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  1.  
  2. Program Newdisc;
  3. (****************************************************************)
  4. (*                                *)
  5. (*    Author:    George Brooke                    *)
  6. (*        Sebastian Bauerstrasse 20c            *)
  7. (*        8000 Munich 83                    *)
  8. (*        West Germany                    *)
  9. (*                                *)
  10. (*    Date:    30.12.81                    *)
  11. (*                                *)
  12. (*                                *)
  13. (* NewDisc performs the introduction of a new disc into        *)
  14. (* the Disc Catalog System. This System is described, and is    *)
  15. (* available, on PASCAL Z Disc #9.                *)
  16. (*  The Catalog System was originally authored by Ward        *)
  17. (* Christenson of CP/M Users Group.                *)
  18. (*                                *)
  19. (*    In the following description, the word 'Catalog'   is   *)
  20. (* used to refer to the Name part of a Disc Identification file    *)
  21. (* where the Disc Identification file has a name of the form    *)
  22. (*                                *)
  23. (*        <-Name.Serial Number>                *)
  24. (*                                *)
  25. (*                                *)
  26. (*                                *)
  27. (*                                *)
  28. (*                                *)
  29. (*                                *)
  30. (* The general method of operation is as follows        *)
  31. (*                                *)
  32. (*    1.0 MAST.CAT is read and a table of the current    used    *)
  33. (*        Disc Serial Numbers and their Categories is built.    *)
  34. (*                                *)
  35. (*    2.0 The Categories, together with 'New Category' and    *)
  36. (*        NRS are presented to the User who can choose        *)
  37. (*             a) to use an existing Category, or        *)
  38. (*           b) to use a new Category, or            *)
  39. (*           c) to request a display of the allocated Serial    *)
  40. (*              numbers.    This mode will return to main   *)
  41. (*          menu selection after examination        *)
  42. (*                                *)
  43. (*    3.0 The next available Serial Number is selected and a     *)
  44. (*        file of the form                    *)
  45. (*        <-category Name.Serial Number>            *)
  46. (*        is written to the disc in Drive B.            *)
  47. (*                                *)
  48. (*    4.0 The Program cycles until all initialising is     *)
  49. (*        completed.                        *)
  50. (*                                *)
  51. (*                                *)
  52. (*                                *)
  53. (*        Note:  This Program uses the Serial Number '0' to mean    *)
  54. (*           'Undefined'. Therefore this program will not    *)
  55. (*        work if your current MAST.CAT has entries for    *)
  56. (*        Serial Number 0.                *)
  57. (*                                *)
  58. (****************************************************************)
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