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├128 TO ├╨/═ ═EMORY ╘RANSFER ╘ECHNIQUE
╘HE FOLLOWING TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN SEVERAL MESSAGES ON THE ╘╨╒╟ AND
├OMMODORE SIGS IN THE PAST MONTH, BUT ╔ AM CERTAIN THAT MANY MEMBERS MAY HAVE
MISSED IT. ╘HEREFORE ╔ AM UPLOADING THESE INSTRUCTIONS SO THAT ALL MAY HAVE
ACCESS TO THIS RELATIVELY SIMPLE AND FAST TECHNIQUE FOR TRANSFERING BINARY ├╨/═
FILES TO YOUR ├╨/═ DISKS.
╔ MUST APPOLOGIZE FOR NOT GIVING PROPER CREDIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO FIRST
POSTED THIS TECHNIQUES IN THE ╙╔╟╙, BUT THE NAME ESCAPES ME AT THIS TIME.
╨LEASE NOTE THAT THIS TECHNIQUE SHOULD ╬╧╘ BE USED TO TRANSFER ┴╙├╔╔ TEXT TYPE
FILES FROM ├64 OR ├128 DOWNLOADS. ╘HE REASON IS THAT THESE TYPES OF FILES HAVE
THE LINEFEEDS STRIPPED OFF WHEN DOWNLOADED IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. ╠INEFEEDS ARE
REQUIRED BY ├╨/═ AND THUS ANY FILES TRANSFERRED IN THIS MANNER WHICH ARE NOT
BINARY TYPE FORMATS WILL NOT BE USABLE WITH THIS METHOD. ├╨═271.╔═╟ IN THIS
SIG MAY BE USED TO TRANSFER THIS TYPE OF FILE TO YOUR ├╨/═ DISKS.
╙TEPS TO FOLLOW TO TRANSFER BINARY ├╨/═ FILES TO ├╨/═ DISK:
1. ╔F THE FILE IS GREATER THAN 50╦ OR SO, FORGET IT, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
MEMORY FOR THIS TECHNIQUE. ╒SE ├╨═271.╔═╟ INSTEAD.
2. ─OWNLOAD THE FILE TO YOUR ├64/├128 DISK AS A PRG FILE.
3. ╔N ├128 MODE, ISSUE THE FOLLOWING COMMAND:
BLOAD"FILENAME",B1,P7170
╘HIS LOADS ALL OF THE FILE INTO BANK 1 OF MEMORY ┼╪├┼╨╘ THE FIRST TWO BYTES
SINCE ┬╠╧┴─ TREATS THEM AS A LOAD ADDRESS (PRG FILE).
4. ╟ET THE FIRST TWO BYTES OF THE FILE BY RUNNING THE FOLLOWING SHORT BASIC
PROGRAM:
10 OPEN2,8,2,"FILENAME,P,R"
20 GET#2,A$:IFA$=""THENA$=CHR$(0)
30 BANK1:POKE 7168,ASC(A$)
40 GET#2,A$:IFA$=""THENA$=CHR$(0)
50 BANK1:POKE 7169,ASC(A$)
60 CLOSE2
5. ┼NTER THE MONITOR WITH THE 'MONITOR' COMMAND.
6. ╒SE M 11C00 TO BEGIN LOOKING FOR THE EOF ADDRESS FOR THE FILE. ┘OU CAN
A LOT OF TIME HERE BY ESTIMATING WHERE IT IS (NUMBER OF BLOCKS ON DISK
TIMES 256 BYTES). ╧THERWISE, KEEP USING THE 'M' COMMAND UNTIL YOU HAVE
THE EOF ADDRESS (IN HEX). ┬E SURE TO LOOK AT BANK 1 ONLY!
7. ╒SE X COMMAND TO EXIT THE MONITOR.
8. ╨LACE ├╨/═ SYSTEM DISK IN DRIVE.
9. ╒SE ┬╧╧╘ COMMAND TO BOOT YOUR ├╨/═ SYSTEM.
10. ╨LACE ├╨/═ DISK WITH THE ╙┴╓┼ COMMAND ON IT (BACK SIDE OF ORIGINAL ├╨/═
DISK) IN THE DRIVE.
11. ┼NTER ╙┴╓┼ COMMAND AT ┴> PROMPT. ╬OTHING WILL APPEAR TO HAPPEN EXCEPT
COMMAND IS LOADED FROM DISK.
12. ┼NTER ╙┴╓┼ COMMAND AGAIN.
13. ┴NSWER PROMPT WITH ┼:FILENAME.EXT, 1C00 FOR START ADDRESS, AND THE END
ADDRESS YOU DETERMINED FROM THE MONITOR PROCEDURE (IN HEX).
14. ╔NSERT THE ├╨/═ FORMATTED DISK YOU WISH TO SAVE THE FILE ON AT THE ┼ DISK
PROMPT AND HIT RETURN.
15. ╓IOLA! ╘HE FILE IS NOW ON YOUR ├╨/═ DISK.
╔ HOPE THAT THIS PROCEDURE IS OF USE TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HUNGRY FOR ├╨/═
SOFTWARE. ╘HERE IS A WEALTH OF EXCELLENT PUBLIC DOMAIN ├╨/═ SOFTWARE ONLINE
HERE IN THE ├╨/═╔╟ AND ╦┴┘╨╥╧ ╙╔╟╙. ╚AVE FUN!
═IKE ═C╠AWHORN