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These are the improvememts that we have made to DISKINDX to date.
1. Machine Language Load routine
which can load into your index 600
records or filenames in just 10
seconds.
2. Machine Language Sort routine,
which is loaded into the program at
the beginning, and then deleted to
allow for an even larger buffer. It
will sort 600 records in only 2 seconds.
3. Manual Add. If you want to add your own records, and bypass the disk,
which allows you to use the 11
characters in the filename to record
your boot disks, and keep all your
programs on one index.
4. Free Sectors Display. Every Disk
you index, the program automatically
keeps track of the number of free
sectors on each disk. You can either
display them to the screen or to a
printer. This comes in handy if you are
trying to conserve disks and want to
find a disk with some free sectors on
it. Also is saved to disk along with
the filenames.
5. Displays codes at top of the
screen. This makes it easier to add
codes or file types. If you answer
yes to the CODES prompt, you will see
all or your choices displayed at the
top. It will show you the file one at
a time waiting for you to hit a key to
match one of the codes. You dont have
to hit return after each input, which
makes it faster and easier to
catergorize your files. If you dont
like the codes you can change them to
whatever you like. They are contained
in lines 4085-4350 and also in lines
10055-10080.
Some other changes we made was to
allow for the add routine to just look
for locked files or not. Some Basic
programs need more than one file. So
if you just lock the main one, the program will only be counted once.
When saving your index you can replace the existing index. And
finally DISKINDX displays maximum
records using whatever memory your
computer has. A 48k machine allows
for 960 records.
If you have any comments, questions or ideas concerning this program you
can leave me a message or email me.
ROBERT BURNS
70166,1034