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GUI prototype for the VIC-20 (R2)
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New since R1:
- Correct memory configuration for minipaint images.
- Use minimal confifuration file (+simple setup program).
- DOS command input window.
- Support for Protovision 4-player adapter.
- Bug fixes & minor improvements.

This archive contains the file manager program that demonstrate most of
the features of the GUI prototype. The programs needs a lot of RAM,
so it is best used with Final Expansion or MegaCart.
You can also use an expansion port expander and plug 2x16K and 3K in
to max out the available memory with genuine Commodore hardware.

Minimum requirement is 24K RAM from $2000-$7FFF.

The GUI requires a joystick or (better) a joystick emulating mouse. You
can connect the joystick or mouse to the user port or the Protovision
4-player adapter. Use the configuration program to configure the port.

You should have a drive with JiffyDOS (e.g. sd2iec) to minimize load times
and use SJLOAD (e.g. via VINBOOT).

VIN scans for available disk drives at addresses 8 to 11 and displays 
disk icons for found drives. Click on an icon to open a file browser window
for the drive. 
You can now change into and out of directories (DIR) or disk images (Dnn)
and start programs (PRG). The "@" button allows you to type in DOS commands
and send them to the drive. (Use at your own risk :) ). If the drive sends
a response to your command that does not start with '0', VIN will display
it as any error message.

The program scans present drives for an RTC with valid time on startup.
So better set-up the RTC clock now!

INSTALL:

Copy all files from this archive to a disk or a directory on your SD card.

The files are:

VINBOOT     - A boot loader for VIN that first loads SJLOAD into the 3K area ($0400).
VIN         - The disk browser.
SJLOAD$04   - A JiffyDOS floppy speeder (currently maintained by nbla000).
CONFIGURE   - The configuratin utility for VIN. Writes to vin.cfg on drive 8:

Thanks to the community at Denial (http://www.sleepingelephant.com/denial/)
for discussions and encouragement!

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2010/11/19 A.M.
Source: readme.txt, updated 2015-08-17