╘O A NEWCOMER TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS, DOWNLOADING OF FILES FROM THE LOCAL BULLETIN BOARD CAN BECOME SOMEWHAT OF AN UN-NERVING EXPERIENCE. ╙EASONED VETERANS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GIVE UP IN FRUSTRATION IF THE SYSOP IS NOT CONSCIENTIOUS TO THE USERS. ┴LL USERS FROM TIME TO TIME HAVE EXPERIENCED DOWNLOADING A PROGRAM AND ATTEMPT TO RUN IT ONLY TO GET A "╞ILE ╬OT ╞OUND ┼RROR". ╞RUSTRATING! ╔T SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE PROGRAM HAS OTHER SUB-FILES ASSOCIATED TO IT TO MAKE IT RUN AND EITHER YOU MISSPELLED A FILENAME OR IT WASN'T CLEAR TO YOU WHICH FILES TO DOWNLOAD. ┬ACK TO THE BULLETIN BOARD! ╔F YOU ARE LUCKY AND GET THROUGH THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE PROGRAM RUNNING BY MIDNIGHT!
╘HERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY? ╫HY NOT COMBINE ALL THE SUB-FILES OF A MULTI-FILE PROGRAM INTO ONE SINGLE FILE AND ADD SOME INFO TO IT TO ALLOW THE USER TO SPLIT IT UP AND RECREATE THE ORIGINALS? ╙OUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA! ╘HIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ╠YNX ACCOMPLISHES. ╔T IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A FILE COMPILER. ╞ILE COMPILERS ARE NOT NEW TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORLD. ╞ILE COMPILERS SAVE THE USER TIME ON A BULLETIN BOARD. ╔F THE USER ACCESSES LONG DISTANCE BOARDS THEN SUBSTANCIAL SAVINGS CAN BE REALIZED IN PHONE BILLS. ╞OR THE ╙┘╙╧╨ OF A BULLETIN BOARD IT COULD MEAN MORE FILES IN THE DOWNLOAD SECTION AND LESS HEADACHES FROM NEW USERS.
╘HERE HAS BEEN VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO CREATE THE "IDEAL" COMPILER BUT UNTIL ╠YNX THEY WERE CLUMSY,SLOW, UNRELIABLE AND AWKWARD TO THE USER. ╬O MORE! ╠YNX IS THE FASTEST AND THE EASIEST FILE COMPILER AVAILABLE FOR THE ├64/1541!
╠YNX IS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DISK UTILITY THAT WILL ╥┼╠╔╬╦ THE SUB-FILES OF A MULTI-FILE PROGRAM AND COMPILES THEM INTO A SINGLE ╨╥╟ FILE FOR EASIER FILE TRANSFERS. ┴S AN ADDITIONAL FEATURE, ╠YNX WILL CONVERT RELATIVE FILES TO A MODEM TRANSPORTABLE FORMAT TO ALLOW THE TRANSFER OF ENTIRE DATABASES!
╞EATURES:
300 TO 800% FASTER THAN "┴╥├"! ╘HE FASTEST FILE COMPILER AVAILABLE FOR THE ├64/1541! ╠YNX WAS DESIGNED WITH THE ╙Y╙OP IN MIND. ┘OU HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN SPEND "╞ORTY ─AYS AND ╞ORTY ╬IGHTS" ORGANIZING YOUR DOWNLOAD DATABASES AND DISKETTES. ╠YNX WILL ALLOW THE ╙Y╙OP TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE WITH THE PRECIOUS TIME YOU DO HAVE.
╬ON-DUPLICATING FORMAT WITH LOW DISK OVERHEAD REQUIRED. ╙INGLE DRIVE OPERATION. ╬O EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE DRIVE DUE TO UN-NECCESSARY DUPLICATION OF FILES. ╙INCE FILES ARE NOT DUPLICATED THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC SAVINGS OF 50% IN DISK SPACE AND DISKETTES.
╒P TO 143 FILES CAN BE LINKED AT ONE TIME. ┴N ENTIRE DISK!
╥ELATIVE FILE CAPABILITIES UP TO 664 BLOCKS! ┼NTIRE DATABASES CAN NOW BE MODEM TRANSPORTED.
╘WO DRIVE BUFFERLESS FILE COPIER THAT WILL COPY FILES OF ANY LENGTH!
─IRECTORY EDITOR THAT WILL ORGANIZE YOUR DISKS IN A SNAP. ╘HE MOST COMPLETE EDITOR AVAILABLE!
─╧╙ ├╧══┴╬─┼╥ TO IMPLEMENT DRIVE COMMANDS SUCH AS ╬┼╫,╓┴╠╔─┴╘┼ AND ╔╬╔╘╔┴╠╔┌┼. ─ISK RENAMING ROUTINE INCLUDED!
╞ILE ENCRYPTION TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO YOUR DISKS. ╫ITH SINGLE KEY PASSWORD. ╘HE FASTEST AVAILABLE!
╞ILE READER WITH ╨┴╟┼,╨┴╒╙┼ AND ╙├╥╧╠╠!
┴UTOMATIC STRIPPING OF ╪MODEM PADDING OF FILES AND ┴UTO-╓ERIFICATION. ┴BSOLUTELY SAFE AND RELIABLE!
┴ TWO MINUTE TWO-DRIVE BACKUP OF NON-PROTECTED DISKETTES.
┴N ELEMENTARY SECTOR EDITOR TO EDIT YOUR DISKS.
╒SER FRIENDLY AND MOST OF ALL, USER PROOF. ╠YNX IS A STAND ALONE PROGRAM THAT IS COMPLETELY MENU DRIVEN. ╬O COMPLICATED AND ESOTERIC COMMANDS FOR THE USER. ╘HE UNIQUE GRAPHICS OF ╠YNX HAVE TRULY MADE IT THE "═IAMI ╓ICE"OF UTILITIES. ┴ PLUS FOR ANY ┬┬╙!
╙INCE ITS FIRST RELEASE IN ╬OVEMBER 1985, ╠YNX HAS BEEN UPDATED FIFTEEN TIMES. ╔T IS THE MOST COMPLETE DISK UTILITY AVAILABLE FOR THE ├64/1541! ┘OU CAN THROW AWAY AN ENTIRE DISK OF DISK UTILITIES. ╙YSOPS CAN NOW DEDICATED THEIR DOWNLOAD DATABASES TO REAL SOFTWARE INSTEAD OF REDUNDANT DISK UTILITIES THAT NEVER FIT THE USERS NEEDS. ╠YNX WILL DO EVERYTHING EXCEPT PUT A FEW BUCKS IN AN ENVELOPE AND SEND IT TO ITS AUTHOR! (STILL WORKING ON THAT)
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╞ILES ARE SELECTABLE BY THE USER THROUGH A DIRECTORY ROUTINE FOR DISSOLVING AND CREATING .╠╬╪ FILES. ┼NTER <┘> OR <╬> AT EACH FILE PROMPT. ┼NTER <┼> TO ABORT OR <┴> FOR AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF FILES FROM THAT POINT ON. ╙EQUENTIAL, ╨ROGRAM, ╒SER AND ╥ELATIVE FILES CAN BE RELINKED BY ╠YNX.
╘HE FINAL LYNX FILENAME IS NOW REQUESTED. ┴ MAXIMUM OF TWELVE (12) CHARACTERS ARE ALLOWED. ═AKE SURE THAT THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT SAME FILE NAME ON THE DISK ALREADY! ─O NOT USE WILDCARDS SUCH AS "*" OR "!" IN THE FINAL NAME.
╬OW COMES THE FUN PART, WHAT ╠YNX IS FAMOUS FOR! 44 BYTES OF ═┴├╚╔╬┼ ╠┴╬╟╒┴╟┼ IS SENT TO THE DRIVE TO RELINK THE FILES.╘HE DISK DRIVE DOES ALL THE WORK AND THIS IS WHY IT IS SO FAST. ─ON'T BE ALARMED IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE DRIVE LIGHT, ╔ STILL REMEMBER THE ╧IL ┼MBARGO OF THE 70'S AND 50 M╫ IS 50 M╫! ┬ELIEVE ME IT IS WORKING! ╧N AN AVERAGE OF 270 BLOCKS A MINUTE! 140 BLOCKS A MINUTE WITH VERIFICATION. ╘HE LONGER THE FILE, THE FASTER! ┴S THE FILES ARE BEING RELINKED THE FILENAME, NUMBER OF BLOCKS, NUMBER OF BYTES AND STATUS IS BEING DISPLAYED. ┴FTER ALL THE FILES HAVE BEEN RELINKED, THE HEADER CREATED AND THE DIRECTORY CLEANED UP YOU WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE MAIN MENU! ╚ELL'S ┬ELLS!
╙ELECT THE ─╧╙ ├╧══┴╬─╙ MODE AT THE MAIN MENU THEN LIST THE DIRECTORY BY ENTERING <$>. ┴ DIRECTORY LISTING CAN BE PAUSED AT ANY TIME BY PRESSING THE ╙╚╔╞╘ OR ╙╚╔╞╘ ╠╧├╦ KEY. ╨RESSING <┼> WILL EXIT THE DIRECTORY LISTING. ╠OOK FOR A FILE WITH A ".╠╬╪" EXTENSION. ╘HAT IS THE "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE AND IT IS READY FOR TRANSFER! ─ON'T BE ALARMED IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR ORIGINAL FILES. ╘HEY HAVE BEEN "╠┘╬╪ED" INTO THE MAIN FILE.
╘HE ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ MODE IS THE REVERSE OF THE ├╥┼┴╘┼ MODE. ╔T WILL TAKE A "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE WITH THE ".╠╬╪" EXTENSION AND SPLIT IT UP AND RECREATE THE ORIGINAL FILES.╘HE "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE MUST HAVE THE ".╠╬╪" EXTENSION OR THE FILE WILL NOT SHOW UP ON THE DIRECTORY. ╔F A "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE DOES NOT HAVE THE EXTENSION THEN GO TO THE ┼─╔╘╧╥ MODE AND ADD THE EXTENSION.
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╘HE ╧├'├╒╠╘ MODE IS A FILE ENCRYPTION UTILITY THAT WILL ENCRYPT ANY FILE TYPE ON A DISK. ╘HIS INCLUDES ╥┼╠┴╘╔╓┼ FILES. ╧├'├╒╠╘ED FILES ARE MODEM TRANSPORTABLE. ╘HESE FILES WILL ╬╧╘ HAVE AN EXTENSION TO IDENTIFY THEM SO YOU MUST REMEMBER WHICH FILES ARE ENCODED. ╘HE ENCODING AND DECODING PROCESS IS EXACTLY THE SAME. ═ERELY SELECT THE FILES YOU WISH TO ENCODE/DECODE. ╓ERIFY THE SELECTION THEN ENTER A PASSWORD. ╘HE ╧├'├╒╠╘ING PROCESS WORKS AT ABOUT 100 BLOCKS A MINUTE. ─URING THE PROCESS THE FILE NAME, NUMBER OF BLOCKS, NUMBER OF BYTES AND THE STATUS OF EACH FILE IS DISPLAYED. ┘OU MUST REMEMBER THE PASSWORD IN ORDER TO DECODE THE FILE. ┴N INCORRECT PASSWORD WILL DESTROY A FILE! ┘OU CAN USE THE ╥┼┴─┼╥ MODE AT THE MAIN MENU TO VERIFY THAT A FILE HAS BEEN ENCODED.
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╘HE ├REATE,─ISSOLVE AND ╧C'CULT MODE WORKS THE 1541 FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER DIRECTLY SO ╠YNX MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY ON 1541 COMPATIBLES. ─O NOT USE ORIGINALS,ALWAYS USE BACKUPS TO SAVE HEARTACHE!
╠YNX AT THE PRESENT TIME WILL NOT LINK/UNLINK ╟┼╧╙ FILES. ╘HE FILE STRUCTURE IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL ─╧╙ FILES. ╙ORRY! ─╧ ╬╧╘ ╒╙┼ ╠┘╬╪ ╧╬ ╟┼╧╙ ├╥┼┴╘┼─ ╫╧╥╦ ─╔╙╦╙!
╔ HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ MODE WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY WITH THE ═┴├╚ 5 FAST ─╧╙ CARTRIDGE INSTALLED. ╔T MAY BE A GOOD IDEA TO DISABLE THE CARTRIDGE TO PREVENT ANY PROBLEMS. ╔ HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ╞┴╙╘ ╠╧┴─ CARTRIDGE AND ╠YNX HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED WITH THE CARTRIDGE ENABLED
─ISCONNECT ALL DEVICES ON THE SERIAL PORT EXCEPT DRIVES 8 & 9. ╠YNX WILL HANG UP!
╘HE DRIVE LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON DURING THE ├╥┼┴╘┼,─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ AND ╧├'├╒╠╘ MODES OF OPERATION. ┬ELIEVE ME, THE DRIVE IS WORKING ITS TAIL OFF. ╞OR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE DRIVE FANS AND WISH TO VERIFY IF A MODE IS WORKING THEN TURN THE FAN OFF AND YOU WILL HEAR THE DRIVE MOTOR. ╘HE BEST THING TO DO IS WALK AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER AND TURN UP THE VOLUME ON THE MONITOR. ╠YNX WILL CALL YOU BACK WHEN READY! ┴VERAGE TIMES FOR ├╥┼┴╘┼/─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ MODES IS 270 BLOCKS PER MINUTE AND 140 BLOCKS PER MINUTE WITH VERIFY ENABLED!
╬EW USERS! ╔T IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO START USING THE ┼─╔╘╧╥ OR ╙┼├╘╧╥ MODE AT YOUR FIRST SESSION! ╟IVE YOURSELF SOME TIME TO LEARN WHAT THE 1541 IS ALL ABOUT. ╘HERE ARE PLENTY OF GOOD AND CHEAP BOOKS ON THE 1541 DRIVE. ┴T YOUR FIRST SESSION WITH ╙┼├╘╧╥ OR ┼─╔╘╧╥ USE A DISK THAT DOESN'T HAVE VITAL DATA ON IT OR USE A BACKUP OF A GOOD DISK. ┘OU CAN LEARN ALOT ABOUT THE 1541 WITH THE ╙┼├╘╧╥ AND ┼─╔╘╧╥ MODES...SO HAVE FUN!
╔F YOU HAPPEN TO MAKE A MISTAKE ON A DISK THEN MAKE A COPY OF IT AND SEND IT ┴╙┴╨ TO ME. ╔'M NO ╟╒╥╒ BUT ╔ CAN AT LEAST TRY TO RECOVER YOUR DISK. ╫HO KNOWS...MAYBE YOU WILL FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE ╔ DO. ╥EMEMBER TO SEND RETURN POSTAGE !!!
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╘HE FILE COPIER IS A BUFFERLESS TWO DRIVE FILE COPIER DUE TO MEMORY CONSTRAINTS. ╙EQUENTIAL, ╨ROGRAM AND ╒SER FILES OF ANY LENGTH CAN BE COPIED. ╞ILE SELECTION FOR THE ├╧╨┘ MODE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ├╥┼┴╘┼ OR ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ MODE. ─RIVE 8 AS SOURCE AND ─RIVE 9 AS DESTINATION IS THE DEFAULT VALUE. ─RIVE 9 MUST BE HARD WIRED AND THE DISKETTE FORMATTED.
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┬┴├╦╒╨ WILL ALLOW A USER TO COPY AN ENTIRE NON-PROTECTED DISK FROM ─RIVE 8 TO ─RIVE 9 IN ABOUT 2 MINUTES. ╙LOW, BUT ╔ AM WORKING ON THAT ALSO! ╘HE DESTINATION DISK MUST BE FORMATTED AND NO OTHER DEVICES BE CONNECTED TO THE PORT FOR ┬┴├╦╒╨ TO WORK PROPERLY.
┬┴├╦╒╨ USES 1541 SPECIFIC ╥╧═ ROUTINES AND MAY NOT WORK ON THE 1571 OR 1541 CLONES.
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╨RIOR TO UNLINKING OR LINKING FILES ╠┘╬╪ VERIFIES THE FILES FOR PROPER BLOCK LENGTH. ╘HE PURPOSE IS TO PREVENT DAMAGED DISKS DUE TO CORRUPT FILES. ╧F COURSE THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY FOR THIS PROTECTION AND THE PRICE IS SPEED! ╔T CUTS THE SPEED DOWN BY 50%!
╞OR USERS THAT ARE MORE EXPERIENCED WITH THE OPERATION OF ╠┘╬╪ THEN THEY CAN TURN THE ╓┼╥╔╞┘ MODE OFF. ─ON'T WORRY! ╔F ╠┘╬╪ SENSES SOMETHING IS WRONG IN THE ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ MODE THEN THE ╓┼╥╔╞┘ MODE WILL BE RE-ENABLED
╔F YOU SHOULD COME ACROSS A "╞╔╠┼ ╠┼╬╟╘╚ ┼╥╥╧╥" DURING THE ├╥┼┴╘┼ MODE THEN ONE OF THE FILES DID NOT HAVE THE CORRECT BLOCK LENGTH AS LISTED IN THE DIRECTORY. ╘HERE ARE THREE WAYS TO CORRECT THIS:
1] ├OPY THE INDIVIDUAL FILES OVER TO ANOTHER DISK AND ATTEMPT TO COMPILE THE FILES AGAIN.
2] ╒SE ╓╔╘┴╠╙ 1541 ON EACH FILE AND ATTEMPT TO FIND THE CORRUPT FILE. ╒SE THE ┼─╔╘╧╥ MODE TO RESET THE BLOCK LENGTH IN THE DIRECTORY TO THE BLOCK LENGTH AS DISPLAYED IN ╓╔╘┴╠╙ 1541.
3] ╒SE A SECTOR EDITOR AND TRACE A FILE TO FIND ITS CORRECT BLOCK LENGTH AND RESET THE BLOCK LENGTH IN THE DIRECTORY BY USING THE SECTOR EDITOR.
╔F YOU SHOULD GET THE "╞╔╠┼ ╠┼╬╟╘╚ ┼╥╥╧╥" WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ A ╠┘╬╪ED FILE THEN MOST LIKELY THE DOWNLOAD WAS BAD. ╤-╠INK IS NOTORIOUS FOR A BAD TRANSFER PROTOCOL THAT LEAVES A USER WITH A PARTIAL DOWNLOAD. ═AKE SURE YOU USE ╬┴╒╟╚╘┘ ┬╠╧╪ TO CHECK THE DISK FOR BAD SECTORS. ╔F ╬┴╒╟╚╘┘ ┬╠╧╪ DETECTS A BAD SECTOR THEN THE PROBLEM IS AT YOUR END. ╬┴╒╟╚╘┘ ┬╠╧╪ WAS DESIGNED WITH ╠┘╬╪ IN MIND! ╔F YOUR DISK CHECKS OUT FINE THEN DOWNLOAD THE FILE ONE MORE TIME AND ATTEMPT TO ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ IT. ╔F THE "╞╔╠┼ ╠┼╬╟╘╚ ┼╥╥╧╥" SHOULD OCCUR AGAIN THEN THE FILE IS BAD AND THE SYSOP SHOULD BE CONTACTED TO REMOVE THE FILE AND CONTACT ╤-╠INK ├USTOMER ╙ERVICE AND REQUEST A DOWNLOAD CREDIT FOR A BAD FILE.
╔F WHILE ╠┘╬╪ IS VERIFYING A FILE AND YOU HAPPEN TO HEAR THE DRIVE HEAD KNOCK A FEW TIMES OR IF IT APPEARS THAT NOTHING IS HAPPENING AFTER 5 MINUTES THEN PULL OUT ╬┴╒╟╚╘┘ ┬╠╧╪ AND CHECK THE DISK. ┘OU WILL MOST LIKELY FIND A FEW BAD SECTORS OR SECTORS THAT ARE MARGINAL IN DATA INTEGRITY (╬┴╒╟╚╘┘ ┬╠╧╪ IS DESIGNED TO CATCH SECTORS THAT ARE MARGINAL). ┘OU CAN ATTEMPT TO COPY THE FILE OVER TO ANOTHER DISK.
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╘HE ╚┼┴─┼╥ MODE WILL ALLOW THE USER TO READ THE CONTENTS OF A "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE. ╘HE VERSION NUMBER,FILE NAMES,FILE TYPES AND BLOCK LENGTHS WILL BE DISPLAYED.
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─IRECTORY ┼DITOR ├OMMANDS
╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY :╠OAD/UNLOAD BUFFER
├╒╥╙╧╥ KEY :═OVE CURSOR
╚╧═┼ KEY :╚OME CURSOR
─┼╠┼╘┼ KEY :─ELETE FILE
├╠┼┴╥ KEY :├LEAR BUFFER
╙╨┴├┼ ┬┴╥ :╔NSERT SPACE ┴ KEY :╙ORT DIRECTORY
├ KEY :├HANGE FILE NAME
┼ KEY :┼XIT
╠ KEY :╠OCK/UNLOCK BUFFER
╨ KEY :╨ACK DIRECTORY
╥ KEY :╥ESTORE ORIGINAL
╙ KEY :╙CRATCH/UNSCRATCH
╘ KEY :├HANGE FILE TYPE
╫ KEY :╫RITE NEW DIRECTORY
< OR > KEY :├HANGE BLOCK SIZE
_ KEY :═OVE CURSOR TO LAST
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╥ED FILES ARE ╠╧├╦┼─ FILES
┘ELLOW FILES ARE ╙├╥┴╘├╚┼─ FILES
╘HE WORK BUFFER MUST BE LOADED IN ORDER TO WORK ON A FILE. ╘O LOAD THE WORK BUFFER USE THE CURSOR CONTROL KEYS TO MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE FILE YOU WISH TO WORK ON AND PRESS THE RETURN KEY. ╘HE WORK BUFFER WILL DISPLAY THE FILE TYPE, FILE NAME AND NUMBER OF BLOCKS. ╘O UNLOAD THE BUFFER TO A POSTION THAT YOU WANT IT TO BE IN THE FINAL DIRECTORY THEN USE THE CURSOR CONTROL KEYS TO MOVE THE CURSOR TO THAT POSITION AND PRESS THE RETURN KEY TO UNLOAD. ╧NCE THE DIRECTORY IS ORGANIZED THEY WAY YOU WANT IT THEN PRESS THE "╫" KEY TO WRITE OUT THE NEW DIRECTORY. ╓ALIDATE THE DISK IF YOU SCRATCH/UNSCRATCH OR DELETE ANY FILES.
╔T IS POSSIBLE TO ADD EXTENSIONS TO A FILE NAME WHILE CHANGING THE FILE NAME. ╘O DO SO, PRESS [├]; ENTER THE FILE NAME; PRESS THE [╙╚╔╞╘ ╦┼┘] AND ╙╨┴├┼ ┬┴╥ AT THE SAME TIME THEN ENTER THE EXTENSION.
┼XAMPLE: "BOOT",8,1
╦EYSTROKES:
[├]
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[╙╚╔╞╘]-[╙╨┴├┼]
[,]
[8]
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[1]
[╥┼╘╒╥╬]
╘HE ╥┼╬┴═┼ ╚┼┴─┼╥ ROUTINE WILL ALSO ACCEPT THIS CONVENTION AND ╠YNX ╪╓ WILL NOW ACCEPT A 5 CHARACTER ╔─. ╘O CHANGE A 3-5 CHARACTER ╔─ BACK TO A 2 CHARACTER ╔─ THEN JUST FILL THE EMPTY PATTERNS WITH ╙╚╔╞╘┼─ ╙╨┴├┼╙.
╠YNX ╪-╪╓ WILL ALSO ├╥┼┴╘┼ & ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ FILES WITH EXTENSIONS.
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╙ECTOR ┼DITOR ├OMMANDS
[├=] ╥ : ╥EAD ╙ECTOR
[├=] ╫ : ╫RITE ╙ECTOR
[├=] ╬ : ╥EAD ╬EXT ╙ECTOR IN ╞ILE
[├=] + : ╥EAD ╬EXT ╙ECTOR
[├=] - : ╥EAD ╨REVIOUS ╙ECTOR
[├=] ╚ : ╚EX ╔NPUT
[├=] ─ : ─ECIMAL ╔NPUT
[├=] ┼ : ┼XIT
[├╘╥╠ 9] : ╥EVERSE ╧╬
[├╘╥╠ 0] : ╥EVERSE ╧╞╞
╥EAL SIMPLE,EH? ╔ WILL BE ADDING A FEW MORE COMMANDS AS TIME GOES ON IF ╔ SEE SOME SUPPORT FROM USERS. ╔ ALREADY KNOW THAT A ╚┼╠╨ SCREEN IS NEEDED.
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╞IRST LET ME STATE THAT ╠┘╬╪ ╪-╪╓ ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH EARLIER VERSIONS. ╠YNX ╓╔╔-╔╪ WILL BE ABLE TO DISSOLVE THE "╠┘╬╪ED" FILES CREATED BY THESE VERSIONS BUT WITH THE RISK OF ERRORS AS DESCRIBED BELOW. ╔ AM CERTAIN THAT THIS WILL CREATE A CONTROVERSY BUT THE FOLLOWING REASONS WILL JUSTIFY SUCH A CHANGE.
╠YNX CULPRITS:
╒SERS NOT VALIDATING THE DISK PRIOR TO LINKING/UNLINKING. ┴ SINGLE CORRUPT FILE WILL DESTROY A DISKETTE. ╘HIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY THE ╓┼╥╔╞┘ MODE. ╔T IS NOT NECESSARY TO VALIDATE PRIOR TO ─ISSOLVING.
╘HE EFFECT OF THE ╪═╧─┼═ PROTOCOL ON ╙┼╤ FILES. ╙OME TERMINAL PROGRAMS ATTEMPT TO TRANSLATE THE ╙┼╤ FILE TO ┴╙├╔╔ ON UPLOADING AND THE REVERSE ON DOWNLOADING. ┘OU END UP WITH A SCRAMBLED "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE. ╠┘╬╪ NO LONGER CREATES OR DISSOLVES ╙┼╤ HEADER FILES.
╘HE EFFECT OF ╪═╧─┼═ PADDING ON THE LAST BLOCK OF A FILE CAN DESTROY A MACHINE LANGUAGE SUB-FILE. ╔T IS A RARE EVENT BUT IT CAN HAPPEN DEPENDING ON THE ORDER OF THE LINKING/UNLINKING. ╠┘╬╪ AUTOMATICALLY STRIPS THE PADDING OFF DURING THE DISSOLVE MODE. ╘HIS IS THE MAIN REASON ╠┘╬╪ CANNOT DISSOLVE PRIOR VERSIONS.
├OMPILING ╒╙╥ BLANKS (SPACERS) THAT WERE NOT CREATED BY THE DIRECTORY EDITOR OF ╠┘╬╪. ╘HE "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE ENDS UP BEING LINKED TO THE DIRECTORY FILE AND THE USER ENDS UP WITH A CORRUPT DIRECTORY. ╘HE ╓┼╥╔╞┘ MODE CORRECTS FOR THIS AND ╒╙╥ BLANKS THAT ARE NOT CREATED BY ╠┘╬╪ ARE FILTERED OUT DURING THE SELECTION PROCESS.
┴TTEMPTING TO "╠┘╬╪" AN ENTIRE DISK OF FILES WITH NO ROOM FOR THE HEADER. ╘HE FILES GET LINKED THEN WHEN THE HEADER IS CREATED THE PROGRAM ABORTS WITH A "─╔╙╦ ╞╒╠╠" ERROR. ╠YNX NOW CHECKS FOR HEADER ROOM.
┴TTEMPTING TO "╠┘╬╪" A COPY PROTECTED DISK. ╘HE HEADER ENDS UP ON A PROTECTED TRACK OR SECTOR AND ABORTS AFTER DESTROYING THE FILES. ┴N ABSURD IDEA TO ATTEMPT AND VERY LITTLE ╔ CAN DO TO CORRECT FOR THIS. ╫OULDN'T IT BE EASIER TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO RUN OUT AND BUY THE ORIGINAL INSTEAD OF LOSING YOURS?
┴TTEMPTING TO "╠┘╬╪" A ╟┼╧╙ CREATED FILE. ╘HE USER ENDS UP WITH A MESS! ┴ VERY EASY MISTAKE TO MAKE! ┼VEN A ╙YSOP RUNNING A ╟┼╧╙ FORUM AT ONE OF THE ┬╔╟ ╘╧╨╙ WITH 5 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH ├OMMODORE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BLEW A FEW ╟┼╧╙ FILES WHEN TRYING TO COMPILE THEM USING ╠YNX. ╬OT ONLY DID IT DESTROY THEM BUT IT DID IT 300 TO 800% FASTER THAN ┴╥├! ┘OU SEE...ANYONE CAN DO IT!
╘HE ╓┼╥╔╞┘ MODE WILL CATCH THESE LITTLE CULPRITS AND INFORM YOU OF A "╞╔╠┼ ╠┼╬╟╘╚ ┼╥╥╧╥". ┴T THIS TIME ╠┘╬╪ CANNOT LINK/UNLINK ╟┼╧╙ FILES. ─╧ ╬╧╘ ╒╙┼ ╠┘╬╪ ╧╬ ╟┼╧╙ ├╥┼┴╘┼─ ╫╧╥╦ ─╔╙╦╙! ┴T THE PRESENT TIME ╠┘╬╪ DOES NOT CHECK FOR A ╟┼╧╙ ├╥┼┴╘┼─ ╫╧╥╦ ─╔╙╦ AND WILL DESTROY VITAL DIRECTORY INFO ON A ╟┼╧╙ ├╥┼┴╘┼─ ╫╧╥╦ ─╔╙╦.
╞OR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH VERSION TO USE THEN USE ╠┘╬╪┼╘╘┼ OR ╠┘╬╪ ╔╪ ON FILES CREATED BY VERSIONS ╔╔-╔╪. ╧N ╠YNX ╪-?? FILES THEN USE ANY IN THAT SERIES. ╧F COURSE ╠YNXETTE AND ╠YNX ╔╪ WILL DISSOLVE FILES CREATED BY VERSIONS ╪-?? BUT ╔ WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT UNLESS YOU KNOW THE DOWNLOAD WAS GOOD. ├ONSIDERING THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENT TRANSFER PROTOCOL FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND THE ╪═╧─┼═ PROTOCOL ON "╬┼╘╫╧╥╦ ═╧╬─┴┘" IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ╪═╧─┼═ PROTOCOL ON "╬┼╘╫╧╥╦ ╙┴╘╒╥─┴┘", ╔'M SUPRISED THAT ├OMMODORE USERS HAVEN'T TURNED THEIR MODEMS INTO ASHTRAYS. ╙ORRY, THAT'S PROGRESS!
╧CCASIONALLY, WHEN DOWNLOADING A ╙┼╤ ╠YNXED FILE CREATED ON VERSIONS ╔╔-╔╪ THE ╪═╧─┼═ TRANSFER PROTOCOL WILL CHANGE THE FILE TYPE TO A ╨╥╟ FILE. ╫HEN ─╔╙╙╧╠╓╔╬╟, ╠┘╬╪ WILL USUALLY ABORT WITH A "╞╔╠┼ ─┴╘┴ ┼╥╥╧╥ ╔╬ ╠╔╬┼ XXXXX". ╬O PROBLEM! ╩UST USE THE ┼─╔╘╧╥ TO CHANGE THE FILE TYPE. ╘HIS IS ANOTHER REASON FOR ABANDONING THE ╙┼╤ FILE TYPE.
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╔F ╠YNX ╪-╪╓ DESTROYS YOUR DISKETTE DURING THE ├╥┼┴╘┼/─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ MODE WITH THE ╓ERIFY MODE ENABLED THEN YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND THAT DISKETTE AS A ╞REEWARE DONATION. ╘HIS POLICY WILL ALLOW ME TO PROVIDE USERS WITH THE BEST SOFTWARE AS POSSIBLE.
╧F COURSE THIS OFFER IS VOID IF THE DISKETTE IS COPY PROTECTED, HAS BAD SECTORS, ╟┼╧╙ ├╥┼┴╘┼─, THE USE OF WILDCARDS IN THE FILENAME, POWER FAILURE, EARTHQUAKE, NUCLEAR DISASTER AND SIMILIAR SUCH NON-SENSE.
╔F YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS ─╔╙╙╧╠╓╔╬╟ A FILE THEN COPY THE ENTIRE DISK AND SEND IT TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ─╧ ╬╧╘ ╒╙┼ ┴ ╞╔╠┼ ├╧╨╔┼╥! ╔'LL SEE WHAT ╔ CAN DO. ╨LEASE REMEMBER TO SEND RETURN POSTAGE.
╠YNX IS THE ONLY ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ PROGRAM IN COMPUTER HISTORY THAT CAN GIVE SUCH A WARRANTY! ╘ALK ABOUT USER SUPPORT! ╚OW MANY COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS CAN GIVE YOU THAT CONFIDENCE?
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╠YNX IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SMART HIGH SPEED SECTOR EDITOR THAT RESETS THE ╘╥┴├╦ & ╙┼├╘╧╥ POINTERS OF THE LAST BLOCK OF A FILE TO POINT TO THE FIRST BLOCK OF THE NEXT FILE. ╠YNX DOES NOT EVEN READ THE FILE, THAT IS WHY IT IS SO FAST! ╬OTHING COMPLICATED!
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╔T IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SINGLE DRIVE BACKUPS OF "╠┘╬╪ED" FILES DUE TO THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE HEADER OF A "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE. ╘HE HEADER INCORPORATES A FAKE ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO LOAD THE "╠┘╬╪ED" FILE UP TO 150 BLOCKS INTO THE ├64 THEN SAVE IT TO ANOTHER DISK.
╔F YOU ARE AN AUTHOR OF A ┬┬╙ PROGRAM THEN YOU MAY WANT TO GET AHOLD OF "╙╠┘╬╪┼╘╘┼". ╔T IS A DEMO VERSION OF ╠┘╬╪ THAT WILL GIVE YOU SOME INFO TO ALLOW YOU TO DISPLAY THE ╚┼┴─┼╥ OF A ╠┘╬╪┼─ FILE TO USERS PRIOR TO DOWNLOADING. ╔T WOULD BE A GREAT HELP TO ┬┬╙ USERS NATIONWIDE IF THEY CAN VIEW WHAT THEY ARE DOWNLOADING. ╞EEL FREE TO ADD THE MODULE TO YOUR ┬┬╙ PROGRAM.
╔F YOU ARE A LIBRARIAN OF A USER GROUP THAT SENDS CLUB DISKS ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO OTHER USER GROUPS ACROSS THE NATION THEN YOU KNOW THAT MAILING CAN BECOME QUITE EXPENSIVE!
"╠┘╬╪" THE ENTIRE DISK THEN COMPRESS IT USING "┴╥├". ╔T WILL REQUIRE TWO DRIVES AND ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. ╒PLOAD THIS TO YOUR PERSONAL FILE AREA OF YOUR FAVORITE ┬IG ╘OP. ╒PLOADING A COMPRESSED "╠┘╬╪ED" DISKETTE AT 1200 BAUD IS WELL BELOW $10! ├REATE DISK LABELS AND AFFIX THEM TO POST CARDS THEN MAIL THEM TO THE USER GROUPS. 22 CENTS PER USER GROUP!
┘OU CAN SEND ME 50% OF YOUR FIRST YEARS SAVINGS AS A ╞REEWARE DONATION!
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╠YNX HAS BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AS ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼. ┴ ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ TOKEN OF $1,$5 OR $10 WOULD GLADLY BE ACCEPTED. ╬ERDS NEED MONEY IN ORDER TO BUY BIG BOXES OF ╘WINKIES AND BIGGER BOOKS TO MAKE EVEN BIGGER AND MORE USEFUL PROGRAMS. ╘HAT'S WHY MOST OF THEM ARE BLIND AS A BAT, TALK TO THEMSELVES, BALD, HAVE BLISTERS ON THEIR FINGERS, SADDLE SORE, 40 POUNDS OVER-WEIGHT, HUMP BACKED AND COMPLETELY SPACED OUT AND BURNED OUT BY THE TIME THEY REACH TWENTY-TWO. ╧CCUPATIONAL HAZARDS THAT ╧╙╚┴ SHOULD LOOK IN ON! ╘ALK ABOUT AN ENDANGERED SPECIES! ╙O DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SUPPORT THEM... EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.
╔ WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE BLANK DISKETTES, POSTAGE STAMPS, NEWSLETTERS WITH FAVORABLE REVIEWS ON ╠YNX OR DISKS OF YOUR FAVORITE PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS (┼VEN A KIND WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT VIA POSTCARD). ╨LEASE REMEMBER THAT ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ IS ONLY ╞╥┼┼ IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO USE IT.
╒SER ╟ROUPS! ╔F ╠YNX IS DISTRIBUTED IN YOUR MONTHLY CLUB DISK TO CLUB MEMBERS ABOVE COST THEN PLEASE TRY TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT OF THE ╞REEWARE ├ONCEPT AMOUNG MEMBERS. ╘HE MONEY RECIEVED BY MONTHLY DISKS IN NO WAY BENEFITS THE AUTHORS OF ╞REEWARE PRODUCTS AND IT IS UP TO THE USER GROUP TO ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE ITS MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS CONCEPT. ╔N THE USERS MIND, "╔ HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR IT WHEN ╔ PURCHASED THE MONTHLY DISK FROM THE CLUB"; IS A NATURAL REACTION. ╧NLY EIGHT USER GROUPS IN ╬ORTH ┴MERICA HAVE ACTIVELY SUPPORTED ╠YNX AND THE ╞REEWARE ├ONCEPT SO THERE IS ALOT OF HARD WORK AHEAD IF THIS CONCEPT IS TO REMAIN ALIVE FOR ├OMMODORE USERS.
╨UBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTORS! ╨ERSONALLY IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME IF ╠YNX IS DISTRIBUTED IN THIS MANNER. ╩UST REMEMBER WHO WROTE IT WHEN THE MONEY COMES IN THE MAIL BOX. ╔ DESERVE MY SHARE OF THE ╘WINKIES TOO! ┴S OF THIS DAY, NONE HAVE REMEMBERED!
├OMMERCIAL SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTORS AND COMPUTER STORES! ╔F YOU FEEL THAT ╠YNX IS OF COMMERCIAL GRADE THEN GO FOR IT! ╔T MAY HELP SELL OFF YOUR INVENTORY OF SURPLUS 1541'S BECAUSE THE ├╧╨┘ AND ┬┴├╦╒╨ MODES REQUIRE TWO DRIVES. ┴GAIN, REMEMBER THAT ╔ GO THROUGH SEVERAL BOXES OF ╘WINKIES EACH WEEK! ╔'M NOT GREEDY AND TAKE WHAT ╔ CAN GET SO EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.
╙END YOUR ╞REEWARE ─ONATIONS TO:
╫ILL ├ORLEY
7551 ╘WILIGHT ─R.
╙ACRAMENTO,├┴
95822
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┴ USER THAT SENDS A DONATION OF $20 OR MORE WILL RECIEVE MY TWO-SIDED DISK "├AJUN ╙TYLE". "├AJUN ╙TYLE" IS FILLED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
╬AUGHTY ┬LOX 1.1
┬ACH'S ╞IFTEEN ╘WO ╨ART ╔NVENTIONS
╘RANSFORMER 1541
╘RANSPORTER 1541
╨UMA 1541
╞INGERPRINTER 1541
┬ANANA ╙PLIT 1541
╘HE ┼NFORCER 1541
├AJUN ╥ELISH 1541
─IRECTORY ┼DITOR 1541/╙╞─ 1001
╓ITALS 1541
╟ANG ╓ALIDATED 1541
╙LYNXETTE
╠YNXETTE
├ALENDAR
┬ASE ├ONVERTER
┬OOLEAN ╘RANSFORM
╬ETWORK ╪╪╔╔╔
╨ERIODIC ╘ABLE
┴ND OTHER DEMOS!
═AKE SURE THAT YOU ASK FOR "├AJUN ╙TYLE" WHEN YOU SEND YOUR DONATION! ╧THERWISE ╔ WILL RUN OUT AND REPLENISH MY SUPPLY OF ╘WINKIES!
─OES ANYONE OUT THERE IN MODEM LAND HAVE "╠┘╬╪" ╘-╙HIRTS (WITH THE MAIN MENU IN COLOR ON FRONT AND "╔ ╩╒╙╘ ╟╧╘ ╠┘╬╪ED!" ON THE BACK) ? ╙END ME ONE BECAUSE ╔ AM DYING TO SEE ONE!
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╫ITHOUT YOUR ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ ╙╒╨╨╧╥╘ THEN THERE IS NO FUTURE. ╨LENTY OF ROOM AND IDEAS LEFT TO MAKE THIS ONE HELL OF A PROGRAM FOR ├OMMODORE USERS. ╔┬═, ┴╨╨╠┼ AND ┴╘┴╥╔ USERS...EAT YOUR HEART OUT!
╔┼┼┼! ┴GAIN ╔ MAKE THIS OFFER AS ╔ DID IN THE DOC FILE TO ╠YNX ╔╪. ╔F ANY USERS OF ╔┼┼┼ DRIVES WISH TO HAVE A VERSION OF ╠YNX THAT WILL WORK ON THEIR SET-UP THEN FEEL FREE TO ═╧─╔╞┘ ╠YNX ╔╔ OR ╙╠┘╬╪┼╘╘┼. ╘HIS REQUIRES AN EFFORT ON YOUR PART AND YOU MUST AT LEAST MEET ME HALF WAY. ╔F AN ╔┼┼┼ VERSION OF ╠YNX IS CREATED USING ╠YNX ╔╔ AS A GUIDE THEN IT WILL WORK AT LEAST 3 TIMES FASTER THAN ┴RC OR ╠IBRARY. ╔F ╙╠┘╬╪┼╘╘┼ IS USED AS A GUIDE THEN IT WILL WORK JUST AS FAST AS ┴╥├ OR ╠IBRARY. ╔ CANNOT DO THIS BY MYSELF. ╔ SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO SO.
