╘HIS WILL READ THE DIRECTORY OFF A DISK AND DISPLAY IT ON THE SCREEN. ╘HE DISPLAY WILL HALT WHEN A FULL PAGE HAS BEEN DISPLAYED. ╘O HALT THE LISTING BEFORE THE END OF THE PAGE HAS BEEN REACHED, PRESS THE ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ OR ╬╧ ╙├╥╧╠╠ KEY. ╔F YOU PREFER THE DIRECTORY TO SCROLL CONTINUOUSLY, HOLD DOWN THE ╠╔╬┼ ╞┼┼─ KEY. ╘O HALT THE LISTING, RELEASE THE ╠╔╬┼ ╞┼┼─ KEY. ┘OU CAN CONTINUE BY PRESSING THE SPACE BAR, OR EXIT BY PRESSING THE ┼╙├ KEY. ╨RESSING THE ╚╧═┼ KEY AT ANY POINT WILL RE-DISPLAY THE DIRECTORY. ╫HEN THE DIRECTORY IS HALTED, A FLASHING POINTER WILL APPEAR. ╒SING THE CURSOR KEYS YOU CAN MOVE THE POINTER UP AND DOWN TO SELECT A FILE. ╒SING THE 80 COLUMN SCREEN WILL GIVE YOU THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO SEE THE VARIOUS COMMAND KEYS. ┘OU HAVE THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:
╥┼╘╒╥╬:
╫ILL LOAD THE FILE INTO MEMORY AND RUN IT AS A ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO ╥╒╬ "FILENAME"
╞1:
╫ILL DO THE EQUIVALENT OF ─╠╧┴─ "FILENAME"
╞3:
╫ILL DO THE EQUIVALENT OF ┬╠╧┴─ "FILENAME",B0 (WILL USE BANK 0). ╒NLIKE THE OTHERS, THIS COMMAND WILL RETURN TO ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘'S MAIN MENU AFTER THE FILE HAS BEEN LOADED.
╞5:
╫ILL DO THE EQUIVALENT OF ┬╧╧╘ "FILENAME", USING BANK 0 WHILE LOADING. ╨LEASE NOTE HOWEVER, IF THE START ADDRESS OF THE PROGRAM IS LOWER THAN 16384 ($4000) THE COMPUTER WILL BE CONFIGURED TO BANK 15 WHEN THE PROGRAM IS EXECUTED. ╨╠┼┴╙┼ ╬╧╘┼: ╒SING ┬╧╧╘ "FILENAME" IN ┬┴╙╔├ WILL IN SOME CASES GET YOU INTO TROUBLE. ╔T WON'T WORK WITH ╥┴═─╧╙, AND SOME OLDER 128'S MAY MALFUNCTION WHEN USING A SLOW SERIAL DISK DRIVE (1541 FOR EXAMPLE). ┘OU WON'T ENCOUNTER THESE PROBLEMS WITHIN ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘.
╞7:
╫ILL LOAD THE PROGRAM, SWITCH TO 64 MODE, AND RUN IT. 1571 DISK DRIVES WILL ╬╧╘ BE SWITCHED TO 1541 MODE. ┘OU CAN LOAD PROGRAMS OF UP TO 249 BLOCKS IN SIZE.
╙:
╫ILL SCRATCH THE SELECTED FILE, BUT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CONFIRM BEFORE THE ACTION IS PERFORMED.
╘:
╫ILL "TYPE" THE FILE AS ┴╙├╔╔, MEANING THAT IT IT WILL DISPLAY THE FILE CONTENTS, WHATEVER IT IS, ON THE SCREEN. ├ONTROL CODES WILL BE DISPLAYED AS THEIR REVERSED COUNTERPARTS; NO FILE WILL "UPSET" THE SCREEN. ╙┼╤, ╨╥╟, ╒╙╥, ╥┼╠ AND EVEN ─┼╠ FILES CAN BE DISPLAYED WITH EQUAL EASE. ╒NFORTUNATELY, MOST ╟┼╧╙ FILES HAS A STRUCTURE WHICH CAN'T BE DISPLAYED. ╨LEASE NOTE THAT YOU WON'T BE LIMITED TO TEXT FILES. ┘OU MAY EQUALLY WELL LIST A PROGRAM, ALLOWING YOU TO YOU READ TEXT WHICH IS EMBEDDED IN THE CODE. ╘HIS MAY SOMETIMES REVEAL THINGS ABOUT THE PROGRAM WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE DIFFICULT TO DISCLOSE. ╨RESS SPACE TO HALT, SPACE AGAIN TO CONTINUE, ╚╧═┼ TO RE-TYPE THE FILE FROM THE BEGINNING, ┼╙├ TO EXIT.
╙╚╔╞╘/╘:
╫ILL DISPLAY THE FILE AS ╙├╥┼┼╬ ├╧─┼╙. ╬ORMAL AND REVERSED CHARACTERS WILL BE DISPLAYED AS SUCH. ╘HIS FEATURE IS ESPECIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS WITH WORD PROCESSOR FILES WHICH IS OFTEN STORED IN SCREENCODE FORMAT. ╙UCH WORD PROCESSORS NORMALLY USE THE BACKARROW TO SERVE AS CARRIAGE RETURN. ╘HE SCREENCODE LISTER WILL THEREFORE BEGIN A NEW LINE WHENEVER A BACKARROW CODE IS ENCOUNTERED.
╥┼╘╒╥╬:
├AN ALSO BE USED TO SELECT 1581 SUBDIRECTORIES. ╫HEN THE CURSOR POINTS AT A "├┬═" FILE, THE ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY WILL SELECT THAT SUBDIRECTORY.
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╫ILL SELECT THE ROOT DIRECTORY IF YOU'RE USING A 1581 DRIVE.