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- From: ab588@yfn.ysu.edu (joseph sabatino)
- Subject: Re: Turbofile/Micromiser
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:13:52 GMT
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- Jeff....you mentioned that you didn't use Atariwriter 80 cuz
- you were using Sparta X and "AW 80 doesn't go back to DOS" readily.
- There is a solution I use AWP2DOS mod on it ....which puts XON2.COM
- in place of MM.OBJ. If you don't use the mail merge data base you
- can go right from the AW menu to dos by hitting [M]ove to DOS
- instead of [M]ail Merge. The mod follows:
- *****
- Atariwriter Plus and Atariwriter 80 are great, simple-to-use word
- processors. It frustrated me time to time however, that in order to leave
- AW I had to reboot. It would have been so nice to be able to go to DOS
- from AW's menu. Now I can! At the sacrifice of the "Mail Merge"
- function on the menu, which I have rarely wanted to use, I have
- substituted a "Move to DOS" function instead. Besides, I can use "Mail
- Merge" if I want, by just putting away my modified AW copy and pulling
- out the original AW master disk.
-
- I AM NOT A PROGRAMMER, so no doubt, what I have done could have been done
- more professionally by someone in the know. But maybe my modification can
- be of use to someone else who has experienced the same frustration as
- me.
-
- REQUIREMENTS:
-
- 1. COPY of Atariwriter Plus or 80
- (not your original, unless you
- like living dangerously)
- 2. Any sector editor program
- (e.g. DISK RX, ENHANCED BLACK
- BOX, DISK IO)
- 3. DOS of your choice that will
- run AW (I use SDX cart; will
- work with SpartaDos 3.2,
- AtariDos 2.5; I have not tried
- with others)
- 4. For SDX users: XON2.COM
- program (enclosed)
-
- WHAT TO DO:
-
- 1. Load sector editor. Once loaded, insert AW disk. First we will change
- the "LOADING MAIL MERGE" sign that appears when you press the Mail Merge
- button in the AW menu. Go to the sector where that title is found, as
- follows:
- Atariwriter Plus (XL) = sector 161
- (130XE) = sector 184
- Atariwriter 80 (XL) = sector 133
- (130XE) = sector 163
-
- 2. Now using the edit ASCII function, change the necessary
- phrase. In AWPlus, the phrase will read "loading(heart symbol)mail(heart
- symbol)merge". Change it to something like
- "moving(heart)to(heart)dos(heart)(heart)(heart). All those hearts (by
- typing control-comma), come out as spaces in the title when the program
- is run. In AW80, the phrase is "LOADING MAIL MERGE". Change it to
- "MOVING TO DOS ". Remember to put those 3 spaces (not hearts) in after
- "DOS".
-
- 3. Now we will change the name of the program AW runs when you press
- "Mail Merge". Go to the appropriate sector:
- Atariwriter Plus (XL) = sector 167
- (130XE) = sector 188
- Atariwriter 80 (XL) = stay at
- 133
- (130XE) = stay at
- 163
- Edit the phrase "MM.OBJ" to read the name of the DOS you are using. DOS
- 2.5 users would type "DUP.S*". For SpartaDos 3.2, "X32D.*" Notice that
- you are limited to six characters, so the wild card asterisk is useful.
- SDX cartridge users must type "XON2.*", and be sure that they put
- XON2.COM on their AW disk later. Likewise, everyone else needs to have
- their particular DOS on the disk.
-
- 4. Now we will change the "Mail Merge" title as it appears on the
- main menu. The sectors are:
- Atariwriter Plus (XL) = sector 181
- (130XE) = sector 122
- Atariwriter 80 (XL) = sector 154
- (130XE) = sector 173
- The phrase to change is "ail Merge". Change it to "oving to DOS".
-
- In speaking about using SDX and SD3.2 with AW, I have assumed that you know
- how to run AW from each. SDX users must type "X AP.OBJ" on the command
- line. The timedate line must be off. SpartaDos 3.2 users just type
- "AP.OBJ" on the command line.
-
- Feel free to pass this tip along. I got XON2.COM on a bulletin board
- recently and it appears to be public domain. It had no author's name or
- address on the docs. By the way, XON2.COM can be used to load SDX from
- other DOSes, as long as the cartridge is in the slot though not in use.
-
- George King
- St.Catharines, ON
- April 18, 1992
- Here is XON2.COM in uue form.
- begin 666 XON2.COM
- 2__\ , 4PC>#53'?DX +A @ P y
-
- end
- --
- Joe Sabatino-->ab588@yfn.ysu.edu
-