╚I! ┴ND WELCOME TO ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘. ╘HE GUYS WHO DESIGNED THE ├OMMODORE 128 DID A GREAT JOB. ┬OTH YOU AND ╔ HAVE ENJOYED THE FRUITS OF THEIR EFFORTS. ╔N THE DESIGN OF THE ├128 THEY INCLUDED A FEATURE WHICH HAS ONLY RARELY BEEN PUT TO USE. ╔F YOU OPEN YOUR TRUSTY COMPUTER THERE SEEM TO BE SOMETHING MISSING. ┴MONG ALL THE BLACK, RECTANGULAR CHIPS THERE'S A VACANT SOCKET. ╫HAT KIND OF CHIP MIGHT FIT. ┴N EXTRA PROCESSOR? ╬AH. ┼XTRA MEMORY? ╫ELL KIND OF, THE SOCKET IS MEANT TO CONTAIN A ╥╧═ CHIP OF UP TO 32 KILOBYTES. ┴ CREATIVE PROGRAMMER IS FREE TO USE THIS SPACE IN WHATEVER WAY HE OR SHE (I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FEMALE ├128 PROGRAMMERS!) SEES FIT. ┴ LOT OF GOODIES CAN BE PUT INTO THAT SPACE.
╘HIS IS WHERE ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ COMES IN. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ OFFERS A PLETHORA OF NIFTY UTILITIES AND CONVENIENCE FEATURES DESIGNED TO MAKE YOUR COMPUTING LIFE EASIER AND MORE FUN. ╘HIS GOES EVEN IF YOU NEVER USE THE 128 MODE AT ALL. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ IS DESIGNED WITH MAXIMUM CONVENIENCE, COMPATIBILITY AND SECURITY IN MIND, MAKING IT UNUSUAL OR EVEN UNIQUE IN MANY WAYS. ┬UT THEY ALL SAY THAT DON'T THEY?
╫ELL SEE FOR YOURSELF AND ENJOY!
╘HE AUTHOR WELCOME ALL KINDS OF REACTIONS FROM THE USERS. ├OMPLAINTS, SUGGESTIONS, TECHNICAL OR OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, REPORTS ON ERRORS AND BUGS, NITPICKS, BOAST OR WHATEVER. ┼VERYONE, PLEASE WRITE!
╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ AND THIS MANUAL HAS BEEN PRODUCED USING THE FOLLOWING: ├128, ═ASTER 41, 1570, 1571, 1581 DISK DRIVES, 1750 ╥AM ┼XPANSION ╒NIT, ╨ROMENADE ├1 ┼╨╥╧═ PROGRAMMER, ┬ROTHER ╚╥15 PRINTER WITH ╙UPER ╟ INTERFACE, ═IDNIGHT ┴SSEMBLY ╙YSTEM MACHINE LANGUAGE ASSEMBLER, ╘HE ╫RITE ╙TUFF WORD PROCESSOR.
╘HE AUTHOR WISHES TO THANK ALL PEOPLE USING AND SUPPORTING THE 128 (AND THEN SOME) WHO, MOSTLY WITHOUT KNOWING, HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE. ╧NE PERSON DESERVES A SPECIAL MENTION THOUGH. ╔ WISH TO THANK ═ATTHEW ═ONTCHALIN FOR HIS WONDERFUL ═IDNIGHT ┴SSEMBLY ╙YSTEM, THE ASSEMBLER USED TO CREATE ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘. ╫ITHOUT IT, ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY.
╘HIS WORK IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE WORKING FOR PEACE, UNDERSTANDING, NON-VIOLENCE AND THE SAVIOUR OF OUR WONDERFUL BLUE PLANET.
┴ND LAST BUT NOT LEAST; PLEASE BARE WITH ME AS YOU READ THIS MANUAL. ╔ AM NOT NATIVE TO THE ┼NGLISH LANGUAGE. ╔ WAS BORN, RAISED AND STILL LIVE IN ╬ORWAY, THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. ╬ORWAY IS KNOWN FOR ITS MOUNTAINS AND FIORDS AND FOR BEING A PEACEFUL CORNER OF THE WORLD. ╘HANK YOU.
