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ÇCHANGESTOTHEMANUAL
Version1.a3(releasedate1/12/1990)
Thesearearrangedperpageinthemanualthathavechangesto
them,andmaybeprintedandpastedifsowished.
Additionalreminder:If,inthenext8weeks,youcomeacrossa
virus,whichSupermonwillwarnyouabout,butdoesnot
specificallyrecogniseassuch,pleaseDONOTDESTROY,butsend
ittome.Iwillreturnyourdisk.Thisallowsmetocontinually
upgradeSupermonscapabilitiesinthisfield.
êPLEASENOTE:Duetopeoplenotreadingthemanual,somehave
destroyedVALIDbootsectorsonpoweringup.Therefore,if
SupermonfindsanUNKNOWNbootsectoronpowerup,itwillgivea
warning,butNOLONGERgivetheoptiontodestroyatthatpoint!
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Page4Viruschecker
IfSupermondoesnotrecognisethebootsectoraseither
legitimateoradefinitevirus,itwilltellyou.Duetopeople
wipingLEGITIMATEbootsectorswithoutcheckingatthisstage,
younolongerhavetheoptionatthispointto"kill"theboot
sector.YoumaynowdosoonlyfromtheViruschecker(see"NEW")
Page5Par3line2
LowresolutionisnowthedefaultifnoDESKTOP.INFwassaved,
whichisthenormalstate.
Page6
AllreferencestoSUPERMON.ACCandEDITMON.PRGinthisandany
otherpagesshouldnowread:
SUPER103.ACCandEDIT_103.PRG.Thiswillkeepversionsseperate.
Nearbottom
RamdiskopenedwithinaprogramwillNOTbereleasedifreset
proof!
PLEASENOTE:Ramdiskcanmaximumbe1.4Meg(1400K)asotherwise
theFATsareinsufficient.Itdoesnotseemsomuchofa
limitationthatspecialprovisionsseemwarranted.
Page7
Deletefunction:WRITEVERIFY
Addinfunctions:VIRUSCHECKandEXTENDEDFUNCTIONS.
VIRUSCHECKmonitorsdiskaccessvectorsandsoundsalarmif
changed.(Inversescreenandrapidringing).
Extendedfunctionsarethediskparameterdisplayandthemouse
X/Ypositiondisplay.
Lastpar.
Mostfunctions,whenselectedwillreturntodesktop,NOTaccess.
Page8Ramdisksize
Iftheramdiskwasmaderesetproof,itmaybeclosedandre
openedatadifferentsize,losingwhatisinit,butthesize
cannotbechangeddirectly.
ADDITIONALFEATURES:
Mousespeed.Allows1(normal),2(2*speed)and3(4*timesspeed).
Viruschecker.Seethefile"NEW"
DiskGuard:Seethefile"NEW"
Screensaver:Seefile"NEW"
DriveBSteprate:seefile"NEW"
ÇPrintSpooler:
ThiscannowbepresetfromtheEditorto16,32or64K.When
cancelled,thismemorywillmostlikelyNOTbeabletobeusedby
thesystem.IfthespoolerisopenedfromWITHINaprogram,it
willalsobereleasedwhenquittingthatprogram,justlikethe
nonresetprooframdisk.êSPOOLERSHOULDNOTBEUSEDwithDesktop
PublishingprogramsorsuchthingsasFirstWordPlus,whichhas
itsownspooler.
Ç
Page9
Deletelastparagraph,relatingtoWriteVerify.
Page10
UnderScreenlayoutandcontrolfunction:Referenceshereand
elsewhereabouttheprogramPCareALWAYStheAtarisymbol.The
asterisk(*)nowonlyappearsafteracrash(bomb)andwillbeat
thecurrentlyrunningprogramsstart!Thisissometimesvery
useful,asthestartofaprogramcanbehardtofind!
Page122ndlastsection
SupermonDOESallowalowresolutiondisplaynow,butthisis
purelytoshowhow,whereandwhyaprogramcrashed.Thebest
optionatthispointistomakeanoteofimportantitems,press
Shift/F10orreset,andrunSupermoninmediumres.Changing
displaysetc.inlowreswilljustresultinamess.
Page18lastpar.
Resolutionisshownasscreenpixels(e.g640*200).
Page21
UnderADDRESS:onceagain,thereisonly1ProgramCounter(PC),
indicatedbytheAtarisymbol.Theasterisk(ifthere)denotes
theSTARTaddressoftheprogramwhichcrashed.
ThisappliesalsotoSTEP,TRACEand68020functions,which
operatefromthislocation!!
Page23
Deletelastlines.Thereisnowaclosebox,toreturnto
desktop.Ifanybuffersareopen,willaskforconfirmation.
Page24
DRIVE:WhenenteringSupermon,theselecteddrivewillbethe
currentlyactiveone,exceptafteracrash,whenitwillbe"A".
Ifnodrivesexist,itwillbe"greyedout"
Page26halfway
DeletethelinesBOTHRENAMEANDRESTOREAREFORTHEFLOPPY
DRIVESONLY!!Thesefunctionsarenowvalidforharddrivesas
well!!!
ÇHIDE/UNHIDE:
ThisisnowcalledAttributesandbringsupafileselectorbox,
and,onceafilehasbeenselected,displaysaboxwiththe
options:
READONLY
HIDDEN
SYSTEM
ThecurrentAttributeswillbehighlighted.Tochange,simply
clickontheoption.Cancelwillsimplyexit,OKwillrewritethe
changestothedirectory.
Page27/28,THEFORMATTER
Radicalchangeshere.TheSupermonformatterhasnowbecome
theworldsmostintelligentandcomprehensiveformatter.
The"GoIBMmenu"boxnowsays"IBMFORMAT",andnolonger
selectsaseperatemenu.Instead,itwillgivethediskettean
IBMcompatiblebootsector,andwillNOTinnoculateit.Itwill
dothenumberoftracksspecified,butwillalwaysdefaulttoa
ninesectorformat.
Additionally,theoptions"Volumelabel"and"ONLY"have
appeared.
Volumelabelallowsyoutoaddanametothediskwhenformatting
orquickwiping.Ifyouenteraname(max11characters)here,
andthenselecteitherFORMATorQuickwipe,thenamewillbe
writtentothediskafterthefunctioncompletes.
Ifyouenteranameandthenhighlight(clickon)the"ONLY"
option,ONLYavolumelabelwillbegiventothedisk,nothing
willbedestroyed!
PleasenotethatIFthereisavolumelabelalready,thismayNOT
necessarilybedeleted.AsSupermonusesasystem(GemDOS)call
forthisfunction,itreliesonGemDOStodothiscorrectly,
whichisnotalwaystrue.
NINEorTENsectorspertrackisnowthechoice.BOTHthese
optionsarethefastsocalled"twister"format,speedingupdisk
readsgreatly.
Whenformatting,Supermonwilldetectunusablesectorsandthen
markthemoffinthediskFAT.Thisallowstherestofthedisk
tobeusednormally.Alt/Leftshiftabortsbothformattingand/or
badsectormarking.
SupermonALWAYSdoesbadsectormarkingduringformatting,aspart
ofitsverifyroutine.Youwillnoticethatthefillerbaratthe
bottomfillsquiterapidly,thenthebusybeereappears,while
thedrivecontinuesgoing.AtthistimeSupermonbothverifies
theformatandmarksoffanybadsectorsintheFATs.
ThismeansthatreallyimpatientpeoplecanpressAlternate/Left
shiftatthistime,toabortthisfunctionandhaveaveryfast
(butunverfied)format.
DONOTquickwipeanIBMformatdisk,unlessformattedwith
Supermon,asSupermonwillinnoculateit,destroyingtheIBM
information.
YoumaynotethatifyouhaveNOTchangedthediskettesincelast
access,Supermonwillprovideanextrawarning,foryoutocheck
thatitIStherightdiskyouareformatting.
ONTOPOFTHAT,SupermonstartsformattingfromtheENDofthe
disk,whichmeansthatifyoustllmadeabooboo,youcanpress
Alternate/Leftshifttoabort,andONLYtheformattedtrackswill
belost,ALLotherinformationisstillthere.
Ifthediskiswriteprotected,youwillgetamessagetothat
effectTWICE,thenSupermonwillabort.
Andtotopitall,Supermonwilltellyouifyoutrytoformat
moretracksthanyourdrive(orthedisk)canhandle,aswellas
indicatingthatthediskisunusableifanybadsectorsoccurr
Çwithinthefirst20sectors,whichareusedbythesystemfor
vitalinformation.
Whenreturningtotheformatterforthenextdisk,defaults
remainassetup.
Page29
TherearenowseveralwaystoquitSupermon.Allcommentsabout
thedropdownmenuoption"Quit"remainasis,additionally:
Alt/Qwillreturntodesktop,withqueryifbuffersopened.
Closeboxwilldoexactlythesame.
Sfift/F10willquitregardlessofbuffersorbreakpointsetc.If
youenteredSupermonnormally,that'sit.Ifyou"crashed"into
Supermon,Shift/F10willpreserveALLpointers,registers,status
etc.IfyounowrerunSupermon,thedisplaywillshowallthese.
Page30
If,onaskingfordirectoryinfo,themessage"Diskindrive?
etc.appears,orSupermongoesintoanendlessloop(abortwith
Alternate/LeftShift),thisisduetoharddiskfragmentationand
FATerrors.Useaharddiskrepair/scavengeprogramsuchasHD
Sentrytocorrectthis.
Page31
AsthelastlineinBootinformation,thebootsectorsstatus
willbedisplayed,sameasinViruscheck(seefile"NEW")
Page32
Deleteline7,aboutfloppiesonly.
InREADSECTOR:typein"root"toreaddriveCpartitionsector.
typein"park"toactuallyparktheharddisk.
PLEASENOTE:Youmayreadthepartitionsector,butCANNOTwrite
toit.THISISNOTTHESAMESECTORASTHE"BOOT"SECTOR.Ifyou
writethistosectorzeroofdriveC(oranyother)itisGOODBYE
information.Ifyouwanttomodifythepartitionsector,get
yourselfaharddiskeditor!Forharddiskowners,thereisa
filecalledHARDDISK.DOCwhichexplainstheentriesinthe
partitionsector.
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Page39-42
PRINTER:WhenprintingoutinHex,anASCIIcolumnwillalsobe
printed.Thissavesdoubleprinting.
Additionally,Supermonwillchecktoseewhether:eitherthe
printerisonline,OR:thereisaspooler.Ifnot,youwillget
analertbox.
RUNPROGRAM:Thishasbeenmodifiedextensively,andisnowa
very,veryusefultool.Firstly,afterselectingyourprogram,
youaregiventhechoiceto:LOAD+GOorJUSTLOAD.
Loadandgowilldojustthat,afteraskingyouforintercepts.
Justloadwillcreateabasepage,loadtheprogramintomemory,
anddisplayfromthestartoftheprogram.Pleasenotethatin
theregisterareaontheleftside:
D0POINTSATTHEBASEPAGEOFTHEPROGRAM
D1POINTSATTHESTARTOFPROGRAMCODE
D2POINTSATSTARTOFTHEDATAAREA
D3POINTSATSTARTOFTHEBSSAREA
D4POINTSATENDOFBSSAREA(usuallytopofstackwhenrun)
Ifthereisastandardsymboltableincludedwiththeprogram,D5
willpointtowhereSupermonhasstoredthis,whichisatthetop
oftheTPA.Ifasymboltableispresent,Supermonwilldisplay
alllabels.Todisplaywithoutlabels,doubleclick"into"and
"outof"thebuffer.Labelsaresubstitutedforalladdressesand
valuesinthecode,andaregiveninfrontofthecodewherethis
iscorrect.Thismayobscuresomeofthehexdisplaycode.
IfyounowreturntoRunprogramoption,youwillbeaskedifyou
wishtoRUN,CANCELorWIPE.Runwillproducetheinterceptbox,
andbecomeidenticaltoLoadandGofromhereon.WIPEwill
releasethememoryreserved(theentirelargestblockoffree
memory,usuallyALLmemory)BUTWILLNOTWIPETHECODE.
RUNandLOADANDGO:Theinterceptboxhasbeenchangedabit.
Youstillhavetheoptiontointerceptanyorallofthesystem
calls,butadditionallythesameboxallowsyoutoenterthe
numberofcallstoallowthrough,andaskswhetheryouwishto
terminatenormally,orstayresident.
Terminatenormallymeansthatwhentheprogramfinishesrunning,
itwillterminatebyreleasingmemoryandreturntoSupermon.
StayresidentmeansSupermonpreventstheprogramfromreleasing
thismemory,and,dependingontheprogram,itmaybepossibleto
runitagainandagain(Becarefulhere).Also,allvariablesand
pointerssetbytheprogramwillstillbeintact,andcanbe
examined.AFTERRUNNINGAPROGRAM,PLEASECOMPLETELYRESETTHE
COMPUTER(COLDSTART)BEFOREDOINGANYTHINGIMPORTANT!!!
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Page44
SEARCH:ThisfunctionmaynowberepeatedbypressingRETURN
twice.PleasenotethatwheninputtingaHexnumber($--------),
ifyouenteraODDnumberofchars.Supermonwillignorethe
LEASTsignificantone(thelastone)
Page50
OPTIONSMENU:MouseTrapwillnowfirstbringupaselectboxfor
actualmousetrapONorOFF(currentsettingoutlined),thena
selectboxforthemousespeed.Optionsare1,2or3withthe
currentchoiceoutlined.1isnormal,2isdoublespeedand3is
quadruplespeedEXCEPTinlowres.Asmousemovement
(horizontally)inlowresisalreadytwiceasfast,Supermon
automaticallystepsdown1gear.Neat.
Themouseacceleratorandmousetraparetotallyindependentof
eachother.
CHANGED:Themousetrapwaschanged.Whenpressingtherighthand
button,themenuabovethemousewilldropdown,butthemouse
willreturntoit'sposition.Thisisdonesothatyouneednot
changethepositionofyourhandonthedesk.
Page52Spooler
Whenselectingtheprintspooler,youwillnowhavetheoptionto
selecteithera16K,32Kora64Kspooler.Thisspaceisreserved
normally,andmayormaynotbeavailableagainwhencancelling
thespooler.
Page53
Settime/alarm:Thishasbeenimproved,sothat,ifyoumakeno
changetothetime,itwillnotresetitwhenclickingonOK.
Previously,whilesettingthealarm,manysecondswouldpass,and
theOLDtimewaspassedbacktothesystem.
Page55
Multitask:AllSTEPping,TRACEingetc.willbedonefromthe
Atarisymbollocation.
Page57
Filemovebuffernowrecommendstheaddressatwhichthefile
currentlyresides,and,ifaccepted,will"hide"thefileasin
Hidediskbuffer.Ifyouspecifyanotheraddress,makeithighup
inmemory,asthatspaceisNOTreservedandmaybeoverwritten.
Bothdiskandfile"Movebuffer"remembertheirseperate
addressesforlatercompares.
Thismeansyoucanloadafile,moveit,loadothersordisk
buffersaswell,andstillcomparethe"top"filewiththe
"moved"one.
Page58
Accessbytrackandsector:ThisfunctionALWAYSdefaultsto
driveA,regardlessofanycurrentlyactiveorselecteddrive.
Themovebufferandcomparebufferfunctionsmaybeusedwith
this,theHideandShowmaynot!
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Page59
SaveblockWILLNOTsaveROMdirectlytodisk.UsetheMOVEBLOCK
commandtomoveittoRam,THENdosaveblock.
SETPROGRAMPC:Thisnolongerexists,andhasbeenreplacedby2
newfunctions:
MARKBADSECTORS:Thiswillreadtheentiredisk,anysectorsit
findsfaulty,willbemarkedassuchintheFAT(FileAllocation
Table).Theoperatingsystemwillnottryandusethesesectors.
Itisrecommendedthatyouusethisonlyonblankdisks.
VIRUSCHECK:Allowsrapidscanningofmultipledisks.Reportson
thedisksstatus.Pleaseseethefile"NEW"forafull
description.
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Page60onward
Intheseexamples,pleasekeepallchangesinmind,particularly
thoserelatingtoRUNPROGRAM.Ihopeyouwillfindallthese
changesworthwhile,andwishyoumuchusefromSupermon.
WillVisser