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  1. 072010303050000144002006006010000
  2. 11
  3. 21
  4. F0110000001
  5. 9[..◆.◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆.]0110
  6. üSTENews
  7. -or-
  8. Oldmagazinesasgoodasnew
  9. -or-
  10. Ooha!
  11. ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  12.  
  13. STNews.Thegoodoldmagazinethatcheckedthatyourwriteprotection
  14. wason,anditwouldn'tletyoureadanythingbeforethiswasdone.And
  15. then,youboughtyourSTE.Whathappened?STNewsdidn'tfindoutthat
  16. youactuallyhadthewriteprotectionon,andso,youwantedtoformat
  17. allofyouroldSTNewsdisks.
  18.    Why?Thesolutionishere!
  19.    STNewswaswritteninGfaBASIC,and,infact,theseprogramsare
  20. veryeasytoread.SowhatIdidwastowalkthroughtheprogramme,step
  21. bystepandwritedownwheretodosomechanges.
  22.    Andtheresultishere:STEFIX2.PRG!TherewasanSTEFIXinanST
  23. News,butthisonedidn'twork.Firstofall,LordHackBearwantedto
  24. executeasupervisorroutineusingTrap#1ratherthanTrap#14,sothat
  25. itwasn'tinstalled.Afterthis,hemanagedtodestroyotherthingsas
  26. well,andso,theprogramdidn'tworkproperly.
  27.    Ihave,ontheotherhand,madeproperchecksthattherightprogramme
  28. isaltered.SimplyloadSTEFIX2,andinsertyouroldSTNewsdiskbefore
  29. loadingSTNewsasnormal.Thebugwillnotbefixed,butavoided.This
  30. meansthatyouwillbeabletoread,evenifyouhaven'twriteprotected
  31. yourdisk...
  32.  
  33. TheSTEFIX2willdothisautomaticcheckeverytimetheST(E)writes
  34. somethingusingTrap#1,whichisthefirstthingtheGfaBASICprogramme
  35. does:Clearingthescreenbyprintingchr$(27)+"E"
  36.    Atthemoment,Ihaven'tgotmanyoldmagazines,sotheprogrammeis
  37. guaranteedonlyforSTNews3.6,3.7,4.1,4.4andSTKlubben1.1.Ifyou
  38. wantittohandlemore,donothesitatetocontactme.Ciao!
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