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╘HIS PROGRAM (2-BUTTONáJACKET) WILL
PRINT A DISK DIRECTORY ONTO A SHEET OF
PRINTER PAPER. ┴ "JACKET", WHICH MAY BE
FOLDED UP TO PROVIDE A SLEEVE INTO WHICH
A DISKETTE MAY BE SLIPPED, REQUIRES ONE
SHEET OF PAPER. ┴ "LABEL", TO BE
GLUED/TAPED ONTO AN EXISTING SLEEVE,
REQUIRES HALF A SHEET OF PAPER. ├UT THE
FORM JUST OUTSIDE THE LINE OF DOTS, FOLD
JUST BELOW THE CENTRAL LINE OF DOTS.
╘HE TABS MARKED OUT BY ASTERISKS CAN BE
FOLDED UNDER AND THE BACK FLAP GLUED.
32 FILENAMES CAN BE FIT ONTO A "LABEL",
82 FILENAMES ONTO A "JACKET". ╞ILES ARE
PRINTED IN THE ORDER THEY APPEAR IN THE
DIRECTORY.
╠ITTLE ERROR CHECKING IS DONE BY THE
PROGRAM. ╔F NO DISK IS IN THE DRIVE, IF
THE PRINTER IS NOT TURNED ON, TOO BAD,
THERE WILL BE PROBLEMS. ╒P UNTIL THE
PROGRAM ASKS FOR A BRIEF COMMENT TO GO
ALONGSIDE THE DISKTITLE, A DISK MAY BE
PLACED INTO THE DRIVE. ├OMMODORE
PRINTER EMULATION WORKS FINE;
TRANSPARENT MODE ON AN INTERFACE SHOULD
WORK TOO, EXCEPT FOR FILE TITLES WITH
GRAPHICS CHARACTERS IN THEM. ╘HE
PRINTER IS ASSUMED TO BE DEVICE #4;
ALTER LINE 555 OTHERWISE.
╘HIS PROGRAM DOES ITS TASK FASTER THAN
SIMILAR ONES ╔ HAVE SEEN, BECAUSE OF
MACHINE LANGUAGE ROUTINES TO HOLD THE
DISK DIRECTORY AND TO COMPOSE EACH LINE
FOR PRINTING. ╔F YOU, THE USER, WISH A
COMMENTED, HARD-COPY PROGRAM LISTING,
WITH DISSECTION OF THE ML ROUTINES,
PLEASE SEND AN ┼-MAIL MESSAGE TO ME,
ALONG WITH YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS, TO
(├OMPU╙ERVE I.D.#) [72027,765].