€ Å Ì Å Í ÖERSION 1.0 ÄOCUMENTATION BY ÐAUL ÍCÁLEER ×ELCOME TO WHAT MIGHT BE THE EASIEST INTERFACE FOR THE ÃOMMODORE 64. ÅÌÅÍ IS DIRECTED PRIMARILY TOWARDS THE BEGINNING COMPUTER USER, BUT ANYONE CAN USE ÅÌÅÍ. É'VE INCLUDED ONLY A FEW FEATURES IN 1.0 SINCE É WANTED TO GET THIS OFF TO A FRIEND, SO WATCH FOR 1.1 LATER IN 1991. ÏNCE YOU BOOT UP ÅÌÅÍ (WHICH SHOULD BE THE FIRST PROGRAM ON YOUR DISK!) INSERT THE DISK YOU WANT TO WORK WITH, AND PRESS A KEY. ÔHE DIRECTORY WILL BE LOADED, AND SOON THE MAIN MENU WILL APPEAR. ÕSE THE ÃÒÓÒ ÕÐ/ÄÏ×Î KEYS & ÒÅÔÕÒÎ TO SELECT AN OPTION; USE ^ (UP) AND = (DOWN) TO SCROLL THE DIRECTORY, WHICH IS IN THE BOX ON THE RIGHT. ÔHE MENU OPTIONS... 1. ÒÕÎ Á ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍ: ÔHIS LETS YOU RUN ANY ÂÁÓÉà PROGRAM (OR ÍÌ THAT LOADS LIKE ÂÁÓÉÃ) ON THE DISK. ÊUST TYPE IN THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM, OR PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ ALONE TO ABORT. 2. ÒÅÁÄ ÔÅØÔ ÆÉÌÅ: ÔHIS IS A ÐÒÇ/ÓÅÑ FILE READER. ÊUST ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU WANT TO READ, AND IF IT IS ON THE DISK, YOU CAN READ IT PAGE BY PAGE. ÁT THE END OF EACH PAGE, PRESS ÓÐÁÃÅ FOR MORE TEXT OR Á TO ABORT. ÔHIS FILE READER IS AN EXCITING ASPECT OF ÅÌÅÍ AND WATCH FOR IT TO IMPROVE IN 1.1 (MAINLY, IT WILL BE IN ÍÌ IN THAT VERSION.) 3. ÆÏÒÍÁÔ Á ÄÉÓË: ÔHIS OPTION LETS YOU FORMAT ANY DISK. ÊUST ENTER THE NAME, THEN ÉÄ. ÐRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ ALONE TO ABORT. ÁFTER THE ÉÄ IS ENTERED, INSERT A FRESH DISK AND PRESS ÓÐÁÃÅ. ÅÌÅÍ WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY SAVED TO YOUR DISK, AS THE FIRST FILE. ÉF YOU WANT TO DELETE IT, CHOOSE THE ÄÏÓ ÃÏÍÍÁÎÄ OPTION ON THE MENU, AND TYPE Ó0:ÅÌÅÍ 64 AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. 4. ÖÁÌÉÄÁÔÅ Á ÄÉÓË: ÔHIS IS THE STANDARD ÃOMMODORE ÄÏÓ VALIDATE. ÄÏ ÎÏÔ ÕÓÅ ÔÈÉÓ ÏÎ Á ÇÅÏÓ ÄÉÓË!!! ÉT WILL SCREW UP ÇÅÏÓ' DISK LAYOUT. 5. ÄÏÓ ÃÏÍÍÁÎÄ: ÔHIS LETS YOU SEND YOUR OWN COMMAND TO THE DRIVE. ÉT CAN BE ANY LEGAL 1541, 71, OR 81 COMMAND. ÌOOK IN YOUR MANUAL. ÔO ABORT, HIT ÒÅÔÕÒÎ ALONE. 6. ÂÏÏÔ Á ÄÉÓË: ÔHIS OPTION LETS YOU LOAD JUST ABOUT ANY SOFTWARE PACKAGE, COMMERCIAL INCLUDED. ÐLEASE NOTE THAT LOTS OF COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS ÈÁÔÅ CARTRIDGE FASTLOADERS. ÉF YOU HAVE ONE, POWER DOWN, UNPLUG IT, THEN GO BACK TO ÅÌÅÍ AND CHOOSE THIS OPTION AGAIN. ÏTHERWISE, JUST CHOOSE THIS OPTION AND THE DISK WILL LOAD. 7. ÑÕÉÔ ÔÏ ÂÁÓÉÃ: ÒATHER ÅÌÅÍENTARY, DON'T YOU THINK? ÔHERE YOU HAVE IT, A HANDY PSEUDO-SHELL. É'VE TRIED TO INCLUDE SOME VERSATILITY IN ÅÌÅÍ, WHILE KEEPING IT EASY TO USE. ÁGAIN, THIS IS A QUICKIE VERSION, AND 1.1 WILL BE OUT LATER THIS YEAR. ×HAT CAN YOU LOOK FORWARD TO IN VERSION 1.1 OF ÅÌÅÍ? ÍORE COMMANDS ON THE MENU (E.G., SCRATCH, RENAME, ETC.,) SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE DRIVES, AND SOME OTHER GOODIES! ÔO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE, ÊEFF ÊONES OF ÌÏÁÄÓÔÁÒ AUTHORED THE DIRECTORY ROUTINE IN ÅÌÅÍ. ÅÌÅÍ IS IN THE ÐÕÂÌÉà ÄÏÍÁÉÎ. É ASK THAT YOU DO ÎÏÔ SELL IT FOR A PROFIT. ÉF YOU BOUGHT THIS DISK FROM SOMEONE, THEN WE WERE ÂÏÔÈ CHEATED!!! ÔHANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ÐAUL ÍCÁLEER 2648 Ó. ËENILWORTH ÂERWYN ÉÌ 60402-2549 ÕNITED ÓTATES ÁPRIL 4, 1991 Ö1.0