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Page Table of Contents
1 Getting Loaded
1 The Launch...
1 Set The Drive Number
1 Getting Our Feet Wet
2 The Status Line
2 The Logo / User Interface Line
3 HELP Me PLEASE!
3 Navigation
3 GRABbing Files
4 Now That I GRABbed it, What Can I DO With It?
4 Move It
4 Swap It
4 Rename It
4 Change File Type
4 Lock It
5 Scratch It
5 Unscratch It
5 Oops!
5 A Sorted Affair
6 Moving Scratches [ooh!]
6 WunderBars
8 Dont Forget To Write
8 BAM!
8 Partition Processing
8 Conquering Divides
10 DOS Operations
11 Renaming a Disk
12 Directory to Printer
12 Disk Files to Printer
12 And Finally...
Magic 128 V1.16
by e.g.bell
*** Getting Loaded
Magic 128 is a 1581 directory manipulator that also supports 1541 and
1571 format disks. The program was written in machine language for
speed. The name was inspired by a C64 mode program that I was always
so impressed with, called Directory Magic. It was one of my very
favorite utilities for the C64. I wanted something that did
everything Directory Magic did, and a lot more. I think you'll find
Magic 128 every bit as useful, and maybe quite a bit more.
To get started, all you have to do is type
Ex 1: run "Magic 128*"
or
Ex 2: run "Magic 128*",u# Where #=Drive Number
You can run Magic 128 from LOADSTAR by choosing Run It.
The program will load and begin executing. The first thing it does is
load a support file called BURST SUBS.BIN+ from the same disk drive.
Make sure you have the two files on the same disk.
If you aren't using drive 8 for your source drive, make sure you use a
RUN statement like the second example above, specifying your drive
number after the U. Magic 128 will load the support file from
whatever drive you start out with. The BURST SUBS.BIN+ file is the
one included on the 1581 demo disk along with a little code I added
for Magic 128. You MUST use my version to get the extra code Magic
128 needs.
*** The Launch...
When the loading is all done, you will be facing a HELP screen of many
of the command options of Magic 128. Press a key to get to the work
screen. The work screen will be blank with a box pointer flashing in
the upper left corner of the work area. The work screen is where you
will be able to execute the functions of Magic 128. No commands work
while in the HELP mode.
Insert a disk. It is best to start with a backup disk first, until
you get comfortable with Magic 128.
*** Set The Drive Number
The drive you load Magic 128 from is the drive that will be used for
subsequent Magic operations. You can change this if you like, by
pressing CTRL-d from the work screen. This will allow you to specify
what drive you would like to use. The acceptable range is from 8 to
30. In this regard, if you use the Xetec Super Gold Interface for
your printer, don't use device 14 for your drive. This is a reserved
device number used with a burst driver for that interface.
*** Getting Our Feet Wet
Press r to read the disk, and the screen will blank. When it comes
back, you will be looking at a screen formatted in up to 4 columns
containing the filenames from the directory of the disk you have just
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read. There are up to 20 files in a column, meaning up to 80
filenames can be displayed on a screen.
To the right of each filename is a : character followed by the first
letter of the filetype of that directory entry. Splat files will show
a * in this position. Locked files will show a < just before the
colon. This is a lot of information in a little space, but you'll get
used to it. Operation speed dictated doing things like this.
Attributes (reverse, color, flashing, etc.) are not available in the
main work screen.
If there are more than 80 files on the disk, there will be 1 or more
additional pages of the same format, up to 4 pages total. Magic 128
will accomodate a full 1581 directory of up to 296 files, as well as
handling 1541 and 1571 diskettes. Note! The pages are all in VDC
memory at the same time, which means pages don't have to be repainted
each time. Everything is quick...a twiddled bit's distance from one
page to the next.
*** The Status Line
The two lines at the bottom of every Magic 128 screen are
informational lines. They tell you the status of the disk directory
and the file in the GRAB buffer. If you have not GRABbed a file, this
line will only display information about the disk you have in the
drive [you must Read the disk by pressing r first] If you have
GRABbed a file, then the filename will be displayed, along with its
locked/unlocked status, file type, starting track and sector, and size
in disk blocks.
The MODE header on this informational line tells you what mode you are
in. If you have a file GRABbed, the MODE is DUMP, meaning that you
cannot GRAB another file. If no file is GRABbed, the MODE is GRAB,
meaning you can pick up a file.
The FREE and USED columns tell you how many blocks on the disk are
used and how many are available. The FILES column tells you how many
active files are on the disk, and DEL tells you how many deleted files
there are.
The DVC column tells you what drive is in use, either 41 (1541), 71
(1571), or 81 (1581). It could also say ?, which means the drive is
not recognized. The information is determined using a drive reset and
then reading the standard DOS error message returned. This
information is pulled in at startup, and several times during
execution of Magic 128. You can force such an inquiry by pressing
CTRL-w.
Note! I said this is done using a drive reset. This means that if
you use software or a DOS command to set your device number, you are
going to have a problem with this program. To use it, switch all of
your other drives off, and just use drive 8. This should only even be
a concern to 1541 users or 128D users with no switches on their
drives.
*** The Logo / User Interface Line
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The user interface line, where Magic 128 gets most keybo