(╘HIS REVISION CORRECTS A COUPLE OF BUGS; ONE THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW OUTPUTS TO DISK DRIVES, THE OTHER WAS A PAGE WRAP BUG. ╘HIS FILE IS NEWLY CREATED FOR THIS VERSION. ╨LEASE DO NOT SEPERATELY TRANSFER THE PROGRAM FILE WITHOUT THIS FILE!)
128 ╘WO ├OLUMN ╨RINTER (128 2COLPTR) IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO PRINT IN A CONVENTIONAL TWO-COLUMN FORMAT, ╙┼╤UENTIAL FILES CREATED WITH YOUR FAVORITE WORD PROCESSOR THAT IS CAPABLE OF PRINTING LINES WITHOUT LINEFEEDS AT THE END OF EACH LINE, AS THIS DOCUMENT IS. ╘HE ONLY OTHER (MINOR) REQUIREMENT OF THE PROGRAM IS THIS; THE LAST CHARACTER OF THE FILE ═╒╙╘ BE A CARRIAGE RETURN IN ORDER FOR THE PROGRAM TO REGENERATE THE LAST LINE OF YOUR DOCUMENT.
╔ WROTE THIS PROGRAM SO THAT ╔ COULD GET AWAY FROM USING PROGRAMS LIKE ╟┼╧╙ FOR WRITING NEWSLETTERS. ┴S A FORMER NEWSLETTER EDITOR, ╔ WANTED THE ABILITY OF NOT HAVING TO DO ALOT OF WORK TO GET A NICE TWO COLUMNED TEXT OUTPUT ONTO PAPER. ╔ WAS TIRED OF CREATING AND TRANSLATING FILES INTO A ╟┼╧╙-COMPATIBLE FORMAT IN ORDER TO GET THEM INTO MY NEWSLETTERS. ╫ITH 128 2COLPTR, AS LONG AS A TEXT-ONLY OUTPUT IS WHAT YOU WANT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASSEMBLE YOUR VARIOUS ARTICLES INTO ONE WORDPROCESSING FILE, SAVE IT AS A ╙┼╤ FILE (WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN ╨╥╔╬╘╔╬╟ IT TO DISK AS A ╙┼╤ FILE), AND YOU'RE READY TO GO! ╔F YOU HAVE FILES THAT HAVE 'HARD' CARRIAGE RETURNS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE WITH THIS PROGRAM, ╔ STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE EXCELLENT UTILITY PROGRAM '╓ELVEETA', AVAILABLE IN BOTH A 64 AND A 128 VERSION, WRITTEN BY ╦EVIN ╚ISEL.
╘HE PROGRAM IS CAPABLE OF PRINTING UP TO FIFTY PAGES, WITH SIXTY LINES PER PAGE, PLUS A HEADER LINE THAT CAN CONTAIN PAGE ENUMERATION. ╘HE ACTUAL QUANTITY OF PAGES THAT ╔ HAVE ACTUALLY TRIED, HOWEVER, IS AROUND FIFTEEN. ╘HE REAL LIMITING FACTOR IS THE BUFFER SPACE; RIGHT NOW, IT'S AROUND 45,000 CHARACTERS, SO, DEPENDENT UPON SEVERAL FACTORS, YOU HAVE QUITE A BIT OF ROOM. ╔ HAVE SUCCESSFULLY USED THIS PROGRAM WITH A ╙TAR ╙╟10├ (├OMMODORE COMPATABLE) PRINTER. ┴S LONG AS YOUR PRINTER WILL RECOGNIZE THE STANDARD FORM-FEED CHARACTER ( ├╚╥$(12) ), YOU SHOULD DO FINE!
╘HE PROGRAM FIRST ASKS FOR THE INPUT DEVICE NUMBER; ANY DRIVE IN THE RANGE OF 8 TO 11 IS VALID. ╬EXT, THE INPUT FILE IS REQUESTED, BE SURE TO ENTER THE ENTIRE ├╧╥╥┼├╘ FILENAME. ╘HE OUTPUT FILE DEVICE IS THE NEXT PROMPT; STANDARD ├┬═ DEVICE NUMBERS ARE BEING LOOKED FOR; 3 FOR THE SCREEN, 4 (OR 5) FOR THE PRINTER, AND 8 THRU 11 FOR DISK DRIVES.
╬OW, 128 2COLPTR WILL READ YOUR INPUT FILE INTO MEMORY, SHOWING HOW MANY FREE BYTES ARE REMAINING IN THE BUFFER AREA. ┴S THE ╙┼╤ FILE IS BEING READ FROM THE DISK, THE NECESSARY STRING MANIPULATION IS BEING PERFORMED; IT MAY STOP BRIEFLY TO DO SOME 'GARBAGE COLLECTION'. ╫HEN THE ╙┼╤ DATA IS IN MEMORY, THE ALARM SOUNDS, AND IF SCREEN OR PRINTER OUTPUT IS CHOSEN, IT WILL START IMMEDIATELY! ┬E SURE TO HAVE YOUR PRINTER SET TO THE TOP OF FORM, AND ACTIVE, AS THE PROGRAM WILL GENERATE AN ERROR IF THE PRINTER IS UNAVAILABLE. ╔F DISK OUTPUT IS CHOSEN, THE NAME OF THE OUTPUT FILE IS ASKED FOR AT THIS POINT. ┴FTER YOU ENTER A NAME, THE CONTENTS OF THE MEMORY WILL BE TRANSFERED ONTO DISK, WHERE FURTHER MANIPULATION BY OTHER PROGRAMS COULD BE PERFORMED.
╘HIS PROGRAM WAS LEFT IN ┬┴╙╔├ TO ALLOW YOU THE CHANCE TO SEE HOW THE PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN. ╔T WAS COMPRESSED, HOWEVER, SO THAT THE PROGRAM WAS AS FAST AS ┬┴╙╔├ WILL ALLOW. ╔F YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPILER, YOU SHOULD GENERATE A COMPILED VERSION; THE PROGRAM WILL REALLY FLY! ╔F YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM TO ME. ┴ ├64 VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM IS NOT PLANNED; THOUGH ╔ BELIEVE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE THAT IS AVAILABLE THRU ╤-╠INK, AMONG OTHER SOURCES.
═Y ADDRESS FOR THOSE COMMENTS (╬╧, THIS IS ╬╧╘ A REQUEST FOR MONEY!!) IS:
╦EN ╘HOMPSON
4545 ╙. ═ISSION #187
╘UCSON, ┴┌ 85714-2336
┼NJOY THE PROGRAM, AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!
