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F/Using1
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.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_19.ADF |
| Filename: | F/Using1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 116C bytes |
| Load address: | 55204556 |
| Exec address: | 676E6973 |
File contents
USING THE ELECTRON AND THE BEEB ........................................................... Word Processing. All computers suffer lockups when the cursor stops flashing and no ammont of keys have any effect except the dreaded BREAK. This can be particularly annoying when you have just finished typing in a letter or something into your word processor. Press BREAK to get the word processor back and you lose your text. Well press BREAK. Then type *SAVE XYZ 1D00 4000 <RET> This will save a file called XYZ which will contain your text and a lot of garbage. Now *WORD <RET> then READ XYZ <RET> After a few moments the file will load. Go into your word processor and start by deleting the first few lines. When you have got rid of the rubbish at the top go to the end of the file CTRL B with STARWORD and FUNC 3 with VIEW and do the same deleting the garbage. Now save your file with a sensible file name and continue working. STARWORD will restart after BREAK but *SAVE works within it As someone who also uses a PC I have to say that I have never figured out what to do when a similar problem happens there. ........................................................... CAPS LOCK Sometimes it may be convienent for the CAPS lock to be switched off automatically say with a !BOOT file when LOADing a word processor. The easiest way to do this is *FX202,48 ........................................................... !BOOT. This is a special function on discs. When you press SHIFT BREAK the disc filing system will first check what the option is set to. This can be seen at the top of the disc catalogue. It will usually be OPTION (3) EXEC. This tells the DFS to look for a file called !BOOT and to execute the instructions there. To set the option type *OPT 4,3 <RET> OPT4,1 will load what is in the !BOOT file so if you have a piece of code like CODE2 on the EUG disc simply *RENAME it to !BOOT OPT4,2 will *RUN an assembly routine. If you are unsure stick with OPT4,3 ........................................................... Function keys. These keys can be programed with commands which you might find labourous to keep typing in. When I duplicate the EUG discs I program function keys like this. *KEY1 *FORM80|M0MY*BACKUP 1 0|MY*VERIFY0|M *FORM80 is the format command from ADT. The |M is RETURN. 0 is the drive, M is the size of disc and Y is the Y needed to start the process. *BACKUP 1 0 is also from ADT as is *VERIFY. So by using a function key I can do all this with one key press.Incidently the character | means CTRL. The codes are outlined in appendix A in your user guide. Also if you try to print this article | may not be printed. ........................................................... Disk drive numbering ADFS recognises 2 drives 0 and 1. When you use a double sided drive with ADFS the second side will be used by formatting your discs as L. If you have two drives single or double sided one will be drive 0 the other drive 1. On DFS this is a little different. Assuming you have two double sided drives the sides are 0, 1, 2, and 3. Side 0 is on the first drive, side 1 is on the second drive, side 2 is on the other side of the first drive while side 3 is on the other side of the second drive. Imagine your first drive is on the desk while the second is perched on top of the first. Side 1 Second disc drive Side 3 ------ Side 0 First disc drive Side 2 ______________ desk ............................................................ Discs and drives. Some people are a little confused about what sort of discs and drives to use with their Elk and Beeb. In a nutshell, Discs: Medium density. Double or single sided even if your drive is single sided. Not high density or HD. These may work but may be unreliable. Drives: Almost any medium density 3.5 in drive will work as a first or second drive. For 5.25 inch drives ask if it works on a PC. If the answer is yes then don't buy it. If you have one of these then it is OK as a second drive but you already know the limitations. If you need a new disc interface then contact Slogger or Pres. For BBC B Watford might also help. A member recently contacted Watford for a ROM board for his BEEB and was told they no-longer stocked them. Later he contacted them again and someone else sold him one. So keep trying ............................................................
00000000 55 53 49 4e 47 20 54 48 45 20 45 4c 45 43 54 52 |USING THE ELECTR| 00000010 4f 4e 20 41 4e 44 20 54 48 45 20 42 45 45 42 0d |ON AND THE BEEB.| 00000020 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e |................| * 00000050 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 0d 57 6f 72 64 |............Word| 00000060 20 50 72 6f 63 65 73 73 69 6e 67 2e 0d 41 6c 6c | Processing..All| 00000070 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 73 20 73 75 66 66 65 | computers suffe| 00000080 72 20 6c 6f 63 6b 75 70 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 |r lockups when t| 00000090 68 65 20 63 75 72 73 6f 72 20 73 74 6f 70 73 20 |he cursor stops | 000000a0 66 6c 61 73 68 69 6e 67 20 0d 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f |flashing .and no| 000000b0 20 61 6d 6d 6f 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 6b 65 79 73 20 | ammont of keys | 000000c0 68 61 76 65 20 61 6e 79 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 20 |have any effect | 000000d0 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 72 65 61 64 |except the dread| 000000e0 65 64 20 0d 42 52 45 41 4b 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 |ed .BREAK. This | 000000f0 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c 61 |can be particula| 00000100 72 6c 79 20 61 6e 6e 6f 79 69 6e 67 20 77 68 65 |rly annoying whe| 00000110 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 6a 75 73 74 20 |n you have just | 00000120 0d 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 64 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 |.finished typing| 00000130 20 69 6e 20 61 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 20 6f 72 20 | in a letter or | 00000140 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 79 |something into y| 00000150 6f 75 72 20 77 6f 72 64 20 0d 70 72 6f 63 65 73 |our word .proces| 00000160 73 6f 72 2e 20 50 72 65 73 73 20 42 52 45 41 4b |sor. Press BREAK| 00000170 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 64 | to get the word| 00000180 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 6f 72 20 62 61 63 6b 20 | processor back | 00000190 61 6e 64 20 0d 79 6f 75 20 6c 6f 73 65 20 79 6f |and .you lose yo| 000001a0 75 72 20 74 65 78 74 2e 20 57 65 6c 6c 20 70 72 |ur text. Well pr| 000001b0 65 73 73 20 42 52 45 41 4b 2e 20 54 68 65 6e 20 |ess BREAK. Then | 000001c0 74 79 70 65 20 0d 2a 53 41 56 45 20 58 59 5a 20 |type .*SAVE XYZ | 000001d0 31 44 30 30 20 34 30 30 30 20 3c 52 45 54 3e 20 |1D00 4000 <RET> | 000001e0 0d 54 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 61 76 65 20 |.This will save | 000001f0 61 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 58 59 |a file called XY| 00000200 5a 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 6f 6e |Z which will con| 00000210 74 61 69 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 0d 74 65 78 74 20 |tain your .text | 00000220 61 6e 64 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 67 61 72 |and a lot of gar| 00000230 62 61 67 65 2e 20 4e 6f 77 20 2a 57 4f 52 44 20 |bage. Now *WORD | 00000240 3c 52 45 54 3e 20 74 68 65 6e 20 52 45 41 44 20 |<RET> then READ | 00000250 58 59 5a 20 0d 3c 52 45 54 3e 20 41 66 74 65 72 |XYZ .<RET> After| 00000260 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 74 | a few moments t| 00000270 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c 6f 61 |he file will loa| 00000280 64 2e 20 47 6f 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |d. 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Now save| 00000370 20 79 6f 75 72 20 66 69 6c 65 20 0d 77 69 74 68 | your file .with| 00000380 20 61 20 73 65 6e 73 69 62 6c 65 20 66 69 6c 65 | a sensible file| 00000390 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e | name and contin| 000003a0 75 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 2e 0d 0d 53 54 41 |ue working...STA| 000003b0 52 57 4f 52 44 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 73 74 61 |RWORD will resta| 000003c0 72 74 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 42 52 45 41 4b 20 62 |rt after BREAK b| 000003d0 75 74 20 2a 53 41 56 45 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 77 |ut *SAVE works w| 000003e0 69 74 68 69 6e 20 69 74 0d 0d 41 73 20 73 6f 6d |ithin it..As som| 000003f0 65 6f 6e 65 20 77 68 6f 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 75 73 |eone who also us| 00000400 65 73 20 61 20 50 43 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 |es a PC I have t| 00000410 6f 20 73 61 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 68 61 76 |o say that I hav| 00000420 65 20 0d 6e 65 76 65 72 20 66 69 67 75 72 65 64 |e .never figured| 00000430 20 6f 75 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 | out what to do | 00000440 77 68 65 6e 20 61 20 73 69 6d 69 6c 61 72 20 70 |when a similar p| 00000450 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 68 61 70 70 65 6e 73 20 0d |roblem happens .| 00000460 74 68 65 72 65 2e 0d 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e |there...........| 00000470 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e |................| * 000004a0 2e 2e 0d 43 41 50 53 20 4c 4f 43 4b 0d 53 6f 6d |...CAPS LOCK.Som| 000004b0 65 74 69 6d 65 73 20 69 74 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 |etimes it may be| 000004c0 20 63 6f 6e 76 69 65 6e 65 6e 74 20 66 6f 72 20 | convienent for | 000004d0 74 68 65 20 43 41 50 53 20 6c 6f 63 6b 20 74 6f |the CAPS lock to| 000004e0 20 62 65 20 0d 73 77 69 74 63 68 65 64 20 6f 66 | be .switched of| 000004f0 66 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 |f automatically | 00000500 73 61 79 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 21 42 4f 4f 54 |say with a !BOOT| 00000510 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 0d 4c 4f 41 44 | file when .LOAD| 00000520 69 6e 67 20 61 20 77 6f 72 64 20 70 72 6f 63 65 |ing a word proce| 00000530 73 73 6f 72 2e 20 54 68 65 20 65 61 73 69 65 73 |ssor. The easies| 00000540 74 20 77 61 79 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 69 73 |t way to do this| 00000550 20 69 73 20 0d 2a 46 58 32 30 32 2c 34 38 0d 2e | is .*FX202,48..| 00000560 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e |................| * 00000590 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 0d 21 42 4f 4f 54 |...........!BOOT| 000005a0 2e 20 0d 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 73 70 65 |. .This is a spe| 000005b0 63 69 61 6c 20 66 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e |cial function on| 000005c0 20 64 69 73 63 73 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 | discs. When you| 000005d0 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 0d 53 48 49 46 54 20 42 52 | press .SHIFT BR| 000005e0 45 41 4b 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 66 69 6c |EAK the disc fil| 000005f0 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |ing system will | 00000600 66 69 72 73 74 20 63 68 65 63 6b 20 77 68 61 74 |first check what| 00000610 20 74 68 65 20 0d 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 | the .option is | 00000620 73 65 74 20 74 6f 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e |set to. This can| 00000630 20 62 65 20 73 65 65 6e 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 | be seen at the | 00000640 74 6f 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 |top of the disc | 00000650 0d 63 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 2e 20 49 74 20 77 |.catalogue. It w| 00000660 69 6c 6c 20 75 73 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 62 65 20 4f |ill usually be O| 00000670 50 54 49 4f 4e 20 28 33 29 20 45 58 45 43 2e 20 |PTION (3) EXEC. | 00000680 54 68 69 73 20 74 65 6c 6c 73 20 0d 74 68 65 20 |This tells .the | 00000690 44 46 53 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 66 6f 72 20 |DFS to look for | 000006a0 61 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 21 42 |a file called !B| 000006b0 4f 4f 54 20 61 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 65 78 65 63 75 |OOT and to execu| 000006c0 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 0d 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 |te the .instruct| 000006d0 69 6f 6e 73 20 74 68 65 72 65 2e 20 54 6f 20 73 |ions there. To s| 000006e0 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 79 |et the option ty| 000006f0 70 65 20 2a 4f 50 54 20 34 2c 33 20 3c 52 45 54 |pe *OPT 4,3 <RET| 00000700 3e 0d 4f 50 54 34 2c 31 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c 6f |>.OPT4,1 will lo| 00000710 61 64 20 77 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |ad what is in th| 00000720 65 20 21 42 4f 4f 54 20 66 69 6c 65 20 73 6f 20 |e !BOOT file so | 00000730 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 0d 70 |if you have a .p| 00000740 69 65 63 65 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 64 65 20 6c 69 6b |iece of code lik| 00000750 65 20 43 4f 44 45 32 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 45 |e CODE2 on the E| 00000760 55 47 20 64 69 73 63 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 2a |UG disc simply *| 00000770 52 45 4e 41 4d 45 20 69 74 20 0d 74 6f 20 21 42 |RENAME it .to !B| 00000780 4f 4f 54 0d 4f 50 54 34 2c 32 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |OOT.OPT4,2 will | 00000790 2a 52 55 4e 20 61 6e 20 61 73 73 65 6d 62 6c 79 |*RUN an assembly| 000007a0 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 2e 0d 49 66 20 79 6f 75 | routine..If you| 000007b0 20 61 72 65 20 75 6e 73 75 72 65 20 73 74 69 63 | are unsure stic| 000007c0 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 4f 50 54 34 2c 33 0d 2e 2e |k with OPT4,3...| 000007d0 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e |................| * 00000800 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 0d 46 75 6e 63 74 69 |..........Functi| 00000810 6f 6e 20 6b 65 79 73 2e 0d 20 54 68 65 73 65 20 |on keys.. These | 00000820 6b 65 79 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 70 72 6f 67 |keys can be prog| 00000830 72 61 6d 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 |ramed with comma| 00000840 6e 64 73 20 0d 77 68 69 63 68 20 79 6f 75 20 6d |nds .which you m| 00000850 69 67 68 74 20 66 69 6e 64 20 6c 61 62 6f 75 72 |ight find labour| 00000860 6f 75 73 20 74 6f 20 6b 65 65 70 20 74 79 70 69 |ous to keep typi| 00000870 6e 67 20 69 6e 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 49 20 0d 64 |ng in. When I .d| 00000880 75 70 6c 69 63 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 45 55 47 |uplicate the EUG| 00000890 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 49 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d | discs I program| 000008a0 20 66 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6b 65 79 73 20 6c | function keys l| 000008b0 69 6b 65 20 74 68 69 73 2e 0d 0d 2a 4b 45 59 31 |ike this...*KEY1| 000008c0 20 2a 46 4f 52 4d 38 30 7c 4d 30 4d 59 2a 42 41 | *FORM80|M0MY*BA| 000008d0 43 4b 55 50 20 31 20 30 7c 4d 59 2a 56 45 52 49 |CKUP 1 0|MY*VERI| 000008e0 46 59 30 7c 4d 0d 0d 2a 46 4f 52 4d 38 30 20 69 |FY0|M..*FORM80 i| 000008f0 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 63 6f 6d |s the format com| 00000900 6d 61 6e 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 41 44 54 2e 20 54 |mand from ADT. T| 00000910 68 65 20 7c 4d 20 69 73 20 52 45 54 55 52 4e 2e |he |M is RETURN.| 00000920 0d 30 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 72 69 76 65 2c |.0 is the drive,| 00000930 20 4d 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 7a 65 20 6f | M is the size o| 00000940 66 20 64 69 73 63 20 61 6e 64 20 59 20 69 73 20 |f disc and Y is | 00000950 74 68 65 20 59 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 20 0d 74 6f |the Y needed .to| 00000960 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 63 65 | start the proce| 00000970 73 73 2e 20 2a 42 41 43 4b 55 50 20 31 20 30 20 |ss. *BACKUP 1 0 | 00000980 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 41 44 54 |is also from ADT| 00000990 20 61 73 20 69 73 20 0d 2a 56 45 52 49 46 59 2e | as is .*VERIFY.| 000009a0 20 0d 53 6f 20 62 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 61 20 | .So by using a | 000009b0 66 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6b 65 79 20 49 20 63 |function key I c| 000009c0 61 6e 20 64 6f 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 |an do all this w| 000009d0 69 74 68 20 6f 6e 65 20 6b 65 79 20 10 0d 70 72 |ith one key ..pr| 000009e0 65 73 73 2e 10 49 6e 63 69 64 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 |ess..Incidently | 000009f0 74 68 65 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 7c 20 |the character | | 00000a00 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 43 54 52 4c 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |means CTRL. The | 00000a10 63 6f 64 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 10 0d 6f 75 74 6c |codes are ..outl| 00000a20 69 6e 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 70 70 65 6e 64 69 78 |ined in appendix| 00000a30 20 41 20 69 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 75 73 65 72 20 | A in your user | 00000a40 67 75 69 64 65 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 20 69 66 20 79 |guide. Also if y| 00000a50 6f 75 20 74 72 79 20 10 0d 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e |ou try ..to prin| 00000a60 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 20 7c |t this article || 00000a70 20 6d 61 79 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 70 72 69 6e | may not be prin| 00000a80 74 65 64 2e 0d 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e |ted.............| 00000a90 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e |................| * 00000ac0 0d 44 69 73 6b 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 |.Disk drive numb| 00000ad0 65 72 69 6e 67 0d 41 44 46 53 20 72 65 63 6f 67 |ering.ADFS recog| 00000ae0 6e 69 73 65 73 20 32 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 20 30 |nises 2 drives 0| 00000af0 20 61 6e 64 20 31 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 | and 1. When you| 00000b00 20 75 73 65 20 61 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 0d 73 | use a double .s| 00000b10 69 64 65 64 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 |ided drive with | 00000b20 41 44 46 53 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 |ADFS the second | 00000b30 73 69 64 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 |side will be use| 00000b40 64 20 62 79 20 0d 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 74 69 6e 67 |d by .formatting| 00000b50 20 79 6f 75 72 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 61 73 20 4c | your discs as L| 00000b60 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 77 |. If you have tw| 00000b70 6f 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 20 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 20 |o drives single | 00000b80 6f 72 20 0d 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 73 69 64 65 64 |or .double sided| 00000b90 20 6f 6e 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 64 72 69 | one will be dri| 00000ba0 76 65 20 30 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 64 |ve 0 the other d| 00000bb0 72 69 76 65 20 31 2e 0d 0d 4f 6e 20 44 46 53 20 |rive 1...On DFS | 00000bc0 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 |this is a little| 00000bd0 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 2e 20 41 73 73 75 | different. Assu| 00000be0 6d 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 77 |ming you have tw| 00000bf0 6f 20 10 0d 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 73 69 64 65 64 |o ..double sided| 00000c00 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 64 65 | drives the side| 00000c10 73 20 61 72 65 20 30 2c 20 31 2c 20 32 2c 20 61 |s are 0, 1, 2, a| 00000c20 6e 64 20 33 2e 20 53 69 64 65 20 30 20 69 73 20 |nd 3. Side 0 is | 00000c30 0d 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 10 64 |.on the first .d| 00000c40 72 69 76 65 2c 20 73 69 64 65 20 31 20 69 73 20 |rive, side 1 is | 00000c50 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 64 72 |on the second dr| 00000c60 69 76 65 2c 20 73 69 64 65 20 32 20 0d 69 73 20 |ive, side 2 .is | 00000c70 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 10 73 69 |on the other .si| 00000c80 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 |de of the first | 00000c90 64 72 69 76 65 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 73 69 64 65 |drive while side| 00000ca0 20 33 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 20 0d 74 68 65 20 6f 74 | 3 is on .the ot| 00000cb0 68 65 72 20 73 69 64 65 20 6f 66 20 10 74 68 65 |her side of .the| 00000cc0 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 64 72 69 76 65 2e 0d 49 | second drive..I| 00000cd0 6d 61 67 69 6e 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 66 69 72 73 |magine your firs| 00000ce0 74 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |t drive is on th| 00000cf0 65 20 64 65 73 6b 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 74 68 65 |e desk while the| 00000d00 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 69 73 20 0d 70 65 72 63 | second is .perc| 00000d10 68 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |hed on top of th| 00000d20 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 2e 0d 0d 20 20 20 53 69 64 |e first... Sid| 00000d30 65 20 31 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 65 |e 1 Se| 00000d40 63 6f 6e 64 20 64 69 73 63 20 64 72 69 76 65 0d |cond disc drive.| 00000d50 20 20 20 53 69 64 65 20 33 0d 20 20 20 2d 2d 2d | Side 3. ---| 00000d60 2d 2d 2d 0d 20 20 20 53 69 64 65 20 30 20 20 20 |---. Side 0 | 00000d70 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 46 69 72 73 74 20 64 69 | First di| 00000d80 73 63 20 64 72 69 76 65 0d 20 20 20 53 69 64 65 |sc drive. Side| 00000d90 20 32 0d 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 2._____________| 00000da0 5f 20 20 20 20 20 20 64 65 73 6b 0d 2e 2e 2e 2e |_ desk.....| 00000db0 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e |................| * 00000de0 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 0d 44 69 73 63 73 20 61 |.........Discs a| 00000df0 6e 64 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 2e 0d 53 6f 6d 65 20 |nd drives..Some | 00000e00 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 61 72 65 20 61 20 6c 69 74 |people are a lit| 00000e10 74 6c 65 20 63 6f 6e 66 75 73 65 64 20 61 62 6f |tle confused abo| 00000e20 75 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 73 6f 72 74 20 6f 66 20 |ut what sort of | 00000e30 64 69 73 63 73 20 0d 61 6e 64 20 64 72 69 76 65 |discs .and drive| 00000e40 73 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 |s to use with th| 00000e50 65 69 72 20 45 6c 6b 20 61 6e 64 20 42 65 65 62 |eir Elk and Beeb| 00000e60 2e 20 49 6e 20 61 20 6e 75 74 73 68 65 6c 6c 2c |. 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