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- L I N K E R 1 . 2
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- Program by Lee Novak
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- Text by Dave Moorman
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- Here's the problem: I have a BASIC
- program which shows a couple of SHP
- bit-mapped graphics, ENH.SID.64 to
- play some music, the MUSic file, and
- Unpacker.89 to display the graphics.
- Normally, I use the boot program (the
- file with the B. prefix) to bload all
- the stuff before loading and running
- the BASIC program. But the whole kit
- and kabootle can run up the disk
- blocks!
-
- Linker 1.2 puts all the files into
- one, self-dissolving file which is
- easily loaded and run. Packer 1.2 will
- take any BASIC program and squeeze all
- the "air" out of it -- reducing the
- disk blocks by two-thirds or more.
-
- The beauty of Lee Novak's TRIO is
- that Dissolver 1.2 will unpack and
- unlink all the files and save them to
- disk. This makes getting into a LNK or
- PKD program fairly easy.
-
- So let's start with Linker 1.2.
- When you boot, you have to choose
- which drive(s) you will be using for
- input and output. Press <F1> and <F3>
- until the correct drive number is
- displayed. Then press <F5>.
-
- The disk directory is displayed.
- First, scroll to the BASIC program and
- press <RETURN>. NOTE: If the BASIC
- program is to load to a location other
- than 2049 (that is, you have moved up
- the bottom of BASIC in the Boot
- program), be sure the main program has
- been saved from the desired location
- [before] trying to Link it.
-
- After choosing the BASIC program,
- choose all the other files the program
- uses. When finished, press <F1> to
- continue (or <F7> to abort).
-
- Now comes the fun! Some of the
- data files (music, graphics, text)
- are saved with load address other than
- the one you want. Check your boot to
- find where each file should be loaded.
-
- Press <RETURN>, then move the menu
- bar to any address that needs to be
- changed. You can choose the decimal
- address or the hexadecimal by pressing
- the left/right cursor. Overlapping
- files are marked by red asterisks. Be
- sure to change these.
-
- When all is correct, press <F1>,
- then enter the filename for your
- linked file. I use an extension of
- .LNK to remind me that the file is
- linked.
-
- That's it! Press <B> to go to
- BASIC, and LOAD and RUN your new
- linked file. If all goes well, you
- will be ready to do some Packing!
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- DMM
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