0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0››  NEW UTILITY PROGRAMS FOR THE 8 BIT!››    "DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM"›     FOR THE 8-BIT ATARI COMPUTER›                    by Ron Fetzer››How many times have you looked for a ›file that you know you have and could ›not find it? How often have you gone ›through piles of disks to find what ›you are looking for or have looked at ›a file name and have not the foggiest ›notion what the file is about? Do you ›have so many disks that you cannot ›even remember what you have? Are your ›disk piled in a box to be sorted some ›day?››Now you have a solution with the new ›DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM! The system ›consists of two disks with 6 programs ›to help deal with your disk library. ›The programs are integrated. They work ›together to identify your files, ›alphabetize your files and name your ›disks in an orderly fashion››Disk #1 was written by Ron Fetzer(me) ›and disk #2 was produced by Stan ›Schenfeld. We are both members of the ›0L' HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP, 3376 ›Ocean Harbor Dr., Oceanside New York.››On disk #1 you have the following 5 ›programs. The STICKER program, the ›CLEANUP program, the DISK LABEL ›program, the DISK ENVELOPE LABEL ›program and the QUICK CATALOGER. On ›disk #2 you have the FULL FEATURE ›CATALOGER. Both disk catalogers put a ›disk name on the disks that is ›recognized by each other and the label ›programs.››The CLEANUP program is used to cleanup ›your disk before you catalog it. You ›may want to remove unwanted or ›duplicate files, change file names ›etc. The program has all the major DOS ›functions. It also has a Text Reader ›section that reads any kind of text or ›program from Wordprocessing files to ›Assembly Language files. Most programs ›are stored with the "SAVE" command. ›This means that they are saved in ›tokenized form - unreadable. Strings ›are not tokenized so you will still be ›able to identify the program in most ›cases with the Text Reader. If you ›still cannot identify the program then ›break out of the CLEANUP program and ›run the mystery program. To get back ›to the CLEANUP program type RUN ›"D8:CLEANUP" because the CLEANUP ›program stores itself in the RAM DISK ›D8. The reason you have to identify ›the program is that the FULL FEATURE ›CATALOGER asks you for a short ›description of the file. When you ›print the directory with the CLEANUP ›program you will have a blank line ›next to each file name to include the ›description of the file. DOS.SYS, ›DUP.SYS and RAMDISK.COM are ignored by ›all the programs. If you want to erase ›a disk you can use the Format option. ›This will format the disk and at the ›same time write DOS.SYS to the disk in ›single or 1050 density.››The STICKER program prepares 8 disk ›name stickers on each 3.5 x 15/16 ›pressure sensitive label. The disk ›labels are glued on a 4 X 6 index card ›that has 2 corners cut off. The index ›card is put in the back of the disk in ›the envelope and glued on with ›Permanent Mending Tape. Do not use ›Scotch Tape because it will dry out in ›a few years and fall off. In this way ›your disks are arranged in a similar ›fashion to a library card catalog by ›category and in numeric order.››After this you would catalog your ›disks. You could use either the QUICK ›CATALOGER or the FULL FEATURE ›CATALOGER or both. With the QUICK ›CATALOGER you do not have do do ›anything but insert one disk after the ›other into disk drive #1 until you ›reach a maximum of 810 files. The ›files are stored in the RAM DISK D8. ›You can sort them by file name or disk ›name. Both catalog programs will write ›the disk name to the disk. Once the ›disk name is on the disk all the other ›programs will recognize the disk name ›and use it. There is a limit on the ›number of files the QUICK CATALOGER ›can process. If your library is very ›large it is suggested you create ›categories such as Public Domain, ›Commercial etc. and catalog them ›seperately. You can display the sort ›on the screen or print it. All 810 ›files will fit on 3 pages. You can ›also include commercial disks that you ›do not want to write a disk name to ›the disk. You can include or exclude ›individual files that have been ›cataloged.››The FULL FEATURE CATALOGER was ›extensively re-worked by Stan ›Schenfeld from a P.D. program. Stan ›wrote a very detailed documentation ›for the program. With this cataloger ›you must do some more work. After the ›disk is inserted the program asks for ›a short description of the file, the ›type of program it is, the source of ›the program and whether it is BASIC or ›Machine Language. The CLEANUP program ›prints next to each file name a blank ›line for you to record this ›information first so you can use it ›with this cataloger. If a disk has ›been previously cataloged it will only ›show the new files added to the disk. ›It will also catalog commercial NON ›DOS disks. All records can be updated. ›The directory of the disk can be ›displayed at any time. Inquiry into ›the records can be made in 3 different ›modes. The catalog may be sorted by ›any of 7 different fields. You have a ›choice of what disk drive you want to ›use for the data disk. The sort is a ›machine language sort and is much ›faster then the Shell Sort. You can ›re-name the disk and re-catalog it.››The DISK LABEL PROGRAM prints a sorted ›list of your disks on 3.5 X 15/16 ›pressure sensitive labels. It can ›print 27 files on one label. If there ›are more files than 27 it will use a ›second label. The program can handle a ›total of 54 file names. On the first ›line the label the program prints ›automatically the disk name(from the ›cataloger), the density and the amount ›of free space in Kilo bytes. It prints ›it in 3 columns.››The DISK ENVELOPE PROGRAM does the ›same thing as the other label program ›except it prints it larger and in 4 ›columns and it can handle 64 files.››All the programs that create a label ›have provisions to adjust the label in ›the printer.››All programs are written for EPSON or ›COMPATIBLES and ATARI printers. If you ›should have a printer that does not ›fit this description, provisions have ›been made in the programs and the ›documentation on how to change them so ›they will work with your printer.››Now you can finally get a handle on ›your disks. You will be able to ›establish a professional disk library. ›You now can find any file immediately. ›You will be able to sort your files by ›many different fields and the disk ›name is recorded permanentely on the ›disk.››The DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM costs ›$6.00. Please make the check payable ›to RON FETZER. Order your program from ›THE OL' HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP C/O ›HAROLD PEGLER, 129 KETCHAMS RD. ›SYOSSET, N.Y. 11791, USA.››SPECIAL--ATARI CLUBS can order 5 sets ›at the same time and pay $5.00 for ›each set instead of $6.00 each set!››*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*