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LOCREAD - Carrier Detect Local Reader - Version 1.00
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Local Reader and CDR-Door (c) 1991 Scott M. Baker
Carrier Detect Journals (c) 1991 Michael W. Crosson
LOCREAD is a utility to read the Carrier Detect Journal by Michael
Crosson. It essentially performs the same task as CDRDOOR, but is
intended to be used locally rather than online. In addition the
local reader offers a superior windowed environment with many
enhancements to make your reading much more enjoyable.
- GETTING STARTED WITH THE LOCAL READER -
The first step is to unzip the distribution archive. If you
are a sysop and currently run CDR-door, extract and overwrite
everything EXCEPT the DOFIRST.CDX file into your CDRDOOR
directory. Otherwise simply create a directory for the Local
Reader and extract everything into it.
To use LOCREAD, change to your CDRDOOR or LOCREAD directory and
type in "LOCREAD". Note that the local reader uses the same .CDX
files as CDRDOOR does. The CD*.DOC files are not necessary for
LOCREAD or CDRDOOR operation and may be deleted in order to save
disk space. Like the door, the local reader accumulates every
article from all issues present in the same directory.
The distribution file contains the first two issues of Carrier
Detect in the required .CDX form. You will need to download
additional issues separately as they are released and extract
and overwrite all .CDX files from the ZIP archive into your reader's
directory. For proper indexing, the Local Reader, (and CDR-Door),
always require the DOFIRST.CDX that corresponds to the latest issue
of Carrier Detect that you have. Carrier Detect is released bi-
monthly and uses the following naming convention:
CD[Vol][Month].ZIP. For example, CD01SEPT indicates - Carrier
Detect, Volume One, and the September issue.
Starting with the September 1991 issue both the ASCII text version
intended for printing and .CDX version used for the local reader and
door are distributed in the same archive.
- USING THE LOCAL READER -
When the program loads, you will be presented with a pull-down menu
system. The menu is divided into the following areas:
READ CD
Browse Index - Browse through the table of contents.
Search - Search for a specific word/phrase.
Exit (Alt-X) - Exit Locread and return to DOS.
STATISTICS
Misc - Displays various global statistical information.
Departments - Shows statistics broken down by department.
Issue - Shows statistics broken down by issue.
Authors - Shows statistics broken down by author.
WINDOW
Next - Goes to next article window.
Tile - To equally view all open article windows.
Cascade - Stacks all open article windows.
Previous - Goes to previous article window.
Close - Closes current article window.
OPTIONS
Video Mode - Toggle between color, B&W, and EGA/VGA modes
Mouse - Set mouse double-click speed.
Save Options - Save current options.
Load Options - Load current options.
- READING ARTICLES WITH THE LOCAL READER -
Most likely, you will spend the majority of time in LOCREAD
simply reading through the carrier detect articles. The easiest way
to do this is to use the browse index command. When invoked, the
screen will look as follows:
------------------------: Browse Index :-------------------------
: :
: Department :
: ------------------------------ Author:.......... :
: ------------------------------ Date..:.......... :
: ------------------------------ Size..:.......... :
: ------------------------------ :
: :
: Topic :
: ------------------------------------------------------------- :
: ------------------------------------------------------------- :
: ------------------------------------------------------------- :
: :
: Read Extract Done :
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The DEPARTMENT and TOPIC sections provide two scrollable windows which
select an article. You can scroll these windows independently from
each other (NOTE: The tab key is used to move between sections).
Press Read to begin reading the highlighted article.
Press Extract to extract the highlighted article to a text file.
Press Done to exit the browse mode.
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The Carrier Detect Local Reader has been designed to be as
intuitive as possible and most likely you will find its
operation to be self-explanatory. If you require further
assistance or have suggestions for future enhancements please
contact us.
Although the Local Reader and Carrier Detect are not in the public
domain no registration fee is currently required to use the Local
Reader. However, it takes a great deal of work to bring you the journal
each month and related utilities such as this program. Donations are
accepted and appreciated! Please see the Carrier Detect journal for
information on where to send your donations.
The latest issue of Carrier Detect and past editions can always
be found on Symmetry BBS - the Home of Carrier Detect.
(602) 296-2248 / 1200-9600 baud / 24 hours / Fidonet 1:300/28
In addition if you are a sysop you may FREQ Carrier Detect
Related files as follows.
CARRIER - latest issue of Carrier Detect
ALLISSUE - all issues to date of Carrier Detect
CDRDOOR - latest version of Carrier Detect Reader Door
CDLREAD - latest version of Carrier Detect Local Reader
Thanks for your interest in Carrier Detect!
Scott Baker & Michael Crosson