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* *
* ╞ILE ╥EADER/╨RINTER/├ONVERTER *
* *
* BY *
* ╩OHN ├ROOKSHANK *
* *
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╘HIS PROGRAM WILL READ YOUR ─╧├S
FILES AT ═╠ SPEED ON THE ├128. ╔T WILL
WORK IN 40 COLUMN MODE OR 80 COLUMN
(FAST) MODE. ╧R YOU MAY SEND YOUR TEXT
FILE TO THE PRINTER.
╔N EITHER 40 OR 80 COLUMN SCREEN
READING MODE, THE PROGRAM COUNTS THE
CARRIAGE RETURNS, AND STOPS EVERY 23
LINES, SO YOUR TEXT DOES NOT SCROLL OFF
THE SCREEN. ┘OU ARE THEN PROMPTED TO
PRESS ╞7 TO CONTINUE READING THE FILE,
OR YOU MAY PRESS ╞1 TO ABORT AND RETURN
TO THE MENU. ╫HEN SENDING THE FILE TO
EITHER THE PRINTER OR DISK, THERE IS NO
OPTION TO ABORT UNTIL IT IS FINISHED.
╔N ADDITION, THIS PROGRAM WILL
ALSO TAKE A TEXT FILE FORMATTED FOR 40
COLUMNS, AND PRINT IT OUT IN 80 COLUMNS
ON YOUR PRINTER (┼XPAND TO ╨RINTER).
╘HIS HAS LIMITATIONS, BECAUSE ALL THE
PROGRAM REALLY DOES IN THIS OPTION IS
IGNORE ┴╠╠ LINEFEEDS, AND REPLACE EVERY
OTHER CARRIAGE RETURN WITH A SPACE.
╙TILL, IT BEATS HAVING TO COMPLETELY
REFORMAT A 40 COLUMN TEXT FILE MANUALLY
WITH A WORD PROCESSOR.
┴ 40 COLUMN FILE MAY ALSO BE
EXPANDED BACK INTO AN 80 COLUMN DISK
FILE, TOO. ╘HE OPERATION IS THE SAME
AS THE "┼XPAND TO ╨RINTER" OPTION,
EXCEPT THAT OUTPUT IS TO THE DISK,
INSTEAD OF THE PRINTER. ╔T WILL READ
THE OLD FILE, AND WRITE AN IDENTICAL
80 COLUMN FILE BACK TO THE DISK. ┘OU
MUST HAVE ROOM ENOUGH ON THE DISK FOR
┬╧╘╚ FILES IN ORDER FOR THIS TO WORK.
╔T IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU READ
THE FILE ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU
SEND IT TO THE PRINTER. ╘HIS WAY, YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO TELL HOW IT IS HAS
BEEN FORMATTED, AND CAN CHOOSE THE
PROPER PRINTOUT OPTION. ┘OU WOULD NOT
WANT TO "EXPAND" A FILE THAT IS ┴╠╥┼┴─┘
IN 80 COLUMNS, FOR EXAMPLE!
╘HIS PROGRAM USES AN ═╠ SUBFILE
CALLED "╥┼┴─┼╥.═╠", AND THIS ─╧├S FILE
IS CALLED "╥┼┴─┼╥.─╧├", SO KEEP THEM
ALL TOGETHER IF YOU PUT THEM ON ANOTHER
DISK.
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