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LOCKSMITH 5.0 SOFTDOX
SUMMARY SHEET
FROM THE SCALPER
NIBBLE EDITOR COMMANDS
CURSOR MOVEMENT
I MOVE UP ONE LINE
J MOVE LEFT ONE CHARACTER
K MOVE RIGHT ONE CHARACTER
M MOVE DOWN ONE LINE
ARROW KEYS FOR APPLE IIE
< MOVE BACK ONE SCREEN PAGE
> MOVE FORWARD ONE SCREEN PAGE
, CONTINUOUS SCROLL BACKWARDS
. CONTINUOUS SCROLL FORWARD
CTRL-B MOVE TO BEGINNING OF BUFFER OR TO TRACK START
CTRL-E MOVE TO END OF TRACK OR END OF BUFFER
CONTROL KEY COMMANDS
CTRL-R READ A TRACK INTO THE BUFFER
CTRL-W WRITE THE CURRENT BUFFER TO DISK
CTRL-A PERFORM AN ALOGITHM. IT WILL ASK FOR PASS:VALUE. RETURN FOR DEFAULTS .
CTRL-S PERFORM CURRENT SET OF ALGORITHMS ON TRACK
CTRL-V SET TRACK VERIFY START. SHOULD BE USED AFTER '('. CHECK '(' BELOW.
CTRL-I INSERT NIBBLE. REPLICATES NIBBLE UNDER CURSOR.
CTRL-D DELETE NIBBLE UNDER CURSOR.
CTRL-F FIND HAS FOUR OPTIONS
CTRL-F ENTER DATA AS HEX NUMBERS SEPARATED BY SPACES END WITH RETURN KEY.
CTRL-F RETURN RPEATS THE LAST CTRL-F COMMAND
CTRL-FL ENTER LENGTH (0-F). LOOK FOR PATTERN STARTING AT CURSOR OF (LENGTH).
CTRL-FL RETURN REPEATS THE LAST CTRL-FL COMMAND
CTRL-FP ENTER A NUMBER (1-7) USES PARM(PATTERN) FOR THE SEARCH
CTRL-FO FINDS THE FIRST NIBBLE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE THE CURSOR IS ON
CTRL-P CHANGE PARAMETERS FROM WITHIN NIBBLE EDITOR.
CTRLP HAS THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS
PARM: ENTER CTRL-R + RETURN. RESTORES ALL DEFAULT PARAMETERS
PARM: ENTER <NAME> + RETURN.
PARM: ENTER <HEX VALUE> (0-1FF VALID) + RETURN
PARM: ENTER <?> + RETURN. DISPLAYS ALL VALID PARM NAMES.
PARM: ENTER <?> + RETURN. MOVES TO NEXT PARAMETER IN SEQUENCE.
PARM: ENTER <RETURN>. EXIT PARAMETER CHANGE MODE.
AFTER PARM HAS BEEN ENTERED YUOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS FOR VALUE.
VALUE:
VALUE: ENTER <RETURN>. ACCEPTS DISPLAYED DEFAULT VALUE
VALUE: ENTER <HEX> + RETURN
VALUE: ENTER <HEX HEX HEX...> + RETURN
VALUE: ENTER <TRACK NUBER WITH DECIMAL POINT.> + RETURN
WARNING! NO CHECK IS MADE TO SEE IF THE PARM IS TRACK
MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS
S SETS NIBBLE UNDER CURSOR TO SELF-SYNC
N SET NIBBLE UNDER CURSOR TO NORMAL
C CHANGE MODE. ENTER <HEX HEX ...> + RETURN TO EXIT CHANGE MODE
C THE COMMANDS (S AND N) ALSO WORK IN THE CHANGE MODE
H ENTERING 'H' WILL DISPLAY CURRENT BUFFER ON THE HI-RES SCREEN
HG ENTERING A 'G' WHILE IN HI-RES MODE WILL PRINT THE HI-RES SCREEN IF:
YOU HAVE A PRINTER CAPABLE OF GRAPHICS AND A GRAPHICS PRINTER CARD.
G ENTERING A 'G' SHOWS YOU A TEXT GRAPHIC DISPLAY OF THE BUFFER
D ENTERING A 'D' WILL GIVE YOU A DISPLAY OF THE 16 SECTOR ADDRESSES AND THE DATA CHECKSUM. FOR 12 SECTOR IT WILL DISPLAY ADDRESS FIELDS ONLY
CTRL-Z PRINTS FROM '(' <TRACK START> TO ')' <TRACK END> ON THE PRINTER.
ESC PRESSING 'ESC' KEY EXITS THE NIBBLE EDITOR.
STATUS CODES
. NORMAL COMPLETION OF A LOCKSMITH FUNCTION ON A TRACK.
* INDICATES THAT AN ERROR OCURRED ON THE TRACK.
1-9 WHEN DISPLAYED DURING A VERIFY FUNCTION INDICATE THAT TRACK READS CORRECTLY BUT ONLY AFTER THE INDICATED NUMBER OF TRIES.
1-F WHEN DISPLAYED DURING THE BACKUP FUNCTION INDICATED THAT THE DISPLAYED ERROR CODE WAS GENERATED WHILE PROCESSING THE TRACK.
0 INDICATES THAT THE TRACK WAS COPIED WITH NO ERRORS
E WHEN DISPLAYED INDICATES TRACK WAS SUCCESSFULLY ERASED
F WHEN DISPLAYED INDICATES TRACK WAS SUCCESSFULLY FORMATED
ACTIVITY CODES
R READING TRACK
W WRITING TRACK
V VERIFING OR COMPARING TRACK
S SYNCHRONIZING TRACK
F TRACK BEING FORMATED
A TRACK BEING ANALYZED AFTER READ
E TRACK BEING ERASED
C TRACK BEING CERTIFIED
O INDICATES THAT FAST DISK BACKUP IS WAITING FOR THE MOTOR TO COME UP TO SPEED
N INDICATES NIBBLE EDITOR IS PROCESSING THE TRACK
DOS ERROR CODES
04 DISK WRITE PROTECTED
06 FILE NOT FOUND
08 DISK I/O ERROR OCCURED
09 DISK IS FULL
0A FILE IS LOCKED
FAST DISK COPY
TYPING 'V' VERIFIES WRITE
ERROR CODES
0 NO ERROR
1 NOTING INTELIGIBLE ON TRACK
2 CAN'T FIND REPEAT OF TRACK START
4 ERROR COMPAREING FIRST AND SECOND TRACK IMAGES
5 END OF LIMIT DURING AUTOMATIC COUNT PRESERVE
8 VERIFY FIELD AFTER WRITE (PERHAPS TRACK START OVERWRITTEN)
THANX,
THE SCALPER