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DRM-DC08 DOCTOR M'S DISK/TAPE CATALOGER V .08 Shareware
PURPOSE :
CATALOGUE AND INTERACT FLOPPYS,ZIPS,JUMBO 250 TAPES,BBS LISTINGS
CAN DO :
CATALOG IRWIN JUMBO 250 TAPE
CATALOG DISKETTE OF ZIP FILES
CATALOG ZIP FILE CONTENTS
COMPARE YOUR DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY AGAINST CATALOG W/POINT &SHOOT DEL.
TAG FILES FROM CATALOG AND RESTORE FROM TAPE
SEARCH FILES BY ZIP COMMENT WORD
MARK BBS LISTING FILES (MARK ARCHIVES THAT ARE NOT IN CATALOG)
SHOW DISKS BY FREE SPACE
1,000,000 RECORD LIMIT.
COST :
TO REGISTER, SEND $35.00 TO MICHAEL FEDERER
4406 STONINGTON CIR.
DUNWOODY, GA 30338
SUPPORT :
MoonBeam Systems
Sysop : Dennis Moon
4201 Autumn Lake Dr.
Buford, Ga 30518
Support Lines : (404) 945-2185 Hayes Optima 14.4k
(404) 932-0903 Intel 14.4k
REPORTS WILL ONLY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED USERS
REGISTERED USERS CAN SEND IN CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS.
MONEY HELPS FEED UNDERPRIVLEDGED PROGRAMMERS WHO MAKE THESE UPDATES.
$`'>>!!! (MONEY HELPS LITTLE COMPUTERS GROW TO BE BIG COMPUTERS)
REQUIREMENTS:
DOS 5.0
LABEL (DOS 5.0)
PKZIP (PKWARE 1.1)
PKUNZIP (PKWARE 1.1)
LIST (VERNON D. BUERG) (FOR VIEWING ZIP CONTENTS)
FD (NORTONS FILEDATE) (OPTIONAL FOR RESTAMPING .LST FILES)
REQUIREMENTS FOR TAPE USERS:
TAPEDIR (COLORADO MEMORY SYSTEMS)
TAPE (COLORADO MEMORY SYSTEMS)
C:\TAPE\ LOCATION OF TAPE SOFTWARE
DRM-DC07 DOCTOR M'S DISK/TAPE CATALOGER V .08 Shareware
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. CREATE DIRECTORY TO PLACE DRM-DC08.ZIP CONTENTS IN (RECOMMEND C:\DISK)
MD C:\DISK
2. Copy DRM-DC08.ZIP to C:\DISK
3. PKUNZIP DRM-DC08.ZIP (INTO THE DEFAULT DIRECTORY)
#NOTES ( if not default C:\DISK ):
IF YOU DID NOT USE C:\DISK, EDIT DC.BAT AND USE YOUR
DRIVE & SUBDIR IN PLACE OF C:\DISK
IF YOU DID NOT USE C:\DISK AND YOU ARE A JUMBO 250 USER,
EDIT TAPECAT.BAT AND USE YOUR DRIVE & SUBDIR IN PLACE OF C:\DISK
4. PLACE BATCH FILE IN DOS PATH (DC.BAT,TAPECAT.BAT)
#NOTE: Make sure the default path in the files is the same as the
config in DC.
5. INSURE ALL REQUIRED FILES ARE IN THE DOS PATH (LABEL,PKUNZIP ETC..)
6. CREATE SUBDIRECTORYS ON DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY MATCHING THE
CATAGORY'S/AREAS YOU WANT TO DIVIDE THE DOWNLOADS INTO. (OPTIONAL)
7. MAKE SURE THE EXTENSION ON YOUR BBS LISTINGS IS .LST,
AND THE FILE IS ASCII
8. BACKUP YOUR .LST FILES (JUST IN CASE)
9. LOAD PROGRAM (DC)
10.SELECT CONFIGURE SETTINGS AND UPDATE ALL FIELDS
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ADDING *.LST COMMENTS TO ZIP FILE.
1.STRIP OLD ZIP COMMENTS (PROBABLY ADVERTISING)
2.DISK COMPARE (OPT G)
3.THIS WILL PLACE THE .LST COMMENTS INTO THE EMPTY ZIP COMMENT AREA
4.DELETE DUPLICATES,CLEAN UP COMMENTS
5.MOVE FILES INTO APPROPRIATE SUBDIR
6.QUIT
YOU CAN CATALOG A DISK FROM THE DOS PROMPT BY TYPEING "DC B"
(ASSUMING B IS FLOPPY)
YOU CAN LOOK UP A FILE FROM THE DOS PROMPT BY TYPEING "DC FILENAME"
IF THE FILENAME IS MORE THAN 1 CHARACTER.
IF YOU LABEL YOUR DISKS IN THE PATTERN: "DISKNAME-##" .OR "GAMES-001",
THE CATAGORY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ASSIGN FROM YOUR CATAGORY SETTINGS.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AUTONDX TURNED ON, YOU MUST RUN INDEXING BEFORE YOU
CAN LOOK UP NEW ADDITONS.
ONLY THE FIRST 8 LETTERS OF THE TAPE VOLUME NAME WILL BE USED
THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WAY TO READ THE TAPE NAME. YOU CAN PASS THE TAPE NAME TO
THE PROGRAM BY TYPEING "TAPECAT TAPE-001" ETC..
DRM-DC07 DOCTOR M'S DISK/TAPE CATALOGER V .08 Shareware
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SETTINGS:
AUTOMATIC INDEXING - IF THIS IS SET OFF, THE DISK SCANNING WILL BE
FASTER, BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO RUN INDEXING IN
ORDER TO LOOK UP NEW FILES.
CD ROM - IF THIS IS ON, CATALOG PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY
IGNORE EXISTING ZIP COMMENTS, AND WILL TAKE
BEST SHOT AT ATTACHING COMMENTS FROM .LST FILES
MOVE TO DIR - IF YOUR DOWNLOAD AREA IS DIVIDED INTO SUBCATAGORYS
EX. C:\DOWNLOAD\COMMUNI
C:\DOWNLOAD\FILER
C:\DOWNLOAD\GRAPHICS\PICTURES
C:\DOWNLOAD\GRAPHICS\VIEWERS
C:\DOWNLOAD\GRAPHICS\PAINTING
THEN YOU CAN MOVE YOUR DOWNLOAD FILES, USING
POINT AND SHOOT, DURING DISK COMPARE. DISK COMPARE
CAN BE SET TO A SINGLE SUBDIRECTORY AND WILL
IGNORE ALL BRANCH DIRECTORYS.
BATCH FILE DIR - FOR TAPE DRIVE USERS ONLY. STATES DIRECTORY FOR
TAPE RESTORE PROGRAM TO PLACE DCREST.BAT
AUTOMATIC TAGGING - IF ON, MAINTENANCE INDEXING WILL AUTOMATICALLY
PLACE A MARKER "|||" TO THE LEFT OF ALL FILES
IN YOUR .LST FILES WHICH DO NOT SHOW IN CATALOG
PLEASE USE "---", "===", OR "+++" TO PLACE YOUR
OWN MARKERS BESIDE THE FILE. FOR EXAMPLE
---FILENAME.EXT MIGHT MEAN YOU HAVE ALREADY
DOWNLOADED THIS FILE.
+++FILENAME.EXT MIGHT MEAN YOU PLAN TO DOWNLOAD
THIS FILE
|||FILENAME.EXT MEANS YOU DONT HAVE THIS FILE
IN CATALOG.