T.UTILIZER
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00000000: 00 80 5E 55 3A 48 45 4C 50 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 |..^U:HELP. | 00000010: 20 20 20 20 20 D5 20 D4 20 C9 20 CC 20 C9 20 DA | . . . . . .| 00000020: 20 C5 20 D2 0D 0D 20 20 42 59 20 CA 41 53 4F 4E | . ... BY .ASON| 00000030: 20 CD 41 53 53 45 59 20 41 4E 44 20 C3 48 41 52 | .ASSEY AND .HAR| 00000040: 4C 45 53 20 C2 41 52 4E 45 59 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 |LES .ARNEY.. | 00000050: C4 4F 20 59 4F 55 20 52 45 4D 45 4D 42 45 52 20 |.O YOU REMEMBER | 00000060: 57 48 45 4E 20 59 4F 55 20 42 4F 55 47 48 54 0D |WHEN YOU BOUGHT.| 00000070: 59 4F 55 52 20 44 49 53 4B 20 44 52 49 56 45 20 |YOUR DISK DRIVE | 00000080: 41 4E 44 20 59 4F 55 20 54 52 49 45 44 20 54 4F |AND YOU TRIED TO| 00000090: 0D 44 45 43 49 50 48 45 52 20 54 48 45 20 4C 49 |.DECIPHER THE LI| 000000A0: 54 54 4C 45 20 47 52 45 59 20 4F 52 20 42 4C 41 |TTLE GREY OR BLA| 000000B0: 43 4B 0D 42 4F 4F 4B 20 54 48 41 54 20 43 41 4D |CK.BOOK THAT CAM| 000000C0: 45 20 57 49 54 48 20 49 54 3F 20 20 D3 4F 4F 4E |E WITH IT? .OON| 000000D0: 45 52 20 4F 52 0D 4C 41 54 45 52 2C 20 42 59 20 |ER OR.LATER, BY | 000000E0: 54 52 49 41 4C 20 41 4E 44 20 45 52 52 4F 52 20 |TRIAL AND ERROR | 000000F0: 59 4F 55 0D 50 52 4F 42 41 42 4C 59 20 46 49 47 |YOU.PROBABLY FIG| 00000100: 55 52 45 44 20 4F 55 54 20 57 48 41 54 20 54 48 |URED OUT WHAT TH| 00000110: 45 20 41 55 54 48 4F 52 53 0D 57 45 52 45 20 54 |E AUTHORS.WERE T| 00000120: 52 59 49 4E 47 20 54 4F 20 53 41 59 2E 20 20 CF |RYING TO SAY. .| 00000130: 52 20 4E 4F 54 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D3 49 4E 43 |R NOT... .INC| 00000140: 45 20 41 4C 4C 20 4E 45 57 20 C3 4F 4D 4D 4F 44 |E ALL NEW .OMMOD| 00000150: 4F 52 45 20 55 53 45 52 53 20 47 4F 0D 54 48 52 |ORE USERS GO.THR| 00000160: 4F 55 47 48 20 54 48 45 20 53 41 4D 45 20 52 49 |OUGH THE SAME RI| 00000170: 54 45 20 4F 46 20 49 4E 49 54 49 41 54 49 4F 4E |TE OF INITIATION| 00000180: 0D 57 49 54 48 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 44 49 53 4B |.WITH THEIR DISK| 00000190: 20 44 52 49 56 45 2C 20 CA 41 53 4F 4E 20 41 4E | DRIVE, .ASON AN| 000001A0: 44 0D C3 48 41 52 4C 45 53 20 48 41 56 45 20 57 |D..HARLES HAVE W| 000001B0: 52 49 54 54 45 4E 20 D5 D4 C9 CC C9 DA C5 D2 20 |RITTEN ........ | 000001C0: 54 4F 20 48 45 4C 50 0D 42 45 47 49 4E 4E 45 52 |TO HELP.BEGINNER| 000001D0: 53 20 42 45 54 54 45 52 20 55 4E 44 45 52 53 54 |S BETTER UNDERST| 000001E0: 41 4E 44 20 48 4F 57 20 54 4F 0D 55 53 45 20 44 |AND HOW TO.USE D| 000001F0: 49 53 4B 20 43 4F 4D 4D 41 4E 44 53 20 49 4E 20 |ISK COMMANDS IN | 00000200: 54 48 45 49 52 20 4F 57 4E 20 C2 C1 D3 C9 C3 0D |THEIR OWN ......| 00000210: 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 53 2E 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 |PROGRAMS.. .H| 00000220: 45 20 4C 49 53 54 49 4E 47 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 |E LISTING OF THE| 00000230: 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 49 53 0D 44 49 56 49 | PROGRAM IS.DIVI| 00000240: 44 45 44 20 49 4E 54 4F 20 4D 4F 44 55 4C 45 53 |DED INTO MODULES| 00000250: 20 28 4F 52 20 52 4F 55 54 49 4E 45 53 29 0D 54 | (OR ROUTINES).T| 00000260: 48 41 54 20 41 52 45 20 45 41 53 59 20 54 4F 20 |HAT ARE EASY TO | 00000270: 53 45 45 2E 20 20 D2 D5 CE 20 54 48 45 0D 50 52 |SEE. ... 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RE| 00000650: 41 44 45 52 20 4F 4E 43 45 20 53 45 4E 54 20 55 |ADER ONCE SENT U| 00000660: 53 20 41 20 48 41 4C 46 0D 44 4F 5A 45 4E 20 4F |S A HALF.DOZEN O| 00000670: 52 20 53 4F 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 53 20 54 |R SO ........S T| 00000680: 48 41 54 20 4E 4F 20 4C 4F 4E 47 45 52 0D 42 4F |HAT NO LONGER.BO| 00000690: 4F 54 45 44 20 43 4F 52 52 45 43 54 4C 59 2E 20 |OTED CORRECTLY. | 000006A0: 20 C8 45 20 53 41 49 44 20 54 48 41 54 0D 42 45 | .E SAID THAT.BE| 000006B0: 46 4F 52 45 20 48 45 20 52 41 4E 20 54 48 45 4D |FORE HE RAN THEM| 000006C0: 20 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 20 48 49 53 0D 43 41 54 | THROUGH HIS.CAT| 000006D0: 41 4C 4F 47 55 49 4E 47 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D |ALOGUING PROGRAM| 000006E0: 20 54 48 45 59 20 57 4F 52 4B 45 44 20 46 49 4E | THEY WORKED FIN| 000006F0: 45 2E 0D C9 20 57 41 53 20 53 54 55 4D 50 45 44 |E... WAS STUMPED| 00000700: 20 41 54 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 42 55 54 20 54 48 | AT FIRST BUT TH| 00000710: 45 4E 20 C9 0D 4E 4F 54 49 43 45 44 20 54 48 41 |EN ..NOTICED THA| 00000720: 54 20 45 41 43 48 20 44 49 53 4B 20 48 41 44 20 |T EACH DISK HAD | 00000730: 42 45 45 4E 0D 52 45 4E 41 4D 45 44 20 42 59 20 |BEEN.RENAMED BY | 00000740: 54 48 45 20 43 41 54 41 4C 4F 47 55 45 52 2E 20 |THE CATALOGUER. | 00000750: 20 CF 55 52 20 4D 45 4E 55 0D 53 59 53 54 45 4D | .UR MENU.SYSTEM| 00000760: 20 43 48 45 43 4B 53 20 46 4F 52 20 57 48 49 43 | CHECKS FOR WHIC| 00000770: 48 20 53 49 44 45 20 49 53 20 49 4E 0D 54 48 45 |H SIDE IS IN.THE| 00000780: 20 44 52 49 56 45 20 42 59 20 43 48 45 43 4B 49 | DRIVE BY CHECKI| 00000790: 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 4E 41 4D 45 |NG THE DISK NAME| 000007A0: 2E 0D C9 20 55 53 45 44 20 D5 D4 C9 CC C9 DA C5 |... USED .......| 000007B0: D2 20 54 4F 20 51 55 49 43 4B 4C 59 20 52 45 4E |. TO QUICKLY REN| 000007C0: 41 4D 45 20 54 48 45 0D 44 49 53 4B 53 20 57 49 |AME THE.DISKS WI| 000007D0: 54 48 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 50 45 52 20 4E 41 |TH THE PROPER NA| 000007E0: 4D 45 20 41 4E 44 20 41 4C 4C 0D 57 41 53 20 57 |ME AND ALL.WAS W| 000007F0: 45 4C 4C 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D9 4F 55 27 4C 4C |ELL... .OU'LL| 00000800: 20 4E 4F 54 49 43 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 | NOTICE THAT THE| 00000810: 20 44 49 52 45 43 54 4F 52 59 0D 52 4F 55 54 49 | DIRECTORY.ROUTI| 00000820: 4E 45 20 49 53 20 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 42 45 47 |NE IS AT THE BEG| 00000830: 49 4E 4E 49 4E 47 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 4C 49 |INNING OF THE.LI| 00000840: 53 54 49 4E 47 20 52 41 54 48 45 52 20 54 48 41 |STING RATHER THA| 00000850: 4E 20 4C 55 4D 50 45 44 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 4C |N LUMPED WITH AL| 00000860: 4C 20 4F 46 0D 54 48 45 20 4F 54 48 45 52 20 4F |L OF.THE OTHER O| 00000870: 50 54 49 4F 4E 53 2E 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 49 53 |PTIONS. .HIS IS| 00000880: 20 46 4F 52 20 53 50 45 45 44 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 | FOR SPEED... | 00000890: 20 C2 C1 D3 C9 C3 20 53 54 41 52 54 53 20 41 54 | ..... STARTS AT| 000008A0: 20 54 48 45 20 42 45 47 49 4E 4E 49 4E 47 20 4F | THE BEGINNING O| 000008B0: 46 0D 41 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 48 45 4E |F.A PROGRAM WHEN| 000008C0: 20 4C 4F 4F 4B 49 4E 47 20 46 4F 52 20 41 20 47 | LOOKING FOR A G| 000008D0: 4F 54 4F 20 4F 52 0D 47 4F 53 55 42 20 53 4F 20 |OTO OR.GOSUB SO | 000008E0: 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45 20 41 20 52 4F |IF YOU HAVE A RO| 000008F0: 55 54 49 4E 45 20 54 48 41 54 0D 59 4F 55 20 57 |UTINE THAT.YOU W| 00000900: 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 4B 45 45 50 20 41 53 20 46 |ANT TO KEEP AS F| 00000910: 41 53 54 20 41 53 20 50 4F 53 53 49 42 4C 45 2C |AST AS POSSIBLE,| 00000920: 0D 50 55 54 20 49 54 20 4E 45 41 52 20 54 48 45 |.PUT IT NEAR THE| 00000930: 20 42 45 47 49 4E 4E 49 4E 47 20 4F 46 20 54 48 | BEGINNING OF TH| 00000940: 45 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 |E.PROGRAM... | 00000950: C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45 20 4E 45 45 44 |.F YOU HAVE NEED| 00000960: 20 4F 46 20 41 4E 59 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 52 | OF ANY OF THE.R| 00000970: 4F 55 54 49 4E 45 53 20 46 4F 55 4E 44 20 49 4E |OUTINES FOUND IN| 00000980: 20 D5 D4 C9 CC C9 DA C5 D2 20 49 4E 20 59 4F 55 | ........ IN YOU| 00000990: 52 0D 4F 57 4E 20 C2 C1 D3 C9 C3 20 50 52 4F 47 |R.OWN ..... PROG| 000009A0: 52 41 4D 53 2C 20 4A 55 53 54 20 53 4E 49 50 20 |RAMS, JUST SNIP | 000009B0: 54 48 45 4D 0D 52 49 47 48 54 20 4F 55 54 2E 20 |THEM.RIGHT OUT. | 000009C0: 20 D4 48 45 20 41 55 54 48 4F 52 53 20 48 41 56 | .HE AUTHORS HAV| 000009D0: 45 20 4D 41 44 45 0D 54 48 45 4D 20 46 52 49 45 |E MADE.THEM FRIE| 000009E0: 4E 44 4C 59 20 41 4E 44 20 53 4F 4C 56 45 44 20 |NDLY AND SOLVED | 000009F0: 53 4F 4D 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 53 43 52 45 |SOME OF THE.SCRE| 00000A00: 45 4E 20 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 54 49 4E 47 20 50 52 |EN FORMATTING PR| 00000A10: 4F 42 4C 45 4D 53 20 46 4F 52 20 59 4F 55 2E 0D |OBLEMS FOR YOU..| 00000A20: 0D 20 20 20 20 C1 53 20 57 49 54 48 20 45 56 45 |. .S WITH EVE| 00000A30: 52 59 54 48 49 4E 47 20 49 4E 20 4C 49 46 45 2C |RYTHING IN LIFE,| 00000A40: 20 54 48 45 52 45 0D 49 53 20 41 4C 57 41 59 53 | THERE.IS ALWAYS| 00000A50: 20 41 20 46 41 53 54 45 52 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 50 | A FASTER, AND P| 00000A60: 45 52 48 41 50 53 0D 42 45 54 54 45 52 2C 20 57 |ERHAPS.BETTER, W| 00000A70: 41 59 2C 20 42 55 54 20 4E 4F 54 20 57 49 54 48 |AY, BUT NOT WITH| 00000A80: 4F 55 54 20 57 52 49 54 49 4E 47 0D 54 48 45 20 |OUT WRITING.THE | 00000A90: 52 4F 55 54 49 4E 45 53 20 49 4E 20 4D 41 43 48 |ROUTINES IN MACH| 00000AA0: 49 4E 45 20 4C 41 4E 47 55 41 47 45 2E 0D 0D C4 |INE LANGUAGE....| 00000AB0: C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D4 C8 C9 D3 20 D0 |... ..... .... .| 00000AC0: D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3 0D 0D D5 D4 C9 |...... .........| 00000AD0: CC C9 DA C5 D2 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |..... | 00000AE0: D4 2E D5 D4 C9 CC C9 DA C5 D2 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 |............ | 00000AF0: 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 | **** .ND OF | 00000B00: D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |.EXT ****. |
..^U:HELP. U T I L I Z E R..
BY JASON MASSEY AND CHARLES BARNEY..
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU BOUGHT.YOUR DIS
K DRIVE AND YOU TRIED TO.DECIPHER THE LI
TTLE GREY OR BLACK.BOOK THAT CAME WITH I
T? SOONER OR.LATER, BY TRIAL AND ERROR
YOU.PROBABLY FIGURED OUT WHAT THE AUTHOR
S.WERE TRYING TO SAY. OR NOT... SINC
E ALL NEW COMMODORE USERS GO.THROUGH THE
SAME RITE OF INITIATION.WITH THEIR DISK
DRIVE, JASON AND.CHARLES HAVE WRITTEN U
TILIZER TO HELP.BEGINNERS BETTER UNDERST
AND HOW TO.USE DISK COMMANDS IN THEIR OW
N BASIC.PROGRAMS.. THE LISTING OF THE
PROGRAM IS.DIVIDED INTO MODULES (OR ROU
TINES).THAT ARE EASY TO SEE. RUN THE.PR
OGRAM AND THEN BREAK OUT OF IT BY.PRESSI
NG RUN/STOP. WHEN YOU LIST THE.PROGRAM
YOU'LL SEE THE MODULES... SOME ARE MO
RE COMPLICATED THAN.OTHERS BUT ALL CONTA
IN WHAT WE CALL.'FRIENDLY' FEATURES. FO
R INSTANCE,.BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING DRAST
IC, THERE.IS A "ARE YOU SURE? (Y/N)" PRO
MPT... THE INPUT STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN
.CHANGED TO A SPECIALIZED GET ROUTINE.SO
THAT AN INADVERTANT CRSR OR.CLR/HOME KE
YPRESS WON'T MESS UP THE.SCREEN OR THE I
NPUT... A COUPLE OF THE MORE INTEREST
ING.OPTIONS ARE "CLEAR A DISK" AND."CHAN
GE DISK NAME". NEITHER COMMAND.IS DOCUM
ENTED IN THE DRIVE MANUAL... THE "CLE
AR A DISK" OPTION IS A.SORT OF 'FAST FOR
MAT' ROUTINE. IF.YOU DON'T SPECIFY AN I
D NUMBER AND.YOU'RE CLEARING A PREVIOUSL
Y.FORMATTED DISK, IT RE-FORMATS THE.DISK
VERY QUICKLY. THIS IS BECAUSE.THE DOS
DOESN'T NEED TO WRITE TO.EVERY BLOCK ON
THE DISK, AS IT DOES.WITH A DISK THAT HA
S NEVER BEEN.FORMATTED... THE ID OF T
HE DISK WILL REMAIN.THE SAME AS IT WAS B
EFORE... A READER ONCE SENT US A HALF
.DOZEN OR SO LOADSTARS THAT NO LONGER.BO
OTED CORRECTLY. HE SAID THAT.BEFORE HE
RAN THEM THROUGH HIS.CATALOGUING PROGRAM
THEY WORKED FINE..I WAS STUMPED AT FIRS
T BUT THEN I.NOTICED THAT EACH DISK HAD
BEEN.RENAMED BY THE CATALOGUER. OUR MEN
U.SYSTEM CHECKS FOR WHICH SIDE IS IN.THE
DRIVE BY CHECKING THE DISK NAME..I USED
UTILIZER TO QUICKLY RENAME THE.DISKS WI
TH THE PROPER NAME AND ALL.WAS WELL...
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE DIRECTORY.ROUTI
NE IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE.LISTING RA
THER THAN LUMPED WITH ALL OF.THE OTHER O
PTIONS. THIS IS FOR SPEED... BASIC S
TARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF.A PROGRAM WHEN
LOOKING FOR A GOTO OR.GOSUB SO IF YOU H
AVE A ROUTINE THAT.YOU WANT TO KEEP AS F
AST AS POSSIBLE,.PUT IT NEAR THE BEGINNI
NG OF THE.PROGRAM... IF YOU HAVE NEED
OF ANY OF THE.ROUTINES FOUND IN UTILIZE
R IN YOUR.OWN BASIC PROGRAMS, JUST SNIP
THEM.RIGHT OUT. THE AUTHORS HAVE MADE.T
HEM FRIENDLY AND SOLVED SOME OF THE.SCRE
EN FORMATTING PROBLEMS FOR YOU... AS
WITH EVERYTHING IN LIFE, THERE.IS ALWAYS
A FASTER, AND PERHAPS.BETTER, WAY, BUT
NOT WITHOUT WRITING.THE ROUTINES IN MACH
INE LANGUAGE...DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM U
SES..UTILIZER T.UTILIZER..
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