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- Legal Junk
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- The following program "Tape Catalogger" is hereby
- entered into Public Domain world as Freeware. The author
- shall bear no responsibility as to any problems that may
- arise from it's use. Nor shall the author be held
- accountable for any damage that may occur to a system from
- any tampering with this program. This program left my
- system in complete working order and was compressed using
- the "AV" feature of PKZIP (tm PKWare) This program maybe
- distributed freely in it's entirety and may not be changed
- in any way without written consent of the author.
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- System Requirements
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- MSDOS v3.0 or later
- Minimum of 512K RAM
- Floppy drive or Hard Drive (Hard Drive preferred)
- Color or Monochrome monitor.
- Config.sys entry: Files=30
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- History
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- This program was written to make life a whole lot easier
- when searching for files on certain tapes. After backing
- up files to tapes I found a definite need for a utility
- that would tell me where the files were and on what tape
- number they were on. For this reason I wrote a small DBMS
- related program to assist me in doing so. My tape software
- for some reason does not support this feature. So after
- calling the company and asking them when it would
- accommodate his feature I finally gave up and wrote this
- utility. I have been using it now for over 3 months and
- have found it very useful and I sincerely hope that it
- will fit your needs.
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- Filenames
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- The program contained the following files when
- distributed:
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- CAT.DAT
- CAT.K01
- TAPES1.APP
- PRUN.EXE
- TAPES1.BAP
- TAPES1.RUN
- TAPES2.DAT
- TAPES2.K01
- TAPES2.K02
- TAPES2.K03
- TAPES.BAT (Batch file for program)
- TAPE.DOC (Progam documentation)
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- Documentation
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- Copy all the files to a selected directory and type
- "Tapes". The batch file may be edited to accommodate your
- needs. There is no limit as to how many records you can
- store only disk space. Therefore I would recommend putting
- it on a hard drive.
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- E.G. C:> MD TAPES
- C:> A:
- A:> COPY *.* C:\TAPES
- C:
- C:> CD\TAPES
- C:> TAPES
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- When all files are opened you will be greeted by the Main
- Menu. Just select a function and hit enter. The feature
- you selected will determine on how the information is
- retrieved. At this point an entry can be added by using
- the "INS" key. Then simply add the data. Or if you wish to
- edit the highlighted feature use the "ENTER" key to
- display the information on that item and edit it as you
- wish. You can also delete an item by highlighting the item
- and using the "DEL" key. You will be asked if you wish to
- delete this item and you will need to hit the enter key
- one more time to delete the item. All the fields on the
- update tapes screen are pretty self explanatory until you
- get to the category field. At this point you can either
- scroll down the list and hit enter to select the category
- or use the "INS" key to add a category. I have supplied a
- few categories with this program but I am sure you will be
- able to add many more. You may also delete an item in the
- category screen by simply highlighting the item and
- hitting the "DEL" key. All the items in the category
- screen have the ability to be located by entering the 1st
- letter of the category i.e. "D" for database. Of course
- the more letters you enter the more precise the program
- will retrieve the information. The same is true in the
- main menu when you search by FILENAME, DESCRIPTION or
- CATEGORY.
- Within the Main Menu is also a Report Menu. The
- only report that you will be able to print is listed.
- Hopefully this will give a user the added incentive to
- send a donation for a full blown version of this program.
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- Registration Information
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- What are the advantages of registering this program
- (besides helping a poor man feed his family <<GRIN>>)
- You will receive a personalized copy of "Tape Catalogger"
- with all the report features enabled. Also you will be
- given a 1 year subscription to my BBS "Sticky Wicket". All
- updates will be posted for the registered user to
- download. Upon receipt of your registration a personalized
- copy will be posted for you within 2 days. Fee is $15.00.
- Please do not send cash. Money orders or checks made
- payable to:
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- Steve Hamer
- 55964 Forest Beach
- Dowagiac, MI 49047
- (616)782-8450 BBS line supporting 1200 thru 14,400 Baud.
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- Please log on system and leave SysOp a message if you have
- any questions regarding this program.