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Ȉ†XGETTINGSTARTEDˆ† ˆ†´MostofthesoftwareinthedisclibraryisrunfromCP/M,notˆ†LocoScript,butafewdiscsmayhaveprogramsthatrununderBASIC.Theˆ†languagediscsarerunfromCP/Mtoo.Ifyouareabeginnerandhaveˆ†(onlyusedyourPCWforwritingletterswithLocoScript,assuppliedˆ†(freewiththemachine,thenyouhaveonlyusedoneprogram.YourPCWˆ†dcanrunmostCP/Msoftware,andthereareliterallythousandsofˆ†$programsavailable.ˆ† ˆ†YouwillneedtoreadthemanualsuppliedwithyourPCWthatdealswithˆ†dCP/M.Thoughitmayseemcomplicatedthisgivesagoodguideforˆ†beginnersonthevariouscommandsthatCP/MPlususes.Thereisusuallyˆ†somedocumentationonthediscthatyoumayneedtoreadbeforegettingˆ†started.Thisdocumentationmaybeintheformof'READ.MEFILENAME.TXTˆ†FILENAME.DOCNOTES'orsimilartoindicatethatthisisatextfiletoˆ†beread.Asthesoftwareisfree,someauthorshaven'tbotheredtoˆ† tellyouhowtousetheprogram,theyhaveleftituptoyoutoˆ†xexperiment.Inothercasestheprogramismenudrivenandselfˆ†explanatory.Therearenotableexceptionstothis,someoftheprogramsˆ†Thaveexcellentmanualsandareacredittotheauthors.ˆ† ˆ†<YouwillfindanexcellenttutorialinPCW-Worldnewsletteronusingˆ†<CP/M+.Ifyouhaven'tjoinedtheUserGroupyet,itisrecommendedˆ†(thatyoudo,especiallyifyouarehavingdifficulties,asadviceandˆ†¨helpisfreelygiven,tomembersonly.ˆ† ˆ†ìCP/MPlusˆ† ˆ†(TouseCP/MyouwillneedtoresetyourPCWbypressingthreekeysatˆ†once:SHIFT,EXTRA&EXIT.FIRSTMAKESURETHATTHEREARENODISCSINˆ†PYOURDISCDRIVE(S),orifyouarejuststartingtousethemachine,ˆ†œswitchiton.ˆ† ˆ†1.Insertacopyofyoursystemmasterdiscintothe'A:'driveandˆ†<thePCWwill'boot'CP/M.(BOOT=load).Thefilethatisneededtoˆ€ € ”È‚‰ Ȉ† bootCP/Miscalled'J14CPM3.EMS'orsomethingsimilartothis.ˆ† ˆ†2.YouwillseetheCP/MPlussignonscreenwhenCP/Misloaded.ˆ†Itsays:ˆ† ˆ†à'CP/MPLUSAmstradConsumerElectronicsplcˆ†¸v1.4,61KTPA,2discdrives,368KdriveM:'ˆ† ˆ†orsomethingsimilar.Youwillalsoseethisonthenextline:'A>'ˆ†Œandasquareshapedcursor.ThisiscalledtheCP/MA>prompt.ˆ† ˆ†3.NowremovetheCP/Msystemdiscandplacethediscwithyourprogramˆ†onintotheA:drive.Toseewhatisonthedisc,youneedtogetaˆ†xDIRectory,typethisattheA>prompt:'dir'andpressreturn.ˆ† ˆ†ŒThisgivesalistofthefiles,byname,onthedisc.ˆ†Somewhatlikeatableofcontentsinabook.Ifthereisafilethatyouˆ€€€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†dwanttoreadyouneedtoTYPEittothescreenbytypingitsname,ˆ†Àprecededby'type'.eg:ˆ† ˆ†”'typenotes.doc'andpressreturn.ˆ† ˆ†Thiswillprintthefiletothescreen,apageatatime.Pressˆ†€anykeytogetthenextpage,andsoon.ˆ† ˆ†<4.TouseanygivenCP/Mprogramyousimplytypeitsname,andˆ†(pressreturn,whenyouareatCP/M'sA>prompt.Filesthatareˆ†(programshave'.COM'tails,orextensions,astheyarecalled.ˆ†dEG.NSWP.COMisaprogramcalledNSWPandtouseitonyourˆ†computeryoutypeitsnameattheA>promptandpressreturn.Itˆ†Œwillthenloadfromthediscandstart'running'.eg.Torunˆ†¨NSWP.COMtypeatCP/MA>prompt,this:ˆ† ˆ†¤'nswp'andpressreturn.andawayyougo.ˆ† ˆ†ˆBASICPROGRAMSˆ† ˆ†Ifyouhaven'tacopyoftheBASICreferencemanualyoushouldbeˆ†ŒabletobuyonefromLocoMotiveSoftware,authorsofˆ†<LocoScriptandMallardBASIC.IfyouintendtouseBASICtoanyˆ†extentyouwillneedthismanual.ToruntheoccasionalBASICprogram,ˆ†8youdoasfollows:ˆ† ˆ† 1.LoadCP/Masdescribedabove.ˆ† ˆ†d2.KeepthesamediscintheA:driveandattheCP/MA>ˆ†Œprompttype:'BASIC'andpressreturn,youwillseeˆ†somethinglikethisappearonthescreenwhenBASIChasloaded:ˆ† ˆ†à'Mallard-80BASICwithJetsamVersion1.29ˆ†à(c)Copyright1984LocomotiveSoftwareLtdˆ†¬Allrightsreservedˆ†è31597freebytesˆ†ÐOkandasmallsquarecursor'ˆ† ˆ†”ThisisMallardBASIC'ssignonscreen.ˆ† ˆ†(3.Removethecopyofyourmasterdiscandplacethediscwithˆ†theBASICprogramonintothedriveandtype:ˆ† ˆ†('run"filemane.bas"'andpressreturn.(filename=programˆ†¤nameasshownwhenyoudidaDIRectoryofthedisc)ˆ† ˆ†AllBASICprogramshavea'.bas'extension,ortailtotheirnames.Theˆ€8 € ”È‚‰ Ȉ†Xprogramshouldnowloadfromdiscandrun.ˆ† ˆ†GENERALˆ† ˆ†(Ifyouhaveproblemsrefertothedocumentationsuppliedwithˆ†theprogram.Ifyoustillhaveproblemsandyouhavedoneeverythingˆ†Pyoucanpossiblythinkof,dropmealine(includeastampedˆ€€€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†S.A.E.forreply)andIwilltrytohelp.Asyoucanimagine,Idonotˆ†usealltheprograms,letalonebeabletoadviseeveryoneaboutthem,ˆ†àbutsomeIdouseandcanofferfreeadvice.ˆ† ˆ†NEVER,NEVERUSETHEORIGINALDISCFORGENERALUSE.ALWAYSTAKEACOPYˆ†PANDUSETHIS.KEEPTHEORIGINALASAMASTERDISCINASAFEˆ†PLACE.Refertomanualtoseehowtocopydiscswithdisckitorˆ†piporNSWP(NSWPisontheutilitiesdiscinthelibrary,andisˆ†danexcellent,allsinging,dancingdiscutilityforcopying,ˆ†ddeleting,squeezing,unsqueezing,printing,tagging,viewing,ˆ†xcheckingdiscspace,changingfilestatus,renamingetcetc).ˆ†ÀEveryoneshouldhaveit.ˆ† ˆ†Neverswitchoffthecomputer,orresetit,withadiscinthedrive.ˆ† Asurewaytomakeitunreadable.ˆ† ˆ†8PCW9512Computers.ˆ† ˆ†CF2discsmaybereadbythiscomputerbutbecauseitsdrivesˆ†Paredoublesided,doubledensity,andthePCW8256A:driveisˆ†dsinglesidedandsingledensity,theyarenotcompletelyˆ†compatible.TouseCF2discsinaPCW9512(orasecondBdriveonaˆ†PPCW8512)youneedtocopyallthefilesfromtheCF2disc,asˆ†Psuppliedbyme,ontoyourownCF2DDdisc.(OrdinaryCF2discsˆ†(becomeCF2DDdiscswhenformattedbydisckitinthePCW9512A:ˆ†driveorPCW8512Bdrive).Refertomanualonhowtousedisckit.ˆ†(Tocopyfilesusepip.com,onsystemmasterdisc.Seemanualonˆ†thowtousepip.ˆ† ˆ†„PUBLICDOMAINLIBRARYDISCSˆ† ˆ†(ThediscssuppliedfromthePublicDomainLibraryhavebeenspeciallyˆ†formattedto192K/side.Disckit.comformats'A'drivediscsto173K/ˆ†side.Weusethisspecialformattingprogramtosqueezemoresoftwareˆ†ontomanydiscsinthelibrary.Thesediscsmaybeusedasnormalwithˆ†LocoScript,BASICandCP/MPlusbuttherearetwolimitationsthatyouˆ€ € ”È‚‰ Ȉ†$shouldbeawareof:ˆ† ˆ†1.LibrarydiscscanNOTbecopiedwithDISCKIT.COM.Youwillneedtoˆ†PusePIP.COMorNSWP.COMtocopyfilesindividuallyfromonedisctoˆ†ìanother.ˆ† ˆ†(PIP.COMcanbefoundonyourmasterdiscsetandrunsfromCP/MPlus.ˆ† ˆ†NSWP.COMisaPublicDomainprogramandisavailablefromthelibrary.ˆ†ÈWeuseit,it'sasuperfileutilityandworksfromCP/MPlus.ˆ† ˆ†2.Librarydiscsformattedto192K/sidecannotbeusedfor'startofˆ†day'discsforloadingCP/MPlussystemorLocoScript1or2.Youmustˆ†|useaconventionallyformatteddiscforthispurpose.ˆ† ˆ†(TheP.D.LibraryhasanexcellentdiscutilitycalledDU49.Thiswillˆ†enableyoutoformatyourowndiscstothisextendedCF2formatandevenˆ†CPC6128(dataandsystem)compatibleformats.ˆ† ˆ€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†ÐREADINGASCIIFILESWITHLOCOSCRIPT.ˆ† ˆ†t-LocoScript1ˆ† ˆ†(Youmay'paste'inwholeASCIIfiles(manydocumentfilesandmanualsˆ†arerecordedinthisformat,especiallyonPublicDoaminsoftwarediscs)ˆ†Äasfollows:ˆ† ˆ†x1.'C'reateadocumentusingthe'C'optionfromthediscmanagerˆ†screen.ˆ†2.Press'f7'MODES.ˆ†Œ3.Select'inserttext'fromthedropdownmenu.Youwillnowbeˆ†”returnedtothediscmanagementscreen.ˆ†´4.Selectthetextfile(ASCIIfile)youwishto'import'intoˆ†<LocoScript1.Youarenowreturnedtoyourdocumentandthefileisˆ†„'pasted'intothedocument.ˆ†5.Formoreinformationseepages112&113inyourLocoScript1manual.ˆ† ˆ†t-LocoScript2ˆ† ˆ†x1.'C'reateadocumentusingthe'C'optionfromthediscmanagerˆ†screen.ˆ†2.Press'f1'ACTIONSandselect'inserttext'fromthedropdownmenu.ˆ†¤Youarenowreturnedtothediscmanagementscreen.ˆ†3.Selectthetextfile(ASCII)fileyouwanttoimportintoLocoScriptˆ†2.YouarenowreturnedtoyourdocumentandtheASCIIfileisinsertedˆ†øintothedocumentyouareediting.ˆ†(4.FormoreinformationseeINSERTINGASCIIfilesintheLocoScript2ˆ†\manual-page154inmycopy.ˆ€