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INFORMATION SECTION
The Information section, on the right hand side of your screen, gives the details of the
currently logged disk. This is updated whenever a new disk is logged, or when disk
operations are carried out. It contains the following information:
Drive
Which drive is logged, either A or B. Also shows if the directory is Sorted or
Un-sorted.
Format
The format the disk is, any one of the many formats PARADOS supports.
User
The user group PARADOS is currently looking at.
Files
Wildcard of what files are being displayed.
No. of files The number of files on the disk.
Used entries How many directory entries are used ...
Total entries ... and how many are available on the particular format.
Free space How much 'k' is left on the disk.
Used space How much 'k' is used on the disk.
Total space How much 'k' is available on the disk.
Tagged files Number of files that have been tagged.
Tagged space How much 'k' the tagged files take up.
Free buffer The Total buffer minus the Tagged files.
Total buffer How much space is available in the copy buffer - PARADOS automatically
recognises Ram expansions up to 256k, and a silicon disk giving up to 360k
of copying buffer. The Total buffer varies depending on how many files
there are on the disk when logged.
STS Software have spent months testing PARADOS to a far higher standard than the average
user is ever likely to use it to. Although few people will appreciate it, PARADOS is one of
the most proficiently programmed piece of software ever written for the CPC. The entire
PARADOS system had to be coded in just 8k of ROM space - not an easy task.
The PARADOS ROM consists of two parts: PARADOS itself and the normal disk ROM. It can
actually replace the standard disk ROM in the CPC, because PARADOS occupies space in the
ROM which was used by DR LOGO 3. This has the fortunate limitation of you not being able
to use DR LOGO 3 under CPM when PARADOS is installed in ROM slot 7. DR LOGO 2 may still
be used, however.
There is just one bug in PARADOS. You will notice it when you play around with the
different menus: the letter 'y' is left over from Verify in the SHIFT menu. This in no way
effects the operation of PARADOS.