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- ╧ ═ ┼ ╟ ┴ ╤ -
╙┼╠┼├╘╔╬╟ ═┼╬╒ ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙
═OST OF ╧MEGA-╤'S COMMANDS GIVE YOU A MENU OF FILES FROM WHICH TO MAKE YOUR
SELECTIONS. ╘HE FOLLOWING TIPS WILL MAKE USING ╧MEGA-╤'S MENUS EASIER:
* ╨RESSING ╞5 AT ANY PROMPT WILL TAKE YOU BACK ONE STEP. ╘HIS IS HELPFUL
WHEN YOU CHOSE THE WRONG ITEM.
* ╘HE UP/DOWN ARROW KEYS WILL ALLOW YOU TO SCROLL FROM FILE TO FILE. ╔F
THERE ARE MORE FILES ON THE DISK THAN WILL FIT ON A SINGLE SCREEN, THE
ENTIRE SCREEN WILL SCROLL WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE
LIST.
* ╨RESSING THE ├╠╥ KEY (╙╚╔╞╘ PLUS THE ╚╧═┼ KEY) WILL MOVE YOU TO THE
BOTTOM OF THE LIST, AND PRESSING THE ╚╧═┼ KEY ALONE WILL MOVE YOU TO THE
TOP OF THE LIST.
* ╔F A COMMAND ALLOWS ONLY ONE FILE TO BE SELECTED PRESSING ╞1 WILL START
ACTION ON THE FILE NEXT TO THE FLASHING CHECK-MARK.
* ╧N COMMANDS THAT ALLOW YOU TO SELECT MORE THAN ONE FILE, YOU SELECT
THE FILES BY PRESSING THE ╞1 KEY WHEN THE FLASHING CHECK-MARK IS NEXT TO
THE FILE OF YOUR CHOICE. ╘HE SELECTED ITEM WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. ╨RESSING ╞1
WHEN THE CHECK-MARK IS NEXT TO A HIGHLIGHTED FILE WILL UN-SELECT THAT
ITEM. ┘OU BEGIN ACTION ON THE SELECTED FILES BY PRESSING THE ╞3 KEY.
╨RESSING ╞7 WILL SELECT ┴╠╠ FILES ON THE LIST THAT AREN'T SELECTED ALREADY,
OR DE-SELECT ALL FILES THAT ARE SELECTED.
╒╙╔╬╟ ┴ ╩╧┘╙╘╔├╦ ╫╔╘╚ ╧═┼╟┴ ╤
┘OU CAN USE A JOYSTICK PLUGGED INTO PORT #2 TO PERFORM ALMOST ANY ╧MEGA-╤
FUNCTION. ╘HE JOYSTICK HAS THE SAME EFFECT AS THE CURSOR KEYS; PUSHING UP
WILL MOVE THE SELECTION BAR TO THE PREVIOUS MENU ITEM.
╘HE TRIGGER CAN BE USED ANY TIME YOU WOULD NORMALLY PRESS ╞1 OR ╥┼╘╒╥╬, AS
LONG AS YOU PRESS AND RELEASE IT QUICKLY. ╚OLDING IT DOWN FOR HALF A
SECOND OR MORE HAS THE SAME EFFECT AS THE ╞5 KEY (CANCEL).
╘HERE IS ONE EXCEPTION TO THAT: WHEN SELECTING MULTIPLE FILES FOR A
COMMAND, HOLDING THE BUTTON DOWN FOR A HALF SECOND OR MORE BEFORE
RELEASING IT IS EQUIVALENT TO PRESSING ╞3 TO BEGIN THE COMMAND. ╔F
YOU WISH TO CANCEL FILE SELECTION, YOU CAN EITHER PRESS ╞5 OR USE THE
TRIGGER WITH NO FILES SELECTED.
┴╥├╚╔╓┼ ╞╔╠┼╙
╫HENEVER YOU DOWNLOAD A FILE WHOSE NAME ENDS WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
SUFFIXES, THE FILE IS AN 'ARCHIVE'. ┴RCHIVES ARE FILES WHICH CONTAIN MANY
FILES COMBINED TOGETHER. ╘HESE COMBINED FILES MUST BE SEPARATED, OR
"DISSOLVED", BEFORE THEY CAN BE USED. ╫ITH THE EXCEPTION OF ├╨/═ AND ┴MIGA
FILES, ╧MEGA-╤ ALLOWS FOR FAST, AUTOMATIC DISSOLVING OF THESE FILES.
╙╒╞╞╔╪ ├╥┼┴╘╔╧╬ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘
------ ----------------
.┴╥├ ┴╥├
.╙─┴ ┴╥├ (╙ELF ─ISSOLVING)
.╠╬╪ ╠┘╬╪
.╠┬╥ ╠╔┬╥┴╥┘
.┴╥╦ ┴╥╦╔╓┼
╫HEN DOWNLOADING ARCHIVED FILES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE ENOUGH
ROOM LEFT ON THE DISK TO HOLD THE DISSOLVED FILES. ╟ENERALLY, THE BEST
WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TO TO DOWNLOAD EACH ARCHIVE FILE TO A BLANK DISK.
┴LTERNATIVELY, HERE ARE SOME GUIDELINES TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW
MUCH SPACE YOU'LL NEED FOR DISSOLVING THE FILES:
".╠┬╥" FILES REQUIRE SLIGHTLY MORE BLOCKS FREE THAN THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS
IN THE ARCHIVE.
".┴╥├" FILES CAN REQUIRE MUCH MORE DISK SPACE THAN THE ARCHIVE;
GENERALLY YOU'LL BE SAFE IF YOU HAVE AT LEAST ╘╫╔├┼ THAT NUMBER OF BLOCKS
FREE.
".╠╬╪" AND ".┴╥╦" FILES DESTROY THE ARCHIVE AS THEY DISSOLVE, SO THEY
WILL NEED VERY LITTLE FREE SPACE ON THE DISK. ┬ECAUSE THE ORIGINAL
ARCHIVE IS DESTROYED DURING THE DISSOLVE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU
MAKE A BACK-UP COPY OF ╠╬╪ AND ┴╥╦ FILES BEFORE DISSOLVING THEM.
╘O DISSOLVE A FILE USING ╧MEGA-╤, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
1. ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬ ╧MEGA-╤.
2. ╞ROM ╧MEGA-╤'S ═AIN ═ENU, MOVE THE FLASHING CHECKMARK TO ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ ╞╔╠┼
AND PRESS ╞1.
3. ╔NSERT THE DISK THAT CONTAINS THE ARCHIVE YOU WANT TO DISSOLVE AND
PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬.
╙╔─ ═╒╙╔├ ╞╔╠┼╙
╘HE ═╒╙╔├ ─╔╙╙╧╠╓┼ OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO DISSOLVE ╙╔─ ═USIC FILES WHICH HAVE
THE FOLLOWING SUFFIXES:
.╙┴╠ .╙╠╥ .═╙╫
.╨╔╠ .╙─┴
.╫╨╠ .═┴╠
╘HESE TYPE OF FILES ARE ACTUALLY SELF-DISSOLVING, MEANING THAT YOU CAN
DISSOLVE THEM WITHOUT A UTILITY SIMPLY BY LOADING AND RUNNING THEM. ╘HE
ADVANTAGE OF USING ╧MEGA-╤ IS THAT YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF DISSOLVING A NUMBER
OF FILES AT ONE TIME. ┘OU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING ╧MEGA-╤
AUTOMATICALLY DELETE THE ORIGINAL FILES WHEN WHILE DISSOLVING.
╘HIS FEATURE ELIMINATES THE TEDIOUS LOADING AND RUNNING OF EACH INDIVIDUAL
╙ID╨LAYER FILE IN ORDER TO DISSOLVE THEM.
╧MEGA-╤ WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM ON THE DISK TO
HOLD ALL OF THE FILES BEFORE IT DISSOLVES ANY OF THEM.
╟┼╬┼╥┴╠ ─╔╙╙╧╠╓╔╬╟ ╬╧╘┼╙
╠┘╬╪ ┴╬─ ┴╥╦╔╓┼ ╞╔╠┼╙
╘O HELP DISSOLVE LARGE ╠╬╪ AND ┴╥╦ FILES WITH A SINGLE DRIVE, THE
ORIGINAL FILES ARE DESTROYED DURING THE DISSOLVE PROCESS. ╫HEN
DISSOLVING THESE FILES WITH TWO DRIVES HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL FILES
ARE RETAINED.
╒╙╔╬╟ ╘╫╧ ─╥╔╓┼╙ ╫╔╘╚ ┴╥├ ╞╔╠┼╙
╧CCASIONALLY ╧MEGA-╤ WILL REPORT THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON YOUR DISK
TO DISSOLVE AN ┴╥├ OR ╠┬╥ FILE ON A SINGLE DRIVE. ╙INCE MANY PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE TWO DRIVES TO WORK WITH, A UNIQUE FEATURE HAS BEEN BUILT INTO ╧MEGA-╤ TO
HANDLE THESE CASES.
┬Y SETTING THE ┴╥├ ─┼╙╘╥╧┘ OPTION IN THE ─╔╙╦ ╙┼╘-╒╨ MENU ╧MEGA-╤ WILL
DELETE THE ORIGINAL ARCHIVE FILE DURING THE DISSOLVE. ╘HIS WILL ALLOW
SINGLE DRIVE OWNERS TO HANDLE THESE LARGER FILES.
┴S WITH ANY DISSOLVE WHICH DESTROYS THE ORIGINAL FILES, IT IS STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU MAKE A COPY WITH ╧MEGA-╤ OF THE ORIGINAL FILE, IN CASE
OF ANY IRRECOVERABLE DISK ERRORS.
─╔╙╙╧╠╓╔╬╟ ╥┼╠┴╘╔╓┼ ╞╔╠┼╙
╔F YOU USING TWO DRIVES TO DISSOLVE FILES, ONE HOLDING THE ARCHIVE AND THE
OTHER FOR THE DISSOLVED FILES, YOU WILL GET AN ERROR MESSAGE IF THERE ARE
╥ELATIVE (╥┼╠) FILES IN THE ARCHIVE. ╥ELATIVE FILES CAN ONLY BE DISSOLVED
USING A SINGLE DRIVE. ┴S VERY FEW ARCHIVES CONTAIN RELATIVE FILES, THIS
WILL RARELY OCCUR.
┼╥╥╧╥ ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙
╧N OCCASION YOU MAY ENCOUNTER "╘HE FORMAT OF THIS ARCHIVE IS NOT
RECOGNIZED" ERROR. ╘HIS CAN RESULT FROM ARCHIVE FILES WHICH HAVE BEEN
CORRUPTED, OR SAVED AS THE WRONG FILE TYPE OR EXTENSION. ╘HIS
ERROR WILL ALSO OCCUR IF YOU ARE TRYING TO DISSOLVE NON-├OMMODORE
ARCHIVE FILES, SUCH AS THOSE CREATED ON ├╨/═, ┴MIGA OR ╔┬═ SYSTEMS.
╔F YOU BELIEVE THE FILE MAY BE CORRUPTED, TRY DOWNLOADING AGAIN.
╔N THE CASE OF AN ARCHIVE WHICH WAS SAVED AS THE WRONG FILE TYPE, SIMPLY
USE THE ├╚┴╬╟┼ ╘┘╨┼ FUNCTION IN THE ─╔╙╦ ├╧══┴╬─╙ MENU.
╞OR FILES SAVED WITH THE WRONG FILENAME SUFFIX, USE THE ╥┼╬┴═┼ ╞╔╠┼
OPTION IN THE ─╔╙╦ ├╧══┴╬─╙ MENU TO RENAME THE FILE WITH THE CORRECT
FILENAME.
╥┼┴─╔╬╟/╨╥╔╬╘╔╬╟ ╘┼╪╘ ╞╔╠┼╙
═ANY TEXT FILES, SUCH AS DOCUMENTATION, ┼-═AIL, ETC ARE STORED
AS SEQUENTIAL (╙┼╤) FILE ON YOUR DISK. ╤-╠INK TEXT SAVED WITH THE ╞3
KEY, AND ┼-═AIL SAVED WITH THE MENU OPTION, ARE ALSO SAVED IN THIS
FORMAT. ╧MEGA-╤ HAS FEATURES FOR BOTH READING AND PRINTING THESE FILES.
╘O READ OR PRINT A FILE USING ╧MEGA-╤, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
1. ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬ ╧MEGA-╤.
2. ╞ROM ╧MEGA-╤'S ═AIN ═ENU, MOVE THE FLASHING CHECKMARK TO EITHER ╥┼┴─
╞╔╠┼╙ OR ╨╥╔╬╘ ╞╔╠┼╙ AND PRESS ╞1.
3. ╔NSERT THE DISK THAT CONTAINS THE FILES YOU WANT TO READ OR PRINT AND
PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬.
4. ┘OU WILL SEE A LIST OF THE SEQUENTIAL (╙┼╤) FILES ON THAT
DISK. ┘OU MAY THEN SELECT ONE OR MORE FILES FROM THE LIST BY MOVING
THE FLASHING CHECKMARK TO THE FILE(S) AND PRESSING ╥┼╘╒╥╬ OR ╞1.
5. ┴FTER SELECTING THE FILE(S) PRESS ╞3 AND ╧MEGA-╤ WILL DISPLAY OR
PRINT THE FILES SELECTED.
╓╔┼╫╔╬╟ ╞╔╠┼╙
╫HEN VIEWING THE FILES YOU CAN PAUSE THE DISPLAY BY HOLDING DOWN THE
╙╚╔╞╘ ╦┼┘.
╨RESSING THE ╙╨┴├┼ BAR WILL INTERRUPT VIEWING OF THE CURRENT FILES, AND
MOVE TO THE NEXT SELECTED FILE.
╨RESSING THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY AT ANY TIME, RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN MENU.
╨╥╔╬╘╔╬╟ ╞╔╠┼╙
═AKE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS CONNECTED BEFORE USING THE "╨RINT ╞ILES"
FEATURE.
┴FTER PRESSING ╞3, YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF HAVING THE PRINTER
PAPER ADVANCED TO THE NEXT PAGE AFTER EACH FILE IS PRINTED. ╘HIS FEATURE
MAKES IT EASY TO SEPARATE PRINTOUTS.
╧MEGA-╤ ALSO HAS AN OPTION THAT WILL LEAVE A MARGIN AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH
PAGE, IN ORDER TO AVOID PRINTING ON THE PERFORATION