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			 SOURCE MERGER


			COPYRIGHT  1980

			 JAMES L HELMS
			 1009 LEYTE RD
			 CORONADO   CA
			     92118



	"SOURCE MERGER" IS AN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAM THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO "MERGE" TWO OR MORE SOURCE (.SRC) FILES INTO
ONE LARGE FILE.  EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
ROUTINES COMMON TO MANY PROGRAMS THAT YOU WRITE, SUCH AS
KEYBOARD INPUT, RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION, AND SO FORTH; OR
COMMON PARAGRAPHS OF LETTERS THAT YOU GET TIRED OF TYPING OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.


	"SMERGE" IS LOADED BY ENTERING FCS AND TYPING:


	FCS>RUN SMERGE


	AN INTRODUCTION MESSAGE WILL THEN BE DISPLAYED:



	     SOURCE FILE MERGING PROGRAM  V2.0


	      COPYRIGHT (C) 1980 BY J L HELMS



   HIT BREAK <DOWN ARROW> TO STOP OR RETURN TO CONTINUE


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	IF YOU DESIRE NOT TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM, THEN
HITTING THE BREAK KEY WILL RETURN YOU TO FCS.  OTHERWISE,
HIT THE RETURN.  THE PROGRAM WILL RESPOND WITH:



INSERT DISKS WITH SOURCE FILES TO BE MERGED.

HIT RETURN TO CONTINUE	>



	AT THIS POINT, YOU SHOULD (1) ENTER THE DISK CONTAINING
THE SOURCE FILES THAT YOU WISH TO BE MERGED INTO THE DEFAULT
DRIVE;  (2) INSERT A DESTINATION DISK INTO THE OTHER DRIVE (IF
AVAILABLE);  (3)  HIT RETURN.


	UPON HITTING 'RETURN', THE DIRECTORY OF THE DEFAULT
DRIVE WILL BE DISPLAYED, ALLOWING YOU TO VIEW THE FILE NAMES
WITHOUT HAVING TO REMEMBER THEM.  IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM
WILL ASK:


DESTINATION FILE NAME		> TEST (OR 1:TEST, ETC)


	THE DESTINATION FILE WILL THEN BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL
BE ASKED:


SOURCE FILE NAME		> 0:ABC (OR 1:XYZ, ETC)


	THE SOURCE FILE WILL BE OPENED, TRANSFERRED INTO THE
DESTINATION FILE, AND PRINTED ON THE SCREEN.  AFTER THE FILE
IS COMPLETELY TRANSFERRED, YOU WILL BE ASKED:


QUIT OR RETURN TO CONTINUE	>


	IF THERE ARE OTHER SOURCE FILES TO BE MERGED, THEN HIT
"RETURN", AND THE DIRECTORY WILL BE DISPLAYED AGAIN, AND YOU
WILL THEN BE ASKED TO SUPPLY THE NEXT SOURCE FILE NAME.  IF
YOU WISH TO QUIT, THEN ENTER "Q", AND THE DESTINATION FILE WILL
BE CLOSED AND THE PROGRAM WILL RETURN YOU TO FCS (FILE CONTROL
SYSTEM).