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  1. 07002030405800
  2. 1(c) Critical MassACCTOOLUser Documentation
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  7. üACCTOOLV1.2
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  9. Documentation
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  11. (c)1991CriticalMassConcepts
  12. Ç
  13. ü
  14. Author:16BitBlues
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  24. üëContents
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  26. Ç          ë
  27.  
  28. Ç     1.   üCopyUpMessage Ç                              2ë
  29. Ç     2.   üIntroductionÇ                                 3ë
  30. Ç     3.   üSummaryofavailableoperations Ç             4ë
  31. Ç     4.   üUsingAcctoolÇ                                5
  32.      5.   üDisclaimerÇ                                  10
  33.      6.   üServicesÇ                                   11     
  34.      7.   üRegistrationForm(a)                       Ç12
  35.      8.   üRegistrationForm(b-optional)Ç            13
  36.      9.   üContactAddressÇ                             14
  37. ë
  38.  
  39. ëCopyUpÇ
  40.  
  41.      RatherthanhavingaCopyrightorCopyleft(i.e.FSF)
  42. ♪①messageüCriticalMassConceptsÉ⑧02,1⑧ÇhastheCopyUpmessage(similarto
  43. acock-up,butlessorganized):
  44.  
  45.      Thissoftwaremaybecopiedwithoutchargeonaperson-
  46. personbasis,aslongasallthefollowingfilesaresupplied:
  47.  
  48.      ACCTOOL.ACC    -   Accessory(normalwaytouseit)
  49.      ACCTOOL.PRG    -    Programversion,shouldyouneedit
  50.      ACCTOOL.RSC    -    Resourcefile
  51.      ACCHI.RSC      -    ResourcefileforHi-Res
  52.      ACCTOOL.DOC    -    Thisfile      (1stwordformat)
  53.      ACCTOOL.TXT    -    Thisfile      (ASCIItextformat)
  54.      READ.ME        -    Afilewithanylastminutechanges
  55.  
  56.      thismeansthatallPublicDomainlibrariesshouldcontact
  57. üCriticalMassConceptsÇattheaddresssupplied.Nochargemaybe
  58. madeforthissoftware,onlyfortheserviceofdistribution(with
  59. theagreementofüCriticalMassConceptÇs).ü ÇThecopyrightofthis
  60. softwareisthepropertyofüCriticalMassConceptsÇ.ü
  61. N001:003000350002
  62. ÇCriticalMassConceptsisthetradenameofNeilEllis&
  63.    OscarKatt.
  64. E
  65. ü
  66. ëIntroductionÇ
  67.  
  68.      üACCTOOLÇisanaccesorybasedtoolkit,itisdesignedto
  69. allowyoutodooperationswithinotherapplicationswhichare
  70. normallynotsuppliedbytheapplicationitself.Forexample,
  71. findingthetimewhilstwritingadocument.Formattingadisk
  72. whileinDegasElite,searchingforafileinsideTempusü.
  73.  
  74.      ThisversionÇofüACCTOOLÇdoesnotcomewiththecutdown
  75. versionsüMICROTOOLÇ(fileoperationsonly)orüVIRUSTOOLÇ(virus
  76. killingaccessory),theseareavailableifyouregisteranddonate
  77. somemoney(seeServices).
  78.  
  79. Ç
  80.  
  81.  
  82.  
  83. ëSummaryofoperationsavailableÇ
  84.  
  85.      1.   üDiskCopyÇ
  86.           
  87.           Nonspecialistdiskcopierwithformatandverify
  88.      optionsü.
  89.  
  90.      Ç2.   üDiskFormatterÇ
  91.  
  92.           Simpleformatterwithvariableformats,choiceof
  93.      bootsectorinformationandverifyoptions.
  94.  
  95.      3.   üVirusKillerÇ
  96.           
  97.           Detectsandkillsbootsectorviruseswiththeoptionof
  98.      automaticallykillinginthebackground.
  99.  
  100.      4.   üPaletteÇ
  101.  
  102.           Alterthecolourpalette
  103.  
  104.      5.   üFileoperations
  105. Ç
  106.           Move,copy,delete,rename,newfolder,deletefolder,
  107.      changeattributesüÇprintfiles.
  108.  
  109.      6.   üTimefunctions
  110.  
  111.           ÇDisplayandsetthetime.
  112.  
  113.      7.   üFilesearchÇ
  114.  
  115.           Searchforfile(s)anddumphierarchytoprinter.
  116.  
  117.      8.   üFreeSpaceÇ
  118.  
  119.           Ondiskorinmemory.ü
  120.  
  121.      Ç9.   üConfigurePrinterÇ
  122.  
  123.           Doesjustthat.ü    
  124. ü
  125. ëUsingACCTOOLê
  126. ü
  127.  
  128.      êInstallationÇ
  129.      
  130.           PlacethefilesACCTOOL.ACC,ACCHI.RSC(onlyneededif
  131. youuseHighResolution)andACCTOOL.RSCinthemaindirectoryof
  132. thediskfromwhichyoubootup(asyouwoulddoforany
  133. accessory).
  134.  
  135.      êUsageÇ
  136.  
  137.           ClickonthetoolkitoptionintheDeskAccessorymenu,
  138. thiswillbringupthemainmenu.
  139.  
  140.      êCurrentDiskë
  141.  
  142. ü     Ç     Atthebottomofthemenu(aboveouraddress)isthe
  143. CurrentDiskselector.Byclickingononeofthedriveletters
  144. youwillsetthedriveforfutureoperationstoworkon,for
  145. example,DiskSpaceshowshowmuchfreespaceisonthatdrive.
  146.  
  147.      êCriticalMassConceptsAddressÇ
  148.  
  149.           Clickingonthisoption(it'sthewritingatthe
  150. bottomofthemenu)willdisplaythecurrentversionofüACCTOOLÇ,
  151. andabriefcopyrightmessage.
  152.  
  153.      êSetprinterconfigurationë
  154.  
  155. Ç     Clickingonthisoptionbringsupamenu,listedbeloware
  156. themeaningsoftheoptions:
  157.  
  158.      DotMatrix/DaisyWheel:Thisdecideswhichtypeof
  159.                               printeryouareusing,if
  160.                               itisdaisywheeltheSTwon't
  161.                               beabletodoscreendumpsfor
  162.                               example
  163.      
  164.      Monochrome/Colour     :Wewouldassumethatthisisused
  165.                               bytheSTtodecidewhetherto
  166.                               tryamonochromeorcolourscreen
  167.                                dump,nothavingacolourprinter
  168.                               wewouldn'tknow.
  169.  
  170.      Atari/Epson            :Thisisneededtodecidewhat
  171.                               controlcodesaresenttothe
  172.                                 printer(allEpsoncompatibles,
  173.                               shouldbesettoEpson).
  174. Ç     
  175.      Draft/Quality          :Draftmeansthattheprinter
  176.                               willprintasnormal,whereas
  177.                               Qualitytellstheprinterto
  178.                               printoutinNearLetterQuality
  179.                               Mode(onlyusethisifyour
  180.                               printersupportsit).
  181.  
  182.      Printer/RS232Port     :Printerportmeansthatthe
  183.                               printerisconnectedtothe
  184.                               parallelprinterportattheback
  185.                               oftheST(labelledwithalittle
  186.                               pictureofaprinteronthe
  187.                               casing).RS232meansthatthe
  188.                               printershouldbeconnectedtothe
  189.                               serialport(labelledwithalittle
  190.                               modemicononthecasing).
  192.      Continuous/SheetFeed :ThistellstheSTwhetheryou
  193.                               havecontinuousstationaryor
  194.                               whetheritisfedonesheetata
  195.                               time.
  196.  
  197.      Tousesimplyclickontheoptionswhichapplytoyour
  198. printer(pressingtherighthandsideturnsofftheleftandvice-
  199. versa),thenpressCancelifyou'vechangedyourmindorOKif
  200. youhaven't.
  202.      êDiskSpaceÇ
  203.           
  204.           Thisdisplayshowmuchroomisleftonthecurrentdisk
  205. drive,clickingontheoptionwilldisplaythevalueinbytes.
  206.  
  207.      êRenamefileÇ
  208.  
  209.           Selectthefilewiththefileselector,asyouwould
  210. normallydotheselectOKtogoaheadorCanceltoabort.A
  211. secondmenuwillpopupandaskyouforthenewfilename,enter
  212. itandthenpressOKtouseitorCanceltoforgetaboutthe
  213. wholeidea.
  214.  
  215.      êMoveFileÇ
  216.      
  217.           Usethefileselectortoselecttheoriginalfileand
  218. thenyouwillbepromptedwithanotherfileselectortochoose
  219. it'sdestination(thedestinationcanbeonanotherdiskdrive).
  220. ëBewarnedÇ!CopyingüTHENÇdeletingtheoriginalisüFARÇsafer.
  221.  
  222.      êCopyFileÇ
  223.  
  224.           ThisisidenticaltoMoveFile(above)exceptthe
  225. originalisnotdeleted.
  226. Ç
  227.      êDeleteFileÇ
  228.  
  229.           Clickingondeletefilewillgiveyouafileselector,
  230. choosethefiletobedeletedthenpressOKtogoaheadorCancel
  231. toabort.
  232.  
  233.      êRemoveDirÇ
  234.  
  235.           Thisisusedtodeletefolders,