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DAVE'S TERM 128 KEYBOARD OVERLAYS
by Don Graham
Text by Fender Tucker
Ah, DAVE'S TERM. What a collection of tools! I have yet to get
online with it but I find myself using it more and more. It's not just a
terminal program. It's a complete power system for the C-128.
Don Graham has become an expert user of DAVE'S TERM 128 and has come
up with ways to make it easier for you to use. One thing that can help you
out are keyboard overlays that show you most (if not all) of the keypresses
you need for the many functions of the terminal mode and other features of
DT128. Print out the overlays, put them on posterboard and laminate them
and you won't have to consult those voluminous docs every time you want to
try something new.
Don provides two overlays. One is a full overlay and the other is
partial. The full overlay includes the key commands for:
Terminal
ALT Keys
DISK EDITOR
FONT EDITOR
LOGON MACRO EDITOR
DISK DIRECTORY EDITOR
REMOTE MODE
FUNCTION KEYS
SPECIAL CHARACTERS
and a couple of small kb macro crib cards
The partial overlay has only the buffer commands on it.
UN-LZHing - for 5.25 inch version of LS 128 only
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NOTE: The overlay files are not LZHed on the 3.5 inch version of LS 128
#30 so you can ignore this section if you get that version.
On the 1541 version of LS 128 you must use DT128's Archiving module to
unpack them into FGM-created files that can be printed out. You need the
modules from LS 128 #28 and of course the main DT128 system from LS 128
#26. If you have two drives you don't have to copy the "dt128 kbolay.lzh"
file from the LS 128 disk to another disk, but you must have another disk
with at least 300 blocks of disk space free for the un-LZHed files to end
up on. If you've only got one drive, then you MUST copy "dt128 kbolay.lzh"
to another disk because there's not 300 blocks free on the LS 128 disk.
DT128 has a file copier if you need one.
Here's a step-by-step description of how to un-LZH the file.
(1) Copy the file "dt128 kbolay.lzh" over to a disk with plenty of blocks
free -- at least 300.
(2) Boot DAVE'S TERM from LS 128 #26.
(3) Select ARCHIVE MODULES from the main menu. If you get a "module not
found" message, insert Side Two of LS 128 #28 which has the LZH mod on it.
(4) Select LZH from the Dissolve Modules menu. If you have a 1541,
select 1541 LZH.
(5) Set the source and destination drives appropriately but leave the
other options as they are: Force lower case = no; File type = p;
Dissolve = yes.
(6) Select Dissolve LZH.
(7) At the LZH Name prompt, enter "dt128 kbolay.lzh" without the quotes.
(8) At the pattern prompt, enter an asterisk (*).
(9) Sit back and watch the magic.
Printing the overlays
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You'll end up with 14 new files on your destination disk; seven for
the full overlay and seven for the partial overlay. Each will have its own
64-mode printing program. RUN the file "dt o'lay print" from device 8 only
in the C-64 mode. Get the printer ready, select printer, 80dpi, and
program defaults and the entire full overlay will print out without user
intervention. Do the same for the file "bufr o'lay print" and the partial
overlay will print out without user intervention. Our thanks to Ron
Hackley, the brain behind THE FUN GRAPHICS MACHINE, for writing the nifty
printing routines as well as the FGM system. For more info on FGM write to
THE FGM CONNECTION, P.O. Box 2206, Roseburg OR 97470. It's LOADSTAR-
recommended.
NOTE FROM DON: There are 2 compression routines at work here. FGM does
compression in creating the z. files (the full overlay reduces from 97K to
11K), then LZH compresses all the files again. It's more impressive to
just compress the full overlay z. files...it goes down to about 45 blocks!
The way it is right now, the two overlays are being compressed from 145K of
graphics to 20K!!! Awesome!
I agree. Thanks to LZH it's possible to put a lot more on the 1541
version of LS 128 than would ordinarily fit. So far I've only used it
twice, both times for DT128 projects, but there may come a time when it
could be used for other things. For instance, we've had very few graphics
on LS 128 because they take up so much disk space. With LZH we could have
a slideshow like we have on LS 64. Of course this would mean you HAVE to
have the complete DAVE'S TERM system. Newcomers to LS 128 wouldn't have
those and would have to order #26, #27 and #28 as back issues in order to
un-LZH the files.
As you can see, there are always compromises to be made. Stay tuned.
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