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Ȉ†XGETTINGSTARTEDˆ† ˆ†<MostofthesoftwareinthedisclibraryisrunfromCP/M,notˆ†dLocoScript,butafewdiscsmayhaveprogramsthatrununderˆ†ÌBASIC.ThelanguagediscsarerunfromCP/Mtoo.ˆ† ˆ†IfyouareabeginnerandhaveonlyusedyourPCWforwritingˆ†letterswithLocoScript,assuppliedfreewiththemachine,thenˆ†Œyouhaveonlyusedoneprogram.YourPCWcanrunmostCP/Mˆ†´software,andthereareliterallythousandsofprogramsˆ†Øavailable.ˆ† ˆ†YouwillneedtoreadthemanualsuppliedwithyourPCWthatdealsˆ†withCP/M.Thoughitmayseemcomplicatedthisgivesagoodguideˆ†ÈforbeginnersonthevariouscommandsthatCP/Mplususes.ˆ† ˆ†Thereisusuallysomedocumentationonthediscthatyoumayneedtoˆ†<readbeforegettingstarted.Thisdocumentationmaybeintheˆ†formof'READ.MEFILENAME.TXTFILENAME.DOCNOTES'orsimilarˆ†toindicatethatthisisatextfiletoberead.Asthesoftwareˆ†isfree,someauthorshaven'tbotheredtotellyouhowtouseˆ†theprogram,theyhaveleftituptoyoutoexperiment.Inotherˆ†casestheprogramismenudrivenandselfexplanatory.Thereˆ†Parenotableexceptionstothis,someoftheprogramshaveˆ†hexcellentmanualsandareacredittotheauthors.ˆ† ˆ†(IfthereisdemandforafullblowntutorialIwillwriteone,ˆ†andputitintothelibrary.InthemeantimeIlistthebasicsˆ†Ltogetyougoing.ˆ† ˆ†ìCP/MPlusˆ† ˆ†TouseCP/MyouwillneedtoresetyourPCWbypressingthreeˆ†(keysatonce:SHIFT,EXTRA&EXIT.FIRSTMAKESURETHATTHEREˆ†ARENODISCSINYOURDISCDRIVE(S).orifyouarejuststartingtoˆ†Husethemachine,switchiton.ˆ† ˆ†1.Insertacopyofyoursystemmasterdiscintothe'A:'driveˆ†dandthePCWwill'boot'CP/M.(BOOT=load).Thefilethatisˆ€ø € ”È‚‰ Ȉ†dneededtobootCP/Miscalled'J14CPM3.EMS'orsomethingˆ†`similartothis.ˆ† ˆ†2.YouwillseetheCP/MPlussignonscreenwhenCP/Misloaded.ˆ†Itsays:ˆ† ˆ†à'CP/MPLUSAmstradConsumerElectronicsplcˆ†¸v1.4,61KTPA,2discdrives,368KdriveM:'ˆ† ˆ†(orsomethingsimilar.Youwillalsoseethisonthenextline:ˆ† ˆ†d'A>'andasquareshapedcursor.ThisiscalledtheCP/MA>ˆ†prompt.ˆ† ˆ€€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†(3.NowremovetheCP/Msystemdiscandplacethediscwithyourˆ†programonintotheA:drive.Toseewhatisonthedisc,youˆ†needtogetaDIRectory,typethisattheA>prompt:'dir'andˆ†œpressreturn.ˆ† ˆ†ŒThisgivesalistofthefiles,byname,onthedisc.ˆ†0Somewhatlikeatableofcontentsinabook.ˆ† ˆ†IfthereisafilethatyouwanttoreadyouneedtoTYPEittotheˆ†¤screenbytypingitsname,precededby'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.ˆ† ˆ†üandawayyougo.ˆ† ˆ†ˆBASICPROGRAMSˆ† ˆ†Ifyouhaven'tgottheBASICreferencemanualyoushouldbeableˆ†(tobuyonefromLocoMotiveSoftware,authorsofLocoScriptˆ†<andMallardBASIC.IfyouintendtouseBASICtoanyextentyouˆ†èwillneedthismanual.ˆ† ˆ†TToruntheoccasionalBASICprogram,youdoasfollows: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€€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ† ˆ† ˆ†”ThisisMallardBASIC'ssignonscreen.ˆ† ˆ†(3.Removethecopyofyourmasterdiscandplacethediscwithˆ†theBASICprogramonintothedriveandtype:ˆ† ˆ€€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†('run"filemane.bas"'andpressreturn.(filename=programˆ†¤nameasshownwhenyoudidaDIRectoryofthedisc)ˆ† ˆ†AllBASICprogramshavea'.bas'extension,ortailtotheirnames.ˆ† ˆ†Theprogramshouldnowloadfromdiscandrun.ˆ† ˆ†GENERALˆ† ˆ†(Ifyouhaveproblemsrefertothedocumentationsuppliedwithˆ†Œtheprogram.Ifyoustillhaveproblemsandyouhavedoneˆ†everythingyoucanpossiblythinkof,dropmealine(includeaˆ†ŒstampedS.A.E.forreply)andIwilltrytohelp.Asyoucanˆ†imagine,Idonotusealltheprograms,letalonebeabletoadviseˆ†<everyoneaboutthem,butsomeIdouseandcanofferfreeadvice.ˆ† ˆ†NEVER,NEVERUSETHEORIGINALDISCFORGENERALUSE.ALWAYSTAKEAˆ†COPYANDUSETHIS.KEEPTHEORIGINALASAMASTERDISCINASAFEˆ†PLACE.Refertomanualtoseehowtocopydiscswithdisckitorˆ†piporNSWP(NSWPisontheutilitiesdiscinthelibrary,andˆ†xisanexcellent,allsinging,dancingdiscutilityforˆ†Pcopying,deleting,squeezing,unsqueezing,printing,tagging,ˆ†viewing,checkingdiscspace,changingfilestatus,renamingetcˆ†äetc).Everyoneshouldhaveit.ˆ† ˆ†<Neverswitchoffthecomputer,orresetit,withadiscintheˆ†ldrive.Asurewaytomakeitunreadable.ˆ† ˆ†8PCW9512Computers.ˆ† ˆ†CF2discsmaybereadbythiscomputerbutbecauseitsdrivesˆ†Paredoublesided,doubledensity,andthePCW8256A:driveisˆ†dsinglesidedandsingledensity,theyarenotcompletelyˆ†Äcompatible.ˆ† ˆ†ŒTouseCF2discsinaPCW9512(orasecondBdriveonaˆ†PPCW8512)youneedtocopyallthefilesfromtheCF2disc,asˆ†Psuppliedbyme,ontoyourownCF2DDdisc.(OrdinaryCF2discsˆ†(becomeCF2DDdiscswhenformattedbydisckitinthePCW9512A:ˆ†driveorPCW8512Bdrive).Refertomanualonhowtousedisckit.ˆ€@ € ”È‚‰ Ȉ†(Tocopyfilesusepip.com,onsystemmasterdisc.Seemanualonˆ†thowtousepip.ˆ† ˆ†„PUBLICDOMAINLIBRARYDISCSˆ† ˆ†(ThediscssuppliedfromthePublicDomainLibraryhavebeenspeciallyˆ†formattedto192K/side.Disckit.comformats'A'drivediscsto173K/ˆ†side.Weusethisspecialformattingprogramtosqueezemoresoftwareˆ†4ontomanydiscsinthelibrary.ˆ† ˆ†ThesediscsmaybeusedasnormalwithLocoScript,BASICandCP/MPlusˆ†buttherearetwolimitationsthatyoushouldbeawareof:ˆ† ˆ€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†1.LibrarydiscscanNOTbecopiedwithDISCKIT.COM.Youwillneedtoˆ†PusePIP.COMorNSWP.COMtocopyfilesindividuallyfromonedisctoˆ†ìanother.ˆ† ˆ†(PIP.COMcanbefoundonyourmasterdiscsetandrunsfromCP/MPlus.ˆ† ˆ†NSWP.COMisaPublicDomainprogramandisavailablefromthelibrary.ˆ†ÈWeuseit,it'sasuperfileutilityandworksfromCP/MPlus.ˆ† ˆ† ˆ†2.Librarydiscsformattedto192K/sidecannotbeusedfor'startofˆ†day'discsforloadingCP/MPlussystemorLocoScript1or2.Youmustˆ†|useaconventionallyformatteddiscforthispurpose.ˆ† ˆ† ˆ†(TheP.D.LibraryhasanexcellentdiscutilitycalledDU49.Thiswillˆ†enableyoutoformatyourowndiscstothisextendedCF2formatandevenˆ†CPC6128(dataandsystem)compatibleformats.ˆ€