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ÇMAINSCREEN
Acloseboxhasbeenprovided.Ifclicked,andnofileordisk
buffersareinuse,youwillbereturnedtothedesktop.If
anythingISinmemory,youwillbeaskedtoconfirmorcancel.
ThesameisachievedbypressingAlternate/Q.
SHIFT/F10isthe"emergencyescape".IfrunningSupermon
normally,itwillignoreanythinginmemoryandquit.
If,however,youhaveenteredSupermonbecauseofasystemcrash
(abomb),Supermonwillreturntothedesktoppreservingall
possibleinformationsuchascrashpoint,registervalues,
stackpointersetc.Thisisprovidedasan"out"ifafter
enteringSupermonyouhavelostcontrol,suchasnomenudrop
downs,nosliderbaretc.Thiscanhappen,asSupermon,on
interceptingacrashwilltryandmaintainthesystemasmuchas
possiblethewayitis,forgreaterfaultfindingcapabilities.
ALTERNATEKEYCOMBINATIONS.
SupermonhasalwaysallowedtheAscii,HexandDisassemble
displaystobecalledwithCONTROLkeycombinations,butnow
allowsquiteafewofthemoreoftenusedfunctionstobecalled
withALTERNATE/-keypressesaswell.Mostlythesearethefirst
letterofthefunction,foreasyremembering.
Theseareshownbesidetheentryinthedropdownmenu,except:
Alt/5togglesto50Herzscreenmode(colouronly)
Alt/6""60"""""
Alt/Iinvertsthescreendisplay
NEWFEATURE:Whendoinga"Search"ofmemory(Debuggerdropdown
menuortheAlt/F(forFind)option),arepeatisnowavailable.
Itwasarealpain,whentryingtofindmultipleoccurrences,to
havetodropdownthemenuagain,clickonSearch,gettheentry
box,clickonO.Ketc.Now,pressingRETURNwillredisplaythe
box,pressingRETURNagainwillsearchagain.Thiscanbe
repeatedasoftenaswanted.
PRESSINGANYOTHERKEYORSELECTINGANYOTHERFUNCTIONWILL
CANCELTHISSEQUENCE.
Wheninthedisassemblerdisplay,thearrowkeysmaynowbeused
toscrollupanddownalineatatime,exactlyliketheslider
bararrowsdo.
Theclockdisplayisin12hourmode(bypopularrequest).If
enteringanewtime,thismuststillbein24hourmode.
FUNCTIONINTERRUPTS.
Thefollowingfunctionsmaynowbeabortedbypressingthe
AlternateandLeftShiftkeystogether:
FORMATTING
BADSECTORMARKING
DISKSEARCH
TRACEFILE
DIRECTORYINFORMATION
VERIFYINGMEMORYBLOCKS
PRINTINGOUTFROMSUPERMON
Asyoucansee,allfunctionswhichmighttakealongtime(or
"getlost"likeDirectoryinfoiflinksarewrong).
NOTE:Ifabortingformatting,thedrivelightmaystayon.Don't
worry,themotorisOFF.
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SCREENSAVER
IntheAccessoryeditor,thereisnowanoptiontosetthescreen
savertime.Thismaybefrom1to99minutes.
Ifnokeyispressed,andnomousemovementdetectedfortheset
time,thescreenwillgointo"attract"mode.Inmonochrome,this
simplyinvertsthescreeneveryfewseconds.Incolour,the
colourswillberotated,producingsomepretty,andsome
sickening,screendisplays.Thisveryeffectivelypreventsscreen
"burnin".Theadvantagesofthistypeofscreensaverare:
1) Noextramemoryrequired.Thereare"pretty"ones,with
fireworksetc.buttheserequire32Kofmemorytobesetaside,
andlet'sfaceit,thescreensaverisonlyonifyou'renot
there,normally.
2) Doesnotsimplyturnthescreenoff,whichmaycause
damagetoyourmonitor,orcauseyoutoflicktheswitchthinking
thethingwasnoton.(believeme,I'vedoneit!)
MOUSEACCELERATOR
Anotheritemintheeditor,aswellasavailablethroughthe
"mousetrap"functionbothinSupermonandfromtheaccessory.
NORMALisjustthat.FASTistwicethenormalspeedandSUPERis
4timesnormal.HOWEVER,Supermonsacceleratorisjustthat
touchbetterthananyoneelses(ofcourse).Thisfunctioncanbe
setinanyresolution,butitassumesmovementsinthexandy
directionareformonoscreens.WhenrunninginMEDIUMresolu
tion,Supermonchangesbackagearintheverticalmovement,and
wheninLOWres.,inBOTHhor.andvertical.Inotherwords,Fast
becomesnormalandSuperbecomesFast.Thisissothatregardless
ofresolution,thesamemousetravelwillproducethesamescreen
travel,bothhorizontallyandvertically.
Ifyounormallyworkinlowres,butwishfastermousetravel,
setitforSuper.Thiswillactuallyproducedoublespeedinboth
horizontalandverticalmovements.
SupermonwillacceleratethemouseONLYifyoumoveMOREthen1
pixelpertimeinterval.Thisintervalissetonpowerup,but
maybealteredbyprograms).Thisallowsforslowandaccurate
worktostaythatway,andmakesitpseudoproportional.
HARDDISKGUARDIAN
Anotherpre-setoption.Whenevertheharddiskisnotaccessed
for15seconds,theheadwillbemovedoverthe"landingzone".
Thisisatracksetasideforparking,whichcontainsnodataat
all.THEDISKISNOTPARKEDOR"SHIPPED",simplyputoverthat
position.Ifthepowerisswitchedoff(orfails),itisnow
automaticallyparked.Ifthediskisbumped,itisassafeas
possible.Asthelandingzoneisusuallyclosetothebeginning
ofthedisk,nearthedirectory,notimeiswastedonthenext
diskaccess,infactthereisanoverall(verysmall)timegain.
PARTITIONINFORMATIONANDPARKING
WheninSupermon,callthe'Readsector'function,andsimply
enterrootorROOT.Regardlessofthedriveactuallyselected,
Supermonwillnowreadthesocalledrootsector,containingthe
partitioninformationfortheentireharddisk,whichisNOT
sectorzero.IfyoutypePARKorparkinstead,theharddrive
willbeparked,andformost,willhavetobeswitchedoffthen
onagainbeforefurtheraccess.Thissaveshavingtoreturnto
thedesktopandrunningaparkingprogram.
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VIRUSCHECK1
Stillremainsthecheckingofthebootsectoronpowerup.
VIRUSCHECK2
Thislittlefeature(availableonlyasapresetoption)will
monitorthediskaccessvectorsatregularintervals.Shouldit
detectachangeinthesevectors,(otherthanSupermon
originated)itwillinvertthescreenandrapidlyringthebell
forseveralseconds.Thismeans"heyyou,checkitout".Itwill
thenREMOVEitself,havingfulfilleditstask.Ifyouwere,for
example,openinganonSupermonramdiskatthetime(whywould
you?),youcansimplycontinue,asthisisalegitimateuseof
thevectors.Ifnot,BEWARE!!!!Findoutwhatmaybemessing
aroundwithdiskaccess,asitmaybesomethingquitenasty.
VIRUSCHECK3
ThismaybecalledfromtheAccessoryorfromundertheOdds'n
endsmenu.ItwillpromptyoutoinsertadiskindriveA.The
viruscheckerwillALWAYSdefaulttodriveA,aswill
innoculatingthedisk.Itwillcheckthisdiskforbootsector
status,andreportoneof8possibleconditions.
1)Diskisinnoculated
2)Legitimatebootsector
3)CouldbeIBMformat
4)Diskissafe,butnotinnoculated
5)ACTIVEbootsector,butseemssafe
6)NON-ACTIVE,butseemssuspect
7)ACTIVEbootsector,seemshighlysuspect
8)VIRUSFOUND!!!!!
Thefirst3possibilitiescanbeleftalone,andnumbers4and6
maybesafelyimmunised.
Numbers5and7couldeasilybelegitimatebootsectors,andif
destroyed,couldmakethediskunusable.HOWEVER,Iwould
recommendthatyouchecktheseout(seethemanual).
Number8offerstheoptiontokeepthevirusintactforstudy,or
todestroyit.IfSupermondisplaysnumber8,don'tsenditto
me,asitisobviouslyalreadycatalogued.However,should
Supermonreportasuspectdisk,andITDOESTURNOUTtobea
virus,pleasesendittome!
VIRUSCHECK4
WhenbootingwithadiskformattedorquickwipedwithSupermon,
youwillseethemessage"Thisdiskis'Supermon'safe"displayed
onthescreen.Thisisyourguaranteethatnovirushastaken
overthisdisk.Otherviruskillersmayreportthisasnot
innoculated,BUTITIS!
SYMBOLICDEBUGGER
Asymbolicdebuggeroptionhasnowbeenadded.Forfulldetails
ofthis,refertothesectioninthefile"CHANGES"relatingto
pages39-42.
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EXTENDEDFUNCTIONS
Thisisanoptionintheaccessory,andisautomaticallycalled
iftheaccessoryisselectedfromwithinSupermon.Itgivesthe
followingoptions:
DRIVE:Whenselected,timedisplay(ifon)isswitchedoffand
anyfuturediskaccesseswillbedisplayedinsteadas:
Drive:|Read/Write|startsector|numberofsectors
Particularlyhandywhentryingtofixa"bad"disk
MOUSEX/Y:WilldisplaythemousehotspotXandYpositionon
thescreen.Veryusefulindrawingprogramsetc.
NONE:Cancelswhateveroptionwaspreviouslyon,and,ifitwas
on,willredisplaythetime.
Note:selectingTimeDisplayeitherfromaccessoryorSupermon
Optionsmenuwillautomaticallycanceltheseoptionsandstart
thetimedisplay.
DRIVEBSTEPRATE
Thismaybesetintheeditor,simplybyclickingonit.On
poweringup,thesteppingtimefordriveBwillbeextendedto6
Milliseconds.ThisisforslowerdrivesandworksinallTOS
versionscorrectly.
MARKBADSECTORS
AnewoptionunderOdds'nEnds.Thiswillreadtheentiredisk
andmarkoffanyunreadablesectorsintheFATs(Fileallocation
table).ThismeansthatGemDOSwillignorethesesectors,
allowingyoutousetherestofthedisknormally.
THISFUNCTIONONLYAPPLIESTODRIVE"A".EvenifdriveBisthe
currentlyactivedrive,badsectormarkingwilloccur
automaticallyindriveAonly!
BUT.........whenformattingdriveB,IFanybadsectorsare
present,theseWILLbemarkedoff.
PleasenotethatintheversionofTOS1.4releasedate22-2-89
TOSdoesnotdothiscorrectly!!!TOS1.0and1.2donothave
thisatall.WhenformattingwithSupermon,ifoneormorebad
sectorsaredetected,Supermonwillautomaticallyfinishbygoing
throughthebadsectormarkingroutine,soyoudonothaveto
callthisseperatelyatformattingtime.
VOLUMELABELS
PleasecheckintheCHANGESdocumentunderformatterfordetails
onthis.
Thataboutsumsupthetotallynewfeatures,inthefilemarked
CHANGESwillbeadditionalinformationwhichIsuggestyou
read/print,assomeofthechangestoexistingoptionsarerather
drastic.
WillVisser