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| Tape/disk: | Home » CEEFAX disks » telesoftware6.adl |
| Filename: | 04-04-88/L\INFO |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 07F2 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | FFFFFFFF |
File contents
LOADER: ======= The program "Loader" is designed to automatically download your own selection of software from the current week's broadcasts on BBC2. To use the routine, ensure your adapter is turned on then, from BASIC, type: CHAIN "Loader". You will need to insert a blank disc if you envisage downloading a large quantity of software. After a few seconds, during which "Loader" is searching for, receiving and interpreting the catalogue file, you will be presented with a list of the currently available software titles. It is important to have studied CEEFAX page 711 before running the routine, in order to determine which files you would like to receive. Only the titles are displayed with this routine, which is not always sufficient information to determine whether the file is required or not! Initially, all the files available for the BBC micro are selected for downloading, but their status (i.e. whether you want them or not) can be toggled by typing in the two-digit file number, given alongside each title. If the title is in red, followed by "N", the file will be excluded from the list and not downloaded. If, however, the file is in cyan, followed by the letter "S" then it will be downloaded and saved. When you are happy the list reflects your requirements, press RETURN. After a few seconds, the first file will begin downloading to your disc. You can now leave the computer to get on with the downloading process without the need to return between files. The program has been designed to be compatible with the BBC Microcomputer System Teletext Adapter, both the older Acorn adapter with ATS and the new GIS adapter with ATS+. It should also work on other systems using ATS control software. It will cope with transmissions of up to 40 files in any one week. If more than this occur, the DIM statement near the start of the program may be altered to cope with more than this quantity, provided your computer has sufficient memory to cope with the increased space needed. (c) Jeremy Brayshaw. April 1988.
00000000 4c 4f 41 44 45 52 3a 0d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0d |LOADER:.=======.| 00000010 0d 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 22 4c 6f |.The program "Lo| 00000020 61 64 65 72 22 20 69 73 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 65 |ader" is designe| 00000030 64 20 74 6f 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c |d to automatical| 00000040 6c 79 20 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 20 79 6f 75 72 |ly download your| 00000050 20 6f 77 6e 0d 73 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f | own.selection o| 00000060 66 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |f software from | 00000070 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 77 65 65 6b |the current week| 00000080 27 73 20 62 72 6f 61 64 63 61 73 74 73 20 6f 6e |'s broadcasts on| 00000090 20 42 42 43 32 2e 0d 0d 54 6f 20 75 73 65 20 74 | BBC2...To use t| 000000a0 68 65 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 2c 20 65 6e 73 75 |he routine, ensu| 000000b0 72 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 61 64 61 70 74 65 72 20 |re your adapter | 000000c0 69 73 20 74 75 72 6e 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 |is turned on the| 000000d0 6e 2c 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 42 41 53 49 43 2c 0d 74 |n, from BASIC,.t| 000000e0 79 70 65 3a 20 43 48 41 49 4e 20 22 4c 6f 61 64 |ype: CHAIN "Load| 000000f0 65 72 22 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 |er". You will ne| 00000100 65 64 20 74 6f 20 69 6e 73 65 72 74 20 61 20 62 |ed to insert a b| 00000110 6c 61 6e 6b 20 64 69 73 63 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 |lank disc if you| 00000120 20 65 6e 76 69 73 61 67 65 0d 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f | envisage.downlo| 00000130 61 64 69 6e 67 20 61 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 71 75 |ading a large qu| 00000140 61 6e 74 69 74 79 20 6f 66 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 |antity of softwa| 00000150 72 65 2e 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 |re. After a few | 00000160 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 73 2c 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 0d |seconds, during.| 00000170 77 68 69 63 68 20 22 4c 6f 61 64 65 72 22 20 69 |which "Loader" i| 00000180 73 20 73 65 61 72 63 68 69 6e 67 20 66 6f 72 2c |s searching for,| 00000190 20 72 65 63 65 69 76 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 69 | receiving and i| 000001a0 6e 74 65 72 70 72 65 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |nterpreting the | 000001b0 63 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 0d 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 |catalogue.file, | 000001c0 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 70 72 65 73 |you will be pres| 000001d0 65 6e 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 6c 69 73 |ented with a lis| 000001e0 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 |t of the current| 000001f0 6c 79 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 0d 73 6f 66 |ly available.sof| 00000200 74 77 61 72 65 20 74 69 74 6c 65 73 2e 0d 0d 49 |tware titles...I| 00000210 74 20 69 73 20 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 61 6e 74 20 74 |t is important t| 00000220 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 74 75 64 69 65 64 20 43 |o have studied C| 00000230 45 45 46 41 58 20 70 61 67 65 20 37 31 31 20 62 |EEFAX page 711 b| 00000240 65 66 6f 72 65 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |efore running th| 00000250 65 0d 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 2c 20 69 6e 20 6f 72 |e.routine, in or| 00000260 64 65 72 20 74 6f 20 64 65 74 65 72 6d 69 6e 65 |der to determine| 00000270 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 79 6f 75 | which files you| 00000280 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 6f 20 72 | would like to r| 00000290 65 63 65 69 76 65 2e 20 4f 6e 6c 79 0d 74 68 65 |eceive. Only.the| 000002a0 20 74 69 74 6c 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 64 69 73 70 | titles are disp| 000002b0 6c 61 79 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 |layed with this | 000002c0 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 |routine, which i| 000002d0 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 73 75 66 |s not always suf| 000002e0 66 69 63 69 65 6e 74 0d 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 |ficient.informat| 000002f0 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 64 65 74 65 72 6d 69 6e 65 |ion to determine| 00000300 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c | whether the fil| 00000310 65 20 69 73 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 6f 72 |e is required or| 00000320 20 6e 6f 74 21 0d 0d 49 6e 69 74 69 61 6c 6c 79 | not!..Initially| 00000330 2c 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |, all the files | 00000340 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 |available for th| 00000350 65 20 42 42 43 20 6d 69 63 72 6f 20 61 72 65 20 |e BBC micro are | 00000360 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 20 66 6f 72 0d 64 6f 77 |selected for.dow| 00000370 6e 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 2c 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 |nloading, but th| 00000380 65 69 72 20 73 74 61 74 75 73 20 28 69 2e 65 2e |eir status (i.e.| 00000390 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e | whether you wan| 000003a0 74 20 74 68 65 6d 20 6f 72 20 6e 6f 74 29 20 63 |t them or not) c| 000003b0 61 6e 20 62 65 0d 74 6f 67 67 6c 65 64 20 62 79 |an be.toggled by| 000003c0 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 | typing in the t| 000003d0 77 6f 2d 64 69 67 69 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 6e 75 |wo-digit file nu| 000003e0 6d 62 65 72 2c 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 61 6c 6f 6e |mber, given alon| 000003f0 67 73 69 64 65 20 65 61 63 68 0d 74 69 74 6c 65 |gside each.title| 00000400 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 69 |. If the title i| 00000410 73 20 69 6e 20 72 65 64 2c 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 |s in red, follow| 00000420 65 64 20 62 79 20 22 4e 22 2c 20 74 68 65 20 66 |ed by "N", the f| 00000430 69 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 65 78 63 6c |ile will be excl| 00000440 75 64 65 64 0d 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 |uded.from the li| 00000450 73 74 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 64 6f 77 6e 6c |st and not downl| 00000460 6f 61 64 65 64 2e 20 49 66 2c 20 68 6f 77 65 76 |oaded. If, howev| 00000470 65 72 2c 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 |er, the file is | 00000480 69 6e 20 63 79 61 6e 2c 0d 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 65 |in cyan,.followe| 00000490 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 20 |d by the letter | 000004a0 22 53 22 20 74 68 65 6e 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c |"S" then it will| 000004b0 20 62 65 20 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 61 | be downloaded a| 000004c0 6e 64 20 73 61 76 65 64 2e 0d 0d 57 68 65 6e 20 |nd saved...When | 000004d0 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 68 61 70 70 79 20 74 68 |you are happy th| 000004e0 65 20 6c 69 73 74 20 72 65 66 6c 65 63 74 73 20 |e list reflects | 000004f0 79 6f 75 72 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 6d 65 6e 74 |your requirement| 00000500 73 2c 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 52 45 54 55 52 4e 2e |s, press RETURN.| 00000510 0d 41 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 73 65 63 |.After a few sec| 00000520 6f 6e 64 73 2c 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 |onds, the first | 00000530 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 67 69 6e 20 |file will begin | 00000540 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 79 |downloading to y| 00000550 6f 75 72 20 64 69 73 63 2e 0d 59 6f 75 20 63 61 |our disc..You ca| 00000560 6e 20 6e 6f 77 20 6c 65 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 |n now leave the | 00000570 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 |computer to get | 00000580 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 64 6f 77 6e |on with the down| 00000590 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 0d |loading process.| 000005a0 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 65 64 |without the need| 000005b0 20 74 6f 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 62 65 74 77 65 | to return betwe| 000005c0 65 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 70 |en files...The p| 000005d0 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |rogram has been | 000005e0 64 65 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 63 |designed to be c| 000005f0 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 |ompatible with t| 00000600 68 65 20 42 42 43 20 4d 69 63 72 6f 63 6f 6d 70 |he BBC Microcomp| 00000610 75 74 65 72 0d 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 54 65 6c 65 |uter.System Tele| 00000620 74 65 78 74 20 41 64 61 70 74 65 72 2c 20 62 6f |text Adapter, bo| 00000630 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6c 64 65 72 20 41 63 6f |th the older Aco| 00000640 72 6e 20 61 64 61 70 74 65 72 20 77 69 74 68 20 |rn adapter with | 00000650 41 54 53 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 0d |ATS and the new.| 00000660 47 49 53 20 61 64 61 70 74 65 72 20 77 69 74 68 |GIS adapter with| 00000670 20 41 54 53 2b 2e 20 49 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 | ATS+. It should| 00000680 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 6f 74 | also work on ot| 00000690 68 65 72 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 73 20 75 73 69 6e |her systems usin| 000006a0 67 20 41 54 53 0d 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 73 6f |g ATS.control so| 000006b0 66 74 77 61 72 65 2e 20 49 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |ftware. It will | 000006c0 63 6f 70 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 72 61 6e 73 6d |cope with transm| 000006d0 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 75 70 20 74 6f |issions of up to| 000006e0 20 34 30 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 79 | 40 files in any| 000006f0 0d 6f 6e 65 20 77 65 65 6b 2e 20 49 66 20 6d 6f |.one week. If mo| 00000700 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 6f 63 63 |re than this occ| 00000710 75 72 2c 20 74 68 65 20 44 49 4d 20 73 74 61 74 |ur, the DIM stat| 00000720 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 6e 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 73 |ement near the s| 00000730 74 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0d 70 72 6f 67 |tart of the.prog| 00000740 72 61 6d 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 61 6c 74 65 72 |ram may be alter| 00000750 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 70 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 |ed to cope with | 00000760 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 71 |more than this q| 00000770 75 61 6e 74 69 74 79 2c 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 |uantity, provide| 00000780 64 20 79 6f 75 72 0d 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 |d your.computer | 00000790 68 61 73 20 73 75 66 66 69 63 69 65 6e 74 20 6d |has sufficient m| 000007a0 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 70 65 20 77 69 |emory to cope wi| 000007b0 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 64 |th the increased| 000007c0 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 2e 0d 0d | space needed...| 000007d0 28 63 29 20 4a 65 72 65 6d 79 20 42 72 61 79 73 |(c) Jeremy Brays| 000007e0 68 61 77 2e 20 20 41 70 72 69 6c 20 31 39 38 38 |haw. April 1988| 000007f0 2e 0d |..| 000007f2
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