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CP/MS gg NL volume 2821
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Titel:Magazine References '78-'83
Number Name Size Date Comments
CATALOG 821 428 9-07-86 This list
821.01 MAGS 229120 9-07-86 Main magazine reference file
821.02 MAGS DOC 3072 9-07-86 Original CP/M documentation
821.03 TEXTSCAN BAS 1277 9-07-86 Basic86/GW-Basic text scanner
821.04 TEXTSCAN EXE 20698 9-07-86 Compiled version (IBM Bascom)
821.05 VOL2821 ABS 2304 9-07-86 Disk abstract - TEXTSCAN documentation
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INDEX TO SOME PERSONAL COMPUTING MAGAZINES 1978 TO 1983
MAGS is an ASCII file containing 3170 one-line abstracts of articles appea-
ring in four personal computing magazines. TEXTSCAN.BAS is a simple program
which asks the user for one or more keywords, reads MAGS from beginning to
end, and writes a file of only those lines containing the keywords. The
output file may then be printed, or if large, be SCANned itself for further
keywords. The abstracts will only rarely answer a query by themselves - they
are pointers to where information may be found.
The structure of each entry consists of a substitute title, optionally
further keywords by which the article might be sought, the name (usually
abbreviated) of the journal, the date of the issue, and the page number of
the article. All major articles in each issue have been abstracted with the
exception of games and fiction. The entries are arranged in page number order
within each issue, in the magazine order shown below within each month, and
in chronological order from the most modern to the most ancient. The coverage
is shown below.
BYTE USA Byte 3/80 to 12/83
PCW UK Personal Computer World 5/78 (First Issue) to 12/83
PRAC UK Practical Computing 9/78 (First Issue) to 12/83
SOFT UK Soft 6/83 (First Issue) to 12/83
To use the index run the basic program TEXTSCAN, or the .EXE file for PCC's;
it creates the output file EXTRACT.TXT.
Upon receiving the ENTER TITLE prompt, you may type any identifying descripti-
on of the search. What you enter will simply appear as the first line of the
output file. The program then asks for the first keyword you are searching
for with the prompt 'Enter searchstring (1)'. Enter the exact upper-case
characters you are looking for, e.g. MICROSOFT WINDOWS. The press return.
You may then enter further keywords in the same way. Terminate the process by
pressing RETURN with no entry. When the program has finished, it will end
with an 'ok' message. You may then print or type the output file.