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	    -> ABOUT CRUNCHED SOURCE CODE ON THIS DISK <-
	       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^@1
I faced a dilemma, disk space wise. Should I give you loads of source and
less articles? or more articles and less source?

If I put loads of source on Amoszine it would be just another source code
disk with a couple of articles. I didn't want this, as I am sure you would
agree! If you don't agree then you can get F1 Amos Source disks, see
F1_Products.

So, what I wanted was the best of both worlds, loads of articles and loads
of source. The obvious answer was to crunch everything possible on the disk.
I did this for early versions of issue 0 using Power Packer Patcher. It
worked fine on my A1200 but I soon got complaints that it wouldn't work
on all Amiga`s. So I had to unpack everything, delete some source code and
the music to fit it all on.

This is all well and good but it leaves out one factor that I care about, and
that's VALUE FOR MONEY. You won't get a lot of articles and source on an
uncrunched disk! what with all the system files etc. So as you have probably
worked out by now I decided to crunch some of the source code.



I realise this will cause some people hassle, but we have only crunched SOME
of the source (mainly the large files). The crunched source is easily
recognisable because it will have the extender .PP like this:
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BLACK_DAWN.AMOS.PP
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If you load this into Amos you will get an error or gobbledegook!
On issue 1 we supplied an excellent util called FILEMASTER. If you don't have
that you can buy issue 1 for £2.25 from us or get Filemaster from ANY P.D.
library. You can run Filemaster and decrunch the source onto another disk.
It`s VERY easy to do. Even better, using the filemaster.Amos source on issue
1 or the DFC5.Amos source on this issue  you can run Filemaster from INSIDE
Amos and then decrunch the source straight into your Ram disk, or anywhere
and then flip back to  Amos to run it. You can of course use other utils to
decrunch the source code such as Power-Packer itself. (See MORE EXTERNAL PRGS
FOR AMOS article)

I have chosen to crunch the source with PP as it's very common and most
people feel comfortable with it and it is widely supported.
OK it's hassle for you, but when you look at the disk space gain and realize
how many extra articles and programs you get in their place I think you
will agree that this is the best compromise at the moment. Let me know if
you think different.


If you want to decrunch the power packed source code on this disk using
Filemaster from inside Amos then do this:

1) Load Amos

2) Load Filemaster.amos@1

3) put Amoszine in DF0: and run Filemaster.Amos

4) When returned back to Amos hold down the left Amiga key and press A.

5) Click on Amoszine at the top of the left column to get a dir listing.

6) Open the Source_code drawer by double clicking on it.

7) Go to the right column and double click on Ram Disk (or DF1:)

8) Go back and Select a file to decrunch (Any file with .PP on the end)

9) Click on it once to highlight it.

10) Press the Space Bar to show menu 2.

11) Now click on DECRUNCH.

12) Press Left Amiga A to return to Amos.

13) Load in the decrunched file.

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NOTE: You will need Powerpacker.library in the LIBS drawer of your boot
      disk for filemaster to decrunch anything.
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You can now treat the source code as normal.