home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ 8bitfiles.net/archives / archives.tar / archives / genie-commodore-file-library / C64-128Toolkit / MIDNITE-PROG-TOOL-KIT / DOCS < prev    next >
Encoding:
Text File  |  2019-04-13  |  9.9 KB  |  254 lines
  1.                                        
  2.               ╔╬╘╥╧─╒├╘╔╧╬             
  3.                                        
  4.                    ╘╧                  
  5.                                        
  6.     ═╔─╬╔╟╚╘ ╨╥╧╟╥┴══┼╥╙ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘ ╦╔╘   
  7.                                        
  8.             ┬Y:  ─R. ═IDNIGHT          
  9.                                        
  10.                                        
  11.                                        
  12.                                        
  13.                                        
  14.   ╔N MY ATTEMPT TO  PUT AS MANY USEFUL 
  15.                                        
  16.  UTILITIES INTO ONE PROGRAMM AS ╔ COULD
  17.                                        
  18.  "═╔─╬╔╟╚╘ ╨╥╧╟╥┴══┼╥╙ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘ ╦╔╘" WAS
  19.                                        
  20.  BORN.  ╚OPEFULLY VERSION 2 WILL NOT BE
  21.                                        
  22.  TOO FAR BEHIND.  ╙OME OF THE UTILITIES
  23.                                        
  24.    TO BE ADDED IN FUTURE VERSIONS ARE  
  25.                                        
  26.         A TRACK & SECTOR EDITOR        
  27.                                        
  28.           A SEQ.  FILE WRITER          
  29.                                        
  30.           A TERMINAL  ROUTINE          
  31.                                        
  32.            A PROGRAM  LISTER           
  33.                                        
  34.   A BLOCK ALLOCATE  BLOCK FREE ROUTINE 
  35.                                        
  36.                 A  CLOCK               
  37.                                        
  38.            AN AUTORUN ROUTINE          
  39.                                        
  40.             A DISK CATALOGER           
  41.                                        
  42.   JUST TO NAME A FEW.  ╔F YOU HAVE ANY 
  43.                                        
  44.   SUGGESTIONS,  COMMENTS, OR QUESTIONS 
  45.                                        
  46.  JUST LEAVE ┼-═┴╔╠ TO "─R. ═IDNIGHT" ON
  47.                                        
  48.  ┬╔╘ ═ONDAY THRU ╘HURSDAY AFTER 5:30 PM
  49.                                        
  50.   AND FROM 5:30 PM ╞RIDAY THRU 7:00 AM 
  51.                                        
  52.   ═ONDAY.  300 AND 1200 BAUD.  ╨HONE # 
  53.                                        
  54.      318-387-9471 AND 318-387-9472.    
  55.                                        
  56.                                        
  57.                                        
  58.                                        
  59.                                        
  60.        ┴┬╧╒╘ ╘╚┼  ═┼╬╒ ╙┼╠┼├╘╔╧╬╙      
  61.                                        
  62.                                        
  63.                                        
  64.   ┴:  "CHANGE DISK ID"  CAN BE USED TO 
  65.                                        
  66.  CHANGE THE 2 CHARACTER DISK ID TO ANY 
  67.                                        
  68.             OTHER 2 CHARACTERS.        
  69.                                        
  70.  ┬:  "CHANGE DISK NAME"  WILL ALLOW YOU
  71.                                        
  72.   TO CHANGE THE DISK NAME TO ANY NAME  
  73.                                        
  74.    OF YOUR CHOICE AS LONG AS IT'S 16   
  75.                                        
  76.           CHARACTERS OR LESS.          
  77.                                        
  78.    ├:  "CHANGE DRIVE ADD"  IS USED TO  
  79.                                        
  80.  CHANGE THE A DISK DRIVES DEVICE NUMBER
  81.                                        
  82.    BY MEANS OF SOFTWARE RATHER THAN A  
  83.                                        
  84.          HARDWARE MODIFICATION.        
  85.                                        
  86.    ─:  "CHECK  ALIGNMENT"  IS USED TO  
  87.                                        
  88.   CHECK A DISK DRIVES  READ/WRITE HEAD 
  89.                                        
  90.                ALIGNMENT.              
  91.                                        
  92.   ┼:  "CHECK DRIVE  SPEED"  WILL CHECK 
  93.                                        
  94.       THE SPEED OF THE DISK DRIVE.     
  95.                                        
  96.  ╞:  "CLEAN DRIVE HEAD"  WILL  SPIN THE
  97.                                        
  98.    DRIVE MOTOR  ALLOWING YOU TO USE A  
  99.                                        
  100.            HEAD CLEANING DISK.         
  101.                                        
  102.    ╟:  "COLOR SELECT"  ALLOWS  YOU TO  
  103.                                        
  104.  CHANGE THE COLOR SETTINGS FOR THE TEXT
  105.                                        
  106.   SCREEN AND BACKGROUND TO ANY SETTING 
  107.                                        
  108.            OF YOUR  CHOOSING.          
  109.                                        
  110.  ╚:  "DIRECTORY  READER"  LETS YOU VIEW
  111.                                        
  112.        THE DIRECTORY OF ANY DISK.      
  113.                                        
  114.  ╔:  "ERROR CHECKER"  WILL CHECK A DISK
  115.                                        
  116.                FOR ERRORS.             
  117.                                        
  118.  ╩:  "EXIT TO BASIC"   RESETS COMPUTER.
  119.                                        
  120.   ╦:  "FILE LOCK/UNLOCK"  WILL SCRATCH 
  121.                                        
  122.   PROTECT A FILE BY LOCKING IT AND CAN 
  123.                                        
  124.   UNLOCK A FILE SO IT MAY BE SCRATCHED.
  125.                                        
  126.    ╠:  "FORMAT A DISK"  GIVES YOU TWO  
  127.                                        
  128.  DIFFERENT TYPES OF FORMATS.  ╘HE FULL 
  129.                                        
  130.  FORMAT FORMATS THE ENTIRE DISK AND THE
  131.                                        
  132.  SHORT FORMAT ALLOWS YOU TO FORMAT ONLY
  133.                                        
  134.  THE ┬┴═ AND DIRECTORY (TRACK 18 SECTOR
  135.                                        
  136.  0 AND 1).  ╘HE SHORT  FORMAT WILL SAVE
  137.                                        
  138.  YOU SOME TIME  BUT CAN ONLY BE USED ON
  139.                                        
  140.  A DISK THAT HAS BEEN FORMATTED BEFORE.
  141.                                        
  142.   ═:  "HEX/DEC/BIN  CONVERT"  CONVERTS 
  143.                                        
  144.   NUMBERS FROM ONE  FORMAT TO ANOTHER. 
  145.                                        
  146.    ╬:  "INITIALIZE DRIVE"  IS USED TO  
  147.                                        
  148.    RESET THE DISK DRIVE AS IF IT WERE  
  149.                                        
  150.              JUST  TURNED ON.          
  151.                                        
  152.  ╧:  "LOAD ADDRESS"  ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW
  153.                                        
  154.    THE LOAD ADDRESS  OF A PROGRAM AND  
  155.                                        
  156.   CHANGE ITS LOAD ADDERSS IF YOU WISH. 
  157.                                        
  158.    ╨:  "PRG. MERGER"  WILL MERGER TWO  
  159.                                        
  160.         BASIC PROGRAMS TOGETHER.       
  161.                                        
  162.    ╤:  "READ ERROR MSG"  REPORTS DISK  
  163.                                        
  164.              DRIVE  ERRORS.            
  165.                                        
  166.    ╥:  "RENAME A FILE"  ALLOWS YOU TO  
  167.                                        
  168.   CHANGE A FILES NAME IN THE DIRECTORY 
  169.                                        
  170.      TO ANYTHING YOU  WISH UP TO 16    
  171.                                        
  172.             CHARACTERS LONG.           
  173.                                        
  174.  ╙:  "SCRATCH A FILE"  LETS  YOU REMOVE
  175.                                        
  176.           A FILE  FROM A DISK.         
  177.                                        
  178.   ╘:  "SEQ FILE READER"  ALLOWS YOU TO 
  179.                                        
  180.   PRINT SEQUENTIAL  FILES TO SCREEN OR 
  181.                                        
  182.            PRINTER FROM DISK.          
  183.                                        
  184.  ╒:  "SORT DIRECTORY"  WILL SORT A DISK
  185.                                        
  186.     DIRECTORY IN ALPHANUMERIC ORDER.   
  187.                                        
  188.    ╘:  "T & S EDITOR"  IS A TRACK AND  
  189.                                        
  190.    SECTOR EDITOR  WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO  
  191.                                        
  192.    VIEW AND EDIT THE  CODE ON A DISK.  
  193.                                        
  194.    ╙ORRY DUE TO A BUG IN THIS ROUTINE  
  195.                                        
  196.  "T & S EDITOR" IS NOT YET IMPLIMENTED.
  197.                                        
  198.   ╫:  "TRACE  FILE LINK"  WILL TRACE A 
  199.                                        
  200.   FILES TRACK AND  SECTOR LINKS IF YOU 
  201.                                        
  202.      KNOW THE FILES STARTING T & S.    
  203.                                        
  204.   ╪:  "UNFORMAT"  WILL RECONSTRUCT THE 
  205.                                        
  206.    DISKS DIRECTORY OF A DISK THAT HAS  
  207.                                        
  208.  BEEN SHORT FORMATTED HOWEVER THE FIRST
  209.                                        
  210.   8 ENTRIES ON THE  DISK WILL BE LOST. 
  211.                                        
  212.  ┌:  "VALIDATE DISK"  WILL CLEAN UP THE
  213.                                        
  214.                 DISK  ┬┴═.             
  215.                                        
  216.  *:  "VIEW BAM"  DISPLAYS  THE DISK ┬┴═
  217.                                        
  218.                 ON SCREEN.             
  219.                                        
  220.  ^:  "WRITE ERROR"  WILL WRITE AN ERROR
  221.                                        
  222.       TO DISK  ALLOWING YOU TO USE     
  223.                                        
  224.   "CH T 39 4 ERR" TO COPY PROTECT YOUR 
  225.                                        
  226.              OWN PROGRAMS.             
  227.                                        
  228.      ╚OW TO USE  "CH T 39 4 ERR".      
  229.                                        
  230.  ╩UST ADD  "CH T 39 4 ERR" TO THE START
  231.                                        
  232.   OF YOUR PROGRAM AND CHANGE THE PRINT 
  233.                                        
  234.  STATEMENT FROM "ERROR FOUND" TO A GOTO
  235.                                        
  236.  STATEMENT TO THE START OF YOUR PROGRAM
  237.                                        
  238.  AND THE STATEMENT "ERROR NOT FOUND" TO
  239.                                        
  240.                SYS 64738.              
  241.                                        
  242.                                        
  243.   ═OST OF THE ROUTINES IN THIS PROGRAM 
  244.                                        
  245.   ARE EASY USE.  ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS 
  246.                                        
  247.   FOLLOW PROMPTS. ╚OPE Y'ALL ENJOY THE 
  248.                                        
  249.     ═╔─╬╔╟╚╘ ╨╥╧╟╥┴══┼╥╙ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘ ╦╔╘   
  250.                                        
  251.               ─╥. ═╔─╬╔╟╚╘             
  252.                                        
  253.                                        
  254.