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	0	DiskSumo
	1	========
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	3	DiskSumo is a Commodore 64 BASIC program to dump an image of the
	4	floppy disk in unit 8 (assumed to be a 1541 disk drive) over the RS-232
	5	port via the XMODEM protocol.
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	7	The file downloaded on the other end of the connection is usable as-is
	8	as a `.d64` disk image file. Note, however, that it won't be able to
	9	transfer anything sensible from disks which use copy-protection schemes.
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	11	This is the program I used to transfer my old C64 diskettes to my PC
	12	(and in fact, I concocted it for that purpose) at some in the mid-aughts.
	13	So it can be thanked, for example, for the existence of [Bubble Escape 2K][].
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	15	I implemented the XMODEM protocol based on a description of it on a
	16	printout I had made of a posting on a Winnipeg BBS a decade and a half
	17	earlier. I no longer have the printout, but I believe the posting was on
	18	_Eric the BBS_, and the poster was Bruce Walzer.
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	20	Since I transferred all the disks that I could (and since I no longer have
	21	a physical Commodore 64, and since it is of little use on an emulator) I no
	22	longer have a need for this program.
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	24	If you have a need for this program, then the first hurdle you will have
	25	to overcome is getting it onto your Commodore 64 in the first place. You
	26	will probably need to type it in.
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	28	The name "DiskSumo" started life as a typo for "DiskDump".
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	30	[Bubble Escape 2K]: http://catseye.tc/projects/bubble-escape/

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	0	This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
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	2	Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
	3	distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
	4	binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
	5	means.
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	7	In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
	8	of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
	9	software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
	10	of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
	11	successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
	12	relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
	13	software under copyright law.
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	15	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
	16	EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
	17	MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
	18	IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
	19	OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
	20	ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
	21	OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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	23	For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>