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- DAVE'S TERM 128 KEYBOARD OVERLAYS
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- by Don Graham
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- Text by Fender Tucker
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- Ah, DAVE'S TERM. What a collection of tools! I have yet to get
- online with it but I find myself using it more and more. It's not just a
- terminal program. It's a complete power system for the C-128.
-
- Don Graham has become an expert user of DAVE'S TERM 128 and has come
- up with ways to make it easier for you to use. One thing that can help you
- out are keyboard overlays that show you most (if not all) of the keypresses
- you need for the many functions of the terminal mode and other features of
- DT128. Print out the overlays, put them on posterboard and laminate them
- and you won't have to consult those voluminous docs every time you want to
- try something new.
-
- Don provides two overlays. One is a full overlay and the other is
- partial. The full overlay includes the key commands for:
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- Terminal
- ALT Keys
- DISK EDITOR
- FONT EDITOR
- LOGON MACRO EDITOR
- DISK DIRECTORY EDITOR
- REMOTE MODE
- FUNCTION KEYS
- SPECIAL CHARACTERS
- and a couple of small kb macro crib cards
-
- The partial overlay has only the buffer commands on it.
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- UN-LZHing - for 5.25 inch version of LS 128 only
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- NOTE: The overlay files are not LZHed on the 3.5 inch version of LS 128
- #30 so you can ignore this section if you get that version.
-
- On the 1541 version of LS 128 you must use DT128's Archiving module to
- unpack them into FGM-created files that can be printed out. You need the
- modules from LS 128 #28 and of course the main DT128 system from LS 128
- #26. If you have two drives you don't have to copy the "dt128 kbolay.lzh"
- file from the LS 128 disk to another disk, but you must have another disk
- with at least 300 blocks of disk space free for the un-LZHed files to end
- up on. If you've only got one drive, then you MUST copy "dt128 kbolay.lzh"
- to another disk because there's not 300 blocks free on the LS 128 disk.
- DT128 has a file copier if you need one.
-
- Here's a step-by-step description of how to un-LZH the file.
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- (1) Copy the file "dt128 kbolay.lzh" over to a disk with plenty of blocks
- free -- at least 300.
-
- (2) Boot DAVE'S TERM from LS 128 #26.
-
- (3) Select ARCHIVE MODULES from the main menu. If you get a "module not
- found" message, insert Side Two of LS 128 #28 which has the LZH mod on it.
-
- (4) Select LZH from the Dissolve Modules menu. If you have a 1541,
- select 1541 LZH.
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- (5) Set the source and destination drives appropriately but leave the
- other options as they are: Force lower case = no; File type = p;
- Dissolve = yes.
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- (6) Select Dissolve LZH.
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- (7) At the LZH Name prompt, enter "dt128 kbolay.lzh" without the quotes.
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- (8) At the pattern prompt, enter an asterisk (*).
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- (9) Sit back and watch the magic.
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- Printing the overlays
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- You'll end up with 14 new files on your destination disk; seven for
- the full overlay and seven for the partial overlay. Each will have its own
- 64-mode printing program. RUN the file "dt o'lay print" from device 8 only
- in the C-64 mode. Get the printer ready, select printer, 80dpi, and
- program defaults and the entire full overlay will print out without user
- intervention. Do the same for the file "bufr o'lay print" and the partial
- overlay will print out without user intervention. Our thanks to Ron
- Hackley, the brain behind THE FUN GRAPHICS MACHINE, for writing the nifty
- printing routines as well as the FGM system. For more info on FGM write to
- THE FGM CONNECTION, P.O. Box 2206, Roseburg OR 97470. It's LOADSTAR-
- recommended.
-
- NOTE FROM DON: There are 2 compression routines at work here. FGM does
- compression in creating the z. files (the full overlay reduces from 97K to
- 11K), then LZH compresses all the files again. It's more impressive to
- just compress the full overlay z. files...it goes down to about 45 blocks!
- The way it is right now, the two overlays are being compressed from 145K of
- graphics to 20K!!! Awesome!
-
- I agree. Thanks to LZH it's possible to put a lot more on the 1541
- version of LS 128 than would ordinarily fit. So far I've only used it
- twice, both times for DT128 projects, but there may come a time when it
- could be used for other things. For instance, we've had very few graphics
- on LS 128 because they take up so much disk space. With LZH we could have
- a slideshow like we have on LS 64. Of course this would mean you HAVE to
- have the complete DAVE'S TERM system. Newcomers to LS 128 wouldn't have
- those and would have to order #26, #27 and #28 as back issues in order to
- un-LZH the files.
-
- As you can see, there are always compromises to be made. Stay tuned.
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