ÎOTE:  ÄO NOT ATTEMPT THIS ON A ORIGINAL DISK. ÕSE A BACKUP OR SCRATCH DISK.
       ÔHE AUTHOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY HARM THAT MAY OCCUR TO YOUR 
       DATA, DISKS OR DISK DRIVE/COMPUTER.
 
ÔHIS WAS WRITTEN TO HELP A FRIEND CHANGE THE FILETYPE OF A FILE HE DOWNLOADED
AND SAVED AS THE WRONG TYPE.
 
ÔO USE THIS METHOD FOR CHANGING THE FILETYPE, YOU WILL NEED A DISK SECTOR
EDITOR PROGRAM SUCH AS ÄISK ÄOCTOR 64 OR 128 WRITTEN BY ËEVIN ÈISEL.
 
 
ÃONTENTS:
 
1) ÓTEP BY STEP TUTORIAL ON USING ÄISK ÄOCTOR 64/128 TO CHANGE THE FILETYPE
   OF A ÐÒÇRAM FILE TO A ÓÅÑUENTIAL FILE USING A 1541/71 DISK DRIVE.
 
2) ÁDDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ALL POSSIBLE FILETYPES AND THE STARTING TRACK/
   SECTOR OF THE DIRECTORY FOR 1541/71 AND 1581 DISK DRIVES.
 
 
ÔO CONVERT FROM ÐÒÇ TO ÓÅÑ.
 
ÌOAD AND RUN ÄISK ÄOCTOR 64 (OR ÄISK ÄOCTOR 128).
ÉNSERT YOUR DISK WITH THE PROGRAM YOU WISH TO CHANGE ON IT.
ÐRESS ANY KEY.
ÐRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ TWICE AT THE 'ÉNPUT ÔRACK/ÓECTOR' PROMPTS.
(ÙOU WANT TO GO TO ÔRACK/ÓECTOR 18/00 - FOR A 1541/71 DISK DRIVE)
ÌOOK AT THE SECTOR DATA DISPLAYED.  ÔHE FIRST SECTOR YOU SEE WILL BE 
THE ÈÅÁÄÅÒ DATA SECTOR OF THE DISK DIRECTORY.  ÐRESS 'Î' TO GO TO THE 
NEXT SECTOR.  ×ATCH FOR THE FILENAME OF YOUR PROGRAM IN THE NEXT 
SECTOR, IF IT ISN'T THERE CONTINUE ON WITH 'Î'.  ÉF THE NAME IS 
THERE, CURSOR OVER TO THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE FILENAME.
ÔHEN CURSOR LEFT 3 TIMES.  ÁT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, IT SHOULD SAY
TYPE:PRG
 
ÐRESS '@' TO CHANGE THE BYTE
ÅNTER '129' THEN PRESS RETURN.
ÃURSOR LEFT ONCE AND IT SHOULD NOW SAY TYPE:SEQ AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 
SCREEN.
ÐRESS 'Ò' TO REWRITE THE SECTOR.
ÁNSWER 'Ù'ES WHEN PROMPTED.
 
ÉT WILL SAVE THE NEW SECTOR AND BRING YOU BACK TO THE 'ÉNPUT 
ÔRACK/ÓECTOR' PROMPT.  ÐRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ TWICE.
ÔHEN PRESS 'Ñ' TO QUIT AND THE ÒÕÎ/ÓÔÏÐ KEY TO EXIT THE PROGRAM.
 
ÎOW LOAD YOUR DIRECTORY AND THE PROGRAM SHOULD NOW BE ÓÅÑ.
 
 
ÁDDITIONAL ÉNFORMATION:
 
ÆOR 1541/71 DISK, THE DIRECTORY STARTS AT TRACK/SECTOR 18/00.
ÆOR 1581 DISKS, THE DIRECTORY STARTS AT TRACK/SECTOR 40/00.
 
 
ÕSE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS TO CHANGE THE FILETYPES OF YOUR DISK FILES 
WITH A DISK SECTOR EDITOR PROGRAM (LIKE ÄISK ÄOCTOR).
 
128 = ÄÅÌ (ÄELETED FILE)
129 = ÓÅÑ (ÓEQUENTIAL FILE - MOST OF THE TIME THESE ARE TEXT FILES)
130 = ÐÒÇ (ÐROGRAM FILE - USED MAINLY FOR ÂÁÓÉÃ AND ÍÌ PROGRAMS)
131 = ÕÓÒ (ÕSER FILE - SIMILAR TO ÓÅÑ FILES, USER DEFINED)
132 = ÒÅÌ (ÒELATIVE (ÒANDOM) FILES)
133 = ÃÂÍ (FOR 1581 DISK DRIVE PARTITIONS AND SUB-DIRECTORIES)
 
ÁDD 64 TO ANY OF THE ABOVE NUMBERS AND THAT WILL MAKE A 'PROTECTED' 
FILE.  (ÉT WILL HAVE A '<' AT THE END OF THE FILETYPE AND CAN NOT BE 
DELETED).
 
ÓUBTRACT 128 FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE NUMBERS AND THAT WILL MAKE A 'SPLAT' 
FILE (A FILE THAT IS/WAS LEFT OPEN - WILL HAVE A '*' AT THE END OF THE
FILETYPE).
 
ÁLSO, FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONSULT YOUR 1541/71/81 DISK DRIVE USER GUIDE.
 
ÁNY QUESTIONS?  ÃONTACT ME ON ÄIGITAL ÄAZE ÅÂÂÓ128.
 
ÄIGITAL ÄAZE ÅÂÂÓ128
   (801) 394-0929
   300/1200  ÂAUD
 ÒIVERDALE, ÕÔ, ÕÓÁ
 
ÎOV. 5, 1988 - ÂILL ÇERRARD.