Smart Saver 256 v0.9 beta by Hartec / DEXTROSE             01.02.1998
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1. About Smart Saver 256
2. Getting Started
3. Release Notes
4. Future Looks

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1. About Smart Saver 256

This program is intended to help you manageing your savegames in
conjunction with the DX 256 hardware accessory produced by Bung
Enterprises Ltd.


2. Getting Started

This chapter is supposed to give you some good idea of getting into
manageing your savedata easily.

First of all, if you just have bought your DX 256 and it is still 
virgin I would advise you to upload a totaly empty savegame database,
use the save collection that is included SS 256 archive or make up a
new one.
This should be done because there is random data stored in the DX256
and there may be some trouble if you continue useing this data.
The background of this is, the SS 256 manager will only assume a 
savebank as empty if it is totaly full of zeros, otherwise it will
declare the bank as occupied and the title as unkown.

If you already have savedata stored onto the DX 256 which you would
like to keep, I would advise you to just receive the data, select the
savegames wich you would like to keep and then export them to ".SAV"
files for you may want them to be imported in a totaly new savegame 
database described above.

The interface should be selfexplaining, so I hope you will get 
everything managed ;)


3. Release Notes

v0.9 beta : First initial release of this tool
            - send/receive of savedata from Doctor V64
            - viewing savedata with hex/ascii viewer
            - autodetect savegames that have ID tag somewhere
            - ability to add comments that will be save in a INI file
            - in/export of "*.sav" files
            - INI file located at "C:\WINDOWS\smart.ini" that will
              let you configure a startup file thats automatically
              opened at startup along the stetup for you LPT port.


4. Future Looks

First I didn'T want to release this beta, because I was hoping
to get single savegame send/receive to work, but unfortunately because
of the lack of time and furthermore me getting mad cause I didn't get
it to work properly , I just disabled this function and released this
version. Also, as this tool was planned for release two/three weeks
ago and has not changed very much since then, I realy couldn't stand
it anymore. 
        (hehe especially when I saw that other tools were comming ;] )

So looking towards the next release there will be to following new
features :
               - single savegame up/download without having
                 to remove the n64 unit inbetween the DX256
                 and the doctor.
               - hex editor with direct switching between saves.
               - printing of savedata/bank-comments list.




Thanks for beta testing must fly to CurtMac and LaC ....

For greetings and other infos refer the Dextrose NFO ;)