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!FileCheck/!Help/readme
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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***************************** Copyright Notice ******************************
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* (c) 1991 Glyn Davies *
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Know if a !Run, !Boot, or !RunImage file
increases in length
Program : !FileCheck
Author : Glyn Davies
Purpose : Notify user if !Boot, !Run or !RunImage files increase in size
and rename offending files.
Version : 3.01 August 1991
Intro
After reading many articles about viruses on the Acorn Archimedes I
set about trying to write a program which will copy it's self from one
application to another, and discovered it was surprisingly easy.
Worried about this I used the knowledge that I had gained in writing
a 'virus' to write an anti virus, and !FileCheck is the result.
N.B. The virus refered to above has been sent into oblivion!
(So Don't blame me!)
How it does it!
The program waits for WIMP message 5 (double click), when this occurs
it checks to see if an application is the object of the double click then
the program looks for the 3 main application files:
!Run
!RunImage
!Boot
It then looks for its own data file, (which you set the first time you use
!FileCheck), which resides inside !<apps>
If any of the standard files (!Run, !RunImage, !Boot) are not present
they are assigned a length of 0 so any changes can be noted. It then
finds the length of the WIMP files and loads the data of their original
length.
If any of the files have increased in size then they are renamed:
!Run ---> !Virusrun
!Boot ---> !Virusboot
!RunImage ---> !VirusImg
The user is notified of this and should then examine the offending file/s.
If the file size is unchanged then the datafiles are left unchanged.
If you the user has updated an !<app> then simply drag the !<app> to the
!FileCheck icon. The datafile is then updated.
N.B. This program does not attempt to remove any viruses it merely attempts
to prevent their spread.
If you have used this program to protect your system and if it has worked
as spec against a virus, I would like to hear about it. Any cash is
welcome, (I want to get the RiscOS programmers reference manuals, but as yet
cashflow is at an all time low.)
Copyright remains mine however this application may be freely distributed,
as long as it is not sold for more than two pounds.
It may not be altered in any way except to rename the datafile (in case
any virus checks for mine)
If you have found any bugs (what?!?) or would like to donate to a fund
to help me purchase the PROGRAMERS REFERENCE MANUALS I can be reached at :
Plas Eyton,
Sontley,
Wrexham,
Wales.
LL130YD
Update:
3.00
Recently added :
Now plays TRACKER modules from the desktop.
Speaker Off/On
Audio Off/On
Pause Off/On
Stop
TRACKER's are only played whilst !FileCheck is running
When errors occur clicking "CANCLE" quits instantly!
Replaced !Runlen, !Bootlen, and !Imagelen with !FileCheck
3.01
Removes old !Runlen, !Bootlen, and !Imagelen
Removed Tracker playsystem, (Multi-tasking philosophy is best.)
Improved structure of program (Actually a complete rewrite!)
Added Window to show affected files, instead of dialogue box.
Now much better error control, more REM's and a shiny new icon!
(Well grey anyway)
Added ability to choose Wimp_Poll or Wimp_PollIdle
Now !FileCheck requires 40K, due to the increased number of functions.
If disc is write protected, computer does not repeat the error until the
disc is not write protected anymore.
Added checking for arcfs: as, attempting to write to this causes many
headaches.
Clicking adjust on !FileCheck's icon now opens the infection count window
Now !FileCheck looks for a datafile "datafile" (Original Huh?) which stores
the users choosen datafile, when passing on !FileCheck copy the !<app> then
delete the datafile inside the !<app> so the new user can choose his/her own
datafile name. Also would be wise to remove datafiles when passing other
!<app>'s on otherwise discspace would be wasted, and directorys cluttered.
Disclaimer (Boring is'nt it?)
I will accept no responsibility for the loss of data due to the use or
miss use of !FileCheck, It is supplied as is and no guarantee is made to
the user that !FileCheck can stop all viruses from spreading, remember it
only checks !Run, !RunImage, and !Boot, as I feel they are the most
vulnerable.
Things I intend to add to/change in !FileCheck:
Bug fixes when I am informed of them,
Scan of discs, (ie allow you to inserts a disc and !FileCheck wil check all
!<apps>)
Any other features which a user suggests, and I feel worthwhile
Hope you find this useful Glyn Davies August 1991 00000000 0a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a |.***************| 00000010 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 20 43 |************** C| 00000020 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 4e 6f 74 69 63 65 20 |opyright Notice | 00000030 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a |****************| 00000040 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 0a 2a |**************.*| 00000050 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000090 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 0a 2a 20 20 | *.* | 000000a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000000b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 63 29 20 31 39 39 31 | (c) 1991| 000000c0 20 47 6c 79 6e 20 44 61 76 69 65 73 20 20 20 20 | Glyn Davies | 000000d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000000e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 0a 2a 20 20 20 20 | *.* | 000000f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000130 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 0a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a | *.*******| 00000140 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a |****************| * 00000180 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 0a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |******... | 00000190 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4b 6e 6f 77 20 | Know | 000001a0 69 66 20 61 20 21 52 75 6e 2c 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 |if a !Run, !Boot| 000001b0 2c 20 6f 72 20 21 52 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 65 20 66 |, or !RunImage f| 000001c0 69 6c 65 20 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ile .. | 000001d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000001e0 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 73 20 69 6e 20 6c 65 | increases in le| 000001f0 6e 67 74 68 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ngth.. | 00000200 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000210 20 20 20 0a 0a 0a 0a 50 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 3a | ....Program :| 00000220 20 21 46 69 6c 65 43 68 65 63 6b 0a 0a 41 75 74 | !FileCheck..Aut| 00000230 68 6f 72 20 20 3a 20 47 6c 79 6e 20 44 61 76 69 |hor : Glyn Davi| 00000240 65 73 20 20 0a 0a 50 75 72 70 6f 73 65 20 3a 20 |es ..Purpose : | 00000250 4e 6f 74 69 66 79 20 75 73 65 72 20 69 66 20 21 |Notify user if !| 00000260 42 6f 6f 74 2c 20 21 52 75 6e 20 6f 72 20 21 52 |Boot, !Run or !R| 00000270 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e |unImage files in| 00000280 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 69 6e 20 73 69 7a 65 0a 61 |crease in size.a| 00000290 6e 64 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 20 6f 66 66 65 6e 64 |nd rename offend| 000002a0 69 6e 67 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 0a 0a 56 65 72 73 |ing files...Vers| 000002b0 69 6f 6e 20 3a 20 33 2e 30 31 20 41 75 67 75 73 |ion : 3.01 Augus| 000002c0 74 20 31 39 39 31 0a 0a 49 6e 74 72 6f 0a 0a 20 |t 1991..Intro.. | 000002d0 20 20 20 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 72 65 61 64 69 6e | After readin| 000002e0 67 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 73 20 |g many articles | 000002f0 61 62 6f 75 74 20 76 69 72 75 73 65 73 20 6f 6e |about viruses on| 00000300 20 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 41 72 63 68 69 | the Acorn Archi| 00000310 6d 65 64 65 73 20 49 0a 73 65 74 20 61 62 6f 75 |medes I.set abou| 00000320 74 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 77 72 69 74 |t trying to writ| 00000330 65 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 68 69 63 |e a program whic| 00000340 68 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 6f 70 79 20 69 74 27 73 |h will copy it's| 00000350 20 73 65 6c 66 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 6f 6e 65 20 0a | self from one .| 00000360 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 20 |application to | 00000370 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 64 69 73 |another, and dis| 00000380 63 6f 76 65 72 65 64 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 73 |covered it was s| 00000390 75 72 70 72 69 73 69 6e 67 6c 79 20 65 61 73 79 |urprisingly easy| 000003a0 2e 20 20 20 0a 0a 57 6f 72 72 69 65 64 20 61 62 |. ..Worried ab| 000003b0 6f 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 49 20 20 75 73 65 64 |out this I used| 000003c0 20 74 68 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6c 65 64 67 65 20 74 | the knowledge t| 000003d0 68 61 74 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 67 61 69 6e 65 64 |hat I had gained| 000003e0 20 69 6e 20 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 0a 20 61 20 27 | in writing. a '| 000003f0 76 69 72 75 73 27 20 74 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 |virus' to write | 00000400 61 6e 20 61 6e 74 69 20 76 69 72 75 73 2c 20 61 |an anti virus, a| 00000410 6e 64 20 21 46 69 6c 65 43 68 65 63 6b 20 69 73 |nd !FileCheck is| 00000420 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 2e 0a 0a 4e 2e | the result...N.| 00000430 42 2e 20 54 68 65 20 76 69 72 75 73 20 72 65 66 |B. The virus ref| 00000440 65 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 62 6f 76 65 20 68 61 |ered to above ha| 00000450 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 73 65 6e 74 20 69 6e 74 6f |s been sent into| 00000460 20 6f 62 6c 69 76 69 6f 6e 21 0a 20 20 20 20 20 | oblivion!. | 00000470 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 53 | (S| 00000480 6f 20 44 6f 6e 27 74 20 62 6c 61 6d 65 20 6d 65 |o Don't blame me| 00000490 21 29 0a 0a 0a 0a 48 6f 77 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 |!)....How it doe| 000004a0 73 20 69 74 21 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 |s it!.. The p| 000004b0 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 61 69 74 73 20 66 6f 72 |rogram waits for| 000004c0 20 57 49 4d 50 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 35 20 | WIMP message 5 | 000004d0 28 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 29 2c 20 |(double click), | 000004e0 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 6f 63 63 75 72 73 |when this occurs| 000004f0 0a 69 74 20 63 68 65 63 6b 73 20 74 6f 20 73 65 |.it checks to se| 00000500 65 20 69 66 20 61 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 |e if an applicat| 00000510 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 |ion is the objec| 00000520 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 |t of the double | 00000530 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 74 68 65 6e 0a 74 68 65 20 20 |click then.the | 00000540 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 73 20 66 | program looks f| 00000550 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 33 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 61 70 |or the 3 main ap| 00000560 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 73 3a |plication files:| 00000570 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 52 75 6e 0a 20 |. !Run. | 00000580 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 52 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 | !RunImag| 00000590 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 |e. !Boot| 000005a0 0a 20 20 20 20 0a 20 49 74 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6c |. . It then l| 000005b0 6f 6f 6b 73 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 73 20 6f 77 6e |ooks for its own| 000005c0 20 64 61 74 61 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 28 77 68 69 | data file, (whi| 000005d0 63 68 20 79 6f 75 20 73 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 |ch you set the f| 000005e0 69 72 73 74 20 74 69 6d 65 20 79 6f 75 20 75 73 |irst time you us| 000005f0 65 0a 21 46 69 6c 65 43 68 65 63 6b 29 2c 20 77 |e.!FileCheck), w| 00000600 68 69 63 68 20 72 65 73 69 64 65 73 20 69 6e 73 |hich resides ins| 00000610 69 64 65 20 21 3c 61 70 70 73 3e 20 0a 0a 20 49 |ide !<apps> .. I| 00000620 66 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 |f any of the sta| 00000630 6e 64 61 72 64 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 28 21 52 75 |ndard files (!Ru| 00000640 6e 2c 20 21 52 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 65 2c 20 21 42 |n, !RunImage, !B| 00000650 6f 6f 74 29 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 70 72 65 |oot) are not pre| 00000660 73 65 6e 74 0a 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 61 73 |sent.they are as| 00000670 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 61 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 20 |signed a length | 00000680 6f 66 20 30 20 73 6f 20 61 6e 79 20 63 68 61 6e |of 0 so any chan| 00000690 67 65 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 64 |ges can be noted| 000006a0 2e 20 20 49 74 20 74 68 65 6e 20 0a 66 69 6e 64 |. It then .find| 000006b0 73 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 20 6f 66 20 |s the length of | 000006c0 74 68 65 20 57 49 4d 50 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 |the WIMP files a| 000006d0 6e 64 20 6c 6f 61 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 |nd loads the dat| 000006e0 61 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6f 72 69 67 69 |a of their origi| 000006f0 6e 61 6c 20 0a 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 2e 0a 0a 49 66 |nal .length...If| 00000700 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 | any of the file| 00000710 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 64 |s have increased| 00000720 20 69 6e 20 73 69 7a 65 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 68 | in size then th| 00000730 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 64 3a 0a |ey are renamed:.| 00000740 0a 21 52 75 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 2d 2d 3e 20 |.!Run ---> | 00000750 20 21 56 69 72 75 73 72 75 6e 0a 21 42 6f 6f 74 | !Virusrun.!Boot| 00000760 20 20 20 20 20 2d 2d 2d 3e 20 20 21 56 69 72 75 | ---> !Viru| 00000770 73 62 6f 6f 74 0a 21 52 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 65 20 |sboot.!RunImage | 00000780 2d 2d 2d 3e 20 20 21 56 69 72 75 73 49 6d 67 0a |---> !VirusImg.| 00000790 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 69 73 20 6e 6f |..The user is no| 000007a0 74 69 66 69 65 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 |tified of this a| 000007b0 6e 64 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 65 |nd should then e| 000007c0 78 61 6d 69 6e 65 20 74 68 65 20 6f 66 66 65 6e |xamine the offen| 000007d0 64 69 6e 67 20 66 69 6c 65 2f 73 2e 20 0a 0a 0a |ding file/s. ...| 000007e0 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 73 69 7a 65 |If the file size| 000007f0 20 69 73 20 75 6e 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 20 74 68 | is unchanged th| 00000800 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 66 69 6c 65 73 |en the datafiles| 00000810 20 61 72 65 20 6c 65 66 74 20 75 6e 63 68 61 6e | are left unchan| 00000820 67 65 64 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 74 68 65 |ged...If you the| 00000830 20 75 73 65 72 20 68 61 73 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 | user has update| 00000840 64 20 61 6e 20 21 3c 61 70 70 3e 20 74 68 65 6e |d an !<app> then| 00000850 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 64 72 61 67 20 74 68 65 | simply drag the| 00000860 20 21 3c 61 70 70 3e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 0a | !<app> to the .| 00000870 21 46 69 6c 65 43 68 65 63 6b 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e |!FileCheck icon.| 00000880 20 20 54 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 66 69 6c 65 20 69 | The datafile i| 00000890 73 20 74 68 65 6e 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 2e 0a |s then updated..| 000008a0 0a 4e 2e 42 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 |.N.B. This progr| 000008b0 61 6d 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 74 74 65 |am does not atte| 000008c0 6d 70 74 20 74 6f 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 6e |mpt to remove an| 000008d0 79 20 76 69 72 75 73 65 73 20 69 74 20 6d 65 72 |y viruses it mer| 000008e0 65 6c 79 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 73 0a 74 6f 20 |ely attempts.to | 000008f0 70 72 65 76 65 6e 74 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 73 70 |prevent their sp| 00000900 72 65 61 64 2e 0a 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 |read....If you h| 00000910 61 76 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 |ave used this pr| 00000920 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 74 6f 20 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 |ogram to protect| 00000930 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 61 6e 64 | your system and| 00000940 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 | if it has worke| 00000950 64 20 0a 61 73 20 73 70 65 63 20 61 67 61 69 6e |d .as spec again| 00000960 73 74 20 61 20 76 69 72 75 73 2c 20 49 20 77 6f |st a virus, I wo| 00000970 75 6c 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 6f 20 68 65 61 72 |uld like to hear| 00000980 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 69 74 2e 20 20 41 6e 79 20 | about it. Any | 00000990 63 61 73 68 20 69 73 20 0a 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 |cash is .welcome| 000009a0 2c 20 28 49 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 |, (I want to get| 000009b0 20 74 68 65 20 52 69 73 63 4f 53 20 70 72 6f 67 | the RiscOS prog| 000009c0 72 61 6d 6d 65 72 73 20 72 65 66 65 72 65 6e 63 |rammers referenc| 000009d0 65 20 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 61 |e manuals, but a| 000009e0 73 20 79 65 74 0a 63 61 73 68 66 6c 6f 77 20 69 |s yet.cashflow i| 000009f0 73 20 61 74 20 61 6e 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 69 6d 65 |s at an all time| 00000a00 20 6c 6f 77 2e 29 0a 0a 43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 | low.)..Copyrigh| 00000a10 74 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 73 20 6d 69 6e 65 20 68 |t remains mine h| 00000a20 6f 77 65 76 65 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c |owever this appl| 00000a30 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 66 |ication may be f| 00000a40 72 65 65 6c 79 20 64 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 |reely distribute| 00000a50 64 2c 0a 61 73 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 61 73 20 69 74 |d,.as long as it| 00000a60 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 73 6f 6c 64 20 66 6f 72 | is not sold for| 00000a70 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 77 6f 20 70 | more than two p| 00000a80 6f 75 6e 64 73 2e 0a 49 74 20 6d 61 79 20 6e 6f |ounds..It may no| 00000a90 74 20 62 65 20 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 |t be altered in | 00000aa0 61 6e 79 20 77 61 79 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 74 |any way except t| 00000ab0 6f 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 |o rename the dat| 00000ac0 61 66 69 6c 65 20 28 69 6e 20 63 61 73 65 20 0a |afile (in case .| 00000ad0 61 6e 79 20 76 69 72 75 73 20 63 68 65 63 6b 73 |any virus checks| 00000ae0 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 69 6e 65 29 0a 0a 0a 49 66 20 | for mine)...If | 00000af0 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 |you have found a| 00000b00 6e 79 20 62 75 67 73 20 28 77 68 61 74 3f 21 3f |ny bugs (what?!?| 00000b10 29 20 6f 72 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 |) or would like | 00000b20 74 6f 20 64 6f 6e 61 74 65 20 74 6f 20 61 20 66 |to donate to a f| 00000b30 75 6e 64 20 0a 74 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 6d 65 20 |und .to help me | 00000b40 70 75 72 63 68 61 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 50 52 4f |purchase the PRO| 00000b50 47 52 41 4d 45 52 53 20 52 45 46 45 52 45 4e 43 |GRAMERS REFERENC| 00000b60 45 20 4d 41 4e 55 41 4c 53 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 |E MANUALS I can | 00000b70 62 65 20 72 65 61 63 68 65 64 20 61 74 20 3a 0a |be reached at :.| 00000b80 0a 20 20 20 50 6c 61 73 20 45 79 74 6f 6e 2c 0a |. Plas Eyton,.| 00000b90 20 20 20 53 6f 6e 74 6c 65 79 2c 0a 20 20 20 57 | Sontley,. W| 00000ba0 72 65 78 68 61 6d 2c 0a 20 20 20 57 61 6c 65 73 |rexham,. Wales| 00000bb0 2e 0a 20 20 20 4c 4c 31 33 30 59 44 0a 0a 20 20 |.. LL130YD.. | 00000bc0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 55 70 64 61 74 65 | .Update| 00000bd0 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 33 2e 30 30 0a 0a 52 65 63 |:. 3.00..Rec| 00000be0 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 3a 0a 0a 4e |ently added :..N| 00000bf0 6f 77 20 70 6c 61 79 73 20 54 52 41 43 4b 45 52 |ow plays TRACKER| 00000c00 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 | modules from th| 00000c10 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 2e 0a 53 70 65 61 6b |e desktop..Speak| 00000c20 65 72 20 4f 66 66 2f 4f 6e 0a 41 75 64 69 6f 20 |er Off/On.Audio | 00000c30 20 20 4f 66 66 2f 4f 6e 0a 50 61 75 73 65 20 20 | Off/On.Pause | 00000c40 20 4f 66 66 2f 4f 6e 0a 53 74 6f 70 0a 0a 54 52 | Off/On.Stop..TR| 00000c50 41 43 4b 45 52 27 73 20 61 72 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 |ACKER's are only| 00000c60 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 21 | played whilst !| 00000c70 46 69 6c 65 43 68 65 63 6b 20 69 73 20 72 75 6e |FileCheck is run| 00000c80 6e 69 6e 67 0a 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 65 72 72 6f 72 |ning..When error| 00000c90 73 20 6f 63 63 75 72 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 |s occur clicking| 00000ca0 20 22 43 41 4e 43 4c 45 22 20 71 75 69 74 73 20 | "CANCLE" quits | 00000cb0 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 74 6c 79 21 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |instantly!. | 00000cc0 20 20 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 65 70 6c 61 63 | .. 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