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─ESTERM 128 V1.02 ╥AM ┼XPANSION ╒NIT ╒SE
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╘HIS .╙─┴ SHOULD OF CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING FILES:
3 BLKS "DESBOOT" PRG
29 BLKS "RAMDOS128.BIN4.4" PRG
3 BLKS "NEW AUTOBOOT" PRG
1 BLKS "SAFE COLLECT" PRG
17 BLKS "FILE COPIER" PRG
2 BLKS "FILECOPY.BIN" PRG
3 BLKS "COPY TO RAM" PRG
2 BLKS "COPY FROM RAM" PRG
╞ORMAT A FRESH DISC ON YOUR 1541, 1571 OR 1581. ╠OAD AND RUN THE "NEW
AUTOBOOT" TO CREATE THE NEW AUTOBOOT SECTOR NEEDED TO RUN THIS SYSTEM. ┘OU
MAY WANT TO COPY THIS FILE ONTO YOUR NEW DISC FOR FUTURE USES. ╒SING YOUR
FAVORITE FILE COPIERING PRG (MINE IS ╞AST ╚ACK'EM 128) COPY YOUR ─ESTER FILES
ONTO THIS NEW DISC (EXCEPT THE OLD "CREATE AUTOBOOT" PRG). ├OPY ALL OF THE
ABOVE ONTO THIS DISC AS WELL. ╘HAT'S IT!
╙IMPLY TURN-ON (OR RESET) YOUR ├=128 TO AUTOBOOT. ╘HE FIRST SCREEN IS THE NEW
╥┼╒ OPTIONS ╔ PUT IN. ╘HE FIRST OPTION IS TO BOOT ─ESTERM WITH OR WITHOUT THE
╥┼╒ AND ╥┴═─╧╙. ╔F YOU DON'T WANT THE ╥┴═─╧╙ LOADED, HIT "F1" AND ─ESTERM WILL
LOAD AS IT DID BEFORE. ╔F YOUR DO WANT ╥┼╒ SUPPORT, ENTER THE DEVICE NUMBER
YOU WANT AND WHEN ASKED "Y" IF YOU WANT IT INTIALIZED. ┴T THIS POINT ─ESTERM WILL BE LOADED WITH THE
╥┴═─╔╙├ THE DEVICE YOU SET IT AS. ╥┼═┼═┬┼╥ TO CHANGE YOUR SETUP FILE TO HAVE
THE ╒╙┼╥ ╞╔╠┼╙ ─┼╓╔├┼ SET TO THE ╥┼╒ DEVICE NUMBER. ┘OU CAN FIND THIS IN THE
╒╙┼╥ ┼╬╓╔╥╧╬═┼╬╘ SECTION. ╙IMPLY CHANGE IT TO THAT NUMBER AND RE-SAVE THE
╙┼╘╒╨ FROM THE ┼─╔╘ ─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ SECTION.
╘HE SECOND CHOICE IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOAD THE ╥┼╒ WITH FILE YOU WANT TO
UPLOAD. ╔T WILL AUTOMATICALLY BOOT ╥┴═─╧╙ AND SET DEVICE AS 9. ╘HEN, IT LOADS
THE ╞ILECOPIER THAT WORKS WITH ╥┴═─╧╙ AND YOU CAN COPY WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO
THE ╥┼╒. ╥┼═┼═┬┼╥: ─ON'T TURN OFF THE COMPUTER TO RESET WHEN DONE. ╨UT IN
YOUR ─ESTERM DISC ┴ND HIT THE ╥┼╙┼╘ BUTTON. ├HOSE THE FIRST OPTION ┬╒╘ ─╧╬'╘
╔╬╔╘╔┴╠ ╘╚┼ ╥┴═ OR YOUR FILES WILL BE ╠╧╙╘! ╔T WILL LOAD ─ESTERM AND YOUR
READY TO CALL OUT. ╔F YOUR ╒╙┼╥ ╞╔╠┼ ─┼╓╔├┼ IS SET TO THE PROPER DEVICE
NUMBER, YOUR READY TO UPLOAD FROM THE ╥┼╒! ╬OTE THE ╙╨┼┼─ DIFFERENCE!
╘HE THIRD CHOICE IF FOR COPYING STUUF YOU ALREADY HAVE DOWNLOADED TO THE ╥┼╒
USING ─ESTERM BOOTED IN THE PREVIOUS MANNER. ╫HEN YOUR DONE WITH DESTERM AND
WISH TO COPY THE FILES FROM THE ╥┼╒, PLACE YOUR ─ESTERM DIC BACK IN THE DRIVE
(IF IT WASN'T AREADY THERE) AND HIT THE ╥┼╙┼╘ BUTTON. ┴╟┴╔╬ ─╧╬'╘ ╘╒╥╬ ╧╞╞ ╘╚┼
├=128! ├HOOSE OPTION THREE. ╘HIS RE-INSTATES THE ╥┴═─╧╙ AS DRIVE 9 AND LOADS
THE FILECOPIER. ┘OUR NOW READY TO COPY THE FILES YOU'VE DOWNLOADED ON TO A
DISC!
┴ COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS OF ─ESTERM AND ╥┼╒. ╘HR FILE COPIER ╫╧╬'╘ WORK WITH
THE ╥┼╒. ╘HE BUFFER DOESN'T SUPPORT THE ╥┼╒ EITHER. ╘O SAVE THE BUFFER, ONE
MUST CHANGE THE ╒╙┼╥ ╞╔╠┼ ─┼╓╔├┼ NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF A DISC DRIVE, THEN
SAVE IT. ╫HEN ─OWNLOADING, ╔ WENT FROM A 69-71% EFFICIENCY TO A 88-90% RATING!
╘HAT WAS ON A 1571, SO SAVINGS WOULDN'T BE AS MUCH WITH A 1581, BUT MORE WITH
A 1541!
┘OUR ┴STRAL ╟UIDE, ╘HE ┴STRAL ╨LANE ┬┬╙
─R. ╬EUTRINO/TAP 312-476-7785 300-2400 BAUD