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             PrBOOT
           By Stan Wong
   This article originally appeared in the Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) ADAM Users Group newsletter, the ADAM's LEAF and is supplied by the ADAM NEWS NETWORK.
   Have you ever wished that you could put all of your favorite Coleco programs onto one disk or tape? With a new program from Walters Software, you can now put up to six separate Coleco programs onto one tape!  Before now, you could only back up each program onto a separate tape because each program was self-booting.  
   PrBOOT allows you to assemble SmartBASIC 1, SmartBASIC 2, AdamCALC, SmartFILER, AdamLINK and SmartLOGO on a single tape.  If you wish, you can substitute Address Book or RecipeFiler for SmartFILER. In fact, you could probably put any program that has a Coleco boot block onto the tape as long as you don't exceed the maximum of 6 programs and as long as you rename it as one of the Coleco programs already named.  More on this later.
   To use this program, first use one of your back up utilities to copy PrBOOT onto the tape that you plan to use. Next, load SmartBASIC 1.  When it has finished loading, insert your backup of PrBOOT and type "CLEAR", then "BRUN TRANSFER". TRANSFER is a binary file that lets you move the appropriate Coleco program over to your PrBOOT media.  \
   You are presented with a menu that asks you if you would like to (C)ontinue, (M)enu or (A)bort.  Place the software that you wish to transfer into one of your drives.  If you type "C", the program will ask you whether or not you wish to see a catalog.  If you say yes, it will ask you which drive you would like to access, then present you with a listing of the directory. If you enter no instead, the program will then prepare to transfer the files of your choice. First, you must enter which drive contains the Coleco software.  The tape will spin a bit while the program reads the directory.  Next, it will display the files present on the Coleco tape one at a time, asking after each file name whether or not you wish to copy the file or not.  As most Coleco software packages have multiple files, you might get confused as to which one you transfer.  Not to worry!  They are all listed on the middle page of the PrBOOT manual.  For the SmartBASIC interpreters and AdamCALC, look for a file named BASICPGM and transfer that.  For SmartFILER, look for SMART FILE.  For AdamLINK, look for ADAMLINK.  For SmartLOGO, look for LOG.  If you are transferring Address Book, look for SMART FILE as well.  If you are moving RecipeFiler, look for RECIPEFIL.  To be sure that you don't get confused, transfer one file at a time and get it all set up before going onto the next one.  You'll see why in a second.
     After you have transferred a file to your PrBOOT tape, you must rename it to the name that Walters Software has programmed into PrBOOT.  For example, if you have transferred SmartBASIC 1, you must rename it to BASICPGM1. This is why you should transfer only one file at a time. SmartBASIC 1, SmartBASIC 2 and AdamCALC all have a file named BASICPGM but they must all be renamed something different.  If you transfer them all at once, you won't know which BASICPGM is which and you won't be able to rename anything.  
   To rename a file, you must first Abort the TRANSFER program to return to BASIC.  Type Poke 20482,2:Poke 20487,2. Next you type RENAME <old name>,<new name>.  When you have finished, type Poke 20482,65:Poke 20487,65.  Voila! Now you can BRUN TRANSFER and transfer your next file.
   Once you are completely finished, and it does take a little while, the rest is easy.  Just insert your PrBOOT tape and pull reset.  A menu will appear with the names of the programs.  These names are set as BASICPGM1, BASICPGM2, ADAMCALC, SMARTFILER, ADAMLINK and SMARTLOGO.  If you transfer any other program with a Coleco boot block, you must use one of these names when renaming.  Now all you do is push the SmartKey corresponding to the program of your choice and it will load!  Although I haven't done it myself yet, I think that you can use any copy utility to transfer the appropriate support files for each program onto the PrBOOT tape, provided you have enough space. For example, you could move all of the help files for SmartLOGO onto the tape.  
   PrBOOT requires a bit of work to set up, but the results are well worth it.  You can save a lot of clutter and mess by putting all of your programs onto one tape. PrBOOT is available from most ADAM dealers.  Try it! ### 

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