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MAGE.COM is an 8080 assembly language program
which retrieves files accidentally lost while using
WORDSTAR. The program captures an image of your
file from computer memory and saves it on a floppy
disk.
MAGE can help with problems such as accidental
resets, resets caused by static discharge, power
fluctuations, bad sectors on floppy disks, write-
protected disks, full disks, BDOS errors on disks
and various WORDSTAR glitches. The program will
not recover a file after a complete power outage
nor under circumstances where you cannot reset the
computer. It can recover only that portion of a
file which is in computer memory at the time of the
accident.
The first step in running this program is to
hit the reset button on the front panel. Contrary
to the Osborne 01 User's Reference Guide, this does
not initialize computer memory. The file from
WORDSTAR will remain intact in memory.
Next, insert the floppy containing MAGE.COM
into one of the disk drives. Boot the system.
Running the program is as simple as typing
"MAGE filenam", where "filenam" is the name you
want your file to be saved under. If you do not
specify a name, your file will be saved under the
default name " . ".
When you execute MAGE your file will begin
listing to the screen almost immediately. The
program will stop automatically shortly after the
last of the recoverable textual material has been
reached. A small amount of empty memory will also
be copied at the bottom of your file. Use WORDSTAR
to remove these "nulls".
As an alternative, MAGE constantly checks for
keyboard input. By depressing any key you may halt
program execution. Only the portion of memory al-
ready listed to the screen will be saved to disk.
creen will be saved to disk.