WILDLOAD DOCS

                           (C) 1985 RON DIPPOLD

THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO OWN THE OLD WILDCARDS THAT WOULD SAVE THE
LOWER 48K IN FOUR FILES:  PROGRAM.X, PROGRAM.0, PROGRAM.1, AND PROGRAM.2.  THIS
PROGRAM WILL LOAD IN AN INCREDIBLY SHORT SPAN OF TIME!   I HAVE A VERSION THAT
WORKS WITH THE 64K VERSION, BUT IT PRODUCES A FINISHED FILE THAT NEEDS SOME
"TWEAKING".

**** YOU MUST RUN THIS UNDER DOS 3.3!! **** IT WORKED FINE WITH DIVERSIDOS WHEN
I TRIED IT, BUT FOR SOME REASON WILL NOT WORK WITH PRONTODOS.  THIS MEANS THAT
YOU MUST USE DUCK OR COPY ][+ TO COPY IT TO A DOS 3.3 DISK AND RUN IT FROM
THERE.   IT WILL ASK YOU FOR THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM ("PROGRAM" IN THE ABOVE
EXAMPLE), THE NAME OF THE FINISHED FILE NAME, THE DISKS THEY ARE ON, AND FINALLY
WHAT PAGES TO EXCLUDE.  IF YOU DON'T KNOW, JUST LEAVE ALL OF THE PAGES AS THEY
ARE.   IT WILL SPIN THE DISKS, PUT SOME GIBBERISH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
(THIS IS ACTUALLY A DUMP OF THE STATUS AT THE TIME OF THE NMI), AND PRODUCE THE
FINISHED FILE.   DUE TO THE SIZES OF THESE FILES, THE PROGRAM.X, .1, .2, .0, AND
THE FINISHED PROGRAM WILL TAKE UP ALMOST THE ENTIRE DISK, BUT NOW YOU CAN GET
RID OF THE PROGRAM.X, .1, .2, AND .0 FILES!   ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BRUN THE
PROGRAM.  IT WILL ONLY LOAD IN 5 SECTORS OF ITSELF, AND THEN RUN ITS OWN
TURBOLOAD (SORRY, BORLAND) PROCEDURE.  THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN USE IT WITH
SNARFBOOT, OR JUST RUN IT FROM DOS 3.3.  SORRY, NO PRODOS SUPPORT.  THIS WAS
WRITTEN IN 1985 WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE PRODOS...

IF STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU RUN IT, MAKE SURE THE OPTIONS IN THE WILDCARD
MENU ARE SET CORRECTLY.  THE TRUE TEST IS TO MAKE AN "AUTOBOOT" DISK WHEN YOU
SAVE THE PROGRAM AND SEE IF THAT WILL RUN.  IF IT WILL, THEN WILDLOAD SHOULD
WORK TOO!

BY THE WAY:  SOMETIMES THE PROGRAM ACTS STRANGE WHEN YOU FIRST RUN IT, AND I
NEVER BOTHERED TO CORRECT IT.  IF IT GIVES YOU FILE NOT FOUND OR DOESN'T RUN
RIGHT, HIT CTRL-RESET AND THEN "CALL 32768".   THIS USUALLY MAKES IT WORK.