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ÁNYONE WHO STUDIES MATERIAL REPETITIOUSLY WILL APPRECIATE ÎOTECARDS-128, A SLICK FLASHCARD PROGRAM TO USE AS A LEARNING AID.  ÑUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON UP TO 12 SUBJECTS CAN BE SAVED TO DISK USING THE ÑUESTION/ÁNSWER ÅDITOR.  ÔHE SUBJECTS ARE THEN DISPLAYED IN THE MENU OF THE ÎOTECARDS-128 PROGRAM ITSELF.  ×HEN YOU CHOOSE A SUBJECT, THE QUESTIONS BEGIN.  ×ITH EACH QUESTION YOU CUE THE ANSWER, WHICH APPEARS WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS.  ÂEFORE YOU BEGIN, USE THE ÒEÒÕÎ ÍENU 128 TO COPY BOTH PROGRAMS TO A SEPARATE WORKDISK.

ÂEGIN BY LOADING ÆÌÁÓÈÃÁÒÄÓ, THE NOTECARD PROGRAM, FROM THE WORK DISK USING THE COMMAND ÄÌÏÁÄ "ÆÌÁÓÈÃÁÒÄÓ". ÔHIS PROGRAM INCLUDES THREE LINES YOU MUST CUSTOMIZE.  ÂEGIN WITH LINE 20.  ÉN THIS LINE, MAKE Ó EQUAL THE NUMBER OF SUBJECTS (UP TO 12) YOU WANT ÎOTECARDS 128 TO DISPLAY IN ITS MAIN MENU.  ÌINES 830 AND 840 ARE ÄATA STATEMENTS THAT CONTAIN THE SUBJECT NAMES AS THEY WILL APPEAR IN THE MENU.  ÔHE LISTING INCLUDES SAMPLE SUBJECTS ENTERED IN THE PROPER FORMAT.  ÅNTER YOUR OWN SUBJECT NAMES IN THESE ÄATA STATEMENTS (15-CHARACTER LIMIT FOR EACH).  ÒEMEMBER, THE NUMBER OF SUBJECTS YOU ENTER IN 830 AND 840 MUST EQUAL THE VALUE OF Ó IN LINE 20.  ÔHE PROGRAM USES THE ÄATA STATEMENTS TO BOTH PRINT THE MAIN MENU AND SEARCH THE DISK DIRECTORY FOR YOUR QUESTION AND ANSWER FILES.  ÂE SURE TO SAVE THE CUSTOMIZED PROGRAM.

ÎOW YOU'RE READY TO ENTER THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.  ÌOAD ÆÌÁÓÈÃÁÒÄÓ 2, THE Ñ/Á EDITOR, FROM THE WORKDISK, USING THE COMMAND ÒÕÎ "ÆÌÁÓÈÃÁÒÄÓ 2". ÔHIS PROGRAM CREATES A SEPARATE SEQUENTIAL FILE TO STORE EACH CATEGORY OF QUESTIONS. Á MENU OFFERS THREE CHOICES: ÃREATE (BUILD A NEW SUBJECT FILE); ÁDD-ÔO (ADD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO AN EXISTING FILE); ÅDIT (REMOVE UNWANTED QUESTIONS).  ÔHE FIRST TIME YOU RUN THE EDITOR, YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE THE FILES THAT YOU SPECIFIED IN LINES 830 AND 840 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.  ÂE SURE TO ENTER THE FILENAMES EXACTLY AS THEY APPEAR IN THOSE LINES.

ÔHE CURSOR WILL APPEAR IN THE QUESTION BLOCK, AWAITING YOUR INPUT.  ÄON'T USE THE COMMA, COLON OR CURSOR KEYS WHEN ENTERING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, AND DON'T BEGIN THEM WITH A SPACE.  É DIDN'T INCLUDE A WORD-WRAP FEATURE, SO, IF A WORD WON'T FIT AT THE END OF A LINE, ENTER SPACES UNTIL YOU REACH THE NEXT LINE.  ÄON'T PRESS THE RETURN KEY TO ADVANCE THE LINE; PRESS THE RETURN KEY ONLY WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED TYPING, BECAUSE THAT ENTERS THE QUESTION OR ANSWER.  ×HEN YOUR LAST ANSWER HAS BEEN ENTERED, TYPE AN ASTERISK (*) IN THE SUBSEQUENT EMPTY QUESTION BLOCK AND PRESS RETURN AGAIN; THIS WILL SAVE YOUR INPUT TO DISK.  ÙOU CAN USE BOTH UPPER- AND LOWERCASE LETTERS WHILE TYPING.  

É SUGGEST MAKING A "DUMMY" FILE TO PRACTICE ENTERING QUESTIONS.  ÁFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, YOU'LL HAVE THE HANG OF IT.  ÏNCE YOU'VE ENTERED THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR EACH SUBJECT, IT'S TIME TO STUDY. ÈAVE FUN!