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Contents This Week with My Coleco ADAM 0009.18 Contents This Week With My Coleco ADAM 0009.18 ............................................................................................ 9 I. Address Book Patch for ADAMserve. ............................................................................................... 9 II. SmartFiler Patch to Enable Database Creation Under ADAMserve/HARDDISK. .................. 10 III. Next Time. ....................................................................................................................................... 11 This Week With My Coleco ADAM 0009.10 .......................................................................................... 12 I. Finding a New Home for the TWWMCA Archive. .......................................................................... 12 II. Converting TWWMCA Plaintext to HTML. .................................................................................. 12 III. Sample HTML Converter Input and Output Text. .................................................................... 13 I. Administrivia. .................................................................................................................................... 17 II. Sample Numbered List. ................................................................................................................... 17 III. Sample Code Listing. ..................................................................................................................... 17 IV. Next Time. ....................................................................................................................................... 18 IV. Creating an Index Page. ................................................................................................................. 18 V. Update on the SmartFiler Patch for ADAMserve. ........................................................................ 19 This Week With My Coleco ADAM 0008.20 .......................................................................................... 20 I. Patching SmartFiler for ADAMserve. ............................................................................................. 20 II. The SmartFiler Boot Block. ............................................................................................................ 21 III. SmartFiler Boot Under ADAMEM: Displaying the Boot Screens............................................. 23 IV. A Small Rant on Program Design. ................................................................................................ 24 IV. Next Time. ....................................................................................................................................... 25 This Week With My Coleco ADAM 0008.13 ................................................................................................ 26 I. Collection of sources for ADAMserve. ................................................................................................. 26 II. README files for ADAMserve. ............................................................................................................ 26 README72.TXT -- help file for ADAMserve 72 ....................................................................................... 27 PC Setup. ............................................................................................................................................. 27 ADAM Setup. ....................................................................................................................................... 28 Using ADAMserve: ADAM Side. .......................................................................................................... 29 Using ADAMserve: PC Side.................................................................................................................. 29 Assembling the Source Code. ............................................................................................................. 30 Known Bugs. ........................................................................................................................................ 30 READMESV.TXT -- information about SERVE72x.ASM source code for PC server .................................. 30 Source Code. ....................................................................................................................................... 31 Limitations........................................................................................................................................... 32 READMEBO.TXT -- information about ADAMserve boot disk images .................................................... 32 ADAMserve Boot Disk Images. ............................................................................................................ 32 Usage. .................................................................................................................................................. 33 READMESB.TXT -- help file for sources to the ADAMserve boot block .................................................. 33 Source Files. ........................................................................................................................................ 33 Usage. .................................................................................................................................................. 34 Limitations........................................................................................................................................... 34 READMEOS.TXT -- information about the source code for ADAMserve EOS ......................................... 34 Source Files. ........................................................................................................................................ 35 Assembly Options. .............................................................................................................................. 35 Usage. .................................................................................................................................................. 36 READMEHD.TXT -- information about the sources for ADAMserve HARDDISK 4.203 ........................... 36 Source Files. ........................................................................................................................................ 36 HARDDISK and ADAMserve Boot. ....................................................................................................... 37 HARDDISK on the ADAMserve Hard Drive. ......................................................................................... 38 Limitations of ADAMserve HARDDISK. ................................................................................................ 38 READMEFM.TXT -- help file for sources for ADAMserve File Manager 4.1 ............................................ 38 Source Files. ........................................................................................................................................ 39 Bug Fixes. ............................................................................................................................................ 39 Limitations........................................................................................................................................... 40 This Week With My Coleco ADAM 0008.06 .......................................................................................... 41 I. Project: Disassembly of SmartFiler version 27D 8/16/1984. .......................................................... 41 II. Disassembly: A Review. ................................................................................................................... 41 III. Normal SmartFiler Startup. .......................................................................................................... 42 IV. Design of SmartFiler Code............................................................................................................. 43 V. Disassembly Source. ......................................................................................................................... 43 VI. Next Time. ....................................................................................................................................... 44 This Week With My Coleco ADAM (TWWMCA) 0007.30 ........................................................................... 45 Report on ADAMcon 0Ch Toronto, Ontario, Canada 20-24 July 2000 ........................................................ 46 Thursday, 20 July 2000. ........................................................................................................................... 46 Friday, 21 July 2000 ................................................................................................................................. 47 Saturday, 22 July 2000 ............................................................................................................................ 49 Sunday, 23 July 2000 ............................................................................................................................... 50 Monday, 24 July 2000 ............................................................................................................................. 52 This Week With My Coleco ADAM 9802.16 ................................................................................................ 54 I. Return from Hiatus. ............................................................................................................................
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