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üSTENews
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Oldmagazinesasgoodasnew
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Ooha!
ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
STNews.Thegoodoldmagazinethatcheckedthatyourwriteprotection
wason,anditwouldn'tletyoureadanythingbeforethiswasdone.And
then,youboughtyourSTE.Whathappened?STNewsdidn'tfindoutthat
youactuallyhadthewriteprotectionon,andso,youwantedtoformat
allofyouroldSTNewsdisks.
Why?Thesolutionishere!
STNewswaswritteninGfaBASIC,and,infact,theseprogramsare
veryeasytoread.SowhatIdidwastowalkthroughtheprogramme,step
bystepandwritedownwheretodosomechanges.
Andtheresultishere:STEFIX2.PRG!TherewasanSTEFIXinanST
News,butthisonedidn'twork.Firstofall,LordHackBearwantedto
executeasupervisorroutineusingTrap#1ratherthanTrap#14,sothat
itwasn'tinstalled.Afterthis,hemanagedtodestroyotherthingsas
well,andso,theprogramdidn'tworkproperly.
Ihave,ontheotherhand,madeproperchecksthattherightprogramme
isaltered.SimplyloadSTEFIX2,andinsertyouroldSTNewsdiskbefore
loadingSTNewsasnormal.Thebugwillnotbefixed,butavoided.This
meansthatyouwillbeabletoread,evenifyouhaven'twriteprotected
yourdisk...
TheSTEFIX2willdothisautomaticcheckeverytimetheST(E)writes
somethingusingTrap#1,whichisthefirstthingtheGfaBASICprogramme
does:Clearingthescreenbyprintingchr$(27)+"E"
Atthemoment,Ihaven'tgotmanyoldmagazines,sotheprogrammeis
guaranteedonlyforSTNews3.6,3.7,4.1,4.4andSTKlubben1.1.Ifyou
wantittohandlemore,donothesitatetocontactme.Ciao!