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00000720: C4 41 4E 20 CD 4F 53 45  44 41 4C 45 0D           |.AN .OSEDALE.   |

.GEOS ML PROGRAMMERS' AID.==============
==========.    THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW Y
OU TO.WRITE MACHINE FOR USE WITH GEOS MU
CH.MORE EASILY.  IT TAKES AN ML FILE.PRO
GRAMMED FOR GEOS AND CHANGES IT FROM.STA
NDARD C64 FORMAT (TWO BYTE LOAD.ADDRESS 
AND THEN THE PROGRAM) INTO GEOS.FORMAT (
IT HAS IT'S OWN INFO FILE WITH.AN ICON A
ND ALL OTHER NECESSARY INFO)..    OF COU
RSE, THIS WILL ONLY WORK WITH.PROGRAMS W
RITTEN (BY YOU, PRESUMABLY).TO WORK WITH
 THE GEOS KERNAL...    TO USE THIS PROGR
AM:..1: FORMAT A GEOS TYPE DISK THAT YOU
'LL.   YOU'LL BE DOING YOUR PROGRAMMING 
ON...2: COPY THE FILES XFER AND XFER.ML 
ONTO.   THIS DISK...3: PICK A GEOS FILE 
OF THE APPROPRIATE.   TYPE (IF YOU'RE WR
ITING AN INPUT.   DRIVER, THEN USE ONE O
F THE INPUT.   DRIVERS YOU'VE ALREADY GO
T).  USE.   THE GEOS DESKTOP TO COPY THI
S ONTO.   YOUR DISK.  STILL IN GEOS, REN
AME IT.   TO APP-INFO (ALL CAPITAL LETTE
RS)...    YOU NOW HAVE A DISK WHICH YOU 
CAN.ASSEMBLE YOUR PROGRAMS TO, AND THEN.
EASILY CONVERT THEM TO A GEOS FILE.TYPE.
  TO ASSEMBLE AND CONVERT A.PROGRAM, USE
 THE FOLLOWING STEPS:..1: ASSEMBLE YOUR 
SOURCE FILE TO THE.   OBJECT FILE PRG.OB
J...2: LOAD XFER AND RUN IT.  IT WILL LO
AD.   XFER.ML, AND THEN CONVERT YOUR.   
PROGRAM TO GEOS FORMAT...3: LOAD UP GEOS
, AND CLICK ON APP-INFO..   YOUR PROGRAM
 WILL EXECUTE....THE WAY CONVERT WORKS I
S THIS: FIRST,.YOUR PROGRAM IS COPIED TO
 A FILE.CALLED PRG.LIT; DURING THE COPYI
NG,.THE TWO BYTE LOAD ADDRESS AT THE.BEG
INNING OF THE FILE IS REMOVED..NEXT, IT 
FINDS APP-INFO, AND SCRATCHES.IT (REMOVI
NG ITS BLOCKS FROM THE BAM)..NOW, APP-IN
FO IS PARTIALLY UNSCRATCHED,.AND IT IS S
ET TO POINT TO PRG.LIT..PRG.LIT IS DELET
ED FROM THE DIRECTORY,.BUT NOT THE BAM. 
 NOW, THE LOAD, START,.AND END ADDRESSES
 OF PRG.LIT ARE.WRITTEN TO THE INFO SECT
OR OF APP-INFO..PRESTO, YOU NOW HAVE A R
UNNABLE GEOS.PROGRAM...-DAN MOSEDALE.

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