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╥┼┴─ AND ╥╒╬ ╙YSTEM
BY ─AVID ╙TIDOLPH AND ├OLIN ╘HOMPSON
╘HE IDEA OF THE ╥EAD AND ╥UN ╙YSTEM
IS RATHER SIMPLE. ╨ROGRAMS AND THEIR
ARTICLES SHARE SPACE ON A DISK,
ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR SEPARATE
WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION. ╧NE SPECIAL
FILE CONTAINS THE NAMES OF THE TEXT
FILES TO READ AND PROGRAMS TO RUN.
╘HIS FILE, NAMES.DAT, ALSO CONTAINS
OTHER INFORMATION EXPLAINED BELOW:
+---------------------------------+
!0. !
!0. !
!13. !
!1. !
!14. !
!╥EAD AND ╥UN ─ISK. !
!╩UNE. !
!╥EAD ╥UN ─ISK FOR ╩UNE. !
!╥EAD ═E. !
!*END*. !
!╥UN ═E. !
+---------------------------------!
ACTUAL WORD PROCESSOR SCREEN
+---------------------------------+
!0. <--BACKGROUND COLOR !
!0. <--BORDER COLOR !
!13. <--TEXT COLOR FOR PROMPTS !
!1. <--COLOR TO USE FOR MENU !
!14. <--HIGHLIGHTING COLOR !
!╥EAD AND ╥UN ─ISK. <--DISK NAME !
!╩UNE. <--MONTH !
!╥EAD ╥UN ─ISK FOR ╩UNE. <--HEADER!
!╥EAD ═E. <--ARTICLE NAME !
! <--MORE ARTICLE NAMES !
! <--CAN GO HERE !
!*END*. <--PUT AFTER LAST ARTICLE !
!╥UN ═E. <--PROGRAM NAME !
! <--MORE PROGRAM NAMES CAN!
! <--GO HERE !
+---------------------------------+
SAME SCREEN WITH COMMENTS
╘HE ╥EAD AND ╥UN MENU PROGRAM LEARNS
WHAT TEXT FILES AND PROGRAMS ARE ON
THE DISK BY READING THE FILE
"NAMES.DAT". ╘HIS FILE CONTAINS THE
NECESSARY FILE NAMES, PLUS
INFORMATION FOR THE SCREEN COLORS,
AND HEADER INFORMATION SUCH AS THE
DATE THE DISK WAS CREATED. ╧NE
EXAMPLE OF ITS FORMAT IS SHOWN ABOVE.
╘HE ARTICLE AND PROGRAM TITLES (FROM
THE END OF THE "NAMES.DAT" FILE) ARE
USED AS FILENAMES AS WELL AS MENU
CHOICES. ╨ROGRAM FILE NAMES ARE
IDENTICAL TO THE TITLES, BUT THE
SUFFIX ".TXT" IS TACKED ONTO THE
ARTICLE TITLE TO BECOME THE FILENAME
(ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS ARE ALSO
CONVERTED TO LOWER CASE). ╞OR
INSTANCE, THE ARTICLE "╥EAD ═E"
MATCHES THE FILE "READ ME.TXT".
╘HE MAIN MENU GIVES YOU THE CHOICE OF
READING ARTICLES, RUNNING PROGRAMS,
OR PRINTING ALL THE ARTICLES COMPLETE
WITH A TABLE OF CONTENTS. ┘OU MAY
ALSO EXIT THE PROGRAM INTO ├╧═┴╠.
╘HE ARTICLE TEXT FILES SHOULD BE
├OMMODORE ┴╙├╔╔ ╙┼╤ FILES. ┼ACH LINE
OF TEXT IS LIMITED TO 37 CHARACTERS
AND MUST END WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN.
╘HE FILE IS PRINTED IN ONE COLUMN ON
THE SCREEN, OR IN TWO COLUMNS ON THE
PRINTER. ╬OTE: SOME WORD PROCESSORS
ALLOW YOU TO SET MARGINS AND INSERT
CONTROL CODES INTO THE TEXT, BUT THEN
GIVE AN OPTION TO PRINT THE FILE TO
DISK AS IT WOULD APPEAR ON THE
PRINTER. ╘HIS FILE WOULD HAVE THE
CORRECT MARGINS AND CARRIAGE RETURNS,
BUT NONE OF THE CONTROL CODES. ╔F
YOUR WORD PROCESSOR HAS THIS OPTION,
IT IS THE ONE YOU SHOULD USE TO
CREATE YOUR ╥EAD AND ╥UN FILES.
╘O PRODUCE YOUR OWN ╥EAD AND ╥UN
DISK, YOU FIRST NEED TO FORMAT THE
DISK WITH THE TITLE AND ID YOU WANT
TO USE. ├OPY THE ├╧═┴╠ 0.14 SYSTEM
ONTO THIS DISK (USE THE TOP 9 FILES
FROM THE 0.14 SIDE OF ╘ODAY ─ISK
#16). ╘HEN GATHER YOUR PROGRAMS AND
ARTICLES. ╬OTE, YOUR PROGRAMS MUST BE
├╧═┴╠ 0.14 PROGRAMS; YOU CAN'T RUN A
┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM FROM A ├╧═┴╠ MENU. ╘HE
ARTICLES MUST FOLLOW THE ABOVE
CONVENTIONS SUCH AS THE 37 CHARACTER
PER LINE LIMIT. ╞ILE NAMES MUST BE
ENTIRELY IN LOWER CASE AND END WITH
".TXT". ╘HOSE WHO PLAN TO DONATE A
╥EAD AND ╥UN DISK OF THEIR OWN
CREATION TO A USERS GROUP SHOULD BE
AWARE THAT NOT EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR
WITH ├╧═┴╠. ╔T IS NOT NECESSARY TO
KNOW ├╧═┴╠ TO USE THE ╥EAD AND ╥UN
SYSTEM. ├╧═┴╠ IS INCLUDED ON THE
DISK. ┴LL THE USER NEEDS TO DO IS
FOLLOW THE MENUS. ╘HE FILES "COMAL
ARTICLE" AND "INFO.TXT" DESCRIBE
├╧═┴╠ TO BEGINNERS. ╘HEY ARE PART OF
THE 9 SYSTEM FILES YOU COPIED TO YOUR
DISK.
┘OUR DISK IS READY, EXCEPT FOR THE
NAMES.DAT FILE. ┘OU SHOULD TYPE THIS
IN A WORD PROCESSOR AND SAVE IT AS A
NORMAL ╙┼╤ TYPE TEXT FILE (├╘╥╠/-┌ IN
╨APER├LIP, OR F1-F USING ┼ASY
╙CRIPT).