READ.ME
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG BLUE READER | READ.ME | SEQ | DuncanTwain | 22 | 0 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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RE: BIG BLUE READER 128
8/30/88.BY: MICH
AEL R. MILLER
VERSION 2.02..ATTENTION PREVI
OUS BBR OWNERS: PLEASE READ THROUGH THE
NEW MANUAL FOR .CHANGES AND/OR IMPROVEM
ENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO BBR...NOW AV
AILABLE: "1581 MS-DOS FRMT", COMMODORE 1
581 USERS CAN NOW FORMAT 720K .3.5 INCH
MS-DOS DISKETTES USING THE 1581 DISK DRI
VE. SIMPLY LOAD AND RUN .THE PROGRAM "1
581 MS-DOS FRMT" AND FOLLOW THE PROMPTS.
THE PROGRAM .AUTOMATICALLY SEEKS OUT T
HE CORRECT DRIVE (USERS HAVING MORE THAN
ONE 1581 .CAN PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO SE
EK OUT THE NEXT 1581). DISK FORMATTED W
ITH ."1581 MS-DOS FRMT" CAN BE USED WITH
BIG BLUE READER 128/64 AND MOST IBM PC
.COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS...ON THE BACK SIDE
OF THIS DISK IS "BIG BLUE READER 64" FO
R THE COMMODORE 64 .AND 1571 DISK DRIVE.
IT IS SURPRISINGLY FAST AND EASY TO US
E. ALSO ON THE .OTHER SIDE OF THIS DISK
IS THE PROGRAM "BIG BLUE FORMAT" WHICH
MAY BE USED .(IN 64 MODE) TO FORMAT; SIN
GLE SIDED 160/180KB AND DOUBLE SIDED 320
/360KB .MS-DOS DISKETTES USING THE 1571
DISK DRIVE...---------------------------
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--------..THE FOLLOWING LINE WILL ENTER
A BASIC SEQUENTIAL FILE INTO THE C-128..
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CLOSE..THE FILE MUST BE A LISTED SEQUENT
IAL TYPE AND NOT TOKENIZED. ALSO ALL LI
NE .FEED'S NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE F
ILE FOR THIS TO WORK. THIS METHOD IS .N
OT VERY ELEGANT SINCE THERE ARE NO PROMP
TS AND THE ONLY INDICATION THAT .THE END
OF FILE IS REACHED IS THAT THE DISK DRI
VE STOPS SPINNING. .ALSO ON THIS DISK IS
A BASIC PROGRAM "C128 SEQ TO PRG" WHICH
CAN BE USED TO .TRANSFER GWBASIC ASCII
FILES TO COMMODORE BASIC. ALTHOUGH SLOW
ER IT MAY BE .EASIER FOR YOU TO USE....T
HE FOLLOWING LINES WILL LIST A COMMODORE
BASIC PROGRAM TO DISK. THIS FILE .CAN
THEN BE TRANSFERRED TO GWBASIC AS AN ASC
II FILE... OPEN8,8,8,"FILENAME,S,W":CM
D8:LIST. PRINT#8:DCLOSE..-------------
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----------------------..MOST MS-DOS AND
CP/M PROGRAMS USE STANDARD (TRUE) ASCII
FOR TEXT AND DATA .FILES, WHILE MOST COM
MODORE PROGRAMS USE COMMODORE (PET) ASCI
I FOR TEXT AND .DATA FILES. SOME COMMOD
ORE PROGRAMS HOWEVER, USE EITHER TRUE AS
CII OR .SCREEN CODE FILES. SCREEN CODE
FILES NEED TO BE CONVERTED TO EITHER .ST
ANDARD ASCII OR COMMODORE ASCII, BEFORE
TRANSFERRING THE FILE TO EITHER .MS-DOS
OR CP/M. IF YOUR COMMODORE PROGRAM USES
STANDARD ASCII THEN YOU .NEED NOT DO AN
Y ASCII CONVERSION. IF YOUR MS-DOS OR C
P/M PROGRAM READS .YOUR COMMODORE FILE A
LL ON ONE LINE YOU PROBABLY NEED TO ADD
LINE FEEDS...---------------------------
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--------..THIS DISK CONTAINS "VERSION 2.
02" OF BIG BLUE READER 128...BBR 128 VER
SION 2.01 FIXED A MINOR BUG WHICH CAUSED
SOME PROBLEMS WHEN .USING THE COMMODORE
128D AND ITS BUILT IN DISK DRIVE. THE
CHANGE DRIVE I/O .FUNCTION WAS ALSO ENHA
NCED TO ALLOW SOURCE AND DESTINATION DRI
VE NUMBERS OF .8 TO 11. THIS SHOULD ALL
OW MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR USERS OF MULTIPL
E DISK .DRIVES. KEEP IN MIND HOWEVER, T
HAT MOST FUNCTIONS OF BBR 128 ARE DESIGN
ED .TO WORK WITH THE SOURCE OR THE DESTI
NATION DRIVE (IE VIEW DIR, LOAD DIR, .CO
PY, PRINT, FORMAT MS-DOS DISK, 1571 SPEE
D-UP)...BBR 128 VERSION 2.02 ALLOWS FOR
EVEN MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN USING THE 158
1 .3.5 INCH DISK DRIVE BY ALLOWING 40 TR
ACK 160/180KB AND 320/360KB DISKETTES .T
O BE USED WITH BOTH 1571 AND 1581 DISK D
RIVES. ALSO FIXED, ARE FIVE OR .SIX SCR
EEN DISPLAY PROMPTS WHICH IN NO WAY AFFE
CTED THE PROGRAM..
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