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1581 ╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER ╓2
A ╦EY─╧╙ 128 ╒TILITY
├OPYRIGHT 1990 BY ╥ANDY ╫INCHESTER
╔F YOU USE ╦EY─╧╙ OR UTILITIES, PLEASE AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:
╦EY─╧╙ ISN'T ╙HAREWARE, ╞REEWARE, ─EMOWARE, ├RIPPLEWARE, ╓APORWARE OR
ANY OTHER KIND OF WARE. ╔'M NOT LOOKING FOR DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS,
OR HANDOUTS. ╨LEASE DON'T SEND MONEY. ╨LEASE MAKE COPIES OF ╦EY─╧╙
FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND USER GROUPS, AND UPLOAD TO BULLETIN BOARDS. ═AKE
SURE ALL DOCUMENTATION FILES ARE INCLUDED.
─O NOT SELL ╦EY─╧╙ OR UTILITES. ╨ERMISSION IS NOT GRANTED TO OFFER
THEM FOR SALE ON "PUBLIC DOMAIN" DISKS. ╒SER GROUPS MAY CHARGE A FEE
FOR DISK DUPLICATION, BUT THAT FEE SHOULD NOT EXCEED $5. ─ISTRIBUTION
FOR PROFIT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
┴LL ╔ ASK IN RETURN IS IF YOU USE ╦EY─╧╙, LET ME KNOW. ╫RITE ME A
SHORT LETTER OR DROP A POSTCARD IN THE MAIL TO ME. ╙END ME
SUGGESTIONS, CRITICISMS, OR BUG REPORTS. ┬ETTER YET, SEND ME A DISK
WITH YOUR FAVORITE ├128 (NON-COMMERCIAL) PROGRAMS. ╔F YOU'VE WRITTEN
SOMETHING YOU CONSIDER USEFUL, PLEASE SEND ME A COPY.
********** ╙PECIAL ╧FFER! ********** ╦EY─╧╙ ╞UNCTION ╥╧═ **********
╘HE ╦EY─╧╙ ╞UNCTION ╥╧═ PLUGS INTO THAT EMPTY ╥╧═ SOCKET INSIDE YOUR
128 AND PUTS ALL THE ╦EY─╧╙ UTILITIES AND FUNCTION KEYS JUST A KEY
PRESS AWAY. ╦EY─╧╙ KEYS AND UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS YOU
SWITCH ON YOUR ├128 AND LOAD ALMOST INSTANTLY. ╧NCE YOU'VE TRIED
╦EY─╧╙, CONSIDER HAVING IT AS A PERMANANT PART OF YOUR COMPUTER.
╫RITE FOR MORE DETAILS.
╥ANDY ╫INCHESTER
╨.╧. ┬OX 1074
├AMBRIDGE, ═┴ 02142
╦EY─╧╙ ╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER ╓2 MAKES IT EASY TO FORMAT AND PARTITION 1581
SUBDIRECTORIES. ├OMPLETELY MENU DRIVEN, ╨ARTITIONER GIVES A VISUAL
REPRESENTATION OF THE TRACKS ON A 1581 DISK, AND CHECKS FOR INVALID INPUT.
╘WO NEW FEATURES ADDED TO ╓ERSION 2. ╨ARTITIONER CAN BE USED TO MAKE
PARTITIONS ON A DISK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN IN USE AND CONTAINS FILES.
┴LTHOUGH THE FEATURE IS RELIABLE, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP COPY OF
A DISK BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CREATE SUBDIRECTORIES ON IT. ╔T'S A GOOD POLICY
TO MAKE BACKUP COPIES OF DISKS WHETHER YOU USE THIS PROGRAM OR NOT.
╓ERSION 2 CAN ALSO CREATE PARTITIONS AND SUBDIRECTORIES WITHIN SUBDIRECTORIES
TO ANY DEPTH AS LONG AS THERE ARE AVAILABLE TRACKS.
╫ARNING:
╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER IS INTENDED FOR USE ON BLANK DISKS OR BACKUP COPIES ONLY.
╨LEASE DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM ON DISKS WHICH CONTAIN VALUABLE DATA UNLESS
THEY ARE PROPERLY BACKED UP. ╘HERE IS A MENU SELECTION WHICH FORMATS THE
DISK, ERASING EVERYTHING IT CONTAINS. ╨LEASE READ ALL PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION
AND HEED ALL WARNINGS THE PROGRAM MIGHT GIVE YOU. ╔ WILL NOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR MISUSE OF THIS PROGRAM.
╒SING ╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER
╥UN ╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER BY EITHER TYPING ╥╒╬ "╨┴╥╘╔╘╔╧╬┼╥" AND
PRESSING THE ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY, OR BY PRESSING THE ╦EY─╧╙ ╞2 KEY OVER IT'S
DIRECTORY LISTING. (╔F YOU DON'T HAVE ╦EY─╧╙ 128, YOU SHOULD GET A
COPY. ╔T'S NOT REQUIRED TO USE ╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER, BUT IT MAKES WORKING
WITH PARTITIONS MUCH EASIER.)
╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER STARTS UP WITH A MAIN MENU. ╘HE CHOICES ARE:
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╦EY─╧╙ ╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER ╓2
├128 80 ├OLUMNS
├OPYRIGHT 1990 BY ╥ANDY ╫INCHESTER
├ATALOG, ─RIVE, ╞ORMAT, ╙HOW TRACKS, ╤UIT
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╨RESS THE FIRST LETTER OF A COMMAND TO SELECT IT.
├ATALOG ╙HOWS A CATALOG LISTING OF THE ACTIVE DRIVE. ╘HE PROMPT
├ATALOG: 8>? "* WILL APPEAR. ╨RESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ FOR A CATALOG OF ALL
FILES ON THE DISK, OR ENTER A ├┬═ ─╧╙ PATTERN FOR LISTING A
SELECTIVE DIRECTORY. ╒SE THE ╬╧ ╙├╥╧╠╠ KEY TO PAUSE THE LISTING
OR THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY TO QUIT AND RETURN TO THE MENU.
─RIVE ╙ELECTS A NEW ACTIVE DRIVE. ┼NTER THE NUMBER OF THE 1581 DRIVE
CONTAINING THE DISK YOU WISH TO FORMAT OR ADD PARTITIONS TO
AFTER THE "─RIVE?" PROMPT.
╞ORMAT ╞ORMATS THE DISK IN THE ACTIVE DRIVE. ╘HIS CHOICE FIRST
PRESENTS AN '┴RE YOU SURE?' WARNING. ╨RESS 'Y' TO FORMAT THE
DISK, OR ANY OTHER KEY TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU. ╔F YOU PRESS
'Y', YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SUPPLY A DISK NAME (UP TO 13
CHARACTERS) AND A DISK ╔─ (2 CHARACTERS). ╘HE DISK WILL THEN BE
FORMATTED. ╔F THERE ARE ANY ERRORS DURING FORMATTING, THE
PROGRAM WILL RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU.
╘HE FORMAT COMMAND CAN ALSO BE USED TO ERASE A PREVIOUSLY
FORMATTED DISK. ╔F YOU ENTER A DISK NAME WITHOUT AN ╔─ (PRESS
╥┼╘╒╥╬ AT THE ╔─ PROMPT) THE DISK WILL BE ERASED WITHOUT
PERFORMING A COMPLETE FORMAT.
╙HOW TRACKS ╘HIS WILL DISPLAY THE TRACKS IN USE ON A PREVIOUSLY USED DISK
WHICH CONTAINS FILES. ╔T ALSO TAKES YOU TO THE NEXT MENU WHERE
YOU CAN ADD PARTITIONS TO THE DISK.
╤UIT ┼NDS THE PROGRAM AND RETURNS TO ┬┴╙╔├.
╧NCE THE DISK HAS BEEN FORMATTED OR ERASED, OR ╙HOW TRACKS SELECTED,
╨ARTITIONER DISPLAY THE AVAILABLE TRACKS AND THE THE PARTITION MENU.
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╦EY─╧╙ ╓ISUAL ╨ARTITIONER ╓2 0 "KEYDOS " TD 3A
├128 80 ├OLUMNS 3160 BLOCKS FREE.
├OPYRIGHT 1990 BY ╥ANDY ╫INCHESTER
├ATALOG, ╨ARTITION, ╙ELECT, ═AIN, ╤UIT
╙TATUS: 00, OK,00,00
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╘HE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE SCREEN IS THE AREA WHERE THE CATALOG LISTING IS
DISPLAYED. ╘HE MENU LINE NOW SHOWS THREE DIFFERENT CHOICES, ╨ARTITION,
╙ELECT, AND ═AIN. ┴ STATUS LINE APPEARS SEVERAL LINES BELOW THE MENU LINE.
╔T DISPLAYS THE LATEST DISK STATUS OR ERROR. ┬ELOW THAT IS A VISUAL
REPRESENTATION OF THE TRACKS ON THE 1581 DISK. ─UE TO SCREEN LIMITATIONS,
THIS FILE CAN ONLY SHOW TRACKS 1 - 77, BUT THE PROGRAM WILL DISPLAY ALL 80
TRACKS WHEN IT IS RUN. ╒SED TRACKS ARE MARKED WITH A CHECK MARK. ┬┴═/─╔╥
MARKS THE DIRECTORY TRACK. ┴S NEW PARTITIONS ARE OPENED, THE ┬┴═/─╔╥ CHANGES
LOCATIONS.
├ATALOG ╙HOWS A CATALOG LISTING OF THE ACTIVE DRIVE
╨ARTITION ─ISPLAYS THE DISK TRACKS USED SO FAR ALONG WITH THE FIRST SEVEN
CHARACTERS OF THE PARTITION NAME. ├HECK MARKS UNDER A TRACK
NUMBER MEAN THE TRACK IS IN USE AND CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN A
PARTITION. ╨ARTITION NAMES ARE DISPLAYED VERTICALLY UNDER THE
FIRST TRACK OF THE PARTITION. ╘HE PROGRAM PROMPTS FOR A
PARTITION NAME, THE NUMBER OF THE STARTING TRACK, AND THE NUMBER
OF TRACKS TO INCLUDE. ┘OU MUST NOT INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF ANY
TRACK ALREADY IN USE. ╘HE PARTITION WILL BE GENERATED IF THERE
ARE NO ERRORS, AND THE TRACK DISPLAY WILL BE UPDATED TO SHOW THE
NEW TRACKS INCLUDED IN THE PARTITION. ┼RRORS WILL BE REPORTED ON
THE STATUS LINE AND CONTROL PASSED TO THE PARTITION MENU. ╔F THE
PARTITION CONTAINS THREE OR MORE TRACKS, THE PROGRAM WILL OFFER
THE CHOICE OF FORMATTING A SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PARTITION. ┴
SUBDIRECTORY NAME (UP TO 13 CHARACTERS) AND AN ╔─ (2 CHARACTERS)
WILL BE REQUESTED. ┴FTER FORMATTING, THE CATALOG DISPLAY AND
STATUS LINE WILL REPORT THE RESULTS. ╨RESS ANY KEY TO RETURN TO
THE MAIN MENU.
╙ELECT ╧PENS A PREVIOUSLY CREATED SUBDIRECTORY AND UPDATES THE TRACK
DISPLAY TO SHOW ONLY THE TRACKS CONTAINED IN THE PARTITION. ╘HE
┬┴═/─╔╥ MARK MOVES TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE SUBDIRECTORY'S
DIRECTORY TRACK. ╨ARTITIONS CAN BE CREATED INSIDE AN EXISTING
SUBDIRECTORY IF THERE ARE FREE TRACKS AVAILABLE. ╘O SELECT THE