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authoring program - A program to catalyze discs: Chemne Base v0.6.

     AUTHOR'S PROGRAMME


 Introducing readers
program sent to us from the city of Ufa on the group CHEMNESOFT.

 Before talking about the program
make a small digression:
Customers who have long linked their lives with a computer
ZX-Spectrum accumulated a large amount of software. When the 
number of disks includes several dozen

then deal with them, albeit with
difficulty, but still possible, but when
account goes to hundreds, then without any directory to work 
with them becomes impossible.


 In the software world
Computer ZX-Spectrum, there are several programs for doing 
catalog disks but in most cases, the information obtained 
through these programs are scarce. Basically all 
katalogolizatsiya reduced to writing the name of the disk and 
write the file name beysikovskih loaders with their cut-down 
program name. 

 Group CHEMNESOFT done
a lot of work to create a program with which you can make a 
directory of your software with the full name of the game and 
make marks to which the genre is this or that game. 

 The program has a name
"ChemneBase v0.6" and is intended primarily for those who
has a large number of disks
Gaming Software and
recommended for those who are engaged in software distribution
software.

 The disadvantages of the program should be
include the fact that the cap table
done so poorly. Therefore,
at the initial stage of development
completion of the program table
causes some difficulties.


(C) CHEMNESOFT 01.07.96

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   Description 'ChemneBase v0.6'

            21.06.96
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  You are free to use 'copy

              v0.6

Overview -------- -------
 This program allows you to catalog the vast number of game 
drives. 

 The maximum length of the full name of the disc or the game = 
255.Igra characterized by its attributes and genre.


 In version 0.6 the amount of edited data is limited amount of 
RAM your computer.


------- No overview -----
 Work in this database is in 2 modes: 'VIEW'
and 'COMMAND', in 1-m by moving / viewing / selection -
game or disc, but in the 2 nd Choice and
command prompt.

 The transition from command mode to playback mode is carried 
out Keys 'Up' or 'Down'

by the way


           About keys

 Supports the following standards:


    Left Right Up Down

       1 2 3 4

       6 7 8 9

       O P A Q

       O P X S

 plus the arrow keys. "Ogon'5, 0, , M, N, <Enter>
Cancel / exit - key <Edit>,
or  (SS + A).

In the 'VIEW'ispolzuyutsya following keys:

<True Video> - previous disc,
 - the next disc,
 - Acc-st team
<Graph> - Install on nuzh
          LIMITED drive
 - command 'Add new

                game ',
<Ext Mode> + the first letter of the command
activates the appropriate command.

 In edit mode, supported by standard 'YAVERTY' as
I'll change it later.


             On the drive

 The disc has the following options:
- Number
- Amount of free space,
- The label (8 characters)
- Full name of the disk.


             On the game

 The game is characterized by the following
parameters:

- The name of the disk (8 characters)
- The name game
- Attribute:
- - Disked?

full disk version?
- - Country
where made and / or in what language
- - Release date
Release Date Game (1982-2012)
- - Up date
Date of completion and / or transfer
- - AY?
Coprocessor is used music?
- - CHEAT?
The game has a mode for easy
passage?
- - TOTAL?
This is the full version?
- - MEMORY

The minimum amount of memory required for the performance of 
the program. 

 - Genre (the settings have not
satisfied, because there is not enough
Universality, which allows to define the genre most games.
The question of genre remains an open question).


          About commands

 Pay attention when you are in 'COMMAND', in
bottom line displays the game
which will be made all
follow-up.

- 'Add new disk from driver'
Add to the disc from the floppy
- 'Add new game'
Add game to record all the default settings.
- 'Add new disk'
Add a disk to write all the default settings.
- 'Edit game's parameters'
Edit the following game options:
- - 'Edit game's name'
 name on the disk and the full name,
- - 'Edit game's attribute'
 attributes of the game,
- - 'Edit game's genre'
 game genre.
- 'Delete disk'
Remove the disc from the records
- 'Delete game'
Remove the game from the records
- 'Option'
(Not yet implemented)
- 'Mask'
- - 'Set mask on game'
Edit Mask game (so far
not implemented.
- - 'Set mask on disk'
Edit Mask ROM, (while
not implemented).
- - 'Any disk' game '
Install the disc and play mask 'vseravno' for all parameters 
(not implemented yet). - Search '

- - 'Search game'
Search for a game. For example search for "ER"
you can find all games containing
ing "ER".
- - 'Masked searching'
Search for a given mask (yet
not implemented).
- 'File'
- - 'Save file'
Save to disk in the file: ...
- - 'Load file'
Recover from a disk ...
- - 'View catalog'
View directory of the drive.
- - 'Save texted file'
Write to disk in text form (not yet implemented).
- - 'Save masked file'
Save to disk drives and only those games that satisfy
mask (not yet implemented).
- - 'Merge file'
Join data from the disk (for
ka is not implemented).
- 'About'
Here you can learn about managing
(Not only).
- 'Quit'
I think that comment is superfluous.


      Free Tips

 Should not exist on disk
where there are no games! If
suddenly this showed up, immediately add the game or delete
this disc.
 Do not change the order of the files recorded on CD! Owners 
128k machines can have a maximum of 6

files, the owners SCORPION'ov -
-13, Depending on the amount of memory.

 Those who will make the converter
or even something similar, should know that the full length of 
the name of the game or the disc can not be = 0!

 Attention! The program does not track errors in disk 
operations, and therefore do not recommend anywhere to reap 
'BREAK', and leave drive is empty.


 Error message in the data
pops up when finished
memory, or in violation of the data format.

 If you run out of free
Memory (?), and got an error
sign up and paste into DOCTORom
the end of the 4 zeros in the right meste.Nuzhnoe place - is 
the beginning of the description last game. To do this, it 
would be nice to know the data format. 


    Data storage format for

              CD

 The first (and maybe only)
file size in the high byte must contain a number of files
(The length of their fixed and = 64
sectors). The following files in the
low byte size should contain a decreasing number.

 Whoever does not understand that the record is
pages, he can not continue
read.


          Data format

 Information block disk:

0 - the first byte must be pa
    equal to zero - a sign of dispersion
    ka.

S - in this byte must be

    full length of the drive.

    Can not be 0.

NN - in these 2 bytes contain
   Xia disk number. Can not be

    = 0.

NN - in these 2 bytes store

    number of free sectors.

    Not recommended value is 0.

DISKNAME - disklabel (8

           bytes).
XXXXXXXX - must go to S bytes

           lnogo disc titles.
S - trailing byte as long
     women be fully equal to the length
     On the disc name <> 0.

 Information block play:
L - this byte should be the length =

     not the full name igry.Ne

     can be 0.
FILENAME - name of the game on a disk of

           8 characters.
XXXXXXXX - L bytes are full

           name of the game.
PPPPP - in the 5 byte stores

          tsya attribute and genre u
          ry.
 L - trailing byte as long
     = length of the wives to be full on

     title game <> 0.
 End of data is a disk with
long full name = 0, and with the number 0, ie 4 zeros in a row.

 The bit layout attributes and
the genre is as follows (numbering bits
starts with the LSB 1
bytes for MSB 5-th byte)
0,1 - Disked?
2,3,4 - Country
5,6,7,8,9 - Release date
10,11,12,13,14 - Up date
1915 - AY?
1916 - CHEAT?
17.18 - FULL?
19.20 ,..., 34.35 - Genre
36,37,38,39 - MEMORY
 For information block disk
must go at least
one block of the game.


            Some

             hidden

           opportunities

 Change 'YAVERTY' on anything
Both can be through the establishment of its table of keys. Its 
size is equal to 320 bytes, ie to 40 in each mode: LAT, lat, SS 
+ LAT, SS + lat, RUS, rus, SS + RUS, SS + rus

Load address 44740.
 Change is possible and the font, size = 1024 bytes, address = 
45828.  You can change the genre. To do this you must load from 
address 43772 HEADTEXT (size <= 583), and Adre

ca 43082 detailed description of the genre GENRE (size <= 667).
 I would like to know your opinion
regarding this database,
ie that you are not satisfied that
needed specifically for that too, and so
etc., etc. As far as possible
all claims and wishes will be
included in the full version.
 Those wishing to express their proposals, suggestions, 
complaints can write to: 


      Bashkortostan, Ufa,

        450105, PO Box 350

       Gazizullin Vasil

 After the release of the very first beta (buggy) version has 
already passed a month, no response

not received. I believe that my great programming style and a 
great interface program suits all.


 All those who are immensely impressed
my talent and genius,
or vice versa - and genius
talent, as well as all those who
even more brilliant, but less talented, or - who are more 
talented, but less than brilliant - can send their enthusiastic 
reviews at the above address. 

 I may be a genius, but yet ready to get acquainted with each 
letter. All those who consider themselves not less than 
brilliant and talented, (And maybe more?), Can shake my 
self-esteem by providing conclusive evidence. 


  A clear sign of genius -

    Sense of humor!



          About CHEMNESOFT
 Ingredients:

 Basil - Gazizullin Vasil.

 Last of the Mohicans, was present at the birth. Until now 
vremyani showed himself as a very talented programmer. 
Haraternaya feature programming - easy interface versatility. 
Born and lives in Bashkortostan, an ethnic -

Tatar, a native language - Russian.
Characterized by instability before
temptation to taste the compound "CE TWO ON FIVE ASH ASH.

 Michael - Michael Golubyatnikov.

 The penultimate of the Mohicans, inherent
tstvoval at the dawn. Once made an enormous contribution to the 
development ChemneSoft, but later due to weakness of character, 
be tempted to worldly life - stopped programming.

 ChemneSoft and the world gradually loses the programmer, who 
served the great hope! 

 Jedi - Evgeny Davydov.

 Because of its overbearing and
proximity to the Mohicans ... (?????),
from a geographical point of view,
was adopted into the tribe as an artist. Trying to program.
Colossal fountain of ideas flooded not only himself, but 
pouring over the edge drowns all others. The only one who 
morally supported and pop various delusions Basil'u

when writing Database.

 VRT - Ruslan Valiev.

 The only member not ChemneSoft
having any knowledge of
Assemblere.Ispolzovan was only once. Fluent in Russian
language, despite its origins. Stubbornly tries to fix his 
mistakes are not in other people's texts, for which he and 
dislike. 

 SHEIKH - Bulat Shayakhmetov.

 His acceptance into the ranks of ChemneSoft
was obmyto recently. Understands all the assembly instructions 
for separately, but does not understand them

in the aggregate. Lack of knowledge in Assembler is compensated 
with the knowledge of iron. 

 B.V. - Vadim Belyaev.

 Adopted and obmyt - yesterday. Trying to teach said Capt. BLO
OD'a in Russian, but still suffers
failure.

 On this o sostave ChemneSoft

            everything!
That's all ....

        DI

        HALT

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