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D I S K S E R V A N T
by Alf H. Jonassen
LOADSTAR is proud to present 400 of the best blocks it's ever published.
86 of them comprise the 100% ML program, DISKSERVANT, and the rest are
devoted to a grand tutorial on things every C-128 owner should know. I
learned a lot from Alf's documentation.
The five text files for DISKSERVANT explain in detail how it works and
what it can do for you. In a nutshell, DISKSERVANT will take care of your
disk copying, file copying, disk formatting, autobooting, directory
management, and several other things that every C-128 user, whether a
beginner or an expert, needs to do. This program is a true GEM!
Read the docs. You won't find that much useful information in one place
anywhere in the C-128 world -- well, maybe in Parsec's Twin Cities
Compendium books (P.O. Box 111, Salem MA 09170-0111, 508-745-9125).
Run the program. Be prepared to be bowled over. It does everything so
magnificently I can't do it justice, even with my most bombastic prose.
Alf Jonassen made a big splash in the C-128 pond a couple of years back
when he marketed THE SERVANT, a chip that added incredible power to your
machine. There was a demo of THE SERVANT on disk, but because it took up so
much memory, it was practically unusable. It was, after all, just a demo of
the real workhorse, the chip. When I heard that Alf was dropping THE
SERVANT because of anemic demand (shame on us!) I asked him if he would take
the DOS section out and make it into a useful tool. As you will see, he did
a terrific job.
The 128 world is dwindling, even though there were millions sold and at
one time, the best programming minds were writing for it. It's still the
best 8-bit computer ever made and as long as there are people with the
expertise of an Alf Jonassen writing programs for it, LOADSTAR 128 will
continue to publish. I'm going to keep looking in Europe, where the C-128
still reigns in the 8-bit world, for programs of this caliber for LOADSTAR
128. They won't be easy to find -- DISKSERVANT is almost in a class by
itself -- but you thousand loyal LOADSTARites deserve the best.
Thanks, Alf. Thanks, loyal readers. Long live LOADSTAR 128.
FT
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