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+<refentry id="ded">
+<refnamediv>
+<refname>DED</refname>
+<refpurpose>Disk Editor</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+<cmdsynopsis>
+<command>DED</command>
+<arg choice="plain">&replstart;pathlist&replend;</arg>
+</cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsect1><title>Description</title>
+<para>
+dEd  is a screen-oriented disk  editor  utility.
+It was originally conceived as a floppy
+disk  editor, so the display is organized around individual 
+sectors. It performs most of the functions of Patch, from 
+Computerware, but is faster, more compact, and
+screen-oriented rather than line-oriented. Individual files 
+or the disk itself (hard, floppy, ram) can be examined and 
+changed, sectors  can  be  written   to an output file, and 
+executable  modules can be located, linked to and verified. 
+With   simple changes, it will run on any CoCo Level I OS-9 
+and possibly others (CoCo Level II OS-9).
+</para><para>
+To use, type:
+<screen>
+dEd &lt;pathlist&gt;
+</screen>
+where &lt;pathlist&gt; is of the form:  filename or dirname
+or  /path/filename
+or  /D0@  (edits entire disk) 
+</para><para>
+dEd will read in and display the first 256 bytes in the file
+(disk). This  is Logical Sector Number (LSN) zero. You move 
+through  the   file sector (LSN) by sector using the up and 
+down arrow keys. The current LSN number is displayed in Hex 
+and  Decimal in the upper left corner of the screen. If the 
+disk itself was accessed (by appending '@' to it's name when
+dEd   was called), the LSN is the disk sector number. If an 
+individual file is being editted, however, the LSN displayed
+refers  to the file, not to the disk. All numbers requested 
+by  dEd must be in Hex format. All commands are accessed by 
+simply pressing the desired key.
+</para>
+</refsect1>
+</refentry>