sONG lIST v9.1 hELP fILEStHIS FILE CONTAINS THE INSTRUCTIONS NEEDED TO OPERATE THE sONG lIST v9.1 PROGRAM. mANY THANKS TO gEARjAMMER OF THE gEARjAMMER'S bbs (1-718-383-3904) FOR HIS SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE USED IN THIS VERSION.sONG lIST v9.1(c) 1987 jOHN mOORE-aLL rIGHTS rESERVEDtHIS PROGRAM IS fREEWARE. ok TO cOPY,nOT TO SELL. main menu commandslist all albums:tHIS IS USED TO GET ALISTING OF ALL ALBUMS (COLOR CODED TOFORMAT) IN THE aLBUM lIST.list albums by title:tHIS IS USED TO LIST ALBUMS BY A TITLE AND/OR ARTIST.wHEN USING THIS COMMAND YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE TITLE TO BE SEARCHED FOR. jUST TYPE IN THE ALBUM TITLE (AND/OR ARTIST) AND PRESS RETURN. tHIS TITLE IS CALLED THE kEY. sPACESARE IGNORED IN THE ALBUM TITLE AND INTHE KEY BUT CAPS are IMPORTANT. "kE"IS DIFFERENT THAN "KE". yOU DON'T HAVE TO ENTER A FULL NAME. ie:sIMON WILL FIND ALL ALBUMS THAT CONTAIN THEWORD (OR NAME) "sIMON" LIKE "pAUL sIMON", "sIMON sAYS". ETC. yOU DON'TEVEN HAVE TO TYPE IN A WHOLE WORD-JUST ONE LETTER IS ENOUGH (BUT YOU WILL GET A LOT OF ALBUMS WITH THAT ONE LETTER) ie:"b" WOULD LIST (IF THEY ARE ENTERED OF COURSE) "bEATLES","kbc bAND", "bILLY jOEL", "pAT bENATAR", ETC. tHIS IS TRUE FORALL KEYS REFERRED TO LATER IN THIS TEXT.list albums by format:wHEN YOU USE THIS COMMAND YOU WILL BE ASKED WHAT FORMAT (rECORD, cASSETTE, 8-tRACK, cdOR dIGITAL aUDIO tAPE-dat) YOU WOULD LIKE THE LIST FOR. wHEN YOU PRESS THE PROPER KEY (AS PER THE MENU) THE SCREEN WILL LIST ALL ALBUMS ENTERED ON THE LIST WITH THAT FORMAT. iF YOULET IT LIST TO THE END IT WILL STOP BY ITSELF AND TELL YOU HOW MANY ALBUMS ARE IN THAT FORMAT.list albums by song title:tHIS ALLOWSYOU TO SEARCH FOR A SONG AND FIND OUTWHAT ALBUM IT IS ON. tHERE ARE TWO MODES OF SEARCH-fULL AND lIMITED. fULL SEARCH WILL SEARCH THE SONGS OF EVERY ALBUM ON THE ALBUM LIST TO SEE IF ANY MATCH THE KEY YOU GIVE IT. tHIS TAKES A WHILE BECAUSE THE 1541 IS SLOW AND HAVING TO READ THE rel FILE TAKES SOME TIME. i HAD TO DROP SPEED FOR SPACE. tHIS LIST MAKES USEOF THE 1541'S rel FILES AND USES THEMJUST LIKE SLOW ram. lIMITED SEARCH WILL ONLY LOOK AT THE SONGS ON THE ALBUMS THAT YOU TELL IT TO LOOK AT WITH THE 2ND KEY. wHEN YOU PICK LIMITED SEARCH YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT THE SEARCH TO INCLUDE THE SPECIAL ARTIST NAMES multi-artist album OR motion picture music (SEE add new album to list FOR MORE ON THESE). iF YOU PRESS "y" FOR YES THEN ALL ALBUMS THAT CONTAIN ONE OF THOSE ARTIST NAMES WILL BE SEARCHED FOR THE SONG. yOU WILL THEN BE ASKEDIF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE ANOTHER ARTISTAND/OR ALBUM IN THE SEARCH. iF YOU PICK "n" ON THE FIRST QUESTION YOU must ENTER AN ALBUM TITLE AND/OR AN ARTIST AND PRESS return. tHE SCREEN WILL THEN SHOW ANY MATCHES IT FINDS IN THE SONG LISTS FOR THE ALBUMS YOU SELECTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SEARCH(FULL SEARCH IS THE SAME AS SAYING THE 2ND KEY IS A WILDCARD-ANY ALBUM IN THE LIST IS INCLUDED) UNDER THE NAME OF THE ALBUM IT IS ON.list songs by album title:tHIS WILL GIVE YOU THE LIST OF SONGS ASSOCIATEDWITH THE ALBUM(S) THAT MATCH THE KEY YOU GIVE THE PROGRAM TO SEARCH WITH. iT WILL FIRST ASK YOU IF YOU WANT THESONG LIST FOR ANY ALBUM IT FINDS THATMATCHES THE KEY. iF YOU SAY YES THENTHE SONGS WILL LIST. aFTER THE LIST YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT TO GO ON (IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER MATCHES-IFNOT IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY END). iF YOU CHOOSE NO THEN YOU WILL EXIT THISSECTION. yES WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT ALBUM TITLE AND THE SEQUENCE STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.add new album to list:tHIS IS USED TOADD A NEW ALBUM TO THE LIST (OR STARTTHE LIST IF YOU ARE USING THE PROGRAMFOR THE FIRST TIME). a COUPLE OF NOTES:1) i WROTE THIS SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ORDER YOU PUT THE ARTIST AND ALBUM TITLE IN. i USUALLY USE artist/album title WITH THE "/" TO DEVIDE THE TWO. nO MATTER WHERE THE STRING OF LETTERS IS IN THE NAME THE SEARCH WILL FIND THEM WHEN YOU GIVE IT A KEY.2) eNTER THE ARTIST/ALBUM TITLE IN THE just AS YOU WANT IT TO BE SEEN ONTHE SCREEN IN LISTS. iF THE NAME IS LONGER THAN 40 CHARS. THEN ADD SPACESTO MAKE THE WORDS FIT ON THE LINE. tRY NOT TO USE "-" BECAUSE THE PROGRAM ONLY IGNORES SPACES. iT WILL"SEE" THE "-" AS A CHAR. ie:eLECTRIC lIGHT oRCHESTRA/a nEW wORLD'S rECORD.tHEN IF YOU ENTER "oRCHESTRA" OR "wORLD'S rECORD" OR EVEN "E" FOR THE KEY IN AN ALBUM TITLE SEARCH THIS WILL BE LISTED.3) aRTIST/aLBUM TITLES CAN ONLY BE UPTO ONE LOGICAL LINE LONG (A LOGICAL LINE IS EQUAL TO UP TO 2 SCREEN LINES)4) tHERE ARE TWO SPECIAL ARTIST NAMESUSED BY THE SYSTEM:mULTI-aRTIST aLBUMmOTION pICTURE mUSICmULTI-aRTIST aLBUM IS FOR THOSE "k-tEL" ALBUMS WHERE THERE ARE MANY ARTISTS ON THE ALBUM. mOTION pICTUREmUSIC IS FOR THOSE SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS AND ALBUMS OF MUSIC WRITTEN FOR A MOVIE BUT NOT FROM THE SOUNDTRACK. sINCE BOTH mULTI-aRTIST aLBUMS AND mOTION pICTURE mUSIC ALBUMS CAN CONTAIN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ARTISTS THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE list albums by song SECTION TO COVER THEM AS WELL. tHAT WAY IF YOU WANTED TO FIND THE SONG "oPEN aRMS" BY jOURNEY YOU COULD PICK YES FOR INCLUDE THESE NAMES IN SEARCH AND PUT "jOURNEY" IN AS THE SECOND KEY. tHEN WHEN THE SOUNDTRACK FOR "hEAVY mETAL" CAME UP (IF YOU HAD IT ON THE LIST) IT WOULD FIND "oPEN aRMS" THERE AS WELL AS ON "eSCAPE", THE ALBUM THAT THE SONG IS FROM AND NOT WASTE IT'S TIME LOOKING IN THE SONG LISTS FOR THE bEATLES ALBUMS FOR A jOURNEY SONG.5) yOU CAN ENTER MORE THAN ONE ARTIST (IF THERE'S ROOM ON THE LINE). jUST USE / TO DEVIDE THEM UP. ie:nEIL dIAMOND/mOTION pICTURE mUSIC/tHE jAZZ sINGERwHEN YOU ENTER THE ALBUM AND PRESS return YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE FORMAT OF THE ALBUM. pRESS THE KEY THAT GOES WITH THE FORMAT THE ALBUM IS ON (AS PER THE MENU). tHESE COLORS ARE USED IN THE LIST TO SHOW THE FORMAT OF AN ALBUM. ie: IF THE ALBUM TITLE IS IN PURPLE THAN IT IS ON RECORD. iF IT IS LIGHT BLUE IT IS ON CASSETTE.nOW YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE SONG LIST FOR THAT ALBUM. yOU SHOULD ENTER IT IN THE FORMAT song(/artist). tHE artist SHOULD ONLY BE USED ON mULTI-aRTIST aLBUM OR mOTION pICTURE mUSIC ALBUMS. tHIS WAY YOU WILL KNOW WHO DID ALL OF THOSE SONGS ON THAT LIST. iF THERE IS ONLY ONE ARTIST (ON THE ALBUM) THEN THERE IS NO REASON TO ADD THE NAME TO THE SONG LIST (IT JUST WASTES SPACE AND MAKES SEARCHES LONGER AND LESS ACCURATE). tHE RULES ON LENGTH APPLY TO THE SONGS JUST LIKE THEY DID TO THE ALBUM TITLES. wHEN YOU ARE DONE JUST PRESS return ON A BLANK LINE AND YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU ARE DONE OR DO YOU WANT TO START THE SONG LIST OVER AGAIN. iF YOU PRESS "n" YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER MORE SONGS TO THE LIST. iF YOU PRESS THE cOMMODORE lOGO kEY AND "c" YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE START OF THE SONG ENTRY SECTION WITH A CLEAR SCREEN. rE-ENTER THE SONG LIST AGAIN AND FOLLOW THE SAME RULES AS BEFORE.wHEN YOU FIRST ENTER AN ALBUM TITLE THERE IS NO sONG dATA dISK READY (THE SYSTEM MAKES IT UP) SO YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER A BLANK DISK. iF THE DISK WAS FORMATTED BEFORE IT WILL ASK YOU IF YOU WANT THE DATA ON IT ERASED. all data on the disk will be erased. tHE SONG DATA FILE WILL TAKE UP THE WHOLE DISK. tHE SYSTEM SETS UP A rel FILE THE SIZE OF THE DISK (664 BLOCKS LONG). iT WILL KEEP TRACK OF WHAT IS USES ON A DISK BY ITSELF. tHIS WILL TAKE 10 MINUTES (7 WITH A FAST LOAD CART.) TO SET UP THE DISK SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S TAKING. iT TAKES SO LONG BECAUSE IT IS SETTING UP THE rel FILE ON THE DISK THAT IS OVER 10,000 RECORDS LONG. tHIS WILL ONLY HAVE TO BE DONE WHEN YOU FIRST START AND IF YOU FILL THE SONG DATA DISK IT WILL FORMAT A SECOND. mAKE SURE TO WRITE DOWN THE NAME AND # OF THE DISK THAT THE COMPUTER TELLS YOU. tHE SYSTEM WILL ASK FOR THAT DISK DURING ACCESSES TO THE SONG DATA (IF IT IS NOT IN THE DRIVE ALREADY).aFTER THE SONG DATA IS SAVED TO THE sONG dATA dISK YOU WILL ENTER THE move album in list MODE. sEE move album in list FOR MORE ON THIS.wHEN THE ALBUM IS PLACED IN THE LIST YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE START OF THE add new album to list SECTION. yOU CAN ENTER ANOTHER ALBUM OR JUST PRESS return ON A BLANK LINE TO EXIT.delete album title from list: tHIS WILL ERASE AN ALBUM TITLE FROM THE LIST. iT WILL not DELETE THE SONGS FROM THE SONG DATA DISK (THIS MAY BE CORRECTED IN LATER VERSIONS) THEY WILL JUST BE IGNORED DURING SONG LIST SEARCHES. tHE MORE OFTEN YOU DO THIS THE MORE YOU WILL WASTE SPACE ON THE sONG dATA dISK. jUST ENTER THE kEY TO BE USED IN THE SEARCH AND THE COMPUTER WILL ASK YOU WITH EACH MATCH IF YOU WANT THAT ALBUM DELETED. wHEN YOU ANSWER YES TO ONE (OR THE END OF THE LIST IS REACHED DURING THE SEARCH) YOU WILL EXIT THIS SECTION.move album title in list: tHIS ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE ANY ALBUM TITLE RELATIVE TO THE OTHERS IN THE LIST. iF ENTERED FROM add new album to list THE KEY WILL BE THE ALBUM TITLE YOU JUST ENTERED. oTHERWISE YOU MUST SUPPLY THE KEY. wHEN YOU SELECT AN ALBUM AND PLACE IT IN THE LIST WHERE YOU WANT IT YOU WILL THEN EXIT THIS SECTION.change album format: tHIS ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE FORMAT OF AN ALBUM THAT IS ALREADY ON THE LIST. jUST GIVE IT THE KEY AND FOLLOW THE PROMPTS.display total album count: tHIS WILL RETURN THE TOTAL # OF ALBUMS ON THE LIST AT THE MOMENT.display free memory: tHIS WILL RETURN THE BYTES FREE IN ram FOR THE ALBUM LIST. iF YOU HAVE ACCESSED A sONG dATA dISK THEN IT WILL ALSO RETURN THE FREE BYTES ON THE LAST DISK ACCESSED.save album list to disc: the album list is in ram only untill you use this command! tHIS WILL SAVE THE ALBUM LIST TO DISK (YOU MUST SAVE IT TO THE DISK THAT CONTAINS THE FILE "SL DATA" ON IT. iF YOU DON'T IT WILL ASK YOU TO PUT IN THAT DISK AND WON'T SAVE THE LIST UNTILL YOU DO!) iF YOU DO NOT SAVE THE LIST TO DISK ALL ADDITIONS AND CHANGES WILL BELOST! sEE BELOW.exit song list v9.1 to basic: tHIS IS THE BEST WAY TO EXIT sONG lIST v9.1. iT WILL TELL YOU IF YOU CHANGED ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T SAVED TO DISK YET. iF YOU ANSWER y TO THE QUESTION THEN YOUR COMPUTER WILL "cOLD sTART" (JUST LIKE YOU TURNED IT OFF AND ON AGAIN). n WILL RETURN YOU TO THE PROGRAM. aLWAYS EXIT THE PROGRAM THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU WILL KNOW IF THE LATEST VERSION OF THE ALBUM LIST IS ON THE DISK YET.help: tHIS WILL PRINT THIS FILE YOU ARE READING RIGHT NOW. iT WAS INCLUDED TO LET YOU REVIEW THE COMMANDS WHILE THE PROGRAM IS RUNNING. iF THE DISK WITH THIS FILE IS NOT IN THE DRIVE THEN IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY EXIT THE MODE.(C) 1987 jOHN mOORE-aLL rIGHTS rESERVEDfREEWARE-ok TO COPY, NOT TO SELL!aLL COPIES MUST CONTAIN THIS COPYRIGHT NOTICE. yOU MAY CHANGE IT IF YOU LIKE BUT YOU must RETAIN THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND AUTHOR'S NAME.
