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119 lines
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Track/N/Pack Pro 1.0
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by Sergeant Busbee of IPG
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Dox by The Bunny Slayer
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Well, it's been a long time since Sarge wrote a useful hack, and this one is
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one of his best. A need has been growing recently for a version of Track-N-
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Pack that operated in ProDOS and worked on 3.5s as well as floppies. The wait
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is over...
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Track/N/Pack Pro is here!
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Why Split Disks?
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In case you don't know, disks are "SPLIT" to allow packing and transfer even
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when a disk packs to more than 280 (or 1600) blocks. TNP strips a certain
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amount of information from the disk to be split, stores that info in a file,
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and then erases the blocks that were stored. The packing program then has a
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lot of blank space and will pack the disk in less than a disk. After transfer,
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the disk must be unpacked and then UnSplit, which reverses the Split operation.
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Loading:
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TNP is a ProDOS System file, so it can be run from BASIC by "-TNP.PRO" or
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from the ProDOS "BYE" screen.
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The Menu:
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The Menu should look something like this...
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***************************************
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* title garbage *
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***************************************
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1. Choose Device
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2. Split Disk
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3. UnSplit Disk
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4. Credits
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5. Quit
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1. Choose Device
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Hitting 1 presents you with a list of the slots and drives of all disk devices
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on-line. Type the number corresponding to the device you want to split/unsplit
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from. Only 5.25" and 3.5" disk drives are supported. If you try to split a
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RAMDISK, you'll get an error from TNP.
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After you make your choice you'll be back at the menu.
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2. Split Disk
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After a warning, type in the name of the file the "split" is going to be stored
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in. You must type the name in in ALL CAPS (I'm lazy...wait for the next
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version). Be careful about how you have your prefixes set if you use partial
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pathnames.
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None of that nice user-friendly file selection bullshit here...
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After you type the filename and hit return, hit RETURN again to start the
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split. Various errors are possible and TNP will tell you if one occurs.
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NOTE: The old DOS version of TNP allowed you to specify how many tracks got
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split from the original. TNP PRO doesn't yet support that. The amount split
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from disks is as follows:
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5.25" 32 blocks (the first 4 tracks)
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3.5" 192 blocks (the first ??? tracks)
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The next version of TNP will support variable length splits.
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The drives you selected will whir and what not... if all goes well, you'll
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be back at the main menu ready to hop into your packer.
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3. UnSplit Disk
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===============
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This glues a disk back together after it's been split. Type in the filename
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of the file the "split" is in (the same name as in part 2) and insert the
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proper disks and hit RETURN. The drives will whir again and after a bit
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the disk will be as good as new!!!
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4. Credits
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Credit where credit is due...
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This is some of Sarge's Bullshit
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5. Quit
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If you type 'Y' after this, you'll be dropped into the ProDOS "BYE". Any
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other key will take you back to the menu.
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Finale:
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If you have comments, questions, or suggestions about TNP PRO, just call
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THE CAVERNS OF QYV / 618-242-2252 3/12 24hrs
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and leave a note to Sergeant Busbee (#1). He'll get back to you and probably
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even answer your question.
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This has been an Illinois Pirate's Guild release...
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it
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is over...
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Track/N/Pack Pro is here!
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Why Split Disks?
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In case you don't know, disks are "SPLIT" to allow packing and transfer even
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when a disk packs to more than 280 (or 1600) blocks. TNP strips |