аUTOгRAPH V1.0 пAGE 1 аUTOгRAPH V1.0 вELCOME TO аUTOгRAPH, ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE GRAPHICS CONVERT/DISPLAY PROGRAMS TO COME ALONG! тHIS PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW AND MANAGE FILES CREATED FROM MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART PROGRAMS, AND ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT BETWEEN ANY OF THE FORMATS SUPPORTED. тHE PROGRAM HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE, AND HOPEFULLY, IT IS. вHEN YOU START THE PROGRAM, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO INSERT A DISK CONTAINING GRAPHICS FILES. тHE ф1/ф2 KEYS LET YOU CHANGE THE DEVICE NUMBER THAT аUTOгRAPH WILL SEARCH FOR FILES, AND THE ф3/ф4 KEYS WILL LET YOU CHANGE THE DRIVE NUMBER. фOR 1541/71/81 DISK DRIVES, THE DRIVE NUMBER HAS NO MEANING, AND муст BE LEFT AT 0. дUAL DRIVES SUCH AS THE 4040 OR 8050, OR HARD DRIVES LIKE THE лT. кERNAL WILL BE ABLE USE THE DRIVE NUMBER TO SELECT DISKS OR PARTITIONS. 1581 USERS WILL USE A DIFFERENT METHOD TO SELECT PARTITIONS, AND SHOULD SIMPLY INSERT THE DISK AND PRESS ретурн. аUTOгRAPH WILL THEN READ THE DIRECTORY AND LOOK FOR GRAPHIC FILES THAT ARE IN A FORMAT IT RECOGNIZES. нOT ALL GRAPHIC FORMATS ARE SUPPORTED, BUT MOST OF THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL ART PROGRAM FORMATS ARE SUPPORTED. иF аUTOгRAPH CAN'T FIND ANY FILES THAT IT RECOGNIZES ON THE DISK, IT WILL ASK FOR ANOTHER DISK BEFORE ALLOWING YOU TO PROCEED. оNCE аUTOгRAPH READS A DIRECTORY CONTAINING GRAPHIC FILES, IT WILL DISPLAY THE MAIN SCREEN. мOST OF THE SCREEN CONTAINS A WINDOW SHOWING WHAT FILES ARE ON THE DISK. аUTOгRAPH DISPLAYS THE NAME OF EACH FILE, WITHOUT THE PREFIX OR SUFFIX ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FILE TYPE, AND PLACES A TWO-LETTER CODE AFTER EACH FILE, WHICH SHOWS ITS TYPE. тHE TYPES RECOGNIZED BY аUTOгRAPH AND THE TWO-LETTER CODES SHOWN FOR EACH TYPE ARE EXPLAINED BELOW: ко кOALA пAINT рб рун пAINT бITMAP дд дOODLE! рм рун пAINT мED-рES гг цOMPRESSED кOALA рх рун пAINT хI-рES йй цOMPRESSED дOODLE бп бLAZING пADDLES оц оцп аRT сTUDIO сб сид/пиц бITMAP ад аDVANCED оцп аRT см сид/пиц мULTICOLOR 64 аRTIST 64 сх сид/пиц хI-рES ыOU WILL SEE A "CURSOR" ON ONE OF THE FILENAMES, WHICH YOU CAN MOVE AROUND WITH THE црср KEYS. тHE CURSOR SHOWS WHICH FILE WILL BE ACTED UPON BY A COMMAND THAT YOU GIVE. тHE хоме AND цлр (сHIFT хоме) KEYS MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE FIRST OR LAST FILE ON THE SCREEN, RESPECTIVELY. пRESSING хоме OR цлр TWICE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF THE DIRECTORY. аLL OF THE COMMANDS THAT YOU WILL USE CAN WORK ON ONE FILE аUTOгRAPH V1.0 пAGE 2 OR SEVERAL FILES AT A TIME. тO SPECIFY A SINGLE FILE, SIMPLY MOVE THE CURSOR TO THAT FILE AND GIVE THE COMMAND. тO SPECIFY SEVERAL FILES TO BE OPERATED ON IN A BATCH, USE FILE SELECTION. тHE спаце BAR IS USED TO SELECT THE FILE UNDER THE CURSOR. вHEN A FILE IS SELECTED, IT APPEARS IN REVERSE VIDEO ON THE SCREEN. ыOU CAN MOVE THE CURSOR AROUND, SELECTING AS MANY FILES AS YOU LIKE, AND WHEN YOU GIVE A COMMAND, ALL FILES THAT ARE SELECTED WILL BE OPERATED ON BY THE COMMAND. тHOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH фAST хACK'EM AND OTHER COPY PROGRAMS WILL RECOGNIZED THIS APPROACH TO FILE PROCESSING. а QUICK METHOD OF SELECTING FILES IS TO USE THE TOGGLE COMMAND, "т", WHICH REVERSES THE SELECTION STATUS OF ALL FILENAMES. пRESSING "т" WITH NO FILES SELECTED CAUSES ALL FILES TO BE SELECTED. аLSO, THE UNSELECT COMMAND, "у", QUICKLY UNSELECTS ALL SELECTED FILES, SO THAT YOU CAN SELECT A DIFFERENT BATCH TO PROCESS. оNCE YOU KNOW WHAT FILES YOU WANT TO USE IN A COMMAND, SIMPLY PRESS THE KEY THAT PERFORMS THAT COMMAND, AND THE COMMAND WILL START EXECUTING. нOTE THAT IN ALMOST EVERY CASE, YOU CAN PRESS THE стоп KEY TO CANCEL A COMMAND AND RETURN TO THE MAIN SCREEN, SO IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, JUST PRESS стоп. пRESSING стоп AT THE MAIN SCREEN WILL EXIT THE PROGRAM AND PUT YOU BACK AT THE бASIC реады PROMPT. цOMMAND сUMMARY пRESSING THE ретурн KEY STARTS THE жIEW COMMAND, WHICH DISPLAYS FILES ON THE SCREEN. ыOU CAN VIEW ONE FILE OR SELECT MANY FILES AND VIEW THEM ONE AFTER THE OTHER. вHILE YOU ARE VIEWING A FILE, YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN PERFORM, THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. пRESSING THE ф1 AND ф3 KEYS CHANGES THE BORDER COLOR OF THE PICTURE. иF YOU PRESS "и" WHILE VIEWING A PICTURE, THE BITMAP WILL BE INVERTED. тHIS FUNCTION HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE HELPFUL WHEN VIEWING FILES CREATED BY SCANNERS OR DIGITIZERS. аNY OTHER KEY (EXCEPT "с") STOPS VIEWING THE FILE. иF THERE ARE MORE FILES TO BE VIEWED, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE LOADED AND DISPLAYED. ыOU CAN PRESS стоп TO CANCEL A MULTI-FILE жIEW. пRESSING "с" WHILE VIEWING A PICTURE STARTS A сAVE OPERATION. тHE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN CAN BE SAVED TO DISK, EITHER IN THE SAME FORMAT OR IN ANY OTHER FORMAT OF THE SAME DISPLAY TYPE (MULTICOLOR OR HI-RES). а MENU WILL APPEAR SHOWING WHICH TYPES YOU CAN CONVERT TO. иF YOU SELECT ONE AND PRESS ретурн, THE FILE WILL BE SAVED IN THE FORMAT YOU SELECTED. дETAILS ON SOURCE AND DESTINATION DRIVES WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER. аUTOгRAPH V1.0 пAGE 3 иF YOU PRESS THE "с" KEY FROM THE MAIN COMMAND SCREEN, YOU WILL START A сLIDESHOW, WHICH IS A WAY OF DISPLAYING PICTURES, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, WITH A TIMED DELAY IN BETWEEN. уNLIKE THE жIEW COMMAND, WHICH ALWAYS RETURNS TO THE MAIN SCREEN WHEN LOADING THE NEXT FILE, THE сLIDESHOW COMMAND LOADS THE NEXT PICTURE IN THE SEQUENCE WHILE IT IS STILL DISPLAYING THE PREVIOUS PICTURE. оNLY WHEN THE PICTURE FINISHES LOADING, AND THEN ONLY AFTER THE INTER-PICTURE DELAY TIME RUNS OUT, THEN THE NEXT PICTURE IS DISPLAYED. вHEN YOU START A SLIDESHOW, YOU ARE ASKED FIRST FOR A TIME DELAY BETWEEN PICTURES. ыOU CAN ENTER ANY VALUE FROM 1 TO 255 SECONDS, ALTHOUGH IT USUALLY TAKES LONGER THAN 1 SECOND TO LOAD A PICTURE. тHIS TIME DELAY IS MEASURED FROM THE START OF DISPLAYING ONE PICTURE TO THE START OF THE NEXT PICTURE, INCLUDING LOAD TIME. фOR INSTANCE, IF YOU SELECT A 30 SECOND DELAY, AND THE LOADING OF THE NEXT PICTURE TAKES 10 SECONDS, THE PROGRAM WILL WAIT 20 MORE SECONDS BEFORE DISPLAYING THE PICTURE THAT WAS LOADED. ыOU ARE ALSO ASKED IF YOU WISH TO PERFORM A CONTINUOUS SLIDESHOW. тHIS MEANS THAT AFTER DISPLAYING THE LAST PICTURE IN A SEQUENCE, THE FIRST WILL BE RE-DISPLAYED, AND SO ON. ыOU MUST USE стоп TO EXIT A CONTINUOUS SLIDESHOW. нOTE THAT ONLY THE FILES YOU SELECT WILL BE INCLUDED IN A SLIDESHOW. иF YOU SELECT NO FILES, THEN THIS COMMAND WORKS EXACTLY LIKE жIEW. тHERE MAY BE SOME CASES IN WHICH YOU WISH TO PAUSE A SLIDESHOW FOR A MOMENT, THEN LET IT RESUME. иF YOU PRESS DOWN THE схифт лоцк KEY DURING A SLIDESHOW, THE NEXT PICTURE WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED UNTIL YOU RELEASE THE схифт лоцк KEY. тHE "дел" KEY ALLOWS YOU TO DELETE ONE OR MORE GRAPHIC FILES FROM THE DISK. ыOU ARE ALWAYS ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION BEFORE ANY FILES ARE DELETED. иF YOU ARE DELETING MULTIPLE FILES, THE стоп KEY CAN BE USED TO ABORT THE OPERATION. тHE "р" KEY ALLOWS YOU TO RENAME GRAPHIC FILES, WITH FULL EDITING. тHE OLD FILENAME AND NEW FILENAME ARE DISPLAYED, AND YOU CAN EDIT THE NEW FILENAME TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT, USING THE црср LEFT/RIGHT, хоме, цлр, AND инст/дел KEYS. вHEN YOU HAVE EDITED THE NAME, PRESS ретурн TO RENAME THE FILE, OR стоп IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO RENAME IT. мULTIPLE FILES CAN BE SELECTED AND RENAMED. нOTE THAT IF THE FILENAME YOU SPECIFY IS ILLEGAL, THE RENAME WILL NOT BE PERFORMED. аUTOгRAPH V1.0 пAGE 4 пRESSING "ц" FROM THE MAIN COMMAND SCREEN ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT FILES FROM ONE TYPE TO ANOTHER, WITHOUT HAVING TO USE THE жIEW/сAVE OPTION DESCRIBED EARLIER. нOTE, HOWEVER, THAT IF YOU HAVE ONLY ONE DRIVE, YOU CAN ONLY USE THIS COMMAND IF YOU SAVE TO THE SAME DISK AS YOU ARE LOADING FILES FROM. мAKE SURE THERE IS PLENTY OF SPACE ON THE DISK. а MENU WILL APPEAR SHOWING YOU WHICH TYPES YOU CAN CONVERT THE HI-RES AND MULTICOLOR FILES THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED ON THE DISK. нOTE THAT ON BOTH MENUS, AN OPTION CALLED "нO цONVERSION" APPEARS. иF YOU SELECT THIS TYPE, NO FILE CONVERSIONS WILL BE DONE, RESULTING IN A цOPY OPERATION TO THE DESTINATION DISK. вHILE THE CONVERSION IS TAKING PLACE, THE FILES BEING CONVERTED ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN WHILE SAVING, FOR ENTERTAINMENT VALUE. пRESSING "д" AT THE MAIN COMMAND SCREEN CAUSES THE PROGRAM TO ASK FOR A NEW DISK OF GRAPHIC FILES. вHEN YOU PRESS ретурн, THE NEW DISK WILL BE READ, AND THE DIRECTORY DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. ыOU SHOULD USE THIS COMMAND WHENEVER YOU CHANGE SOURCE DISKS. еITHER AT THE COMMAND SCREEN, OR AFTER PRESSING "д", YOU CAN USE THE FUNCTION KEYS TO CHANGE THE сOURCE AND дESTINATION DEVICE NUMBERS DISPLAYED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. ыOU CAN SELECT ANY DEVICE/DRIVE COMBINATION, EVEN AN ILLEGAL ONE, SO BE CAREFUL THAT THE DEVICE анд DRIVE THAT YOU SELECT ARE LEGAL. иF YOU SELECT AN ILLEGAL SOURCE OR DESTINATION DEVICE OR DRIVE, THE PROGRAM WILL PROBABLY APPEAR TO BE IGNORING YOUR COMMANDS WHEN YOU REFERENCE THE ILLEGAL DRIVE. тHE сOURCE DRIVE IS THE DRIVE FROM WHICH GRAPHIC FILES WILL BE LOADED, AND FROM WHICH THE DIRECTORY WILL BE READ WHEN YOU CHANGED DISKS. тHE дESTINATION DRIVE IS THE DRIVE TO WHICH ANY FILES CREATED WILL BE SAVED, EITHER FROM THE сAVE OPTION IN THE жIEW COMMAND, OR WHEN USING THE цONVERT/цOPY COMMAND. аLSO, THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS FREE (DISPLAYED NEAR THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER) IS DISPLAYED FOR THE дESTINATION DRIVE, NOT THE сOURCE DRIVE. тHAT COVERS ALL THE COMMANDS, AND THROUGH CREATIVE USE OF THIS PROGRAM, YOU CAN DO SOME AMAZING THINGS. фOR EXAMPLE, USING рамдос, YOU CAN CREATE AN IMPRESSIVE реу SLIDESHOW BY COPYING FILES TO THE рам DISK, THEN PERFORMING A SLIDESHOW FROM THAT DEVICE. тHE VIEW, SCRATCH, RENAME, AND COPY OPERATIONS MAKE THIS PROGRAM VERY HELPFUL IN MANAGING A LARGE NUMBER OF GRAPHIC FILES ACROSS MULTIPLE DISKS. тHE CONVERSION COMMANDS ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL WHEN YOU WISH TO USE THE FEATURES OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ART PROGRAMS TO COMPLETE A PICTURE. аLSO, MANY OTHER UTILITIES REQUIRE FILES TO BE IN A SPECIFIC FORMAT аUTOгRAPH V1.0 пAGE 5 (USUALLY кOALA OR дOODLE) BEFORE THEY CAN USE THE FILES, AND THIS PROGRAM CAN CONVERT MOST PICTURES TO THESE TYPES. лASTLY, THIS PROGRAM IS WELL-SUITED TO CONVERTING FILES TO AND FROM THE COMPRESSED йй AND гг FORMATS FOUND SO OFTEN ON ббс'S AND ONLINE SERVICES. нOTE TO 1581 уSERS аUTOгRAPH ATTEMPTS TO SUPPORT 1581 PARTITIONS, IN A LIMITED FASHION. вHEN YOU INSERT A NEW DISK AND READ THE ROOT DIRECTORY, PARTITION FILES APPEAR ON THE MAIN SCREEN JUST LIKE NORMAL GRAPHIC FILES, BUT THE FILETYPE IS SHOWN AS AN ARROW, INDICATING THAT THE FILE IS A SUBDIRECTORY. иF YOU MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE DIRECTORY AND PRESS ретурн, THE SUBDIRECTORY WILL BE OPENED AND READ. иF IT CONTAINS GRAPHIC FILES, YOU WILL SEE THEM. иF NOT, A MESSAGE WILL BE DISPLAYED, AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ROOT DIRECTORY. аT ANY TIME, YOU CAN ALSO RETURN TO THE ROOT DIRECTORY BY PRESSING THE "/" KEY. ыOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELECT (VIA спаце BAR OR "т" COMMAND) A PARTITION FILE, AND NO FILE OPERATIONS ARE ALLOWED ON SUCH FILES, EXCEPT FOR рENAME, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A PARTITION FILE. нOTE THAT ALL PICTURE LOADS AND SAVES WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE CURRENT OPEN PARTITION. тHERE IS CURRENTLY NO WAY TO COPY FILES FROM ONE PARTITION TO ANOTHER ON THE SAME DISK. дON'T рEAD тHIS! тHIS PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED AS фREEвARE, MEANING IF YOU LIKE THE PROGRAM, THAT'S GREAT, AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TELL ME WHY, AND MAYBE и CAN HELP YOU WITH IT OR FIX SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG WITH IT. иF YOU WISH TO CONTACT ME BY е-мAIL, и CAN BE REACHED AS "фUZZY фOX" ON яUANTUM-лINK. оR, YOU CAN CONTACT MY BY п-мAIL (пAPER мAIL!) AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: фUZZY фOX 940 рAMBLEWOOD дR. лEWISVILLE, ть 75067 аLSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY DRAWINGS OR PICTURES OF FURRY CRITTERS THAT YOU DON'T WANT ANY MORE, SEND THEM TO ME! и LOVE CUTE CRITTER DRAWINGS! аLSO, PLEASE DON'T SEND ANY CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS MADE OUT TO "фUZZY фOX," AS MY BANK WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT NAME, FOR SOME REASON. пLEASE ENJOY THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM, AND LOOK FOR UPGRADES IN THE FUTURE, AS и INTEND TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. сPECIAL аUTOгRAPH V1.0 пAGE 6 THANKS GO TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER AND MAKE IT WORK (EVEN WITHOUT A 1581 TO TEST WITH!). тHANKS, AND HAVE FUN!