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╫ELCOME TO ...
├APTAIN
├╧═┴╠
╟ETS
╧RGANIZED
FEATURING
─ISK
╧RGANIZATION
╙YSTEM
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘ >>>>>> DO ╬╧╘ WRITE ON THE
DISK YOU RECEIVED. ├REATE YOUR OWN
WORKING COPY AND STORE THE ORIGINAL IN
A SAFE PLACE. ╞OLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON
SHEET ENCLOSED WITH DISK.
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘ >>>>>> THE FIRST OPTION YOU
SHOULD CHOSE IS ┴ - ┴LLOCATE FILES.
╚AVE A BLANK DISK READY - IT CAN FORMAT
IT FOR YOU. ╘HAT DISK WILL BE YOUR
═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘ ─╔╙╦.
╘HIS SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH
├╧═┴╠ RUNNING ON A ├OMMODORE 64
COMPUTER (THOUGH WITH MINOR CHANGES DUE
TO LESS AVAILABLE MEMORY, COULD WORK
WITH ╨┼╘/├┬═ ├╧═┴╠ AS WELL). ╔T IS
DESIGNED FOR USE WITH THE 1541 OR 4040
DISK DRIVE. ╔F YOU ARE FORTUNATE AND
HAVE A 4040 DRIVE HOOKED UP VIA A
┬╒╙├┴╥─ OR ╔╬╘┼╥╨╧─ (AS THE ├APTAIN
DOES) THE SYSTEM ALLOWS THE USE OF BOTH
DRIVES - MAKING IT MUCH EASIER TO USE,
SINCE DISK SWAPPING IS ELIMINATED).
╘HE ACCOMPANYING BOOK EXPLAINS HOW THE
SYSTEM IS PROGRAMMED. ╘HIS ╚┼╠╨ FILE
EXPLAINS HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM.
╫╚┴╘ ╔╙ ╔╘?
┘ES, JUST WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED A
─ISK ╧RGANIZATION ╙YSTEM (OR ─╧╙).
╫ELL, WE COULD SAY THAT IT IS A FORM OF
A ─ISK ═ANAGEMENT ╙YSTEM (OR ─═╙),
WHICH IS TRUE, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
POLITIANS ANSWER. ╘HE ─═╙/─╧╙ HELPS YOU
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR PROGRAMS AND
ASSOCIATED FILES. ╔T IS AN EXPANDED
─ISK ├ATALOGER. ╔T IS EASY TO USE - NO
TEDIOUS TYPING ON YOUR PART - SINCE THE
SYSTEM READS THE DISK DIRECTORIES FROM
YOUR DISKS AND THEN SAVES EACH
DIRECTORY ON A ═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╙╦. ╘HIS IS
IMPORTANT. ┘OU WILL NEED A NEW BLANK
DISK TO USE AS YOUR ═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╙╦. ╧NCE
YOUR DISKS ARE CATALOGED, THE SYSTEM
ALLOWS YOU ACCESS TO ANY OF THOSE DISK
DIRECTORIES. ┘OU CAN PRINT A SUMMARY OF
ALL YOUR DISKS - OR PRINT A COMPLETE
LIST OF ALL THE PROGRAMS ON EVERY DISK,
AND MORE. ┬UT FIRST - HERE IS HOW TO
GET STARTED.
╙╘┴╥╘╒╨
╞╔╥╙╘ AND MOST IMPORTANT - YOU MUST GET
A BLANK DISK TO USE AS YOUR ═┴╙╘┼╥
─╔╙╦. ╘HE SYSTEM WILL ERASE AND FORMAT
IT FOR YOU.
╠ABEL YOUR NEW DISK ═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘
─╔╙╦. ┘OU NOW ARE READY TO START.
├HOOSE ╧╨╘╔╧╬ ┴ TO ALLOCATE AND CREATE
THE NECESSARY FILES, AS WELL AS FORMAT
YOUR NEW MASTER DISK. ┘OU ONLY DO THIS
ONCE, AND IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING
YOU DO.
╬EXT, YOU SHOULD CATALOG ALL YOUR
DISKS. ├HOOSE ╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╒ TO DO THIS
UPDATING. ╘HE PROCESS IS VERY SIMPLE.
╩UST FOLLOW THE SYSTEM PROMPTS. ╫HEN IT
SAYS TO INSERT A DISK TO BE CATALOGED,
JUST PUT ONE OF YOUR DISKS INTO THE
DRIVE AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ─ON'T BE SCARED -
IT ONLY READS THE DISK DIRECTORY. ╘╚┼╬
IT WILL ASK YOU TO INSERT THE ═┴╙╘┼╥
─╔╙╦ INTO THE DRIVE. ╬OW, MERELY REMOVE
THE DISK YOU ARE CATALOGING AND PUT THE
═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╙╦ BACK IN THE DRIVE (YOU
LUCKY PEOPLE WITH A 4040 CAN JUST KEEP
YOUR MASTER DISK IN DRIVE 1 ALL THE
TIME). ╚IT ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AND THE SYSTEM WRITES
A COPY OF THE DISK BEING CATALOGED ONTO
THE ═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╙╦. ╘HEN IT WILL ASK YOU
FOR THE NEXT DISK TO CATALOG. ╦EEP
PUTTING IN YOUR DISKS UNTIL YOU HAVE
THEM ALL DONE. ╫HEN YOU ARE DONE -
─╧╬'╘ ╚╔╘ ╥┼╘╒╥╬ - FIRST TYPE THE
LETTER ╤ AND ╘╚┼╬ HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ┘OUR
DISKS ARE NOW CATALOGED.
╨╧╙╙╔┬╠┼ ╨╥╧┬╠┼═: ╙INCE EACH ╔─ SHOULD
ONLY BE USED ╧╬┼ TIME ON ONLY ╧╬┼ DISK
- THE SYSTEM WILL ALERT YOU WHENEVER
YOU ATTEMPT TO CATALOG A DISK WITH THE
SAME ╔─ AS ONE ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM.
╔F THIS IS THE FIRST TIME CATALOGING
THAT DISK - MAKE A NOTE OF IT. ┘OU HAVE
ANOTHER DISK SOMEWHERE WITH THE ╙┴═┼
╔─. ╘HIS IS DANGEROUS. ┘OU SHOULD COPY
THE DISK ONTO ANOTHER DISKETTE USING A
NEW AND ╒╬╔╤╒┼ ╔─. ╧F COURSE, AFTER YOU
USE THE SYSTEM AWHILE, YOU WILL HAVE
CHANGED SOME OF YOUR DISKS. ┘OU WILL
WANT TO ╒╨─┴╘┼ THE DIRECTORIES ON THE
═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╙╦ (HENCE THE TERM ╒╨─┴╘┼).
╫HEN UPDATING A DISK ON THE ═┴╙╘┼╥, YOU
WILL GET THE SAME MESSAGE THAT THE DISK
╔─ IS ALREADY IN ╒╙┼. ╚OWEVER, YOU
ALREADY KNEW THAT SINCE YOU HAVE
CATALOGED THE DISK BEFORE. ╥EPLY ┘ TO
UPDATE THE DIRECTORY.
╧NCE YOUR DISK ARE CATALOGED, REPLY ╤
(TO QUIT). ╘HE SYSTEM WILL ASK YOU TO
INSERT THE ─╧╙ ═┼╬╒ DISK. ╘HIS IS THE
DISK WITH A COPY OF ALL THE PROGRAMS IN
THE ─═╙/─╧╙ SYSTEM. ╨UT THE DISK IN THE
DRIVE AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE MENU WILL
REAPPEAR.
╒╨─┴╘┼ ─╧╬┼
╬OW, THE DIRECTORY OF EACH DISK IS ON
THE ═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘ ─╔╙╦. ╬OW YOU NEED
TO CONSTRUCT THE ═┴╙╘┼╥ ╞╔╠┼, COMBINING
ALL THE FILE NAMES INTO ONE HUGE FILE.
╘HIS WILL ALLOW FASTER RESPONSE FROM
THE OTHER OPTIONS. ╫HENEVER THE ═┴╙╘┼╥
╞╔╠┼ NEEDS UPDATING YOU WILL BE
REMINDED BY THE MESSAGE ├╚╧╧╙┼ ╧╨╘╔╧╬ ═
╙╧╧╬. ┴NY TIME YOU ─┼╠┼╘┼ A DIRECTORY
OR ╒╨─┴╘┼ A DIRECTORY YOU SHOULD MAKE A
NEW MASTER FILE SOON AFTERWARDS -
BEFORE USING OTHER OPTIONS.
╘HE SYSTEM DOES NOT CREATE THE MASTER
FILE DURING ╒╨─┴╘┼ TO SAVE YOU TIME. ╔T
IS BETTER TO MAKE THE ╒╨─┴╘┼ AS QUICK
AS POSSIBLE, SO YOU DON'T WASTE YOUR
TIME WAITING IN BETWEEN DISKS. ╘HEN
AFTER ALL THE UPDATES ARE PROCESSED, A
MASTER FILE IS CREATED.
╧╨╘╔╧╬ ═ SHOULD BE CHOSEN NOW. ╔T WILL
MAKE THE MASTER FILE FOR YOU. ╔T WILL
ASK YOU TO INSERT THE ═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘
─╔╙╦. ─O SO AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╔T WILL
LIST ALL THE DIRECTORIES QUICKLY ON THE
SCREEN AS IT GOES SO YOU CAN MONITOR
ITS PROGRESS. ╫HEN IT IS DONE YOU WILL
BE ASKED TO INSERT THE ─╧╙ ═┼╬╒ PROGRAM
DISK INTO THE DRIVE AGAIN. ─O SO AND
HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AND YOU ARE BACK TO THE MAIN
MENU.
╬╧╫ ╘╚┼ ╞╒╬
╬OW, WE CAN USE THE OTHER OPTIONS.
╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╞ WILL ALLOW YOU TO ╞╔╬─ A
PROGRAM. ╘HE SYSTEM WILL TELL YOU WHAT
DISK CONTAINS THE PROGRAM YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR. ╔F MORE THAN ONE DISK HAS
A PROGRAM WITH THAT NAME, IT WILL LIST
ALL OF THEM. ┘OU CAN USE THE * AS THE
WILD CARD ENDING FOR THIS SEARCH. ╘HUS
╨╥╔╬╘* WOULD LIST ALL FILE NAMES
BEGINNING WITH ╨╥╔╬╘ (SUCH AS ╨╥╔╬╘'─╔╥
AND ╨╥╔╬╘'╔─╙). ╘HIS IS A MAJOR BENEFIT
OF THE SYSTEM.
╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╨ IS THE OTHER MAJOR USE OF THE
SYSTEM. ╔T ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE
DIRECTORY OF ┴╬┘ DISK YOU HAVE
CATALOGED AT ANY TIME. ┘OU DON'T HAVE
TO HAVE THE DISK ITSELF TO USE THIS
OPTION, SINCE ALL THE DIRECTORIES ARE
CONTAINED ON YOUR ═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘
─╔╙╦. ╔F YOU JUST LOST A DISK (OR SPILT
├╧╦┼ ON IT), ╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╨ WILL LIST ALL THE
PROGRAMS AND FILES THAT YOU LOST. ╨LUS,
IF YOU LIKE TO LABEL YOUR DISKS, A
MULTI COLUMN FORMAT IS AVAILABLE. ┘OU
SPECIFY HOW MANY COLUMNS AND HOW MANY
LINES PER PAGE. ┘OU CAN THEN PUT BLANK
LABELS INTO YOUR PRINTER, AND PRINT
DISK DIRECTORIES ON THE LABELS (OR
PRINT THEM ON REGULAR PAPER WHICH YOU
CAN THEN CUT OUT AND TAPE TO THE DISK'S
PROTECTIVE ENVELOPE).
╧╨╘╔╧╬ ├ IS A FUN OPTION. ┘OU MAY HAVE
TWO DISK WITH ABOUT THE SAME THING ON
EACH - BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE
FILES THAT ARE DIFFERENT. ╘HIS ├╧═╨┴╥┼
─╔╥┼├╘╧╥╔┼╙ OPTION IS GREAT FOR THIS
PURPOSE. ┴LL YOU DO IS TELL THE THE
SYSTEM THE DISK ╔─ OF EACH DISK YOU
WANT COMPARED. ╔T THEN WILL LIST (ON
SCREEN OR PRINTER) THE FILES ON EACH
DISK - IN ╘╚╥┼┼ ├╧╠╒═╬╙. ╘HE COLUMN ON
THE LEFT ARE THE FILES THAT ONLY ARE ON
THE FIRST DISK. ╘HE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT
ARE THE FILES THAT ARE ONLY ON THE
SECOND DISK. ┴NY FILE NAME FOUND ON
┬╧╘╚ DISKS IS PRINTED IN THE MIDDLE.
╬ICE!
┴H ╚A!! ┘OU SAY. ╫HAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW
THE TWO ╔─'S. ╫ELL, THIS SYSTEM CAN
TAKE CARE OF THAT - IN SEVERAL WAYS.
┘OU CAN CHOOSE ╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╔ AND SEE ALL THE
╔─'S IN USE. ┘OU CAN CHOOSE ╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╙
AND SEE A SUMMARY OF EACH DISK - AND
WATCH FOR THE TWO YOU NEED ╔─'S FOR. ╧R
YOU CAN USE ╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╓ TO SIMPLY VIEW
EACH DISK AND NOTE THEIR ╔─'S.
╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╔ WILL LIST ALL THE DISK ╔─'S
CURRENTLY IN ╒╙┼. ╘HIS IS REAL HANDY,
SINCE YOU MUST ALWAYS USE A ╒╬╔╤╒┼ ╔─
FOR EACH NEW DISK YOU FORMAT. ┴FTER
AWHILE YOU FORGET WHAT ╔─'S YOU HAVE
USED ALREADY. ╘HIS OPTION WILL NOT ONLY
GIVE YOU A LIST OF THE ╔─'S IN USE -
BUT WILL PUT THEM IN ALPHABETIC ORDER
TOO. ╧R, IF YOU WISH IT WILL PRINT A
├╚┴╥╘, MARKING EACH USED ╔─ WITH A # AT
ITS PLACE ON THE 'GRID'. ╘HE CHART IS
REAL HANDY. ╨RINT IT OUT. ╘HEN AS YOU
FORMAT NEW DISKS, MERELY ADD YOUR OWN #
IN ITS SPOT. ╨RINT UP A NEW ├╚┴╥╘ ANY
TIME YOU NEED ONE.
╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╙ WILL GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF ALL
THE DISKS YOU HAVE CATALOGED. ╔T WILL
TELL YOU THE DISK NAME, DISK ╔─, WHEN
IT WAS CATALOGED, HOW MANY FILES ARE ON
IT, AND HOW MANY BLOCKS FREE ARE LEFT.
╒SE THIS INFO TO FIND A DISK WITH LOTS
OF FREE BLOCKS ON IT - OR USE IT TO SEE
WHICH DISKS HAVE NOT BEEN CATALOGED FOR
A LONG TIME.
╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╓ ALLOWS YOU TO SEE A DIRECTORY
OF ANY DISK IN HAND. ═ERELY INSERT THE
DISK, AND IT SHOWS YOU ITS DIRECTORY.
╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╬ ALLOWS YOU TO TELL THE SYSTEM
IF YOU HAVE A DUAL DRIVE OR NOT. ╔F YOU
START UP THE SYSTEM WITH ONLY A 1541,
YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD IT ╬╧. ┬UT, IF
LATER YOU GET A 4040 HOOKED IN, YOU CAN
USE THIS OPTION TO TELL THE SYSTEM THAT
┘┼╙ YO NOW HAVE A DUAL DRIVE. ╘HE
SYSTEM DOES NOT ALLOW FOR TWO SINGLE
UNITS (IE, 8 AND 9), BUT COULD BE
ADAPTED TO DO SO.
╘HATS IT. ╘HE SYSTEM IS SELF PROMPTING
AS YOU GO. ╩UST MAKE SURE YOU USE THE
═┴╙╘┼╥ ─╔╙╦ WHEN IT ASKS YOU - AND THE
─╧╙ ═┼╬╒ PROGRAM DISK WHEN THAT IS
REQUIRED.