ÒÅÁÄ AND ÒÕÎ ÓYSTEM 

BY ÄAVID ÓTIDOLPH AND ÃOLIN ÔHOMPSON 

ÔHE IDEA OF THE ÒEAD AND ÒUN ÓYSTEM
IS RATHER SIMPLE. ÐROGRAMS AND THEIR
ARTICLES SHARE SPACE ON A DISK,
ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR SEPARATE
WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION. ÏNE SPECIAL
FILE CONTAINS THE NAMES OF THE TEXT
FILES TO READ AND PROGRAMS TO RUN.
ÔHIS FILE, NAMES.DAT, ALSO CONTAINS
OTHER INFORMATION EXPLAINED BELOW: 

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!0.                               !
!0.                               !
!13.                              !
!1.                               !
!14.                              !
!ÒEAD AND ÒUN ÄISK.               !
!ÊUNE.                            !
!ÒEAD ÒUN ÄISK FOR ÊUNE.          !
!ÒEAD ÍE.                         !
!*END*.                           !
!ÒUN ÍE.                          !
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     ACTUAL WORD PROCESSOR SCREEN 

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!0. <--BACKGROUND COLOR           !
!0. <--BORDER COLOR               !
!13. <--TEXT COLOR FOR PROMPTS    !
!1. <--COLOR TO USE FOR MENU      !
!14. <--HIGHLIGHTING COLOR        !
!ÒEAD AND ÒUN ÄISK. <--DISK NAME  !
!ÊUNE. <--MONTH                   !
!ÒEAD ÒUN ÄISK FOR ÊUNE. <--HEADER!
!ÒEAD ÍE. <--ARTICLE NAME         !
!         <--MORE ARTICLE NAMES   !
!         <--CAN GO HERE          !
!*END*. <--PUT AFTER LAST ARTICLE !
!ÒUN ÍE. <--PROGRAM NAME          !
!        <--MORE PROGRAM NAMES CAN!
!        <--GO HERE               !
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        SAME SCREEN WITH COMMENTS 

ÔHE ÒEAD AND ÒUN MENU PROGRAM LEARNS
WHAT TEXT FILES AND PROGRAMS ARE ON
THE DISK BY READING THE FILE
"NAMES.DAT". ÔHIS FILE CONTAINS THE
NECESSARY FILE NAMES, PLUS
INFORMATION FOR THE SCREEN COLORS,
AND HEADER INFORMATION SUCH AS THE
DATE THE DISK WAS CREATED. ÏNE
EXAMPLE OF ITS FORMAT IS SHOWN ABOVE.

ÔHE ARTICLE AND PROGRAM TITLES (FROM
THE END OF THE "NAMES.DAT" FILE) ARE
USED AS FILENAMES AS WELL AS MENU
CHOICES. ÐROGRAM FILE NAMES ARE
IDENTICAL TO THE TITLES, BUT THE
SUFFIX ".TXT" IS TACKED ONTO THE
ARTICLE TITLE TO BECOME THE FILENAME
(ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS ARE ALSO
CONVERTED TO LOWER CASE). ÆOR
INSTANCE, THE ARTICLE "ÒEAD ÍE"
MATCHES THE FILE "READ ME.TXT". 

ÔHE MAIN MENU GIVES YOU THE CHOICE OF
READING ARTICLES, RUNNING PROGRAMS,
OR PRINTING ALL THE ARTICLES COMPLETE
WITH A TABLE OF CONTENTS. ÙOU MAY
ALSO EXIT THE PROGRAM INTO ÃÏÍÁÌ. 

ÔHE ARTICLE TEXT FILES SHOULD BE
ÃOMMODORE ÁÓÃÉÉ ÓÅÑ FILES. ÅACH LINE
OF TEXT IS LIMITED TO 37 CHARACTERS
AND MUST END WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN.
ÔHE FILE IS PRINTED IN ONE COLUMN ON
THE SCREEN, OR IN TWO COLUMNS ON THE
PRINTER. ÎOTE: SOME WORD PROCESSORS
ALLOW YOU TO SET MARGINS AND INSERT
CONTROL CODES INTO THE TEXT, BUT THEN
GIVE AN OPTION TO PRINT THE FILE TO
DISK AS IT WOULD APPEAR ON THE
PRINTER. ÔHIS FILE WOULD HAVE THE
CORRECT MARGINS AND CARRIAGE RETURNS,
BUT NONE OF THE CONTROL CODES. ÉF
YOUR WORD PROCESSOR HAS THIS OPTION,
IT IS THE ONE YOU SHOULD USE TO
CREATE YOUR ÒEAD AND ÒUN FILES.

ÔO PRODUCE YOUR OWN ÒEAD AND ÒUN
DISK, YOU FIRST NEED TO FORMAT THE
DISK WITH THE TITLE AND ID YOU WANT
TO USE. ÃOPY THE ÃÏÍÁÌ 0.14 SYSTEM
ONTO THIS DISK (USE THE TOP 9 FILES
FROM THE 0.14 SIDE OF ÔODAY ÄISK
#16). ÔHEN GATHER YOUR PROGRAMS AND
ARTICLES. ÎOTE, YOUR PROGRAMS MUST BE
ÃÏÍÁÌ 0.14 PROGRAMS; YOU CAN'T RUN A
ÂÁÓÉÃ PROGRAM FROM A ÃÏÍÁÌ MENU. ÔHE
ARTICLES MUST FOLLOW THE ABOVE
CONVENTIONS SUCH AS THE 37 CHARACTER
PER LINE LIMIT. ÆILE NAMES MUST BE
ENTIRELY IN LOWER CASE AND END WITH
".TXT". ÔHOSE WHO PLAN TO DONATE A
ÒEAD AND ÒUN DISK OF THEIR OWN
CREATION TO A USERS GROUP SHOULD BE
AWARE THAT NOT EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR
WITH ÃÏÍÁÌ. ÉT IS NOT NECESSARY TO
KNOW ÃÏÍÁÌ TO USE THE ÒEAD AND ÒUN
SYSTEM. ÃÏÍÁÌ IS INCLUDED ON THE
DISK. ÁLL THE USER NEEDS TO DO IS
FOLLOW THE MENUS. ÔHE FILES "COMAL
ARTICLE" AND "INFO.TXT" DESCRIBE
ÃÏÍÁÌ TO BEGINNERS. ÔHEY ARE PART OF
THE 9 SYSTEM FILES YOU COPIED TO YOUR
DISK. 

ÙOUR DISK IS READY, EXCEPT FOR THE
NAMES.DAT FILE. ÙOU SHOULD TYPE THIS
IN A WORD PROCESSOR AND SAVE IT AS A
NORMAL ÓÅÑ TYPE TEXT FILE (ÃÔÒÌ/-Ú IN
ÐAPERÃLIP, OR F1-F USING ÅASY
ÓCRIPT).