¢ THE QUICK CATALOGER¢ by Ron Fetzer of OHAUG¢¢ Have you a box of disk that you have¢ not the slightest idea whats on it?¢ Does it take you forever to find a¢ program. You need help! The QUICK¢ CATALOGER will put a disk number on¢ your disk and also catalog it. The¢ program is fast and easy to use. You¢ will now be able to sort your disks¢ by FILE NAME or by DISK NUMBER. It¢ will now be easy to find any file or¢ disk. I did 17,000 files of our OHAUG¢ P.D. library with this program. That¢ is over 650 double sided disks. The¢ program is very heavly error¢ protected. I think you will like it.¢¢ MASTER DISK. To make a master disk do¢ the following:¢ ¢ 1. Format a disk in single¢ density.¢ 2. Put DOS 2.5 on it¢ 3. Put RAMDISK.COM on it.¢ 4. Copy the file AUTORUN.SYS¢ (TURBO BASIC) to the disk.¢ 5. From the Newsletter copy the¢ file CATMENU.ARB to your disk. ¢ 6. From the Newsletter copy the¢ file QUICKCAT.TUR to your disk. ¢¢ If you have the old TURBO BASIC that¢ has the prompt 'READY' then change¢ the name of the file CATMENU.ARB to¢ AUTORUN.BAS. If your prompt says¢ 'TURBO' then you have the new TURBO¢ BASIC and you do not have to change¢ any file names¢¢ You can also order a ready to run¢ disk from OHAUG. Please make a check¢ payable for $4.00 to RON FETZER. Mail¢ it to:¢¢ OHAUG¢ c/o Ron Fetzer¢ 22 Monaco Ave.¢ Elmont, NY 11003, U.S.A¢¢ Your order will be filled promptly.¢¢ FEATURES: The QUICK CATALOGER is for¢ the 130XE or a modified 800XL with a¢ RAMDISK D8. It needs TURBO BASIC. It¢ can sort up to 810 files. It reads¢ the disk directories automatically¢ and stores them in the RAM DISK¢ "D8:DISKFILE". You need only one disk¢ drive. It writes the disk name or¢ number to the disk under the file¢ name of "DISK.CAT". It is fast and¢ easy to use. It has been tested on¢ over 17,000 files in the OHAUG P.D.¢ LIBRARY. It requires a minimun of¢ typing.¢¢ IMPORTANT: Everything is done in the¢ RAMDISK D8. Therefore you MUST copy¢ the contents of D8 to a floppy disk¢ BEFORE you turn off the computer¢ otherwise your work will be lost.¢ ALWAYS go to "8: END" on the menu. It¢ will give you a reminder of how to do¢ it.¢¢ OPERATIONS: You feed one disk after¢ the other into the disk drive. The¢ program reads the directory and¢ stores it in D8:DISKFILE. You must¢ give a name or number of 5 characters¢ for each disk. It will be put on your¢ disk under the file name DISK.CAT. It¢ will not let you catalog more than¢ 810 files (memory is used up). It¢ will not catalog the folowing files¢ because they are not significant:¢ DOS.SYS; DUP.SYS; RAMDISK.COM;¢ DISK.CAT; MEM.SAV. It will show you¢ the disk directory on the screen and¢ also a running file count. If a disk¢ has already a name under the file¢ DISK.CAT then it will use that name.¢ You can sort by file name or disk¢ number. The printout will be in 5¢ columns on 3 pages.¢¢ LOAD: If this is your first time you¢ use the program it will create a data¢ file of D8:DISKFILE. If you have used¢ the program before then you must¢ first COPY "D1:DISKFILE,D8:DISKFILE"¢ to the RAMDISK D8. The program will¢ be looking for this file.¢ After you have copied the file to D8¢ go to DOS OPTION L and for the file¢ name type AUTORUN.SYS(TURBO BASIC).¢ It will load the menu and then you¢ type QUICK to get the program. The¢ cataloger will do a file count and¢ then you can proceed. In order to¢ sort in the right squence please¢ number your disks as: 0001A, 0001B,¢ 0002A, 0002B ...9999A, 9999B. A is¢ the front. B is the back. You cannot¢ go 1AAAA or 1BBBB because the sort¢ will be incorrect.¢¢ If a disk is FULL or has the WRITE¢ PROTECT TAB on it you will get a¢ promt. When you are to exceed the 810¢ file count the program will send you¢ to the menu with a prompt. You cannot¢ catalog more than 810 files. If you¢ have more then 810 files you save the¢ present D8:DISKFILE sort and print¢ it. Start over again with a new batch¢ of disks.¢¢ ADD INDIVIDUAL FILES: You can add ¢ individual files to the catalog¢ without having a disk in the disk¢ drive. This is useful when you want¢ to add commercial disk that cannot be¢ loaded.¢¢ ERASE INDIVIDUAL FILES: You can erase¢ files from D8:DISKFILE the data file.¢ You must know the file name and the¢ disk name or number. The program will¢ tell you by a promt if it found the¢ file and erased it. You must re-sort¢ to eliminate a file or files.¢¢ SORT FILES: The sort I used is the¢ SHELL SORT. It is one of the fastest¢ BASIC sorts. It will take about 5¢ minutes to sort 810 files. You will¢ hear a bell when the sort is¢ finished.¢¢ You can sort by FILE NAME or by DISK¢ NAME OR NUMBER. When the SORT option¢ is chosen you are asked what disk¢ directory you want. I suggest you¢ always select 8. The sort files will¢ also be saved on D8.¢¢ DISPLAY SORT: You can only display¢ SORT FILES from D8. If you want to¢ show a DISK NUMBER SORT on the screen¢ you must have first done that sort.¢¢ PRINT THE SORT: The hard copy is in 5¢ columns on 3 pages. The sort runs¢ vertically through the 3 pages (like¢ chinese writing). This was done in¢ order to conserve memory for the¢ cataloger. You must give the printout¢ a title. There are automatic page¢ breaks in the printout.¢¢ END: Always go to "8: END" This will¢ give you a prompt to save the¢ contents of the RAMDISK D8 to a¢ FLOPPY DISK.¢¢ PROBLEMS: Some disks have non¢ standard ATARI DISK NAMES such as¢ PRINT SHOP ICONS. They cannot be¢ cataloged. Some disks have inverse¢ file names or other irregular names¢ and they get automatically loaded¢ into the data file. You must remove¢ then before you sort.¢¢ Removing problem files from¢ D8:DISKFILE. Copy the file(DOS)¢ D8:DISKFILE,D1:DISKFILE to a floppy¢ disk. Load the file into a¢ wordprocessor. CORRECT any non¢ standard file in the word processor.¢ Save the file to a floppy disk with¢ the file name "D1:DISKFILE". Go to¢ DOS and copy this file to the RAMDISK¢ D8. Start the program again with DOS¢ OPTION L - File name AUTORUN SYS.¢ Select QUICK and now you can sort and¢ print the data file without any¢ problems. It is strongly suggested¢ you do a file cleanup before you do a¢ sort.¢¢ PRINTER CONTROL CODES. There is only¢ one control code for CONDENSED¢ printing. It is CHR$(15) in line¢ 2650. It is for an EPSON PRINTER. If¢ your printer uses a different code¢ please change it and resave the¢ program with the file name¢ QUICKCAT.TUR.¢¢ MEMORY. The program uses all but 318¢ bytes of your volatile RAM therefore¢ not many changes are possible. You¢ MUST use TURBO BASIC with this¢ program.¢¢ If you have any comments they are¢ welcome. Please write to RON FETZER,¢ 22 MONACO AVE., ELMONT, NY 11003,¢ U.S.A. This program is in the PUBLIC¢ DOMAIN. 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