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─╧├╒═┼╬╘┴╘╔╧╬ FOR
├128-╞ILE═AX
CREATED BY
╙TEVE ╠EE 4-20-88
╫HAT IS ╞ILE═AX? ╞ILE═AX IAS A POWERFUL FILE-HANDLING PROGRAM THAT NOT
ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO WRITE, READ, PRINT, AND DELETE ╙EQUENTIAL ╞ILES, BUT ALSO
LETS YOU CREATE, READ,WRITE, WRITE, PRINT, AND DELETE ╥ELATIVE ╞ILES AS WELL!
┼VEN STILL, THE GLORY OF ╞ILE═AX DOESN'T END THERE! ╞ILE═AX ALSO OFFERS A
─IRECT-─ISK-┴CCESS ═ENU THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ┬╠╧├╦-┴╠╠╧├┴╘┼-╫╥╔╘┼ TO ANY UN-
ALLOCATED BLOCK ON THE DISK, AND/OR ╥┼┴─ ANY BLOCK ON THE DISK, AND/OR ┬╠╧├╦▌-
╞╥┼┼ ANY PREVIOUSLY 'ALLOCATED' ┬LOCKS.
╞INALLY, ╞ILE═AX OFFERS A CONVENIENT ─ISK ╚OUSEKEEPING ═ENU (╙ELECT '─IRECT
─ISK ┴CCESS', THEN SELECT OPTION#4). ─ISK HOUSEKEEPING ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW THE
─IRECTORY (WITHOUT EXITING ╞ILE═AX), ├ELEANUP A ─ISK, AND ─ELETE AND/OR ╥ENAME
╞ILES.
╞ILE═AX IS VERY '╒SER-╞RIENDLY' (HENCE THE 42 BLOCKS!), AND IS FAIRLY SELF-EX
EXPLANATORY. ╔T USES A '╟ETKEY' ═ENU SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THE ONE USED BY ╤-╠INK.
╔N MOST CASES, A SINGLE KEYSTRKOOKE WILL PRODUCE THE RESULTS YOU DESIRE.
╬╧╘┼╙ ├╧╬├┼╥╬╔╬╟ ╥┼╠┴╘╔╓┼ ╞╔╠┼╙[:
╔F YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE STRUCTURE AND/OR USES OF RELATIVE FILES,
IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE FOR YOU TO AT LEAST READ THE SECTION OF THE 1571 ╒SER'S
╟UIDE THAT DEALS WITH THIS TOPIC.
┴LWAYS KEEP A RECORD OF A ╥ELATIVE ╞ILE'S ╥ECORD L╠ENGTH, AND # OF ╞IELDS.
┘OU MIGHT USE A ╙EQUENTIAL FOR THIS FUNCTION.
╬╧╘┼╙ ├╧╬├┼╥╬╔╬╟ ─╔╥┼├╘ ─╔╙╦ ┴├├┼╙╙:
╔F YOU ATTENMPT TO WRITE TO A ┬LOCK THAT IS ALREADY ALLOCATED, ╞ILE═AX WILL
FIND THE NEXT AVAILABLE BLOCK, AND STORE YOUR INPUT THERE. ┘OU WILL THEN BE
INFORMED OF THE LOCATION WHERE THE INPUT WAS STORED. ┬LOCKS WRITTEN TO IN THIS
FASHION ARE REMOVED FROM THE ─ISK ┬.┴.═. , BUT ARE NOT RECORDED ON THE DIREC-
TORY...SO, ═┴╦┼ ┴ ╬╧╘┼ (OR USE A SEQUENTIAL ╞ILE) OF WHERE YOUR INPUT IS STORED!
A┴LSO, WHEN YOU USE THE ┬╠╧├╦-╞╥┼┼ FUNCTION, THE DATA STORED ON THOSE
┬╠╧├╦S THAT YOU ╞╥┼┼ IS NOT ERASED, AND MAY STILL BE 'READ' UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS THE DISK IS 'VALIDATED', OR THE BLOCKS ARE 'OVERWRITTEN' (┼ITHER BY YOU, OR
THE ─╧╙). '╞╥┼┼D' ┬LOCKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE ─╧╙ TO USE FOR PROGRAM
STORAGE.
╬╧╘┼ ╧╬ ─╔╙╦-╚╧╒╙┼╦┼┼╨╔╬╟:
╫HEN USING THE '├LEANUP A ─ISK' FFUUNCTION, THE 10-SECOND DELAY ╔'VE ALLOWED
WILL USUALLY BE SUFFICIANT, BUT, THE 'FULLER' THE DISK, THE LONGER CLEANUP
TAKES. ─╧ ╬╧╘ ATTEMPT ┴╬┘ OTHER DISK/DRIVE OPERATIONS UNTIL THE GREEN LIGHT
ON YOUR DRIVE GOES OUT! ╔'M NOT SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT ╔ KNOW IT WON'T BE
GOOD!
╞ILE═AX IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO RUN ON A ├128/1571 SETUP, AND ╫╔╠╠ ╬╧╘
RUN ON A ├64, OR ON A ├128/1541 SETUP. ╔T 'SHOULD' RUN ON AN ┴MIGA, BUT ╔
HAVEN'T ACTUALLY TRIED IT, SO DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. ┴ COLOR ═ONITOR WOULD
ALSO BE HELPFUL (BUT ISN'T NECESSARY).
╞ILE═AX MAKES EXTENSIVE USE OF ╫╔╬─╧╫ING, SO BE SURE ALL WINDOWS HAVE
BEEN 'CLEARED' BE FORE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM.
╘HE PRINTER ╔ USED IN DESIGNING ╞ILE═AX IS THE ╙╟ 10├ (╙TAR ═ICRONICS),
BUT THE PROGRMAM 'SHOULD' RUN ON ANY ├128-COMPATIBLE PRINTER.
╠ASTLY, ╔'M PUTTING ╞ILE═AX INTO THE ╨UBLIC ─OMAIN, BECAUSE, AS AD-
VERTISING, IT'S STILL CHEAP. ┬UT...IF YOU DOWNLOAD ╞ILE═AX AND FIND IT TO
BE USEFUL, ┴N╬┘ DONATIONS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! ╔F YOU SHOULD FEEL
THUSLY INSPIRED, SEND DONATIONS TO:
╙TEVE ╠EE
2790 ╧LEANDER ─R.
┴TLANTIC ┬EACH, ╞L.
32233
╔F YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM TO THE
ABOVE ADDRESS, OR SEND ME ┼-═AIL [ ╙PECTRE3 ]
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