OR TWO DRIVES)
- ─IRECTORY OF DISK OR PARTITIONS
- ├REATE OR SELECT PARTITIONS, ├REATE ┴UTO┬OOTS
- ╞ORMAT 1571 DISKS IN ALMOST ANY WAY POSSIBLE
- ╙CRATCH ╞ILES, ├HANGE ─ISK ╬AME, ╥ENAME, ┬ULK ┼RASE, ╠OCK OR ╒NLOCK ╞ILES
- ─IRECT ─╧╙ ├OMMANDS, ╓ALIDATE ─ISK, ╘RASH ╘RACKS
- ─RIVE ╥┴═ AND ╥╧═ ═ONITOR
- ╞ULLY ╞UNCTIONAL ─ISK ┼DITOR
- ╙OME ├╨/═ ╒TILITIES
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- ╞REE ╙PIRIT ╙OFTWARE IS SHIPPING ╙UPER 81 ╒TILITIES CONTAINING A WELL
- DOCUMENTED 28 PAGE LEAFLET AND TWO COPIES OF THE PROGRAM. ┘ES, TWO DISKS! ╘HE
- 3 1/2" VERSION IS FOR AN '81 AS DEVICE 8, WHILE THE 5 1/2" VERSION FOR A '71 AS
- DEVICE 8. ┴ PLEASANT SURPRISE IN THIS AGE OF COPY PROTECTION!
- ╨RESENTLY, ╙UPER 81 ╒TILITIES IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH A LISCENCING AGREE-
- MENT WITH ╒TILITIES ╒NLIMITED ON A ╥╧═ CHIP THAT PLUGS INTO THE ├-128'S EMPTY
- SOCKET. ╘HE PROGRAM IS BOOTABLE ONLY FROM DEVICE EIGHT (8 OR 9 FOR THE ├-64
- VERSION). ╠OADING IS QUICK, HOWEVER NOT ALL OF IT IS MEMORY RESIDENT. ╘HE
- PROGRAM DISK IS SOMETIMES NEEDED IN DRIVE EIGHT FOR THE ─ISK ├OPY, ╞ILE ├OPY,
- ─ISK ┼DITOR, AND ─RIVE ═ONITOR PORTIONS OF THE PROGRAM. ╘HIS IS DUE TO THE
- LARGE COPY BUFFER SIZE OF 220 BLOCKS. ╙UPER 81 ╒TILITIES ALLOWS YOU TO ABORT
- MOST OPERATIONS BY HITTING THE ┼SCAPE KEY, USES FUNCTION KEY COMMANDS, AND HAS
- SEVERAL EASY TO USE MENU DRIVEN DISPLAYS.
- ╘HE THREE MOST POWERFUL FEATURES ARE THE ─RIVE ═ONITOR, ─ISK ┼DITOR, AND ╥AM
- ╫RITER. ╩UST THESE ROUTINES ALONE WILL JUSTIFY THE PACKAGE PRICE! ╘HE ─RIVE
- ═ONITOR ALLOWS A USER TO ╨┼┼╦ INTO THE DRIVE'S ╥╧═ (OR EVEN ╥┴═), DISASSEMBLE,
- AND SAVE TO A DISK FILE WITH COMMANDS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE ├-128'S ═╠
- ═ONITOR. ╘HE ─ISK ┼DITOR WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACTUALLY VIEW AND CHANGE ANY
- INFORMATION, ANYWHERE ON A DISK. ┬OTH ┴╙├╔╔ AND ╚┼╪ VALUES ARE DISPLAYED, SIDE
- BY SIDE, AND CAN BE EDITED BY USING THE DUAL CURSOR. ┬Y DISPLAYING AND EDITING
- THE ╘RACK AND ╙ECTOR YOU CAN QUICKLY REPAIR THOSE PROBLEM FILES OR EVEN MAKE A
- 1581 DISK FUNCTION AS A 1571 DISK. ╠OADING AND RUNNING YOUR OWN PROGRAMS IN
- THE DRIVE'S ╥┴═ IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE ╥AM ╫RITER.
- ╧NE OF THE BEST FEATURES ARE THE MANY PARTITION COMMANDS WHICH INCLUDES
- CREATING, SELECTING, FORMATTING, AND COPYING TO OR FROM PARTITIONS AND DRIVES.
- ╬OT ONLY DOES THE PROGRAM MAKE THIS EASY BUT A MUCH NEEDED DESCRIPTION OF
- PARTITIONS IS FULLY DOCUMENTED. ╬ICE WORK!
- ╞OR DAY TO DAY USAGE, THE ╞ILE AND ─ISK ├OPY SECTIONS ARE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH FOR
- ALL OF MY DISK CHORES ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PROGRAM SELF-CONFIGURES TO MY SYSTEM.
- ╙UPER 81 ╒TILITIES IS A MUST FOR '81 OWNERS BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, THE
- PROGRAM STILL PROVIDES AMPLE SUPPORT FOR THE '71 TO JUSTIFY THE PRICE.
- ╔ MUST ALSO RELATE SOME MINOR DISSAPOINTMENTS THAT ╔ FOUND WHILE USING THIS
- UTILITY. ┘OU MUST BE CAREFUL WHEN FORMATTING DISKS ON DRIVE EIGHT AND ONE OF
- THE FIRST THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE IS TO MAKE A BACK-UP COPY, DUE TO THE LACK
- OF PROMPTS WHEN FORMATTING DISKS ON THAT DRIVE.. ═ARK ┬RANNON SUGGESTS
- INSTALLING THE WRITE PROTECT TABS WHEN YOU FIRST UNPACK ╙UPER 81 ╒TILITIES.
- ┴LSO YOU CAN FORMAT SEVERAL TYPES OF ═╞═ DISKS, BUT YOU CAN NOT DISPLAY ├╨/═
- DIRECTORIES, AND IF YOU WANT YOUR DEFAULT VALUES FOR THE FUNCTION KEYS BACK
- AFTER EXITING THEN YOU MUST HIT THE ├OMMODORE'S RESET BUTTON. ╫HEN COMPARING
- THESE FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE ENTIRE PACKAGE, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF A '╘ECH
- ╚OTLINE' (312-352-7335) ╙UPER 81 ╒TILITIES WILL BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. ╩OE
- ╚UBBARD, OF ╞REE ╙PIRIT ╙OFTWARE, HAS SUGGESTED THAT IDEAS FOR UPDATES BE
- DIRECTED TO HIS OFFICE. ╚OPEFULLY, AN UPDATE WOULD INCLUDE A BOOT FROM NINE
- OPTION AND ╥.┼.╒. UTILITIES.
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- ╧THER ╙OFTWARE BY ═ARK ┬RANNON:
- 1541/1571 ─RIVE ┴LIGNMENT
- ╙UPER ─ISK ╒TILITIES (1571,1541)
- ╙UPER ─ISK ╠IBRARIAN (├-128)
- ╒LTRA ─╧╙ ╒TILITIES (┴MIGA)
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- ╙END ╒PDATE SUGGESTIONS TO:
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- ╞REE ╙PIRIT ╙OFTWARE, ╔NC.
- 905 ╫. ╚ILLGROVE, ╙UITE 6
- ╠A╟RANGE, ╔L 60525
- ┴TTN: ═ARK ┬RANNON
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