The Commodore-64 Programmer's Library - DISK IMAGE PACKAGE
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All material copyright (c) 1984 -- Robert W. Baker

Note: This particular Zip archive includes standard D64 disk image
files for the three 1541 floppy disks distributed in the original
Commodore-64 Programmer's Library package. Two of the disks provide
copies of all the printed documentation files while the third disk
provides all the loadable program files plus sample data files.
There are also three text files included that provide copies of the
directories of these three floppy disk images plus a copy of the
original package label in another Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file as well.
Additional Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files providing scanned copies of all
the printed documentation files plus program listings are provided in
a separate Zip archive. 

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This package includes many of my early original magazine articles,
programs and programming ideas for the Commodore-64 that appeared in
various Commodore related magazines of the 1970's and 1980's when I was
writing the PETpourri column for Kilobaud Microcomputing magazine. A
fair amount of the material was originally written for the Commodore PET
and CBM systems, then rewritten and updated for the VIC-20 and
Commodore-64 systems.

This is a collection of many different ideas written over several years
so there is no specific theme to this package. However, I tried to
organize the material into useful sections that hopefully make it easier
to digest.

This package was originally written to be published as a book but the
deal fell through at the last minute. The package was eventually
distributed in electronic form on diskette by a publisher in Illinois
for several years. By the way, a copy of the original cover label is
included in a separate Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file in this package.

Just recently I came across the original printed manuscript for this
package and decided to scan the material into an Acrobat file and make
it available again to anyone interested. Those files are available in
a separate download file. This package includes D64 disk image files
for each of the three original 1541 format floppy disks. Two disks
provide the original text files for the book while the third file 
provides all the original program files in loadable form plus a simple
utility to print the text files for the book. 

Here's a brief overview of the material included in this package:

	Common Sense Programming
		Saving Space
		Saving Time
		Programming Style
		Debugging Hints

	Getting Into Basic
		Basic Quirks
		Poking Around in Basic
		Computed GOTOs

	Tape Quickies
		Hex File Dump Utility
		Data File Copy Utility
		Tape File Notes

	Disk Basics
		Disk Command Conversions
		Disk Hint
		The OPEN Command

	Disk Internals
		Disk Programming Tips
		Symbol List - Variable Crossreference
		GOTO/GOSUB Crossreference
		Disk Master - Disk Cataloging Utility

	From Basic to Assembly Language
		Getting Started in Assembly Language Programming
		Disassembler Program
		DASM - Editor/Assembler Programs
		Data Builder Utility
		The CHRGET Routine
		Intermixing Basic & Machine Language
		6502 Simulator Program

	Miscellaneous Programs
		Program Finder
		House Inventory
		Date Book
		Time Billing
		Solitaire
		Black Friday - Stock Market Game
		Easy Script Printer Utility
		Easy Script Word Counter

	Miscellaneous Info
		The PET Emulator Program
		The Commodore-64 CIA Chip
		Using Zenith TVs

	Additional material later added to the original collection:

	Compactor - Basic program compactor utility
	Uncompactor - reverse utility to uncompact Basic program
	Word Pro Disk/Tape Print Utilities
	Finance - simple financial calculator

The following loadable program files are included:

	Doc Printer (prints the book text files)
	Disk Master
	Compactor
	Uncompactor
	Basic Program Symbol List
	Basic Program GOTO Crossreference
	Hex Dump
	DASM Editor
	DASM Assembler
	** Sample data files for DASM
	Machine Language Disassembler
	6502 Simulator
	Data Builder
	Tape-to-Disk Copy
	Disk-to-Tape Copy
	Tape Reader
	Program Data
	Program Search
	WordPro Word Counter
	Easy Script Word Counter
	WordPro Source File Printer
	Easy Script Source File Printer
	Finance
	House Inventory
	Date Book
	Time Billing
	Solitaire
	Black Friday

Also included in this package:

	Three text files with the disk directories	
	Image of Original package label (.pdf)