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  3. eSTeemDISKLABELER
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  5. Version1.0
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  7. ©1986byTomNielsen
  8. AllRightsReserved
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  12. NOTICE
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  14. PlacedinthepublicdomainDecember26,1986byTomNielsen.
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  16. AlthoughtheeSTeemDISKLABELERiscopyrighted,version1.0may
  17. beplacedonbulletinboardsandinclublibrariesfor
  18. distributionWITHOUTcharge.Nosale,distribution,orother
  19. commercialuseisauthorized.
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  21. ++++++++++
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  23. DESCRIPTION
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  25. TheeSTeemDISKLABELERisaGEM-basedapplicationwhichwill
  26. printtwodifferentsizesofdisklabelsonanEpsonFX85printer
  27. (aswellasonsomeotherEpsonandEpson-compatibleprinters).
  28. Itusesthesubscriptfontsizetoprintthefolderandfilenames
  29. fromtherootdirectoryonly.Foldersarelisted,first;both
  30. foldersandfilesarealphabetized.Thenumberoffreebyteson
  31. thediskandthediskvolumelabelarealsoprinted.Thereare
  32. optionsforprintinga20-charactertitle,theowner'sname,and
  33. thedatethelabelwascreated,too.Anotheroptionfacilitates
  34. alignmentofthelabelsintheprinter.Finally,thereisan
  35. optiontopreviewthelabelsonthescreenbeforeprinting.
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  37. ++++++++++
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  39. BACKGROUND
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  41. Now,havingsaidallthat,IhopeyouwillfindtheeSTeemDISK
  42. LABELERuseful.Ifyouhaveanycommentsorsuggestsforchanges
  43. (improvementsorotherwise)pleaseleaveEMAILformeon
  44. COMPUSERVE[72435,572]ratherthanSIGmessages,asIamnotable
  45. tologontotheSIGsonaregularbasisandmaymissyour
  46. message,there.
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  48. IundertookthisprogramasmyfirstGEMandCprogramming
  49. project,i.e.,thiswasaREALlearningexperience.Itriedto
  50. incorporateintheprogrammanycommonGEMfeatures,(e.g.,drop-
  51. downmenus,'checked'options,texteditingindialogboxes).As
  52. isusualinprogramming,ittookMUCHLONGERthanIhadexpected.
  53. I'wenttothewell'manytimes,askinghelpfromthelikesof
  54. PatrickBass(ANTIC)andRussWetmore(THANKS,FELLOWS!)whenI
  55. couldn'tfigurethingsoutfromthemanyreferencesIhad
  56. (includingtheMegamaxCDevelopmentSystem,theAbacusbooks--
  57. AtariSTInternalsandAtariSTGEMProgrammer'sReference--the
  58. Programmer'sGuidetoGEM,AdvancedC,andnumerousprograms,
  59. articles,andotherSTinformationinANALOG,ANTIC,BYTE,and
  60. STARTandonCompuserve).TherearestillthingsIwantedtodo
  61. thatjustwouldn'twork,soIworkedaroundthemjusttogetthis
  62. thingfinished.
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  64. I'vestruggledwithbuggysoftwareandflakeyhardware:NEVERuse
  65. theunderlineinthenameofafileyouwanttoSAVETOin
  66. Megamax,andbecarefulusingDriveEonaSupra30megabytedrive
  67. ifyouvalueyourcode![Inallfairness,I'msure(i.e.,I
  68. hope)theseproblems,likemanyothers,willbefixed.]
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  70. Finally,regretfullyBirmingham,AlabamaisanAtariwastelandas
  71. farasCprogramminggoes.Therearen'tmany(readthat'any')
  72. STCprogrammersthatI'vebeenabletolocate,aroundhere.SoI
  73. struggleina'Hoovervacuum'(pun--checkyourmapofAlabama)as
  74. ItrytogetahandleonGEMandContheST.Anyadviceand
  75. otherfriendlycommunicationswillbemorethanwelcome.
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  77. WithluckandlotsofeffortandtimeIhopeIwillbeableto
  78. developmoreuseful,'eSTeem'software.
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  80.                                    --TomNielsen,CIS52435,572
  81.                                       December26,1986
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