T.DISK UTILITY
FILE INFORMATION
FILENAME(S): T.DISK UTILITY
FILE TYPE(S): SEQ
FILE SIZE: 3.8K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-30 18:12:11
APPEARS ON: 2 disk(s)
FILE HASH
daf8d5e6ca0fd576aa88b22ad5b8686caac2c1792bbcaaa747560fd862e2d859
FOUND ON DISKS (2 DISKS)
| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOADSTAR 23 S 2 | T.DISK UTILITY | SEQ | Sailor, Ganheden | 28 | 0 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| LOADSTAR 23 S 2 | T.DISK UTILITY | SEQ | Curtcool, Frank | 28 | 0 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
FILE CONTENT & ANALYSIS
00000000: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 C4 C9 |.. ..| 00000010: D3 CB 20 D5 D4 C9 CC C9 D4 D9 0D 20 20 20 20 20 |.. ........ | 00000020: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 59 0D 20 | BY. | 00000030: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D3 54 45 50 48 | .TEPH| 00000040: 45 4E 20 D2 4F 44 44 41 0D 0D C3 CF CD CD CF C4 |EN .ODDA........| 00000050: CF D2 C5 20 D0 CF D7 C5 D2 2F D0 CC C1 D9 20 CD |... ...../.... .| 00000060: C1 C7 C1 DA C9 CE C5 0D C1 50 52 49 4C 2F CD 41 |.........PRIL/.A| 00000070: 59 2C 20 31 39 38 36 0D 50 2E 39 38 0D E0 0D 20 |Y, 1986.P.98... | 00000080: 20 D4 49 4D 45 20 49 53 20 54 4F 4F 20 50 52 45 | .IME IS TOO PRE| 00000090: 43 49 4F 55 53 20 54 4F 20 57 41 53 54 45 2D 2D |CIOUS TO WASTE--| 000000A0: 0D 0D 45 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C 4C 59 20 57 48 45 |..ESPECIALLY WHE| 000000B0: 4E 20 59 4F 55 20 41 52 45 20 44 4F 49 4E 47 20 |N YOU ARE DOING | 000000C0: 44 49 53 4B 0D 0D 48 4F 55 53 45 4B 45 45 50 49 |DISK..HOUSEKEEPI| 000000D0: 4E 47 20 43 48 4F 52 45 53 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 52 |NG CHORES LIKE R| 000000E0: 45 4E 41 4D 49 4E 47 2C 0D 0D 43 4F 50 59 49 4E |ENAMING,..COPYIN| 000000F0: 47 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 53 43 52 41 54 43 48 49 4E |G, AND SCRATCHIN| 00000100: 47 20 28 45 52 41 53 49 4E 47 29 0D 0D 46 49 4C |G (ERASING)..FIL| 00000110: 45 53 2E 20 20 C4 C9 D3 CB 20 D5 D4 C9 CC C9 D4 |ES. .... ......| 00000120: D9 20 49 53 E0 41 20 55 53 45 52 0D 0D 46 52 49 |. IS.A USER..FRI| 00000130: 45 4E 44 4C 59 2C 20 4D 45 4E 55 2D 44 52 49 56 |ENDLY, MENU-DRIV| 00000140: 45 4E 20 55 54 49 4C 49 54 59 20 54 48 41 54 0D |EN UTILITY THAT.| 00000150: 0D 53 50 45 45 44 53 20 41 4E 44 20 53 49 4D 50 |.SPEEDS AND SIMP| 00000160: 4C 49 46 49 45 53 20 53 4F 4D 45 20 4F 46 20 54 |LIFIES SOME OF T| 00000170: 48 45 0D 0D 4D 4F 52 45 20 54 45 44 49 4F 55 53 |HE..MORE TEDIOUS| 00000180: 20 4E 45 43 45 53 53 49 54 49 45 53 20 4F 46 0D | NECESSITIES OF.| 00000190: 0D 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 49 4E 47 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 |.COMPUTING.... | 000001A0: C4 C9 D3 CB 20 CD C5 CE D5 20 48 41 53 20 54 45 |.... .... HAS TE| 000001B0: 4E 20 46 55 4E 43 54 49 4F 4E 53 20 57 48 49 43 |N FUNCTIONS WHIC| 000001C0: 48 0D 0D 41 52 45 20 41 43 43 45 53 53 45 44 20 |H..ARE ACCESSED | 000001D0: 46 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 45 20 CD C1 C9 CE 20 CD C5 |FROM THE .... ..| 000001E0: CE D5 3A 0D 0D C6 31 2E 20 D6 49 45 57 20 C4 49 |..:...1. .IEW .I| 000001F0: 52 45 43 54 4F 52 59 0D C6 32 2E 20 C6 4F 52 4D |RECTORY..2. .ORM| 00000200: 41 54 20 41 20 C4 49 53 4B 0D C6 33 2E 20 D6 41 |AT A .ISK..3. .A| 00000210: 4C 49 44 41 54 45 20 41 20 C4 49 53 4B 0D C6 34 |LIDATE A .ISK..4| 00000220: 2E 20 D3 43 52 41 54 43 48 20 41 20 C6 49 4C 45 |. .CRATCH A .ILE| 00000230: 0D C6 35 2E 20 D2 45 4E 41 4D 45 20 41 20 C6 49 |..5. .ENAME A .I| 00000240: 4C 45 0D C6 36 2E 20 C3 48 41 4E 47 45 20 C4 49 |LE..6. .HANGE .I| 00000250: 53 4B 20 CE 41 4D 45 0D C6 37 2E 20 C9 4E 53 54 |SK .AME..7. .NST| 00000260: 52 55 43 54 49 4F 4E 53 0D C6 38 2E 20 C3 48 41 |RUCTIONS..8. .HA| 00000270: 4E 47 45 20 C4 49 53 4B 20 C9 C4 0D 22 C3 22 2E |NGE .ISK ...".".| 00000280: 20 C3 4F 50 59 20 C6 49 4C 45 0D 22 D8 22 2E 20 | .OPY .ILE.".". | 00000290: C5 58 49 54 20 D0 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 0D 0D 20 20 |.XIT .ROGRAM.. | 000002A0: D0 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 52 |.RESSING THE COR| 000002B0: 52 45 53 50 4F 4E 44 49 4E 47 20 4B 45 59 20 57 |RESPONDING KEY W| 000002C0: 49 4C 4C 0D 0D 41 43 43 45 53 53 20 54 48 45 20 |ILL..ACCESS THE | 000002D0: 46 55 4E 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 59 4F 55 20 43 48 4F |FUNCTION YOU CHO| 000002E0: 4F 53 45 2E 20 20 D7 48 45 4E 0D 0D 41 20 46 55 |OSE. .HEN..A FU| 000002F0: 4E 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 49 53 20 41 43 43 45 53 53 |NCTION IS ACCESS| 00000300: 45 44 2C 20 54 48 45 20 4E 41 4D 45 20 4F 46 0D |ED, THE NAME OF.| 00000310: 0D 54 48 41 54 20 46 55 4E 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 49 |.THAT FUNCTION I| 00000320: 53 20 50 52 49 4E 54 45 44 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 |S PRINTED IN THE| 00000330: 20 55 50 50 45 52 0D 0D 4C 45 46 54 20 48 41 4E | UPPER..LEFT HAN| 00000340: 44 20 43 4F 52 4E 45 52 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 |D CORNER OF THE | 00000350: 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 59 4F 55 0D 0D 41 52 45 20 |SCREEN YOU..ARE | 00000360: 56 49 45 57 49 4E 47 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 C6 52 4F |VIEWING.... .RO| 00000370: 4D 20 54 49 4D 45 20 54 4F 20 54 49 4D 45 20 57 |M TIME TO TIME W| 00000380: 48 45 4E 20 55 53 49 4E 47 20 C4 C9 D3 CB 0D 0D |HEN USING ......| 00000390: D5 D4 C9 CC C9 D4 D9 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 4C |......., YOU WIL| 000003A0: 4C 20 42 45 20 41 53 4B 45 44 20 49 46 20 59 4F |L BE ASKED IF YO| 000003B0: 55 20 57 49 53 48 0D 0D 54 4F 20 43 4F 4E 54 49 |U WISH..TO CONTI| 000003C0: 4E 55 45 2E 20 20 D0 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 20 22 |NUE. .RESSING "| 000003D0: D9 22 20 57 49 4C 4C 0D 0D 43 4F 4E 54 49 4E 55 |." WILL..CONTINU| 000003E0: 45 3B 20 50 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 20 41 4E 59 20 |E; PRESSING ANY | 000003F0: 4F 54 48 45 52 20 4B 45 59 20 57 49 4C 4C 0D 0D |OTHER KEY WILL..| 00000400: 52 45 54 55 52 4E 20 59 4F 55 20 54 4F 20 54 48 |RETURN YOU TO TH| 00000410: 45 20 CD C1 C9 CE 20 CD C5 CE D5 2E 0D 0D 0D D5 |E .... .........| 00000420: D3 C9 CE C7 20 C4 C9 D3 CB 20 D5 D4 C9 CC C9 D4 |.... .... ......| 00000430: D9 2E 2E 2E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 D4 4F 20 55 53 45 20 |....... .O USE | 00000440: C4 C9 D3 CB 20 D5 D4 C9 CC C9 D4 D9 2C 20 59 4F |.... ......., YO| 00000450: 55 20 4D 55 53 54 20 4C 4F 41 44 0D 0D 49 54 20 |U MUST LOAD..IT | 00000460: 49 4E 54 4F 20 4D 45 4D 4F 52 59 20 41 4E 44 20 |INTO MEMORY AND | 00000470: 54 48 45 4E 20 49 4E 53 45 52 54 20 54 48 45 0D |THEN INSERT THE.| 00000480: 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 53 48 20 54 |.DISK YOU WISH T| 00000490: 4F 20 57 4F 52 4B 20 4F 4E 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 |O WORK ON IN THE| 000004A0: 0D 0D 44 52 49 56 45 2E 0D 0D 0D D6 C9 C5 D7 20 |..DRIVE........ | 000004B0: C4 C9 D2 C5 C3 D4 CF D2 D9 0D 0D 20 20 C9 46 20 |........... .F | 000004C0: 59 4F 55 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 C6 31 2C 20 54 48 |YOU PRESS .1, TH| 000004D0: 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 44 49 52 45 43 54 4F 52 59 |E DISK DIRECTORY| 000004E0: 0D 0D 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 44 49 53 50 4C 41 |..WILL BE DISPLA| 000004F0: 59 45 44 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 53 |YED. .F YOU WIS| 00000500: 48 20 54 4F 0D 0D 50 41 55 53 45 20 57 48 49 4C |H TO..PAUSE WHIL| 00000510: 45 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 52 45 43 54 4F 52 59 20 |E THE DIRECTORY | 00000520: 49 53 20 42 45 49 4E 47 0D 0D 4C 49 53 54 45 44 |IS BEING..LISTED| 00000530: 2C 20 48 49 54 20 54 48 45 20 D3 D0 C1 C3 C5 20 |, HIT THE ..... | 00000540: C2 C1 D2 2E 20 20 C8 49 54 54 49 4E 47 0D 0D 54 |.... .ITTING..T| 00000550: 48 45 20 D3 D0 C1 C3 C5 20 C2 C1 D2 20 41 20 53 |HE ..... ... A S| 00000560: 45 43 4F 4E 44 20 54 49 4D 45 20 57 49 4C 4C 0D |ECOND TIME WILL.| 00000570: 0D 52 45 53 55 4D 45 20 54 48 45 20 4C 49 53 54 |.RESUME THE LIST| 00000580: 49 4E 47 2E 0D 0D 0D C6 CF D2 CD C1 D4 20 C1 20 |ING.......... . | 00000590: C4 C9 D3 CB 0D 0D 20 20 C6 4F 52 4D 41 54 54 49 |...... .ORMATTI| 000005A0: 4E 47 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 20 50 52 45 50 41 52 |NG A DISK PREPAR| 000005B0: 45 53 20 41 20 4E 45 57 0D 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 46 |ES A NEW..DISK F| 000005C0: 4F 52 20 55 53 45 20 4F 52 20 41 4C 4C 4F 57 53 |OR USE OR ALLOWS| 000005D0: 20 59 4F 55 20 54 4F 20 52 45 55 53 45 20 41 4E | YOU TO REUSE AN| 000005E0: 0D 0D 4F 4C 44 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 20 20 C6 4F 52 |..OLD DISK. .OR| 000005F0: 4D 41 54 54 49 4E 47 20 43 52 45 41 54 45 53 20 |MATTING CREATES | 00000600: 54 48 45 0D 0D 44 49 52 45 43 54 4F 52 59 20 41 |THE..DIRECTORY A| 00000610: 4E 44 20 C2 4C 4F 43 4B 20 C1 56 41 49 4C 41 42 |ND .LOCK .VAILAB| 00000620: 49 4C 49 54 59 20 CD 41 50 2C 0D 0D 42 4C 4F 43 |ILITY .AP,..BLOC| 00000630: 4B 20 41 4E 44 20 54 49 4D 49 4E 47 20 4D 41 52 |K AND TIMING MAR| 00000640: 4B 45 52 53 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 50 55 54 53 20 41 |KERS, AND PUTS A| 00000650: 0D 0D 4E 41 4D 45 20 41 4E 44 20 C9 C4 20 4F 4E |..NAME AND .. ON| 00000660: 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 D4 | THE DISK.... .| 00000670: 4F 20 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 2C |O FORMAT A DISK,| 00000680: 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 C6 32 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 0D | PRESS .2. .HE.| 00000690: 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 54 48 |.PROGRAM WILL TH| 000006A0: 45 4E 20 41 53 4B 20 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 4E |EN ASK FOR THE N| 000006B0: 41 4D 45 0D 0D 41 4E 44 20 C9 C4 20 4F 46 20 54 |AME..AND .. OF T| 000006C0: 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 4E 41 |HE DISK. .HE NA| 000006D0: 4D 45 20 4D 55 53 54 20 42 45 0D 0D 31 36 20 43 |ME MUST BE..16 C| 000006E0: 48 41 52 41 43 54 45 52 53 20 4F 52 20 4C 45 53 |HARACTERS OR LES| 000006F0: 53 3B 20 54 48 45 20 C9 C4 20 4D 55 53 54 20 42 |S; THE .. MUST B| 00000700: 45 0D 0D 54 57 4F 20 43 48 41 52 41 43 54 45 52 |E..TWO CHARACTER| 00000710: 53 20 4F 52 20 4C 45 53 53 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 D9 |S OR LESS.... .| 00000720: 4F 55 20 4D 55 53 54 20 42 45 20 56 45 52 59 20 |OU MUST BE VERY | 00000730: 43 41 52 45 46 55 4C 20 57 49 54 48 20 54 48 45 |CAREFUL WITH THE| 00000740: 0D 0D C6 CF D2 CD C1 D4 20 C1 20 C4 C9 D3 CB 20 |........ . .... | 00000750: 4F 50 54 49 4F 4E 20 42 45 43 41 55 53 45 20 49 |OPTION BECAUSE I| 00000760: 54 20 57 49 4C 4C 0D 0D 45 52 41 53 45 20 41 4C |T WILL..ERASE AL| 00000770: 4C 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 4C 45 53 20 4F |L OF THE FILES O| 00000780: 4E 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 0D 0D 0D D6 C1 CC C9 |N A DISK........| 00000790: C4 C1 D4 C5 20 C1 20 C4 C9 D3 CB 0D 0D 20 20 D6 |.... . ...... .| 000007A0: 41 4C 49 44 41 54 49 4E 47 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B |ALIDATING A DISK| 000007B0: 20 52 45 4D 4F 56 45 53 20 54 48 45 0D 0D 57 41 | REMOVES THE..WA| 000007C0: 53 54 45 44 20 53 50 41 43 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 |STED SPACE THAT | 000007D0: 53 4F 4D 45 54 49 4D 45 53 20 4F 43 43 55 52 53 |SOMETIMES OCCURS| 000007E0: 0D 0D 4F 4E 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 20 57 48 45 4E |..ON A DISK WHEN| 000007F0: 20 59 4F 55 20 53 41 56 45 20 41 4E 44 20 45 52 | YOU SAVE AND ER| 00000800: 41 53 45 0D 0D 46 49 4C 45 53 20 4D 41 4E 59 20 |ASE..FILES MANY | 00000810: 54 49 4D 45 53 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 4D |TIMES.... .OU M| 00000820: 55 53 54 20 42 45 20 43 41 52 45 46 55 4C 20 57 |UST BE CAREFUL W| 00000830: 48 45 4E 20 55 53 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 0D 0D 56 |HEN USING THE..V| 00000840: 41 4C 49 44 41 54 45 20 46 55 4E 43 54 49 4F 4E |ALIDATE FUNCTION| 00000850: 2C 20 42 45 43 41 55 53 45 20 49 46 20 41 20 46 |, BECAUSE IF A F| 00000860: 49 4C 45 0D 0D 57 41 53 20 57 52 49 54 54 45 4E |ILE..WAS WRITTEN| 00000870: 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 42 55 54 | TO THE DISK BUT| 00000880: 20 4E 4F 54 0D 0D 43 4C 4F 53 45 44 2C 20 49 54 | NOT..CLOSED, IT| 00000890: 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 45 52 41 53 45 44 2E | WILL BE ERASED.| 000008A0: 0D 0D 0D 20 20 C1 53 20 41 20 52 55 4C 45 20 4F |... .S A RULE O| 000008B0: 46 20 54 48 55 4D 42 2C 20 54 48 45 20 56 41 4C |F THUMB, THE VAL| 000008C0: 49 44 41 54 45 0D 0D 46 55 4E 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 |IDATE..FUNCTION | 000008D0: 57 49 4C 4C 20 54 41 4B 45 20 41 52 4F 55 4E 44 |WILL TAKE AROUND| 000008E0: 20 54 57 4F 20 4D 49 4E 55 54 45 53 0D 0D 54 4F | TWO MINUTES..TO| 000008F0: 20 43 4F 4D 50 4C 45 54 45 2E 0D 0D 0D D3 C3 D2 | COMPLETE.......| 00000900: C1 D4 C3 C8 20 C1 20 C6 C9 CC C5 0D 0D 20 20 D3 |.... . ...... .| 00000910: 43 52 41 54 43 48 49 4E 47 20 41 20 46 49 4C 45 |CRATCHING A FILE| 00000920: 20 45 52 41 53 45 53 20 49 54 20 46 52 4F 4D 0D | ERASES IT FROM.| 00000930: 0D 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 41 4E 44 20 4D 41 |.THE DISK AND MA| 00000940: 4B 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 53 50 41 43 45 20 49 54 |KES THE SPACE IT| 00000950: 0D 0D 4F 43 43 55 50 49 45 44 20 41 56 41 49 4C |..OCCUPIED AVAIL| 00000960: 41 42 4C 45 20 46 4F 52 20 41 4E 4F 54 48 45 52 |ABLE FOR ANOTHER| 00000970: 20 46 49 4C 45 2E 0D 0D D7 48 45 4E 20 59 4F 55 | FILE....HEN YOU| 00000980: 20 43 48 4F 4F 53 45 20 54 48 49 53 20 46 55 4E | CHOOSE THIS FUN| 00000990: 43 54 49 4F 4E 2C 20 59 4F 55 0D 0D 57 49 4C 4C |CTION, YOU..WILL| 000009A0: 20 42 45 20 50 52 4F 4D 50 54 45 44 20 54 4F 20 | BE PROMPTED TO | 000009B0: 45 4E 54 45 52 20 54 48 45 0D 0D 46 49 4C 45 4E |ENTER THE..FILEN| 000009C0: 41 4D 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 4C 45 20 |AME OF THE FILE | 000009D0: 59 4F 55 20 57 41 4E 54 20 45 52 41 53 45 44 2E |YOU WANT ERASED.| 000009E0: 0D 0D C1 46 54 45 52 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 4C 45 |...FTER THE FILE| 000009F0: 20 48 41 53 20 42 45 45 4E 20 45 52 41 53 45 44 | HAS BEEN ERASED| 00000A00: 2C 20 59 4F 55 0D 0D 57 49 4C 4C 20 53 45 45 20 |, YOU..WILL SEE | 00000A10: 41 20 22 C6 49 4C 45 53 20 D3 43 52 41 54 43 48 |A ".ILES .CRATCH| 00000A20: 45 44 22 20 4D 45 53 53 41 47 45 2E 0D 0D D4 48 |ED" MESSAGE....H| 00000A30: 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 |E NUMBER TO THE | 00000A40: 52 49 47 48 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 49 53 0D 0D 4D |RIGHT OF THIS..M| 00000A50: 45 53 53 41 47 45 20 49 4E 44 49 43 41 54 45 53 |ESSAGE INDICATES| 00000A60: 20 48 4F 57 20 4D 41 4E 59 20 46 49 4C 45 53 20 | HOW MANY FILES | 00000A70: 57 45 52 45 0D 0D 53 43 52 41 54 43 48 45 44 2E |WERE..SCRATCHED.| 00000A80: 0D 0D 0D 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 20 53 43 52 |... .OU CAN SCR| 00000A90: 41 54 43 48 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 54 48 41 4E 20 4F |ATCH MORE THAN O| 00000AA0: 4E 45 20 46 49 4C 45 0D 0D 41 54 20 41 20 54 49 |NE FILE..AT A TI| 00000AB0: 4D 45 20 42 59 20 55 53 49 4E 47 20 41 20 22 57 |ME BY USING A "W| 00000AC0: 49 4C 44 20 43 41 52 44 2E 22 0D 0D C6 4F 52 20 |ILD CARD."...OR | 00000AD0: 45 58 41 4D 50 4C 45 2C 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20 |EXAMPLE, IF YOU | 00000AE0: 57 49 53 48 45 44 20 54 4F 20 53 43 52 41 54 43 |WISHED TO SCRATC| 00000AF0: 48 0D 0D 41 4C 4C 20 46 49 4C 45 53 20 42 45 47 |H..ALL FILES BEG| 00000B00: 49 4E 4E 49 4E 47 20 57 49 54 48 20 22 C2 22 2C |INNING WITH ".",| 00000B10: 20 59 4F 55 0D 0D 43 4F 55 4C 44 20 45 4E 54 45 | YOU..COULD ENTE| 00000B20: 52 20 22 C2 2A 22 20 28 4E 4F 20 51 55 4F 54 45 |R ".*" (NO QUOTE| 00000B30: 53 29 20 41 53 20 54 48 45 0D 0D 46 49 4C 45 4E |S) AS THE..FILEN| 00000B40: 41 4D 45 2E 20 20 C1 4C 4C 20 46 49 4C 45 53 20 |AME. .LL FILES | 00000B50: 42 45 47 49 4E 4E 49 4E 47 20 57 49 54 48 0D 0D |BEGINNING WITH..| 00000B60: 22 C2 22 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 41 54 20 44 49 53 4B |"." ON THAT DISK| 00000B70: 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 42 45 20 45 52 41 53 45 44 | WOULD BE ERASED| 00000B80: 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 C1 4E 4F 54 48 45 52 20 4F 50 |.... .NOTHER OP| 00000B90: 54 49 4F 4E 20 49 53 20 54 4F 20 55 53 45 20 22 |TION IS TO USE "| 00000BA0: 50 41 54 54 45 52 4E 0D 0D 4D 41 54 43 48 49 4E |PATTERN..MATCHIN| 00000BB0: 47 22 20 49 4E 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 59 4F 55 20 |G" IN WHICH YOU | 00000BC0: 43 41 4E 20 55 53 45 20 41 20 22 3F 22 0D 0D 54 |CAN USE A "?"..T| 00000BD0: 4F 20 52 45 50 4C 41 43 45 20 41 4E 20 55 4E 4B |O REPLACE AN UNK| 00000BE0: 4E 4F 57 4E 20 43 48 41 52 41 43 54 45 52 2E 20 |NOWN CHARACTER. | 00000BF0: 20 C6 4F 52 0D 0D 45 58 41 4D 50 4C 45 2C 20 49 | .OR..EXAMPLE, I| 00000C00: 46 20 59 4F 55 20 48 41 44 20 46 49 4C 45 53 20 |F YOU HAD FILES | 00000C10: C2 C6 C4 2C 20 C2 C1 C4 2C 0D 0D 41 4E 44 20 C2 |..., ...,..AND .| 00000C20: C3 C4 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 2C 20 |.. ON THE DISK, | 00000C30: 45 4E 54 45 52 49 4E 47 20 C2 3F C4 20 41 53 0D |ENTERING .?. AS.| 00000C40: 0D 54 48 45 20 46 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 20 57 4F |.THE FILENAME WO| 00000C50: 55 4C 44 20 45 52 41 53 45 20 41 4C 4C 20 54 48 |ULD ERASE ALL TH| 00000C60: 52 45 45 0D 0D 46 49 4C 45 53 2E 0D 0D 0D D2 C5 |REE..FILES......| 00000C70: CE C1 CD C5 20 C6 C9 CC C5 0D 0D 20 20 D2 45 4E |.... ...... .EN| 00000C80: 41 4D 49 4E 47 20 41 20 46 49 4C 45 20 52 45 50 |AMING A FILE REP| 00000C90: 4C 41 43 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 4F 4C 44 0D 0D 46 |LACES THE OLD..F| 00000CA0: 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 20 46 |ILENAME WITH A F| 00000CB0: 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 20 59 4F 55 20 53 50 45 43 |ILENAME YOU SPEC| 00000CC0: 49 46 59 2E 0D 0D 0D C3 C8 C1 CE C7 C5 20 C4 C9 |IFY.......... ..| 00000CD0: D3 CB 20 CE C1 CD C5 0D 0D 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 |.. ...... .HIS | 00000CE0: 46 55 4E 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 53 |FUNCTION CHANGES| 00000CF0: 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 4E 41 4D 45 0D 0D | THE DISK NAME..| 00000D00: 57 49 54 48 4F 55 54 20 41 4C 54 45 52 49 4E 47 |WITHOUT ALTERING| 00000D10: 20 41 4E 59 20 4F 46 20 54 48 41 54 20 44 49 53 | ANY OF THAT DIS| 00000D20: 4B 27 53 0D 0D 46 49 4C 45 53 2E 0D 0D 0D C3 C8 |K'S..FILES......| 00000D30: C1 CE C7 C5 20 C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C9 C4 0D 0D 20 20 |.... .... .... | 00000D40: D4 48 49 53 20 46 55 4E 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 43 48 |.HIS FUNCTION CH| 00000D50: 41 4E 47 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 C9 |ANGES THE DISK .| 00000D60: C4 2E 0D 0D 0D C3 CF D0 D9 20 C1 20 C6 C9 CC C5 |......... . ....| 00000D70: 0D 0D 20 20 D4 48 45 20 C3 CF D0 D9 20 46 55 4E |.. .HE .... FUN| 00000D80: 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 43 4F 50 59 20 |CTION WILL COPY | 00000D90: 41 4E 59 0D 0D 46 49 4C 45 20 55 4E 44 45 52 20 |ANY..FILE UNDER | 00000DA0: 31 31 30 20 42 4C 4F 43 4B 53 20 4C 4F 4E 47 20 |110 BLOCKS LONG | 00000DB0: 46 52 4F 4D 20 4F 4E 45 0D 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 54 |FROM ONE..DISK T| 00000DC0: 4F 20 41 4E 4F 54 48 45 52 2E 20 20 D4 4F 20 55 |O ANOTHER. .O U| 00000DD0: 53 45 20 54 48 49 53 0D 0D 46 55 4E 43 54 49 4F |SE THIS..FUNCTIO| 00000DE0: 4E 2C 20 54 59 50 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 46 |N, TYPE IN THE F| 00000DF0: 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 0D |ILENAME OF THE..| 00000E00: 46 49 4C 45 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 53 48 20 54 4F |FILE YOU WISH TO| 00000E10: 20 43 4F 50 59 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 4D 55 53 54 | COPY. .OU MUST| 00000E20: 0D 0D 53 50 45 43 49 46 59 20 54 48 45 20 54 59 |..SPECIFY THE TY| 00000E30: 50 45 20 4F 46 20 46 49 4C 45 20 59 4F 55 20 41 |PE OF FILE YOU A| 00000E40: 52 45 0D 0D 43 4F 50 59 49 4E 47 20 5B 28 D0 29 |RE..COPYING [(.)| 00000E50: 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 2C 20 28 D3 29 45 51 55 45 4E |ROGRAM, (.)EQUEN| 00000E60: 54 49 41 4C 2C 20 4F 52 0D 0D 28 D5 29 53 45 52 |TIAL, OR..(.)SER| 00000E70: 5D 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 4E 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 4C |]. .HEN YOU WIL| 00000E80: 4C 20 42 45 20 50 52 4F 4D 50 54 45 44 0D 0D 54 |L BE PROMPTED..T| 00000E90: 4F 20 49 4E 53 45 52 54 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 |O INSERT THE DIS| 00000EA0: 4B 20 59 4F 55 20 57 41 4E 54 20 54 48 45 20 46 |K YOU WANT THE F| 00000EB0: 49 4C 45 0D E0 0D 43 4F 50 49 45 44 20 54 4F 2E |ILE...COPIED TO.| 00000EC0: 0D 0D C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D2 C5 D1 D5 C9 D2 C5 C4 |....... ........| 00000ED0: 3A 0D 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 D5 D4 C9 CC C9 D4 D9 0D |:...... ........| 00000EE0: 0D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 3C 45 4E 44 |.-----------<END| 00000EF0: 20 4F 46 20 54 45 58 54 3E 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D | OF TEXT>-------| 00000F00: 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 0D 0D |------.. |
.. DISK UTILITY.
BY. STEPHEN RODDA..COMMOD
ORE POWER/PLAY MAGAZINE.APRIL/MAY, 1986.
P.98... TIME IS TOO PRECIOUS TO WASTE--
..ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DOING DISK..HO
USEKEEPING CHORES LIKE RENAMING,..COPYIN
G, AND SCRATCHING (ERASING)..FILES. DIS
K UTILITY IS.A USER..FRIENDLY, MENU-DRIV
EN UTILITY THAT..SPEEDS AND SIMPLIFIES S
OME OF THE..MORE TEDIOUS NECESSITIES OF.
.COMPUTING.... DISK MENU HAS TEN FUNCTI
ONS WHICH..ARE ACCESSED FROM THE MAIN ME
NU:..F1. VIEW DIRECTORY.F2. FORMAT A DIS
K.F3. VALIDATE A DISK.F4. SCRATCH A FILE
.F5. RENAME A FILE.F6. CHANGE DISK NAME.
F7. INSTRUCTIONS.F8. CHANGE DISK ID."C".
COPY FILE."X". EXIT PROGRAM.. PRESSING
THE CORRESPONDING KEY WILL..ACCESS THE
FUNCTION YOU CHOOSE. WHEN..A FUNCTION I
S ACCESSED, THE NAME OF..THAT FUNCTION I
S PRINTED IN THE UPPER..LEFT HAND CORNER
OF THE SCREEN YOU..ARE VIEWING.... FRO
M TIME TO TIME WHEN USING DISK..UTILITY,
YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WISH..TO CONTI
NUE. PRESSING "Y" WILL..CONTINUE; PRESS
ING ANY OTHER KEY WILL..RETURN YOU TO TH
E MAIN MENU....USING DISK UTILITY......
TO USE DISK UTILITY, YOU MUST LOAD..IT
INTO MEMORY AND THEN INSERT THE..DISK YO
U WISH TO WORK ON IN THE..DRIVE....VIEW
DIRECTORY.. IF YOU PRESS F1, THE DISK D
IRECTORY..WILL BE DISPLAYED. IF YOU WIS
H TO..PAUSE WHILE THE DIRECTORY IS BEING
..LISTED, HIT THE SPACE BAR. HITTING..T
HE SPACE BAR A SECOND TIME WILL..RESUME
THE LISTING....FORMAT A DISK.. FORMATTI
NG A DISK PREPARES A NEW..DISK FOR USE O
R ALLOWS YOU TO REUSE AN..OLD DISK. FOR
MATTING CREATES THE..DIRECTORY AND BLOCK
AVAILABILITY MAP,..BLOCK AND TIMING MAR
KERS, AND PUTS A..NAME AND ID ON THE DIS
K.... TO FORMAT A DISK, PRESS F2. THE.
.PROGRAM WILL THEN ASK FOR THE NAME..AND
ID OF THE DISK. THE NAME MUST BE..16 C
HARACTERS OR LESS; THE ID MUST BE..TWO C
HARACTERS OR LESS.... YOU MUST BE VERY
CAREFUL WITH THE..FORMAT A DISK OPTION B
ECAUSE IT WILL..ERASE ALL OF THE FILES O
N A DISK....VALIDATE A DISK.. VALIDATIN
G A DISK REMOVES THE..WASTED SPACE THAT
SOMETIMES OCCURS..ON A DISK WHEN YOU SAV
E AND ERASE..FILES MANY TIMES.... YOU M
UST BE CAREFUL WHEN USING THE..VALIDATE
FUNCTION, BECAUSE IF A FILE..WAS WRITTEN
TO THE DISK BUT NOT..CLOSED, IT WILL BE
ERASED.... AS A RULE OF THUMB, THE VAL
IDATE..FUNCTION WILL TAKE AROUND TWO MIN
UTES..TO COMPLETE....SCRATCH A FILE.. S
CRATCHING A FILE ERASES IT FROM..THE DIS
K AND MAKES THE SPACE IT..OCCUPIED AVAIL
ABLE FOR ANOTHER FILE...WHEN YOU CHOOSE
THIS FUNCTION, YOU..WILL BE PROMPTED TO
ENTER THE..FILENAME OF THE FILE YOU WANT
ERASED...AFTER THE FILE HAS BEEN ERASED
, YOU..WILL SEE A "FILES SCRATCHED" MESS
AGE...THE NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF THIS..M
ESSAGE INDICATES HOW MANY FILES WERE..SC
RATCHED.... YOU CAN SCRATCH MORE THAN O
NE FILE..AT A TIME BY USING A "WILD CARD
."..FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WISHED TO SCRATC
H..ALL FILES BEGINNING WITH "B", YOU..CO
ULD ENTER "B*" (NO QUOTES) AS THE..FILEN
AME. ALL FILES BEGINNING WITH.."B" ON T
HAT DISK WOULD BE ERASED.... ANOTHER OP
TION IS TO USE "PATTERN..MATCHING" IN WH
ICH YOU CAN USE A "?"..TO REPLACE AN UNK
NOWN CHARACTER. FOR..EXAMPLE, IF YOU HA
D FILES BFD, BAD,..AND BCD ON THE DISK,
ENTERING B?D AS..THE FILENAME WOULD ERAS
E ALL THREE..FILES....RENAME FILE.. REN
AMING A FILE REPLACES THE OLD..FILENAME
WITH A FILENAME YOU SPECIFY....CHANGE DI
SK NAME.. THIS FUNCTION CHANGES THE DIS
K NAME..WITHOUT ALTERING ANY OF THAT DIS
K'S..FILES....CHANGE DISK ID.. THIS FUN
CTION CHANGES THE DISK ID....COPY A FILE
.. THE COPY FUNCTION WILL COPY ANY..FIL
E UNDER 110 BLOCKS LONG FROM ONE..DISK T
O ANOTHER. TO USE THIS..FUNCTION, TYPE
IN THE FILENAME OF THE..FILE YOU WISH TO
COPY. YOU MUST..SPECIFY THE TYPE OF FI
LE YOU ARE..COPYING [(P)ROGRAM, (S)EQUEN
TIAL, OR..(U)SER]. THEN YOU WILL BE PRO
MPTED..TO INSERT THE DISK YOU WANT THE F
ILE...COPIED TO...FILES REQUIRED:..DISK
UTILITY..-----------<END OF TEXT>-------
------..
> CLICK IMAGE PREVIEW FOR FULL MODAL