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P R O U D L Y P R E S E N T S :
CART_ID - Version 3.01
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Written by: Guido Sarducci - for the BizSNES Console Brotherhood
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Machine requirements: IBM compatibles/XT-AT Class (384K required)
PREFACE
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First off, I would like to thank everyone who contacted me and had
suggestions for the latest version of CART_ID! Of all the users that
dropped me a note, I have added all of the features that you wanted
and eliminated those features that you didn't want.
INTRODUCTION
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With the popularity of the consoles for various game machines, it has
become increasingly difficult to determine which cartridge images came
from which machine. There are two good utilities presently available
to identify the images, but both are command line driven (you have to
type each of the image file names after the program name to see what
they are).
If you store most/all of your images on your hard drive (and quite
possibly in separate directories) and send them to your console, it is
very easy to spend a great deal of time trying to identifying each
image. CART_ID allows you to identify several files during one
session.
*NOTE: This version of CART_ID only supports the Super Magicom and the
Game Doctor family of cartridge images.
GETTING STARTED
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To use CART_ID, simply type CID301 at the DOS prompt and you will be
presented with a single list of all the files that are present in that
directory. CART_ID will automatically detect whether a color or a
monochrome video card is present in your machine and it will
automatically switch into the appropriate mode.
If a mouse is detected (not only a mouse installed, but the appropriate
mouse driver is loaded) you can use the mouse to "point" to the file
you want information about, as well as being able to change drives as
well.
IDENTIFY
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To identify a file, simply highlight the file name and any pertinant
information will be automatically displayed.
QUESTIONS
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Questions/comments/complaints/bugs/etcetera - Contact Guido Sarducci
via any of the fine boards listed at the end of this documentation.
*NOTE: I would like to *SINCERELY* thank Subzero and Bartman for all of
their work in decyphering all the the cartridge information that
they have been publishing. *PLEASE* keep the information coming!
I am still trying to get ahold R. Bubba Magillicutty if anyone
can help me in touch with him...
HISTORY
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Version 1.00 - (09-11-92) Initial version.
This version was never released. In-house use only.
Version 1.01 - (09-13-92) Fixed a couple of typos - nothing critical.
Initial release.
Version 1.02 - (09-14-92) Cosmetic changes made. Fixed a bug in the
monochrome mode that would turn the image info screen
colors on computers using certain BIOS types.
Version 2.01 - (09-15-92) Major modifications made to throughout the
thru 2.04 entire program. More stable identification of images,
MAJOR speed increases due to tighter code. These
versions were never publicly released.
Version 2.05 - (09-17-92) Added ability to convert files from one file
format to another (Super Magicom, Multi Game Doctor and
binary images are presently the only supported console
images). Disabled mouse support for this version due to
compatibility problems with various BIOS types.
Version 2.18 - (09-28-92) Fixed the mouse problems with the various
BIOS problems. Modified the conversion routines to
increase the speed by about 70% Fixed an obscure bug in
the directory display routines would on occasion blow a
pointer in the linked list, which would sometimes freeze
the screen or completely lockup the system.
Version 3.01 (10-05-92) After *MANY, MANY* requests for a different
type of format, the layout of the program was changed.
Most users asked for a single list of files instead of
filling the screen with too much information; as well as
making the user press a key to get the information.
Many users also said that the conversion utility (while
being one of the fastest) was not necessarily needed.
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