ÍENU ÅNTRY 64/128
BY ÊEROME Ð. ÙONER

ÔHE ÍENU ÅNTRY PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE AND EDIT THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED FILE CALLED ÇÎÆ USED BY ÍENU ÍAKER, ALSO FOUND ON THIS DISK. ÙOU CAN THINK OF THIS PROGRAM, ÍENU ÅNTRY, AS A PROGRAM THAT DOES LITTLE ELSE BEYOND MAKE IT EASY TO CREATE THE ÇÎÆ FILE NEEDED BY ÍENU ÍAKER 64/128.

ÔHIS FILE CONTAINS THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO LOAD AND RUN PROGRAMS. ÁNOTHER UNIQUE FUNCTION OF THIS PROGRAM IS COMPLETE SUPPORT FOR ÃREATIVE ÍICRO ÄESIGN HARD DRIVES. ÏN THE VARIOUS ÃÍÄ HARD DRIVES AND THE 1581 YOU CAN SWITCH PARTITIONS.  ÔHOSE SAME DRIVE ALSO OFFER THE FOLLOWING PARTITIONS: 1541, 1571, 1581, NATIVE, AND NATIVE SUBDIRECTORIES.

ÆROM THE MAIN MENU OF THE PROGRAM, YOU'LL SEE THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES:

1 - ÌOAD Ç.Î.Æ. FILE. 
2 - ÓAVE Ç.Î.Æ. FILE.
3 - ÅNTER ÔITLES. 
4 - ÁDD ÔITLES.  
5 - ÅDIT/ÄELETE ÔITLES.
6 - ÖIEW Ç.Î.Æ. FILE.
7 - ÖIEW ÄIRECTORY
8 - ÃHANGE ÁCTIVE ÄRIVE.
9 - ÄÏÓ ÃOMMANDS
0 - ÐARTITION ÔOGGLE
Æ1- ÅND.
 
ÄISPLAYED TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN ÍENU ARE THE NUMBER OF TITLES IN MEMORY, DRIVE NUMBER CURRENTLY BEING USED, DIRECTORY NAME OF THE CURRENT DIRECTORY, AND THE DEVICE TYPE (1541/1571/1581/ÎÁÔÖ), AS SHOWN ABOVE. ÈERE'S A RUNDOWN ON EACH MENU OPTION:

ÌOAD Ç.Î.Æ.: ÔHIS PROMPTS YOU IF YOU WISH TO LOAD THE Ç.Î.Æ. FILE ON DISK. ÉF YOU DO WISH TO LOAD IT, YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU.
 
ÓAVE Ç.Î.Æ.: ÕSE TO SAVE THE Ç.Î.Æ. FILE IN MEMORY. ÉF YOU DO WISH TO SAVE IT, THE PROGRAM RETURNS TO THE MAIN MENU.
 
ÅNTER ÔITLES: ÔHIS OPTION IS USED WHEN YOU FIRST START A Ç.Î.Æ. FILE FOR THAT DISK AND PARTITION. ÕPON SELECTING THIS OPTION, YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
 
 1 - ÅNTER TITLES USING KEYBOARD.
 2 - ÅNTER TITLES USING DIRECTORY.
 3 - ÒETURN TO MAIN MENU.
 

ÏPTION 1: ÈERE THE PROGRAM FIRST ASKS HOW MANY ENTRIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENTER. ÁFTER YOU HAVE ENTERED THIS INFORMATION, THE PROGRAM ASKS CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT EACH ENTRY. ÔHESE INCLUDE DESCRIPTION, FILENAME, IF A (,1) IS NEEDED, WHETHER IT'S ACTIVATED WITH A ÒÕÎ OR ÓÙÓ AND IF IT'S WITHIN A PARTITION. ÌET'S LOOK AT EACH OF THESE IN DETAIL.

ÄESCRIPTION: ÔHIS IS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM, USUALLY 5 TO 25 CHARACTERS.

ÆILENAME: ÔHIS IS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM AS FOUND ON THE DIRECTORY.
 
ÔHE (,1) QUESTION: ÕSE A "1" TO DESIGNATE THAT THE FILE SHOULD BE LOADED WITH THE ",8,1" EXTENSION (USUALLY MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS). ÕSE A 0 TO DESIGNATE THAT THE FILE SHOULD BE LOADED WITH A ",8".
 
ÒÕÎ/ÓÙÓ: ÅNTER Ò OR ÒÕÎ TO JUST LOAD AND ÒÕÎ THE PROGRAM. ÅNTER ÓÙÓ XXXXX TO LOAD AND START THE PROGRAM WITH THE APPROPRIATE ÓÙÓ COMMAND.

ÐARTITION: ÙOU CAN PRESS RETURN FOR NO PARTITION, WHICH WOULD REFLECT YOU'RE USING THE 1541/1571. ÔHIS MEANS THAT THE DIRECTORY FROM WHERE THE PROGRAM IS BEING LOADED DOES NOT HAVE TO CHANGE. ÏR YOU CAN ENTER THE PATH COMMANDS TO THE APPROPRIATE SUBDIRECTORY ON THE 1581 OR ÃÍÄ HARD DRIVES.
 
ÏPTION 2: ÔHIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER TITLES BY USING FILENAMES ON THE DIRECTORY. ÏNLY PROGRAM FILES WILL BE LISTED. ÙOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO ADD THE FILE OR NOT. ÉF YOU DO, YOU'RE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE DESCRIPTION, A 0 OR 1, A ÒÕÎ OR ÓÙÓ XXXXX, AND FINALLY A PARTITION COMMAND FOR HARD DRIVES.
 
ÙOU'RE THEN ASKED IF THE INFORMATION ENTERED IS CORRECT. ÉF IT IS, YOU'RE PROMPTED TO ENTER ANY MORE TITLES FROM THE DIRECTORY OR QUIT TO THE MAIN MENU. ×HEN YOU'VE ENTERED THE INFORMATION AND RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU, BE SURE TO SELECT ÏPTION 2 TO SAVE THE Ç.Î.Æ. FILE TO DISK.
 
ÁDD ÔITLES:
 
ÁS ITS NAME IMPLIES, THIS OPTION IS USED TO ADD TITLES TO AN ALREADY EXISTING ÇÎÆ FILE OR TO THE COMPUTER'SMEMORY.  ÔHE FIRST PROMPT ASKS IF YOU WISH TO (1) ADD TITLES TO AN EXISTING ÇÎÆ FILE ON DISK, (2) ADD TITLES TO A FILE IN MEMORY OR (3) RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU.
 
ÉF YOU SELECT OPTION (1), YOU WILL BE ASKED TO INSERT THE APPROPRIATE DISK AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TITLES USING THE KEYBOARD OR THE DIRECTORY. ÉF YOU SELECT OPTION (2), YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TITLES USING THE KEYBOARD OR THE DIRECTORY. ÔHEN JUST FOLLOW THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS AS DETAILED IN ÅNTER ÔITLES.
 
ÅDIT/ÄELETE ÔITLES: ÔHIS OPTION PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING CHOICES:
 
1 - ÅDIT/ÓORT/ÄELETE BY ÄESCRIPTION.
2 - ÅDIT/ÓORT/ÄELETE BY ÆILENAME.
3 - ÒETURN TO MAIN MENU.

ÏPTION 1 & 2: ÔHE SCREEN APPEARS WITH THE TITLES NAMED BY ÄESCRIPTION OR ÆILENAME, DEPENDING ON WHICH OPTION YOU CHOSE. ÆROM HERE YOU CAN DELETE, EDIT, OR SORT THE TITLES INTO ANY ORDER THAT YOU WISH.  ÐRESS Æ7 FOR A LIST OF THE COMMANDS THAT CAN BE USED IN THIS SECTION OF THE PROGRAM. Æ7 IS THE HELP SCREEN.

ÏPTION 3: ÒETURNS TO THE MAIN MENU.

ÖIEW ÇÎÆ: ÔHE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE HERE:

1 - ÄISK ÆILE.
2 - ÍEMORY.
3 - ÒETURN TO MAIN ÍEMORY.
 
ÏPTION 1: ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW THE CONTENTS OF THE ÇÎÆ FILE ON THE CURRENT DIRECTORY. ÓELECTING THIS OPTION CLEARS THE CONTENTS OF MEMORY.
 
ÏPTION 2: ÁLLOWS YOU TO VIEW THE CONTENTS OF MEMORY.
 
ÏPTION 3: ÓELECTING THIS OPTION RETURNS TO THE MAIN MENU.
  
ÙOU WILL ALSO BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO PRINT THE CONTENTS OF THE Ç.Î.Æ. FILE (DISK OR MEMORY) TO THE PRINTER. ÉF YOU DO NOT WISH TO PRINT THEM, THEY WILL BE DISPLAYED TO THE SCREEN.

ÖIEW ÄIRECTORY: ÄISPLAYS THE CURRENT DIRECTORY. ÐRESS Ñ IF YOU WISH TO ABORT FROM THE DIRECTORY LISTING, OR PRESS THE SPACEBAR TO PAUSE. 

ÃHANGE ÁCTIVE ÄRIVE: ÔHIS IS ONLY USEFUL IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE DRIVE. ÔHE PROGRAM CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DRIVE SELECTED IS PRESENT. ÉF THE DRIVE SELECTED IS NOT PRESENT THE PROGRAM REMAINS ON THE CURRENT DRIVE.

ÄÏÓ COMMANDS: ÔHIS OPTION SENDS ÄÏÓ COMMANDS. ÙOU CAN USE THE POUND SIGN AS A SEPERATOR BETWEEN COMMANDS.

ÐARTITION ÔOGGLE: ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER IN PARTITION INFORMATION FOR THE 1581 AND ÃÍÄ DEVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENTERING OR ADDING TITLES TO THE DATA FILE. ÔHE PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY PUTS THIS PARTITION INFORMATION INTO AN ENTRY. ÐRESS 1 TO TOGGLE IT ON, 2 TO TOGGLE IT OFF, AND 3 TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU. ÔHE ÐARTITION ÔOGGLE IS OFF WHEN THE PROGRAM IS LOADED.
 
ÔO ENTER THE PARTITION INFORMATION, YOU MUST CHOOSE OPTION 9 (ÄÏÓ COMMANDS) FROM THE MAIN MENU. ÅNTER YOUR ÄÏÓ COMMAND AND THE PROGRAM PERFORMS THE COMMANDS AND RETAINS THE INFORMATION FOR THE ÅNTERING/ÁDDING TITLES AREA. ÉF YOU DO NOT WANT THE PARTITION INFORMATION FOR AN ENTRY, JUST DELETE THE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED PARTITION INFORMATION AND REPLACE IT WITH THE INFORMATION YOU WANT.

ÅND: ÑUITS THE PROGRAM. ÔHE PROGRAM WILL RESET THE COMPUTER.

ÔHIS SECTION CONTAINS COMMANDS THAT CAN BE USED IN THE PARTITION PART OF AN ENTRY. '!' WILL REPLACE THE USAGE OF THE POUND SYMBOL OF THE 64 KEYBOARD. ÔHE POUND SYMBOL IS NORMALLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE '-' AND 'CLR/HOME' KEYS. ÔHE POUND SYMBOL WILL BE USED TO SEPERATE COMMANDS. '<-' WILL REPLACE THE USAGE OF THE LEFT-ARROW LOCATED IN THE UPPER-LEFT CORNER OF THE KEYBOARD.
 
1581 ÃOMMANDS: Á '/' USED ALONE WILL TAKE THE 1581 BACK TO THE ROOT DIRECTORY. ÅNTERING '/PARTITION' WILL TAKE YOU TO THAT PARTITION OF THE 1581 FROM THE CURRENT DIRECTORY. ÍORE EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

'/' ÔHIS RETURNS TO THE ROOT DIRECTORY.
'/!/PART1' ÁCCESSES THE ROOT DIRECTORY, AND THEN THE PARTITION CALLED 'PART1' OF THE CURRENT DIRECTORY.
 
ÈERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF ÃÍÄ HARD DRIVE COMMANDS:

'ÃÐ1': ÔHIS WILL TAKE YOU TO PARTITION 1 OF THE HARD DISK.
'ÃÐ1!ÃÄ<-': ÁCCESSES PARTITION 1 OF A HARD DISK AND RESETS THE ROOT DIRECTORY AS THE CURRENT DIRECTORY.
'ÃÐ1!ÃÄ//ÓÕÂ1': ÁCCESSES PARTITION 1 OF THE HARD DISK, AND THEN SWITCHES TO THE SUB-DIRECTORY CALLED 'SUB1'.
 
ÙOU CAN ALSO MIX COMMANDS AS FOLLOWS:

'ÃÐ4!/!/ÓÕÂ1': ÔHIS WOULD SWITCH TO PARTITION 4 OF THE HARD DISK, WHICH IS A 1581-STYLE PARTITION, THEN GO TO THE ROOT OF THE 1581 DIRECTORY, AND THEN SWITCH TO THE PARTITION CALLED 'SUB1'.  ÙOU CAN NOT PERFORM THIS FUNCTION WITH A 1581.