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1. A CIT8000 FMT C MEM A 3C MEM if dBASE II version 2 3 or C MEM A 4C MEM if dBASE II version 2 4 B B B Remove the dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and replace it with the CP M SYSTEM diskette Exit from PIP with a carriage return and at the A gt prompt type DIR B followed be a carriage return Check to see if dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B contains the files listed above If not retrace your steps until you get the diskette correctly configured Note dBCITATIONS has been designed so that you may have any number of databases each organized around a particular topic Each topic requires its own diskette B You may now or any time later make up additional copies of diskette B The program diskette A controls all of these so only one copy of it is needed no matter how may versions of diskette B you have If disk A and disk B of dBCITATIONS contain the correct files you are now ready to start the first run through of the program Remove all disks from the computer and except for disks A and B put them ina safe place Press the RESET button to give yourself a fresh start Do not write protect dBCITATIONS Program Disk A or dBCITATIONS DataBase Diskette B as both of these need to be written to You may now turn to the tutorial section of this booklet and begin using dBCITATIONS right away Version 1 5 25 dBCITATIONS c 1984 CP M or DOS dBASE Il 4 CITATIONS Options Menu A dd citations
2. ALN ddddddddddddddd eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeecee 6eeeeeeceeceececeececcececeecceeceececeeeecceeeceeceeceeecccee reeeeeeeeeeeee p 119 Citation This is citation number 3 It is primary and secondary This was added during the editing mode ee ee ee ee ee se ee ee oe ee ee ee oe ee ee oe ee oe oe x Press RETURN and the secondary screen portion of 3 will appear Now add this passage This is the secondary screen for entry 3 oe ee ee oe oe This too was added during editing Press RETURN to exit You will go back to the M aintain menu Did you remember that dBCITATIONS places a carriage return at the end of each line and that you need to hold down the RETURN key if you haven t fin ished on the last available line Now display 2 What you say that s been deleted Not really It has only been marked for deletion Go ahead Get 2 on the screen When it is there press F to move forward one number to 3 This B and F feature allows you to page one by one backward or forward through a series of entries displaying each as you go along Now the 3 shows the addition you just made during editing Press V to check and see if the secondary screen has also been edited Ah there it is Press RETURN to exit back to the menu i Now lets look at 2 again Can you get that displayed on the screen O K there it is Now suppose that you are tired and want to quit this tutorial for a while Look at the
3. CITATIONS eee e M E PES apa dE mea Eu NOE EE d EE E cun we ce ee e em em de CITATIONS E F unetion deem umm m mee ae ae mo ae am e e e ie M ma o me de A a o m DO ID ao M e M e e I em am 0 e e a o K1 dBase II m CITATIONS SK3 Sample ALN Hochschpit Hermann S The Citations Program Kalamazoo MI Task Think Workshops mec 1983 cover ee ce Citation CITATIONS first de a primary screen contain ing areas for keywords and author s last name These are used as an index so you may search your database for terms and names and these will in turn refer you to citations which you may then display in full The primary soreen also contains areas for the footnote and the citation itself The entry sereens may be used to keep and retrieve quotations biblio graphie entries idea notes taken from the works of others and any footnotes which may be associated with these You may also keep any working notes of your own origin using your own ee do ce co ce so ce 9 9 so oo co se oe ee name as the author These may be retrieved like any other citation ey by reference to your own name and or the Seks pe m m ae a m o am ae me oa an am ao me am a o e a an M p e m m m m m oe a me a me a e a a ae ae oee oee eeo aen am ome en an am aa oeo m oa oma
4. Remember at the system prompt A gt you have to get the message to the program DO CT or DO CIT Which message and how this is done depends upon which version and how you installed the program You can of course type this in Figure out how to do it and get yourself to the Options menu See Figure 1 So far we have examined the A dd H elp M aintain and Q uit features Let s try some others Press C This sends you out of the program and into dBASE II The dBASE II dot prompt will be on the Screen This is a powerful and dangerous feature of the program You can do all sorts of beneficial and or evil things to your database with the dBASE II commands available to you from that dot prompt We considered not having this feature in the program at all due to its potential for destruc tion But we knew that experienced dBASE II users would want it If that s not you don t ever choose this option Well here you You ve done it Now what Here s how to get back on track if you should accidentally wind up at the dot prompt Just type DO CT or DO CIT whichever you installed Go ahead Do it Alright back at the options menu all is well Whew That was a close one You could have typed QUIT and that would have safely gotten you out of trouble If you don t know what you are doing in the world of dBASE II then avoid that C choice If you should ever get there by mistake at least you know a couple of ways to get out of trouble Either QUIT
5. c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc examine From the Options menu select M to go back to the M aintain menu Select K to look at the keyword directory again Notice the asterisk by citation 2 That signal indicates 2 as marked for deletion Press any key to get back to the menu Now display 2 You do know how to do it don t you When 2 appears check the options at the bottom of the screen and press R to R ecall i e un delete this entry Now from the menu select the keyword directory again and notice the asterisk is gone from 2 It is no longer marked for deletion If at any time you decide you don t really want to delete something that is how you reverse yourself Now test yourself What would you need to do to mark 3 for deletion Go ahead and do it then check the directory again to make sure that the asterisk is now on 3 i i Pressing any key will get you back to the M aintain menu From there let s check gt out what remains of the options from the display feature Check yourself What would you do to display 2 Go ahead and do it Get 2 on the screen We have now tested all of the options shown at the bottom of the screen except H elp and T xt file The H choice would just produce the help screens that we have already examined by a different route Let s concentrate on the T xt file process Start by going back and examining Figure 13 That s the help screen for the TXT file process Since you already have 2 displayed
6. enough to cover many entries But remember it does not have to be so broad as to cover everything you might want to enter as you may have any number of other databases When finished dBCITATIONS presents a data screen showing a profile of this database Press any key to proceed and the main options menu appears This is Figure 1 on the following page Study this screen a moment You may think of it as the trunk of a tree with different branches going off here and there To get from one branch to another you must first return to the trunk Note Every time you start a new dBCITATIONS DataBase Diskette B you will need to go through this little initialization routine Version 1 5 27 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc A dd a new Citation includes retrieving a footnote from a previous Citation C ancel to dBASE II D iagnose space on B Figure 1 H elp M aintain Citations includes KeyWord search Edit Delete Recall and Making TXT file P rint Citations Q uit to CP M Select A C D H M Por Q When ready press H or h on menu selections either lower or upper case entries will work The screen that appears simply tells you that help screens are spread throughout the program and that each is associated with the part of the program on which you are working at the time Press 2 for more help and the following screen appears r 4 ABCI
7. A prompt reappears type DIR B followed by a carriage return Compare the screen listing with the printed listing of what should be there appears under I A 1 above just to make sure that all the necessary files have been correctly backed up Version 1 5 6 lunio NM ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc C Install Procedure Note The following 4 aspects of the install procedure are mutually exclusive Select only one or at least one at a time and disregard all others Overview do 1 52 column single density dBASE II 2 3 e page 7 do 52 column double density Osborne 01 page 11 do 37 80 column double density debor 01 di page 16 do Qc 80 column Osborne Executive EN page 21 1 52 Column Single Density dBASE II 2 3 Using the dBCITATIONS Master Back Up diskette and your CP M SYSTEM diskette make up the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A and the dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B according the the following plan a dBCITATIONS Program Disk A You will need to place the CP M systems tracks on the diskette you have labeled dBCITATIONS Program Disk A You will also need to perform certain SETUP operations If you have a 52 column version of Wordstar and it and your printer function properly with each other this will be fairly easy Using the CP M COPY Utility just copy your WordStar diskette onto dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Then erase all the files The system tracks will b
8. Functions Skeleton Do you see where you are right now Do you see what you would have to do to get out of the program Don t just turn off the computer You must close your database properly or else you will have trouble accessing some of your entries Well here s how you do it Choose M to get back to the M aintain menu From there choose E to get back to the O ptions menu From there you choose Q to QUIT to CP M or DOS Go ahead and do it even if you don t want to stop the tutorial right now We ll come right back After you have chosen Q the following screen appears Version 1 5 38 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc Do you want to remove from the DataBase Citations that are marked for deletion CQ If so type the word PACK followed by a carriage return If not just press RETURN to continue with the Quitting process Fi 15 defe f d dn x BE CAREFUL REAKKKEE You CANNOT recall any Citations once they have been PACKed If you are uncertain about PACKing your Citations just press RETURN For right now let s not actually PACK citation 2 Remember that s the one marked for deletion Just press RETURN dBCITATIONS will shut itself down and you will be back to the system prompt A Always leave the program with the Q option You may now actually stop the tutorial or go on KAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKAKKKKKKKk O K let s resume How do you get the program started again
9. a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between them DBASEOVR COM B zA B DO COM A DBASE COM Now replace the diskette in drive A with your CP M System disk ette and exit from PIP with a carriage return Type DIR B followed by a carriage return and then confirm that dBCITATIONS Program Disk A contains the files listed as correct for it at the beginning of this section If any are missing go back and retrace your steps until you have them all dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B Use PIP to make this diskette contain the following files Proper files for Double Density Osborne o1 dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B CIT80004 DBF CIT80008 DBF C MEM Version 1 5 i 20 lips cu sel ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc With the computer turned on place the CP M SYSTEM diskette in drive A and the dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B in drive B Press RETURN and when the A gt prompt appears Press CTRL C to tell CP M to look for a new diskette in drive B Then type PIP followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt appears remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up Then type the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between them B zA CIT8000 DBF B C MEM A 3C MEM if dBASE II version 2 3 or B C MEM A 4C MEM if dBASE II version 2 4 Remove the dB
10. all you need do is tap T A new screen will appear that asks you to specify the drive and filename for this file You will have to insert that colon between the letter of the drive and the filename Your filename will also have to be legal for your particular operating system when asked to insert the drive and filename place the TXT file on drive B and make up some name such as 3 i B CITATWO then press RETURN The screen will say that a TXT file is being made and when finished will return you back to the M aintain menu That s all there is to it e You ve been through all the functions of the program now so let s get rid of those junk files You have 3 marked for deletion already right How could you find out That s right an asterisk by 3 when you display the keyword directory O K so mark 2 for deletion too Check your directory if you want to make sure they both carry an asterisk Now get yourself back to the O ptions menu and select Q to quit This time when the PACK option appears see Figure 15 do type PACK Your typing won t show on the screen anyplace so do it carefully and then press RETURN If you didn t make any typing mistakes a message will come on the Screen telling you what is happening Just wait dBCITATIONS will do some internal house keeping and then shut itself down taking you back to the system prompt Now type DIR B and press RETURN In addition to the files you place on diskette B du
11. and when the A prompt appears Press CTRL C to tell CP M to look for a new diskette in drive B Then type PIP followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt appears remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up Then type the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between each A CIT5200 DBF C MEM A 3C MEM if dBASE II version 2 3 or C MEM A 4C MEM if dBASE II version 2 4 Bi Bi B Remove the ABCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and replace it with the CP M SYSTEM diskette Exit from PIP with a carriage return and at the A prompt type DIR B followed be a carriage return Check to see if ABCITATIONS DataBase Disk B contains the files listed above If not retrace your steps until you get the diskette correctly configured Remember the C MEM file is only on the 80 column distribution diskette If you didn t move it to the 52 column back up when you made it then it won t be on dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B Use PIP to get it there else dBCITATIONS won t run correctly Note dBCITATIONS has been designed so that you may have any number of databases each organized around a particular topic Each topic requires its own diskette B You may now or any time later make up additional copies of diskette B The program diskette A controls all of these so only one copy of it is need
12. arrow keys to CP M Select B as the destination drive When the drives stop remove the CP M diskette from drive A Place the ABCITATIONS Program Disk into drive A Press the RESET but ton When the Osborne logo appears press the RETURN key You should be able to make a cold boot with this diskette and get the Version 1 5 13 dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc A gt prompt of CP M If so all is well with the system tracks With the system tracks correctly configured add the necessary files to ABCITATIONS Program Disk A Use PIP to make the diskette contain the following files i Proper files for double density 52 column dBASE II 2 3 dBCITATIONS Program Disk A CIT52007 FMT AUTOST COM CIT52021 CMD DBASEMSC OVR CT e CMD CIT52009 CMD CIT52022 CMD DBASEMSG COM CIT52002 CMD CIT52010 CMD DBASEAPP OVR DO COM CIT52003 FMT CIT52011 CMD DBASEMAI OVR PIP COM CIT52005 CMD CIT52020 CMD l STAT COM Or it your version of dBASE II is 2 4 set the diskette up as follows Proper files for double density 52 column dBASE II 2 4 GBCITATIONS Program Disk A AUTOST COM CIT52005 CMD CIT52011 CMD DBASEOVR COM CT CMD CIT52007 FMT CIT52020 CMD DO COM CIT52002 CMD CIT52009 CMD CIT52021 CMD PIP COM CIT52003 FMT CIT52010 CMD CIT52022 CMD STAT COM Turn the computer on Place the CP M SYSTEM diskette in drive A and dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B Press RETURN Then press CTRL C At th
13. back up version 2 3 At the aster isk prompt type each of the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between each B A DBASEAPP OVR B A DBASEMAI OVR B A DBASEMSC OVR B A DBASEMSG COM B DO COM A DBASE COM Replace the diskette in drive A with your CP M System diskette and exit from PIP with a carriage return Then type DIR B followed by a carriage return and then confirm that dBCITATIONS Program Disk A contains the files listed as correct for it at the beginning of this section If any are missing go back and retrace your steps until you have them all b dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B Use PIP to make this diskette contain the following files Proper files for Single Density dBase II version 2 3 dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B CIT52004 DBF CIT52008 DBF CIT52021 CMD C MEM CIT52005 CMD CIT52020 CMD CIT52022 CMD With the computer turned on place the CP M SYSTEM diskette in drive A and the dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B in drive B Press RETURN and when the A gt prompt appears Press CTRL C to tell CP M to look for a new diskette in drive B Then type PIP followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt appears remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with ABCITATIONS MASTER Back Up Then type the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear betwee
14. diskette in drive B At the A prompt type PIP and press RETURN When the asterisk appears type B zA PIP COM and press RETURN When the asterisk appears again type B A SHOW COM and press RETURN SHOW and PIP will now have been added to to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Leave both diskettes in the compu ter and proceed a From the ABCITATIONS MASTER Back Up 80 column version that you made just previously above copy the CIT800 CMD and CIT800 FMT files to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Also copy by renaming it just plain CIT the XCIT CMD file Do not use the plain CIT CMD file as this is for the Osborne O1 and won t work correctly with the Executive The asterisk prompt should still be on the screen waiting for commands from you The dBCITATIONS Program Disk A should still be in drive B Replace the disk in drive A with dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up 80 column version and type B CIT CMD A XCIT CMD and press RETURN When the asterisk prompt reappears type B A CIT800 CMD and press RETURN When the asterisk prompt reappears type B A CIT8000 FMT and press RETURN When the asterisk prompt reappears this time all of the ABCITATIONS files needed to run the program will have been copied to the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Leave this diskette in drive B but remove the dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and put it in a safe place The job now is to copy the necessary dBase II files to the dBCITATIONS P
15. identify the file as of the 52 or 80 column set The last two numbers of the eight character filenames is simply the file number There is no file 006 The extensions are either the standard CP M file extension of COM or else they are the dBase II file extensions CMD for command file DBF for database file FMT for format file and MEM for memory file 3 Special File Form 52AUTOST COM AND 80AUTOST COM These are public domain autostart files and are provided to you as a convenience at no charge Each has been customized to start dBCITATIONS in the 80 column version when on the same diskette as CIT CMD and the 52 column version when on the same diskette as CT CMD To function properly the 52 and 80 prefixes will have to be removed by renaming to simply AUTOST COM They carry these names now so that a person could PIP them to the same double density diskette when creating a back up diskette These will not work on the Osborne Executive 3C MEM and 4C MEM These files contain basic housekeeping information for the DBF database files 3C MEM is used with dBASE II version 2 3 and 4C MEM is used with version 2 4 Only one or the other of them is actually installed depending upon your version of dBASE II They are found on the 80 column distribution diskette only but one or the other of them is required for both the 52 and 80 column versions of dBCITATIONS CIT CMD or CT CMD These are the main command files for the 80 column and
16. more H elp This screen tells you that you must have at least one key word at position K1 for an entry to be appended This is an easy escape if you change your mind while adding Just delete any contents from the KeyWord 1 data field and nothing at all will be appended from that entry Also note that when you are copying a footnote over from an earlier entry you can get the one just previously entered or any other If it s not the one just previous then you have to know its number Press 2 for more help Version 1 5 30 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc Citation too long to fit available space Notice the X in the bottom right corner H of this and the entry screens of the pro gram This is a real data field to show that an EXTRA screen was needed to hold E the complete text If you do not need the extra screen leave that field blank But 3 2 for longer entries just place an X in Figure 7 that field press RETURN and a completely blank screen will appear Finish the re H mainder of the citation on this screen and close be pressing the RETURN key as usual eo so oa sa se Press RETURN to continue This is what you do when you have an extra long citation Leave that X spot blank if you can get the full citation on the primary screen When ready press RETURN to return to the A dding menu See Figure 3 Study that menu a moment to see what produced these help screens Now let s a
17. om aan me eee ee amn a ma eee a a oe ae ae ae concept words you enter into the keyword areas at the begin ing of the first entry screen When a citation is too long to fit into the first entry screen then another blank screen appears like this one so that you may then complete the re mainder of the entry Your citations may be organized into zany number of major topics one per diskette Then within that topic you may use any number of keywords to identify specific entries three per entry Once entered your citations may be retrieved by search and display features which range from dis tplays of everything on the diskette to only those citations econtaining a given keyword or author s last name If you make errors or otherwise want to change a citation you may edit tit even after you have made your entry In addition you may print your citations directly from within the program delete any entries and make copies of your citations for merger by your wordprocessor into other documents The program is menu driven and ii di help screens callable at any time NI L rere worco ers ne PO Box 2363 Kalamazoo Mi 49003 s0 oo oc oo co oo oo so ci 4B iai I at of ei Business M ae MS DOS is a registered trade mark of Microsoft Corporation I OSBORNE is a registered trade mark of Osborne Computer Corporation l WordStar isa registered trade mark of MicroPro In
18. or go back into the program Now select the D option Watch carefully as the data doesn t stay on the screen very long Why would you want to diagnose the space available on drive B Well the most important reason is to make sure you have space Version 1 5 30 39 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc for the TXT files the program builds When your database becomes large this may be a problem Remember the help screen on TXT files If not go back to Figure 13 and refresh yourself on what these are They could of course go on any available drive and your operating system gives you other ways to check the space available But once you are inside dBCITATIONS this is at least one way to check for available space Note to users of DOS 2 0 If you have used the ASSIGN feature to send references to drive B to some other drive hen it is that drive that will be diagnosed Now let s check the print feature This is an easy way to make a hard copy of your entries You don t even have to copy them out of the database or make TXT files of them You are at the Options menu arn t you Press P to get to the P rinting menu N o margin indent printing P rint Citations with left margin indented 12 spaces R eturn to the Options Menu F Figure 16 S earch and display Citations if you do not know the number s of the Citation s you want to print If you choose N or P make certain that your printer is on and
19. phone is not answered by machine so if you do not reach anyone there will be no cost to you E Task Think Workshops Inc 2637 Taliesin Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49008 616 343 2363 ps f E I INSTALLATION ON THE OSBORNE COMPUTER A Orientation dBCITATIONS is provided with adequate files so that versions are possible for single and double density 52 and 80 columns The program diskettes supplied are single density so that they may be read by any properly functioning Osborne Computer You must however make selections from the files available The 52 and 80 column versions are mutually exclusive Never attempt to mix these files Some of the files are for single density applications some for double and still others for the Osborne Executive Some of the files go on Program Disk A and some on DataBase Disk B All of the feasible combinations are laid out for you in this installation document You need only select the one that best fits your conditions and carefully do it You may disregard all others This installation on the Osborne 01 will require the use of your CP M program and utilities diskettes containing the files COPY PIP SETUP STAT and SYSGEN On the Osborne Executive you will need to use the CP M Plus and Osborne utilities files COPY COPYSYS PIP and SHOW Some disk ette swapping is necessary during installation but is not necessary FEES the actual running of the program Your version of dBase II must also
20. seven empty diskettes depending on various choices you make Label these diskettes dBCITATIONS MASTER Back up dBCITATIONS Program Disk A dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B This is the minimum set up You may also want to label these disk ettes single or double density 52 or 80 column depending on your choices If you want to see both 52 and 80 then you will need additional diskettes A and B and if your system is single density another back up diskette If you haven t already backed up your dBase II you should do that too requiring still another diskette and label If you haven t backed up your CP M SYSTEM diskette s then you should do that as well Figure out just what you will need before you get into the details of installation Every thing will flow together more easily if you are prepared 2 FORMAT all of the empty diskettes you intend to use There are several different ways to do this on Osborne computers so refer to your own documentation for specific instructions Select the double density CP M version if you have it The general procedure follows Format procedure for Osborne 01 Turn your computer on Insert the CP M SYSTEM disk in drive A and the first diskette you want Version 1 5 4 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc to format in drive B Press RETURN Wait If your Osborne has the Help feature press ESCAPE to get to CP M When you get to the A gt prompt type COPY followed by a carriage
21. t C ancel to dBASE Il D iagnose disk space on B H elp on basics M aintain citations P rint citations Q uit to CP M or DOS Version 1 5 Task Think Workshops Inc FUNCTIONS SKELETON CITATIONS PROGRAM A ppend a new citation G et footnote and append H elp on adding S top adding and return to Options menu D ispiay E xit to Options menu H elp on maintenance K eyword directory S earch lt gt N o margin printing P rint with indentation R eturn to Options menu S earch and display 26 B ack one D elete E dit F orward one H elp on display M enu return R ecall T xt file V iew X B road search Jarrow search GBCITATIONS TUTORIAL A OVERVIEW This tutorial takes you through every aspect of the ABCITATIONS pro gram Later you may skip around through the tutorial if you want to but to begin with we suggest that you just follow it step by step You may get a visual overview of the program by studying the Functions Skeleton on the facing page What the tutorial does is simply start the program from CP M or DOS take you to the Options Menu and then in and out of that menu to the various sub parts of ABCITATIONS The tutorial termi nates with a return to CP M or DOS It is assumed that the program is properly installed and that your computer and peripherals are properly interfaced The screen displays that follow are fro
22. those Citations conforming to the combination CITATIONS pauses with a WAITING message When this appears just press RETURN to go on Select 1 to RETURN or press 2 for more H elp Use the broad search when you want to find out what your database contains on a single topic or by a single author Use the narrow search when you want to find a particular topic by a given author Press 2 to get the next help screen that appears here as Figure 13 on the following page It will explain how to copy a citation to a separate file that you may then merge into your wordprocessor text You may place this file on any drive that has space available and you may name it anything you want so long as your name is within the name conventions of your operating system Once you have a citation typed into your database you don t have to retype it when you want to insert it into some document on which you are working Version 1 5 35 dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc Just use this feature to get it out of your database and use the insert feature of your wordprocessor to get it into your document Study this screen a bit to grasp its significance to your own work You may make a separate file of any Citation This allows you to edit it with your Word processor You may then reformat it change margins enter special print instructions underline titles or use any other features of your text editor Figure 13 To do this
23. with your printer this will be fairly easy Using the CP M COPY Utility just copy your WordStar diskette onto dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Then erase all the files The system tracks will be left on the diskette properly configured to run dBCITATIONS The dBCITATIONS print and screen display functions mimic WordStar Then using SETUP just change the arrow keys to CP M select the normal vidio attribute the steady underline c rsor and program function key 1 to DO CIT RET Note Put the system tracks of dBCITATIONS Program Disk A by the foregoing method or the following method Do not try to do both Version 1 5 21 dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc You will need the CP M utility called COPYSYS With the computer turned on insert the CP M SYSTEM Disk into drive A Place the diskette you have labeled dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B Press RETURN When the A gt prompt ap pears type COPYSYS Press RETURN When the menu appears select Get System from Drive A and then press RETURN When the operation is complete press RETURN again When the next menu appears select Save System to Drive B then press RETURN When the system has been successfully transferred you are finished with the system copying process Your task here is to put your WordStar printer settings onto dBCITA TIONS Program Disk A program one of the function keys set the arrow keys to CP M set the diskette to the produce normal ba
24. 52 column versions respectively Version 1 5 3 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc XCT CMD This is an alternate main command file in 52 column format to use when installing the program in a single density version XCIT CMD This is an alternate main command file in 80 column format to use when installing the program on the Osborne Executive HELP FILES Files numbered 020 021 and 022 contain Help screens They may be installed on either drive or eliminated completely with no harm to the system If you do not install them or remove them after installation to save diskette space but then select the H elp options from within the program they simply won t be there to offer help No other harm is done The instructional tutorial that follows assumes that they are installed We suggest that you do install and use them while learning dBCITATIONS You may then eliminate them later if you want to B Getting Ready Note These procedures are written at two levels If you are experi enced with the Osborne and with CP M you may simply follow the arrows for a quick overview of the install process For those who need them more detailed instructions appear in the indented sections Osborne diskettes may be read by machines other than Osborne If you are installing dBCITA TIONS on a non Osborne computer these detailed instructions may not apply to your situation Ts Prepare diskettes To get started you will need from three to
25. B and C These are the ones that are successful in getting WordStar to work correctly with your printer Tap D to toggle the AUTO HORIZONTAL SCROLL It should be turned off Tap E to get to the function key menu Once there select 1 to program function key 1 to read 1 DO CTICR where CR means enter a carriage return Press the ESCAPE key twice to exit Check to see that 1 says the correct thing Then select X to go back to the main menu Now toggle F to set the arrow keys to CP M Check the whole screen for correct settings and when satisfied press X to exit Select B as the destination When the drives stop running remove your CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and move the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive A Press the RESET button When the Osborne logo appears press the RETURN key WordStar should appear on the screen When you get to the nofile menu press X to get to the system When the A gt prompt appears type ERA followed by a carriage return You will be asked if you want to erase all You do so just type Y followed by RETURN When the A gt prompt returns type DIR followed by a carriage return You should get the indication that there are no files on this disk That s just as you want it for now The all important system tracks are on there cor rectly configured for dBCITATIONS To check see if the diskette will produce a cold boot Hit the RESET button When the logo appears tap RETURN You
26. CITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and replace it with the CP M SYSTEM diskette Exit from PIP with a carriage return and at the A gt prompt type DIR B followed be a carriage return Check to see if dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B contains the files listed above If not retrace your steps until you get the diskette correctly configured Note dBCITATIONS has been designed so that you may have any number of databases each organized around a particular topic Each topic requires its own diskette B You may now or any time later make up additional copies of diskette B The program diskette A controls all of these so only one copy of it is needed no matter how may versions of diskette B you have If disk A and disk B of dBCITATIONS contain the correct files you are now ready to start the first run through of the program Remove all disks from the computer and except for disks A and B put them ina safe place Press the RESET button to give yourself a fresh start Do not write protect dBCITATIONS Program Disk A or dBCITATIONS DataBase Diskette B as both of these need to be written to You may now turn to the tutorial section of this booklet and begin using dBCITATIONS right away 4 80 Colum Osborne Executive You will need to place the CP M systems tracks on the diskette you have labeled dBCITATIONS Program Disk A You will also need to perform certain SETUP operations If you have a version of Wordstar that functions properly
27. COPY Utility just copy your WordStar diskette onto dBCITATIONS Program Version 1 5 11 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc Disk A Then erase all the files The system tracks will be left on the diskette properly configured to run dBCITATIONS The dBCITATIONS print and screen display functions mimic WordStar Then using SETUP just change the arrow keys to CP M program function key 1 to DO CT CR and turn off the auto horizontal scroll If your WordStar is 52 column double density and functions correctly with your printer copy the system tracks as follows Turn the computer on Insert the CP M SYSTEM diskette into drive A Press RETURN If you have the Help screen press ESCAPE to get to the A prompt Then type COPY followed by RETURN When asked choose the C option Select A as the source drive Remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with your WordStar diskette Put the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B then press RETURN When the copy is completed successfully press RETURN twice to exit from the copy program Remove the WordStar diskette from drive A and replace it with the CP M SYSTEM diskette At the A gt prompt type SETUP fol lowed by RETURN When asked select B as the diskette you want to configure that is dBCITATIONS Program Disk A It is located in drive B When the screen clears you will have a whole menu of things you can change Do not change the settings for A
28. Choose the citation from which you wish to retrieve a footnote Figure 9 A the citation most recently entered B the citation stored at number NOTE If you do not choose A you must know the citation number Select A or B Select the A option to retrieve the footnote from the entry you just made When the screen appears the key word and citations areas will be blank but the footnote will already be filled in Use this feature when you take several citations from the same source Note that this is cita tion 3 and that you are in the A dding mode Type in this entry as follows K1 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa K2 ffffffffffffffff K3 gggggggggggggagg ALN ddddddddddddddd eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeceeeecece gt eeeeeeecececece ceeeeceeceeece Ceeeeeeeceececeececeeeeeeeeeeeeeecee eeeeeeeeeeeee p 119 Citation es do oe This is citation number 3 It is primary and secondary es ee oe ee ee ee ee ee oe oe ee v Version 1 5 32 dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc Be sure that you place an X in the bottom right corner Then press RETURN until the drives start When the next screen appears it will be the secondary entry screen for citation 3 Type in the following and then hold down the RETURN key This is the secondary screen for entry 3 When the next screen appears both the primary and secondary entries will have been appended to the database and you will have the option t
29. D A CIT800 FMT B AUTOST COM A 80AUTOST COM Now you will need to add the dBASE II program files to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Which ones you add depends on whether you have version 2 3 or 2 4 Determine which you have and then continue the installation pro cess using the part that is applicable to you Note Do section aa or ab Do not do both Version 1 5 19 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc aa ab b Installation using dBASE II version 2 3 Now remove the dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and re place it with your dBASE II back up version 2 3 At the aster isk prompt type the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between them DBASEAPP OVR DBASEMAI OVR DBASEMSC OVR DBASEMSG COM COM A DBASE COM Now replace the diskette in drive A with your CP M System disk ette and exit from PIP with a carriage return Type DIR B followed by a carriage return and then confirm that dBCITATIONS Program Disk A contains the files listed as correct for it at the beginning of this section If any are missing go back and retrace your steps until you have them all Installation using dBASE II version 2 4 Now remove the ABCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and re place it with your dBASE II back up version 2 4 At the asterisk prompt type the following commands one at a time each followed by
30. TATIONS Options H elp KeyWord 2 KeyWord 3 Author s Last Name Footnote starts here and continues on as much of the next three lines as needed Citations starts here This is the way the CITATIONS entry screen looks There are three places to enter key s words a place for the author s last name 3 Figure 2 and places for the footnote and citation Think of the keywords and author s name as an INDEX which allows you to quickly find the citation You may index an additional author by using the name as a KeyWord You may enter your own original works by using your own name as the author ae o so oo se os a4 Press any key to continue This displays the layout of the dBCITATIONS primary entry screen Each database entry carrys its own unique number This appears at the number sign in the upper left corner The program goes into several different modes such as display edit etc These modes always appear at the upper right corner If you ever get confused just look in the upper right corner to find out where you are Just below are the data entry areas On the first line are places for three key words Think of these as ways you may index your entry The next line has a space for an au thor s last name This gives four ways you can retrieve your citation It s like looking in the back of a book for a topic or name finding a page and turning immediately to that page With dBCITATIONS you search for the ke
31. TURN When the baud rate selection screen appears use the arrow keys to select the correct one you need to determine this by reference to the manual that goes with your printer Press ESCAPE to move to the Select Protocol screen Make the protocol option conform to the one that matches your printer Similarly make the device selection conform to the needs of your printer When you have made the necessary changes return to the main selections menu place the cursor on EXIT TO SAVE MENU and press RETURN When the destination menu appears move the cursor to TO DRIVE B this is where dBCITATIONS Program Disk A resides and press RETURN When you get the message that the configuration has been saved press ESCAPE to exit from SETUP Version 1 5 22 Lo Fo n fo La E a dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc By placing the CP M utilities SHOW and PIP on the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A you can make this into a very powerful disk aiding you to transfer citations from your database onto diskettes you are editing with WordStar You can also check from within the program whether or not you have space available on your diskettes to perform these transfers Use PIP to transfer SHOW and PIP to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A With the computer turned on insert the CP M Plus System Disk into drive A and put the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B Press RETURN Press CTRL C to tell CP M to look for a new
32. ailable on the primary screen then a secondary screen appears containing a single area to complete the citation In choosing between 52 and 80 columns you may want to consider the sizes of the entries you are most likely to make the number of entries you d like to get on a diskette and the size of the display characters If you have an occasional very long footnote it may be extended into the citations area and a very long citation may be spread over two or more entries If you like and your equipment is capable of doing so you may set up both 52 and 80 column versions and compare them The files are provided for you to do this The two distribution diskettes provided by Task Think Workshops Inc contain the following files Version 1 5 2 A dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc 52 column version 52AUTOST COM CIT52004 DBF CIT52009 CMD CIT52021 CMD CI i CMD CIT52005 CMD CIT52010 CMD CIT52022 CMD CIT52002 CMD l CIT52007 FMT CIT52011 CMD XCT CMD CIT52003 FMT CIT52008 DBF CIT52020 CMD 80 column version 80AUTOST COM CIT80004 DBF CIT80009 CMD CIT80021 CMD CIT CMD CIT80005 CMD CIT80010 CMD CIT80022 CMD CIT80002 CMD CIT80007 FMT CIT80011 CMD 3c MEM CIT80003 FMT CIT80008 DBF CIT80020 CMD 4C MEM XCIT CMD 2 General File Form Most of these files follow a standard identifier code You may inter pret the eight character filenames as follows The CIT stands for the dBCITATIONS program The 52 or 80
33. be properly installed Be certain that you select the full screen editing features when you are making your dBase II installation The very core of the way dBCITATIONS operates is built on these absolutely marvelous full screen editing features Your Osborne dBase II and dBCITATIONS are all properly made for each other But it is your responsibility to make certain that they mesh correctly Remember the combinations are spelled out for you in this document You need select only the one that fits your conditions and do it You need not be concerned about the others What combinations should you select Single or double density If you have double density available to you by all means take that option We have discovered no disadvantages to double density and no reasons to prefer single So if you have the option choose double Of course choose single if that is the way your Osborne is configured dBase II Versions 2 3 or 2 4 Either will work fine with dBCITATIONS but if you have both choose 2 3 as it takes up less diskette space Version 2 4 is not very practical in a single density Osborne environ ment and we have not provided installation instructions for this combination Write us for free special instructions if this is the only way you can use dBCITATIONS 52 or 80 column If you do not have the 80 column option on your Osborne then choose 52 If you have the Osborne Executive use the 80 column version as you can t get the la
34. been doing Now from the Options Menu select M to go out to the M aintain branch Look at the Functions Skeleton again to see the wide range of things that happen on this branch The menu that apprears is shown as Figure 10 on the following page Take a moment to study the various options that appear in this pact of the program Version 1 5 33 ABCITATIONS c 1584 Task Think Workshops inc D isplay Citations by number with Edit Delete Recall and TXT file E xit to Options Menu H elp on the Search process K eyWord directory S earch for Citation numbers by key words or author s last name Choose D E H Press K to look at the xeyword directory If you typed in the junk citations exactly as given above this is what you should see 00002 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ccccccccccecccce ddddddddddddddd 00003 aaaaaaaaacaaaaaa ffffffffifffffff ggggacgggggggogg ddddddddddddddd WAITING On the left you nave the number of the citation then the three key words and on the right the author s last name What happened to citation 4 that you entered Remember you deleted the contents of of K1 There simply is no citation 4 in the database What about 1 We ll get to that later Note the WAITING message This puts dBCITATIONS into a holding pattern When you have many entries in your database the keyword directory choice will allow you to page through these fifteen at a time Waiti
35. ckground attribute and set it to produce the steady underline console parameter l With the computer on insert the CP M Plus System Disk in drive A and the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A in drive B Press RETURN At the A gt prompt type SETUP and press RETURN Use the arrow keys to select FROM DRIVE B and press RETURN Use the arrow keys to select KEY DEFINITIONS and press RETURN When the function key change screen appears define key 1 to read DO CIT RET where RET means strike the RETURN key then hold down the CTRL key and press RETURN Then press the ESCAPE key to return to the SETUP menu Using the arrow keys move the cursor to CONSOLE PARAMETERS and press RETURN Check the current settings If the Cursor type is not STEADY UNDERLINE use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the Cursor Type position and press RETURN When the select cursor screen appears move the cursor to the Steady Underline position and press RETURN If the background attribute is not NORMAL use the arrow keys to move to the Background Attributes position and press return This changes the setting to normal Check to see if the arrow keys are set to CP M If they are not use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the Arrow Keys position Press RETURN This will change them to CP M Using the arrow keys move the cursor to PRINTER PO and press RETURN Check the BAUD RATE setting If it is not the same as the baud rate needed by your printer press RE
36. ctually append a citation to the database Choose A Now you will see a screen that looks something like this Figure 8 Enter text and or press RETURN to exit Notice that you are in the A dding mode and that this is citation number 2 There is already a number 1 in the database The dots are of course not on the screen The cursor is positioned at the first charac ter position after K1 Quickly make an entry by filling in the following junk Don t worry were going to delete it later Use the cursor con trols to move around inside the screen area Refer to Figure 5 since the help screen showing the cursor movements is not available to you right now Of course you could go back to it if you wanted to Version 1 5 31 dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc K1 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa K2 bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb K3 ccccccccecccceccecc ALN ddddddddddddddd eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeece reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee f eeeeeeeeeeeee p 112 Citation This is citation 2 It is primary only When finished hold down the RETURN key until the drives start to work dBASE II puts a carriage return at the end of each field and line even if you don t so if you just press RETURN once the cursor will just advance one line When the drives stop the entry will have been appended and you will be back at the A dding menu See Figure 3 Now select the G option This screen appears
37. e When you get to the A prompt type SYSGEN followed by a carriage return When asked for the source drive type A and then press RETURN You will be asked to put the source diskette in drive A You are going to use your CP M SYSTEM diskette as the source so it is already there Just press RETURN Select B as the desti nation diskette and when asked put the diskette labeled dBCITA TIONS Program Disk A into drive B Press RETURN SYSGEN operates quickly and tells you when it is finished Press RETURN to exit from the SYSGEN program Now at the A prompt select the double density SETUP utility and type SETUP followed by RETURN Select B as the disk you want to configure since dBCITATIONS Program Disk A is in drive B When the screen clears the current setup listings will appear If these are not correct for your printer get correct settings from your printer manual change them to conform to what is needed Tapping A will produce a menu of printer options Select from this menu and then press X to return to the main menu Toggle B to switch between 300 and 1200 baud Make sure that selection C is set to 128 Toggle D to turn OFF the AUTO HORIZONTAL SCROLL Tap E to get to the function key menu Select 1 to program function key 1 to 1 DO CT CR where CR means enter a carriage return Press the ESCAPE key twice to exit Check to see that function key 1 is correct e Then press X to return to the main menu Tap F to toggle the
38. e A gt prompt type PIP followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt appears type B A STAT COM when the asterisk prompt reappears type the following B A PIP COM followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt re appears remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up Now type the fol lowing commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting between each for the asterisk prompt to reappear B A CT CMD B A CIT520 CMD B A CIT520 FMT B AUTOST COM A 52AUTOST COM Now you will need to add the dBASE II program files to ABCITATIONS Program Disk A Which ones you add depends on whether you have version 2 3 or 2 4 Determine which you have and then continue the installation pro cess using the BTE that is applicable to you Version 1 5 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc aa Installation using dBASE II version 2 3 Now remove the dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and re place it with your dBASE II back up version 2 3 At the asterisk prompt type the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between them B A DBASEAPP OVR B A DBASEMAT OVR B A DBASEMSC OVR B A DBASEMSG COM B DO COM A DBASE COM Remove the dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and replace it with the CP M System diskette Press a carriage ret
39. e left on the diskette properly configured to run dBCITATIONS The dBCITATIONS print and screen display functions mimic WordStar Then using SETUP just change the arrow keys to CP M program function key 1 to DO CT CR and turn off the auto horizontal scroll If your WordStar is 52 column and functions correctly with your printer copy the system tracks as follows Turn the computer on Insert the CP M SYSTEM diskette into drive A Press RE TURN If you have the Help screen press ESCAPE to get to the A gt prompt Then type COPY followed by RETURN When asked choose the C option Select A as the source drive Remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with your WordStar diskette Put the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B then press RETURN When the copy is completed success fully press RETURN twice to exit from the copy program Remove the WordStar diskette from drive A and replace it with the CP M SYSTEM diskette At the A gt prompt type SETUP followed by RETURN When asked select B as the diskette you want to configure that is dBCITATIONS Program Disk A It is located in drive B When the screen clears you will have a whole menu of things you can change Do not change the settings for A B and C These are the ones that are successful in getting Word Star to work correctly with your printer Tap D to toggle the AUTO HORIZONTAL SCROLL It should be turned off Tap E to get to the function
40. ed no matter how may versions of diskette B you have If disk A and disk B of dBCITATIONS contain the correct files you are now ready to start the first run through of the program Remove all disks from the computer and except for disks A and B put them in a safe place Press the RESET button to give yourself a fresh start Do not write protect dBCITATIONS Program Disk A or dBCITATIONS DataBase Diskette B as both of these need to be written to You may now turn to the tutorial section of this booklet and begin using dBCITATIONS right away d 80 Column Double Density Osborne O1 You will need to place the CP M systems tracks on the diskette you have labeled dBCITATIONS Program Disk A You will also need to perform certain SETUP operations If you have an 80 column version of Wordstar it is double density and it and your printer function properly with each other this will be fairly easy Using the CP M COPY Utility just copy Version 1 5 16 ABCITATIONS c 1984 i Task Think Workshops Inc your WordStar diskette onto dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Then erase all the files The system tracks will be left on the diskette properly con figured to run dBCITATIONS The dBCITATIONS print and screen display functions mimic WordStar Then using SETUP just change the arrow keys to CP M program function key 1 to DO CIT CR and turn off the auto horizon tal scroll If your WordStar is 80 column double density and functions cor
41. er CTRL D Advances one character Figure 5 CTRL Y Clears a field or line to blanks CTRL G Deletes character at cursor CTRL V Switches between overwrite and insert modes dBASE II uses many other Control character functions Be careful to not accidentally use these when all you are trying to do is move the cursor around They are not needed in CITATIONS and will just cause problems Select 1 to return to the Adding mode or press 2 for more H elp This screen shows you how to move the cursor around the screen how to delete and how to switch between the insert and the overwrite modes ABCITATIONS defaults to the overwrite mode so you must deliberately turn on insert WordStar users will note that except for CTRL A and CTRL F the effects are quite predictable Press 2 for more help Some Rules KeyWord number 1 is the MASTER key word Choose this word so that it has the broadest meaning and still indicates a particular Citation Leaving this field blank will abort the appending process and you may do this on purpose if you change your mind and want to do something else after entering the A dding mode 3 When you choose to G et a footnote from a previous entry you may select the previous one or any other if you know its number It is then copied onto the blank entry screen and you need only edit it a little to fit your new conditions Figure 6 Select 1 to return to A dding mode or press 2 for
42. erased at any time you want If you leave them on you can get 70 primary screen cita tions on the disk before it is full By this time you should not need the Help screens and could remove them making room for an additional 19 en tries If disk A and disk B of dBCITATIONS contain the correct files you are now ready to start the first run through of the program Remove all disks from the computer and except for disks A and B put them in a safe place Do not place a write protect tab on dBCITATIONS Program Disk A or on dBCITATIONS DataBase Diskette B Both of these diskettes need to be writtin to Press the RESET button to give yourself a fresh start You may turn to the tutorial section of this booklet and begin using dBCITA TIONS right away 2 52 Column Double Density Osborne 1 Using the dBCITATIONS Master Back Up diskette the CP M SYSTEM disk ette that is configured for double density and your dBASE II Master Back Up make up the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A and the dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B according the the following plan a dBCITATIONS Program Disk A You will need to place the CP M systems tracks on the diskette you have labeled dBCITATIONS Program Disk A You will also need to perform certain SETUP operations If you have a 52 column version of Wordstar and it and your printer function properly with each other and if it is con figured to produce double density this will be fairly easy Using the CP M
43. es your entries by number The following features all require that you know the number C opying a footnote from a previous Citation i Fi e 1 onto a new one D elete D isplay Citations gur 1 E dit P rint R ecall un delete and making i a TXT file for WordProcessor editing J If you do not know the Citation number you may use the S earch option to find it When CITATIONS displays the number for you there will be leading zeroes When you go to enter the number you may disregard these zeroes Select 1 to RETURN or press 2 for more H elp Now you know why the citation number is so important Check all the functions for which you need to know that number Don t panic though The numbers are easy to find Remember they were listed when you did the keyword directory operation You may also use the search function to find them This doesn t require that you page through the whole database Note what the screen says about zeros Then type 2 to see this screen on the details of the search function dBCITATIONS Maintain H elp ide The seach feature has broed and narrow capabilities Broad you enter a term and CITATIONS puts on the screen the numbers of all Citations that have the term as a KeyWord or author s 1 last name Figure 12 Narrow you enter a term and author s last name CITATIONS puts on the screen the numbers of only
44. he RETURN key You should be able to make a cold boot with this diskette and get the A prompt of CP M If so all is well with the system tracks With the system tracks correctly configured add the necessary files to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Use PIP to make the diskette contain the following files m Proper files for single density 52 column dBASE II 2 3 dBCITATIONS Program Disk A CT CMD CIT52009 CMD DBASEAPP OVR DBASEMSG COM CIT52002 CMD CIT52010 CMD DBASEMAI OVR DO COM CIT52003 FMT CIT52011 CMD DBASEMSC OVR STAT COM CIT52007 FMT Turn the computer on Place the CP M SYSTEM diskette in drive A and dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B Press RETURN Then press CTRL C Press the ESCAPE key to get past the Help screen and at the A gt prompt type PIP followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt appears type B A STAT COM followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt re appears remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with ABCITATIONS MASTER Back Up 52 column version Now type the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting between each for the asterisk prompt Version 1 5 9 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc to reappear B CT CMD A XCT CMD B A CIT52002 CMD B A CIT52009 CMD B A CIT5201 CMD B A CIT5200 FMT Now remove the ABCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and re place it with your dBASE II
45. hops Inc and replace it with the 80 column diskette Then type the fol lowing command and a carriage return B A 3C MEM When PIP finishes its work you will have added 3C MEM to the 52 column back up diskette On the Executive and double density 01 s you may use one less diskette if you use PIP to combine the distribution diskettes onto a single one PIP is found on the CP M SYSTEM disk so using that disk get to the A gt prompt as before Put the diskette you want to receive files ABCITATIONS MASTER Back up in drive B Now you will need to tell CP M to look for a new diskette in drive B You do this by typing CTRL C hold down the Control key and press C Now type PIP and press RETURN When the asterisk appears remove the CP M disk from drive A and put in the first diskette you want to copy say the 52 column version distribution diskette Then type in the fol lowing command followed by a carriage return B A When PIP has completed its functions remove the distribution diskette and replace it with the other one Type the same com mand over again followed by a carriage return B A When PIP finishes both the 52 and 80 column versions of dBCITA TIONS will be backed up onto the single diskette dBCITATIONS MASTER Back up Now with the CP M SYSTEM disk in drive A check your backup s by placing it them in drive B and at the A prompt type CTRL C hold down the CONTROL key and press C then when the
46. iously do not place them on diskettes to which you want to copy On the Osborne O1 to simply copy dBCITATIONS turn on the compu ter place the CP M SYSTEM Disk in drive A press RETURN and if you have the Help screen press ESCAPE to get to the A prompt Then type COPY followed by RETURN When asked choose the C option Select A as the source drive Place the dis tribution diskette you want to copy in drive A and the diskette to become the back up in drive B then press RETURN When the copy is completed successfully replace diskette A with the next material you want to copy put the diskette to receive it in B and then repeat the above procedure until you have copied all the disks you want to If yours is a single density system or you are simply making copies of both versions and you intend to adopt the 52 column format then it is a good idea to add the C MEM file to the 52 column back up diskette You do this using PIP The 3C MEM file is only found on the diskette containing the 80 column version but is required by the 52 column version as well Put 3C MEM on your 52 column back up by placing the CP M SYSTEM Disk in drive A and getting to the A prompt as before Insert the 52 column back up diskette into drive B Type CTRL C to tell CP M that you have a new diskette in B Then type PIP followed by RETURN When the asterisk prompt appears remove the CP M SYSTEM disk Version 1 5 5 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Works
47. key menu Once there select 1 to program func Version 1 5 7 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc tion key 1 to read 1 DO CT CR where CR means enter a carriage return Press the ESCAPE key twice to exit Check to see that 1 says the correct thing Then select X to go back to the main menu Now toggle F to set the arrow keys to CP M Check the whole screen for correct settings and when satisfied press X to exit Select B as the destination When the drives stop running remove your CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and move the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive A Press the RESET button When the Osborne logo appears press the RETURN key WordStar should appear on the screen When you get to the nofile menu press X to get to the system When the A gt prompt appears type ERA followed by a carriage return You will be asked if you want to erase all You do so just type Y followed by RETURN When the A gt prompt returns type ha DIR followed by a carriage return You should get the indication that there are no files on this disk That s just as you want it for now The all important system tracks are on there cor rectly configured for dBCITATIONS To check see if the diskette will produce a cold boot Hit the RESET button When the logo appears tap RETURN You should get the A prompt indicating the system tracks are on the diskette Note Put the system tracks of dBCITATIONS P
48. lowed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between them B DO COM A DBASE COM B A DBASEOVR COM Now exit PIP with a carriage return Type DIR B and a carriage return and confirm that dBCITATIONS Program Disk A contains the following files the PIP process make the diskette conform CIT CMD If not check your work and using Proper Files for Executive 2 4 dBCITATIONS Program Disk A CIT80007 FMT CIT80020 CMD DO COM CIT80002 CMD CIT80009 CMD CIT80021 CMD PIP COM CIT80003 FMT CIT80010 CMD CIT80022 CMD SHOW COM CIT80005 CMD CIT80011 CMD DBASEOVR COM Version 1 5 24 ol wg Lou ses Lai dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc B dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B Use PIP to make this diskette contain the following files Proper files for the Osborne Executive dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B CIT52004 DBF CIT52008 DBF C MEM With the computer turned on place the CP M SYSTEM diskette in drive A and the dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B in drive B Press RETURN and when the A prompt appears Press CTRL C to tell CP M to look for a new diskette in drive B Then type PIP followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt appears remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up Then type the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between them
49. ly append new Citations to those previously added The dBASE II full screen editing features may be used These are explained in the dBASE user s manual or you may see a brief description of them on these help screens To reduce typing Figure 4 the footnote may be copied from any previous entry onto the one on which you are currently working In most cases you need only edit it slightly to fit your new conditions Select 1 to return to the Adding mode or press 2 for more help Study this screen a moment The word append means that new entries will be at the back of the database behind previous entries and will carry successively higher numbers The full screen editing features of dBASE II means that the complexities of text entry and change are almost totally concealed from you You may enter edit insert delete and write over text with almost the same abandon as you would with a high quality Version 1 5 29 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc text editor As a work saver it is assumed that sometimes you will take several citations from the same source When that happens you can get the footnote portion of a previous citation and have it automatically appear on the new entry When you have digested the significance of this press 2 for more help i Cursor controls in the adding mode CTRL E A Backs up a field or line CTRL X F Advances a field or line CTRL S Backs up one charact
50. m the 80 column CP M version of dBCITATIONS What you see on the screens will be slightly different for other versions If your particular computer uses the ENTER key or ul instead of the RETURN key then press that key when you are asked to press RETURN in the following instructions B The Tutorial Make the normal start up for your computer using ABCITATIONS Program Disk A in drive A and dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B in drive B There are three different ways to get the program started but they all amount to the same thing At the A gt prompt you have to issue the command DO CT or DO CIT depending upon your particular version of dBCITATIONS This may be done automatically with an AUTOST BAT or SUB file It may be done with a function key Or you may have to type this command in by hand During the installation you will learn which of these is suitable to your system Once the program has this command there will be some disk activity and you will see a sign on screen describing the program and showing the Task Think Workshops Inc copyright Read the screen and press any key to go on Since this is the first time you have used the particular data diskette B you will need to identify it as to whose disk it is and what general topic you are assigning to it When asked just type your name When asked for the topic give this some thought You may have any number of databases one per diskette Enter the name of a topic that is broad
51. n each B A CIT5200 DBF B A CIT52005 CMD B A CIT5202 CMD B C MEM A 3C MEM Version 1 5 10 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc Remove the ABCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and replace it with the CP M SYSTEM diskette Exit from PIP with a carriage return and at the A gt prompt type DIR B followed be a carriage return Check to see if dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B contains the files listed above If not retrace your steps until you get the diskette correctly configured Remember the 3C MEM file is only on the 80 column distribution diskette If you didn t move it to the 52 column back up when you made it then it won t be on ABCITATIONS DataBase Disk B Use PIP to get it there else ABCITATIONS won t run correctly Note ABCITATIONS has been designed so that you may have any number of databases each organized around a particular topic Each topic requires its own diskette B Anytime you may make up additional copies of diskette B The program diskette A controls all of these so only one copy of it is needed no matter how may versions of diskette B you have Note In single density applications the command files that produce the Help screens are installed on drive B There is simply not room for them on drive A The effect of this is to reduce the number of citations you can put on the database disk If this is annoying to you the file numbers 020 021 and 022 that are placed on drive B may be
52. ng allows yeu to study the screen until you press any key to go on When you come to the end of the entries you just return to the M aintain menu Do that now Press any key What if you would like a printed hard copy of all the citation numbers keywords and author s last names Let s do that now so you will know how it works When you are at the M aintain menu that s where you are now isn t it just do the following Turn on your printer and make any preparations necessary and position the paper as needed Hold down the CONTROL key and also press P On the IBM hold down the CTRL key and press PrtSc Then press X Now whatever goes to the screen also goes to the printer If your printer irstallation was done properly you ll have a hard copy of the keyword directory To stop this function hold doewn the CONTROL key and press P again PrtSc on the IPM Now turn off your printer Is WAITING stili on the screen Get yourseif back to the M ain tain menu l Now back at the M aintain menu See Figure 10 what else is on this branch This whole section of the program is involved with searching your database for entries then displaying them and then performing certain operations on them such as editing Type H so that we may look at the various help screens that deal with maintenance The first sucn screen appears as Figure 11 on the following page Version 1 5 34 dBCITATIONS c 1984 i Task Think Workshops Inc Citations stor
53. o append get help or stop If you are not quite sure what you have been doing select the H option and look at the help screens again When you are ready to go on select the G option to get a footnote When asked which footnote you want choose B When the screen clears you will be asked the number of the citation from which you wish to obtain a footnote Choose 2 as this is not the one most previously entered The new screen will have blank key word and citation areas but the footnote you typed in at 2 will be on the screen This allows you to avoid the extra typing even if your entries are not in sequence Now type the following ALN RECATO A E esso c eadi o cde inde eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeceeeceeceecceeceeccecceecceeceecceoe eeeeeeeeeeee p 187 Citation This is citation number 4 Now with CTRL E or CTRL A move the cursor back to key word field KI With CTRL Y delete the contents of that field Now hold down the RETURN key until the drives start What is going to happen to number 4 When the adding menu reappears choose the S top option to leave the adding mode and return to the main options menu Now you are back at the main trunk of the tree See Figure 1 Choose A to go out to the A dding branch and once there choose S top to come right back again See it really is easy to go out to a branch of the program and come right back again Take a moment to go back to the Functions Skeleton to ponder what you have
54. ped in in This simple display feature allows you to survey any particular citation long after you have forgotten what is actually contained there It may be that someone else actually types these in for you The display allows you to view the actual entry at any time Something new has been added to the display Note the bottom two lines B ack one D elete E dit Forward one H elp M enu R ecall T xt file V iew X These are not part of your citation They are just different actions you can take from this display mode Press B Citation 3 was being dis played so what happens if you go back one number That s right entry 2 will be displayed So what happens if you press D Try it You have now marked citation 2 for deletion A screen will come on explaining that this is not an irreverible action and that there are ways to un delete Press amy key and BCITATIONS will then take you back to the M aintain menu Now let s edit what 3 has to say What keys would you press to put ABCITATIONS into the editing mode for entry 3 That s right You would first display 3 and then select E for editing When you make these actions 3 will be on the screen and the cursor will be at keyword 1 Use the cursor control keys See Figure 5 to move to the Citations area and add the following passage i Version 1 5 37 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc K1 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa K2 ffffffffffffffff K3 ggggggggggagggag
55. r dBCITATIONS will find them Notice too Version 1 5 36 Lo dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc that you don t have to enter the full term You do however have to spell it correctly as far as you go GgGgGx would not have produced a match Press any key to return to the M aintain menu Figure 10 Now let s try the narrow search Press S to get to the search option Figure 14 Now choose N for the narrow search Suppose you had 22 entries for author ddddddddddddddd but you want only those entries for topic bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb by this author When asked for the search term type BbBbBbbB and press RETURN When asked for the author s name type DdDdDDDddd and press RETURN When the screen clears you will see 00002 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ccccccccccceccce dddddddddddddd This is the one citation in your database that meets the combined conditions You may be very selective in your searching Press any key to return to the M aintain menu Figure 10 What would happen if you selected E right now Try it if you don t know and then find you way back to the M aintain menu Are you there When you are select D to explore the display fea tures This opens up a wide range of actions you may take on your entries When you are asked to enter the citation number enter number 3 and press RETURN ABCITATIONS will now go to the database retrieve the primary screen portion of entry 3 and display it exactly as you ty
56. ready to run kkeke Select N P Ror S Think a moment about how your printer works The N and P options mean exactly what they say Choose the one that best suits your equipment Also realize that you will need to know the number of the citation you are going to print That s easy now since you only have three Usually you will know the number but if you should ever get to this point and then wonder what number you can take the S option and find it Turn your printer on and prepare it as necessary Then choose N or P When asked for the number choose 1 and press RETURN Now you are going to learn what 1 is all about Suppose that you have 57 entries in your database but when asked for the number you typed in 75 There isn t any 75 so ABCITATIONS gives you this error message on the screen instead In the process of learning about 1 you ve also learned how the print function works so find your way back to the Options menu Up to now you have been through the A dd C ancel D iagnose H elp P rint and Q uit functions Take a moment and go back to the Functions Skeleton Examine the arrows to see all of the program parts you have been through Is the design of the program beginning to make sense to you Those arrows suggest all the ways you can go in out and around the entire program You have just about done it all at this point There is a little bit more of the maintain function that we need to Version 1 5 40 dBCITATIONS
57. rectly with your printer copy the system tracks as follows Turn the computer on Insert the CP M SYSTEM diskette into drive A Press RETURN If you have the Help screen press ESCAPE to get to the A prompt Then type COPY followed by RETURN When asked choose the C option Select A as the source drive Remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and replace it with your WordStar diskette Put the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B then press RETURN When the copy is completed successfully press RETURN twice to exit from the copy program Remove the WordStar diskette from drive A and replace it with the CP M SYSTEM diskette At the A gt prompt type SETUP fol lowed by RETURN When asked select B as the diskette you want to configure that is dBCITATIONS Program Disk A It is located in drive B When the screen clears you will have a whole menu of things you can change Do not change the settings for A B and C These are the ones that are successful in getting WordStar to work correctly with your printer Tap D to toggle the AUTO HORIZONTAL SCROLL It should be turned off Tap E to get to the function key menu Once there select 1 to program function key 1 to read 1 DO CIT CR where CR means enter a carriage return Press the ESCAPE key twice to exit Check to see that 1 says the correct thing Then select X to go back to the main menu Now toggle F to set the arrow keys to CP M Check the whole screen for co
58. return When the menu appears select F to indicate that you want to format and if your machine is capable of double density select the D option when asked Then select B since the diskette you want to format is in drive B When the screen asks you to place the diskette in B if you haven t already done so do it now or just press RETURN if it is already there When formatting is com plete remove the diskette in B replace it with another and repeat this process until all the new diskettes you are going to use are formatted The format procedure on the Osborne Executive is virtually the same except you use the arrows keys to select the formatting option and you don t have to select double density 3 Make Back Up Copies Using the CP M COPY utility or PIP make back up copies of the two ABCITATIONS distribution diskettes Place these on the diskette s you have already formatted and labeled dBCITATIONS MASTER Backup If you have the Executive or a double density version of the 01 you may use PIP to place both of the single density diskettes onto a single double density diskette Back up your dBaseII and CP M SYSTEM diskettes if you haven t already done so Correctly label all of these diskettes Place original distribution diskettes in a safe place Use only the back ups from now on Note Do yourself a favor If you are not deeply experienced with CP M utilities then place a write protect tab on any diskettes you wish to copy from Obv
59. rger characters anyway and the 52 column display sits radically to the left of the screen If you have the Osborne 01 and have both displays available to you the choice is not automatically 80 The 52 column version uses less diskette space Version 1 5 1 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc and the display characters are 1 6X larger than on the 80 column version Determine your choice after carefully considering your needs in relation to the following data 1 System Data The dBCITATIONS display screens use diskette space and contain data areas of the following sizes Entry Areas Number of characters per area 52 column 80 column Keyword 1 13 16 Keyword 2 13 16 Keyword 3 13 16 Author s Last Name 15 15 Footnote 180 228 Citation primary screen 589 671 Citation secondary screen 850 992 Total citation area 1 439 1 663 Total allocation 1 673 1 954 Citations per double density diskette Primary screen only 212 l 181 Secondary and primary 104 89 Citations per single density diskette Primary screen only 89 Secondary and primary 44 ABCITATIONS first displays a primary screen containing areas for key words and author s last name These are used like an index so you may search your database for terms and names and these will in turn refer you to citations which you may then display in full The primary screen also contains areas for the footnote and the citation itself If the citation is too long for the space av
60. ring installation there will now be a file with the TXT extension It s a standard ASCII version of citation 2 the one you just made with the T choice under maintain above You may enter this file directly with your word processor or use PIP COPY with DOS to move it to some other Version 1 5 41 dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc diskette Do not try to enter you database directly with your wordprocess That produces great evil Use this TXT file process to copy entries out of the database It only takes a moment When you tire of checking you file erase it from diskette B There are two little things you need to be concerned about on this TXT file process If you have several of these to do give them all unique names Otherwise one or more of them will be overwritten Also remember that dBASE II puts a carriage return at the end of each line If you are going to change margins these will have to be removed by your wordprocessor i That s it You ve been all the way around the program Next time you start up the program you ll be entering your own materials for real Enjoy P l l Version 1 5 3 42 B ack one s Delete DJiagnose disk CEIB RIE to eS caros eumd Options menu Helpon gt f Hepo basies ff maintenance IP citations v
61. rogram Disk A dBCITATIONS does not make use of some of the files on your dBASE II back up diskette Besides that dBCITATIONS places different demands on version 2 4 than it does on version 2 3 Consequently you will need to selectively copy files from your dBASE II back up diskette Deter mine which version of dBASE II you have and then do one or the other of the Version 1 5 23 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc following two PIPings Note that in both cases DBASE COM is renamed DO COM l If your s is version 2 3 place it in drive A Then type the following commands at the asterisk prompt one by one waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between each and with each followed by a carriage return A DBASEAPP OVR A DBASEMAI OVR A DBASEMSC OVR A O DBASEMSG COM B B B B B COM A DBASE COM D Now exit from PIP with a carriage return Type DIR B followed by a carriage return and confirm that dBCITATIONS Program Disk A contains the following files If any are missing go back and retrace your steps until you have them all Proper files for Executive 2 3 GBCITATIONS Program Disk A CIT CMD CIT80009 CMD CIT80022 CMD DBASEMSG COM CIT80002 CMD CIT80010 CMD DBASEAPP OVR DO COM CIT80003 FMT CIT80011 CMD DBASEMAI OVR PIP COM CIT80005 CMD CIT80020 CMD DBASEMSC OVR SHOW COM CIT80007 FMT CIT80021 CMD If your s is version 2 4 place it in drive A Then type the following two commands each fol
62. rogram Disk A by the foregoing method or the following method Do not try to do both If on the other hand your WordStar printer interface is not reli able you will still need to add the system tracks to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Additionally you will need to perform the SETUP operations of selecting a printer protocol and the baud rate at which your printer is to receive output from the computer These are hardware considerations and if you don t know these for your printer you will need to find them out and enter them correctly for the print functions of dBCITATIONS to operate cor rectly The systems tracks are essential to dBCITATIONS If you don t want to print from within dBCITATIONS then you may consider the SETUP operations that deal with printing to be optional You will however need to do some minimal SETUP operations to change the arrow keys to CP M turn off the auto horizontal scroll and program function key 1 to DO CT CR To add the system tracks you need to use the CP M program called SYSGEN To SYSGEN dBCITATIONS Program Disk A turn on the computer Place the CP M SYSTEM disk in drive A and press RETURN If necessary press ESCAPE to get past the Help feature When you get to the A gt prompt type SYSGEN followed by a car riage return When asked for the source drive type A and then press RETURN You will be asked to put the source diskette in drive A You are going to use your CP M SYSTEM diskette as the Ver
63. rotocol and the baud rate at which your printer is to receive output from the computer These are hardware considerations and if you don t know these for your printer you will need to find them out and enter them correctly for the print functions of dBCITATIONS to operate cor rectly The systems tracks are essential to dBCITATIONS If you don t want to print from within dBCITATIONS then you may consider the SETUP operations that deal with printing to be optional You will however need to do some minimal SETUP operations to change the arrow keys to CP M turn off the auto horizontal scroll and program function key 1 to DO CIT CR To add the system tracks you need to use the CP M program called SYSGEN Be certain to use the version that is suitable to double density To SYSGEN dBCITATIONS Program Disk A turn on the com puter Place the CP M SYSTEM disk in drive A and press RETURN If necessary press ESCAPE to get past the Help feature When you get to the A prompt type SYSGEN followed by a carriage return When asked for the source drive type A and then press RETURN You will be asked to put the source diskette in drive A You are going to use your CP M SYSTEM diskette as the source so it is already there Just press RETURN Select B as the desti nation diskette and when asked put the diskette labeled dBCITA TIONS Program Disk A into drive B Press RETURN SYSGEN operates quickly and tells you when it is finished Press RETURN to e
64. rrect settings and when satisfied press X to exit Select B as the destination When the drives stop running remove your CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A and move the dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive A Press the RESET button When the Osborne logo appears press the RETURN key WordStar should appear on the screen When you get to the nofile menu press X to get to the system When the A prompt appears type ERA followed by a carriage return You will be asked if you want to erase all You do so just type Y followed by RETURN When the A prompt returns type i DIR followed by a carriage return You should get the indication that there are no files on this disk That s just as you want it for now The all important system tracks are on there correctly configured for ABCITATIONS To check see if the diskette will produce a cold boot Hit the RESET button When the logo ap Version 1 5 17 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc pears tap RETURN You should get the A gt prompt indicating the system tracks are on the diskette Note Put the system tracks of dBCITATIONS Program Disk A by the foregoing method or the following method Do not try to do both If on the other hand your WordStar printer interface is not reli able you will still need to add the system tracks to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Additionally you will need to perform the SETUP operations of selecting a printer p
65. should get the A prompt indicating Version 1 5 12 ABCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc the system tracks are on the diskette Note Put the system tracks of dBCITATIONS Program Disk A by the foregoing method or the following method Do not try to do both If on the other hand your WordStar printer interface is not reli able you will still need to add the system tracks to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Additionally you will need to perform the SETUP operations of selecting a printer protocol and the baud rate at which your printer is to receive output from the computer These are hardware considerations and if you don t know these for your printer you will need to find them out and enter them correctly for the print functions of dBCITATIONS to operate cor rectly The systems tracks are essential to dBCITATIONS If you don t want to print from within dBCITATIONS then you may consider the SETUP operations that deal with printing to be optional You will however need to do some minimal SETUP operations to change the arrow keys to CP M turn off the auto horizontal scroll and program function key 1 to DO CT CR To add the system tracks you need to use the CP M program called SYSGEN Be certain to use the version that is suitable to double density To SYSGEN dBCITATIONS Program Disk A turn on the com puter Place the CP M SYSTEM disk in drive A and press RETURN If necessary press ESCAPE to get past the Help featur
66. simply D isplay the Citation and select the T XT option You will be asked to Specify a name for the file and indicate the drive on which the file is to be placed The i original is left in your DataBase but a copy with the TXT extension is created outside of the DataBase Enter this file and edit it as you would any other file Do not try to edit files within the DataBase Press ANY key to return Now let s try the search feature Press RETURN to leave the H elp Screen and return to the M aintain menu See Figure 10 Imagine that you have 156 entries in your database not just the two junk ones you just made Let s see if you have anything on the topic ggggg Type S to select the search feature Now you will see this screen Select from the following B road search for Citations containing a particular term or author s last name Figure 14 N arrow search for Citations on a given topic by a particular author Enter B or N Type B to indicate that you want a broad search When asked for the term type GgGgGg as your search term Press RETURN When the screen clears you will see 00003 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ffffffffffffffff gqggggggggggggggg dddddddddddddd Citation 3 contains that term as a keyword Notice that ABCITATIONS is not sensitive to the upper and lower case distinction You don t have to enter your keywords in any particular way and you don t have to remember how you did it eithe
67. sion 1 5 8 dBCITATIONS c 1984 Task Think Workshops Inc Source so it is already there Just press RETURN Select B as the destination diskette and when asked put the diskette labeled dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B Press RETURN SYSGEN operates quickly and tells you when it is finished Press RETURN to exit from the SYSGEN program Now at the A prompt type SETUP followed by RETURN Select B as the disk you want to configure since dBCITATIONS Program Disk A is in drive B When the screen clears the current setup listings will appear If these are not correct for your printer get correct settings from your printer manual change them to conform to what is needed Tapping A will produce a menu of printer options Select from this menu and then press X to return to the main menu Toggle B to switch between 300 and 1200 baud Make sure that selection C is set to 128 Toggle D to turn OFF the AUTO HORIZONTAL SCROLL Tap E to get to the function key menu Select 1 to program function key 1 to 1 DO CT CR where CR means enter a carriage return Press the ESCAPE key twice to exit Check to see that function key 1 is correct Then press X to return to the main menu Tap F to toggle the arrow keys to CP M Select B as the destination drive When the drives stop remove the CP M diskette from drive A Place the dBCITATIONS Program Disk into drive A Press the RESET but ton When the Osborne logo appears press t
68. ternational Inc II INIM e A T e uc VELIE E l CITATIONS is an application program to run under dBase II n gt p i n l B 2 n E S ed Bn J Sa Every LUE has been make to supply complete and accurate installation and V as operation information Task Think Workshops assumes no responsibility for n the i e or misuse of this product nor for any infringements of the DICI dBCITATIONS INSTALLATION AND TUTORIAL TABLE of CONTENTS A Orientation da oysteun Data 4x et o9 C Bis lai e e e ne 2 General File Form o1 e e Wo 0 e e e e o e We MO e e o s o 3 da Special Filo Form 4 s s sre de C woo soe RL e we Go OS we e 3 B Getting Ready mE 1 Prepare Diskettes 4 aid esc soa o c oa o o o o o Nw dis Format DiskeLttes a s s w s ocs ola ea UR 4 da Make Back Up Copies 4 4 x9 se o e 9 X e o o oe oo oo 5 Ci Install Procedure l ls 52 Column Single Density dBASE II 2 3 e e e s e 7 a dBCITATIONS Program Disk A e e e e e o e oo 7 b dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B o o 10 2 52 Column Double Density Osborne O1 e e e 11 a dBCITATIONS Program Disk A e e 11 aa dBASE II Version 2 3 s 4 V e e e e gt e e o o 15 ab dBASE II Version 2 4 2 X s o9 e gt o e 15 b ABCITATIONS DataBase Disk B es o 15 da 80 Column Double Densi
69. to dBCITATIONS Program Disk A Use PIP to make the diskette contain the following files Proper files for double density 80 column dBASE II 2 3 dBCITATiONS Program Disk A AUTOST COM CIT80007 FMT CIT80021 CMD DBASEMSG COM CIT CMD CIT80009 CMD CIT80022 CMD DO COM CIT80002 CMD CIT80010 CMD DBASEAPP OVR PIP COM CIT80003 FMT CIT80011 CMD DBASEMAI OVR STAT COM CIT80005 CMD CIT80020 CMD DBASEMSC OVR Or it your version of dBASE II is 2 4 set the diskette up as follows Proper files for double density 80 column dBASE II 2 4 dBCITATIONS Program Disk A AUTOST COM CIT80005 CMD CIT80011 CMD DBASEOVR COM CIT CMD CIT80007 FMT CIT80020 CMD DO COM CIT80002 CMD CIT80009 CMD CIT80021 CMD PIP COM CIT80003 FMT CIT80010 CMD CIT80022 CMD STAT COM Turn the computer on Place the CP M SYSTEM diskette in drive A and dBCITATIONS Program Disk A into drive B Press RETURN Then press CTRL C At the A gt prompt type PIP followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt appears type B A STAT COM when the asterisk prompt reappears type the following B A PIP COM followed by a carriage return When the asterisk prompt re appears remove the CP M SYSTEM diskette from drive A an replace it with dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up Now type the fol lowing commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting between each for the asterisk prompt to reappear B A CIT CMD B A CIT800 CM
70. ty Osborne O1 e 16 a dBCITATIONS Program Disk A e s e e e 0 0 e o gt 17 aa dBASE II Version 2 3 0 e 20 ab dBASE II Version 2 4 e e e o 20 b ABCITATIONS DataBase Disk B e s o 0 o s o o 20 4 80 Column Osborne Executive e e e e e o o 21 a dBCITATIONS Program Disk A e e o 21 b dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B e o 25 p dBCITATIONS Tutorial A Overview e e e e bd e e e e e 27 B The Tutorial e e e e e e e e oe e 27 This product is warranteed for 60 days from the date of shipment to perform as described herein No other warrantees are expressed or implied If after reading this booklet you find the product will not perform the service you desire or you do not have the necessary hardware and software to run it you may return everything for full credit provided 1 the envelope containing the machine readable media remains unopened and 2 everything is returned in perfect condition within two weeks of initial shipment i i We are in a position to offer technical assistance by telephone at only selected times Someone will usually be available from 9 00 A M to 4 00 P M Eastern Time Zone on Mondays and Fridays and 6 00 P M to 8 30 P M on Tuesday and Thursday evenings Our
71. urn to exit from PIP Then type DIR B followed by a carriage return and then confirm that dBCITATIONS _ Program Disk A contains the files listed as correct for version 2 3 at the beginning of this section If any are missing go back and retrace your steps until you have them all j ab Installation using dBASE II version 2 4 Now remove the dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up from drive A and re place it with your dBASE II back up version 2 4 At the asterisk prompt type the following commands one at a time each followed by a carriage return and waiting for the asterisk prompt to reappear between them B zA DBASEOVR COM B DO COM A DBASE COM Replace the dBCITATIONS MASTER Back Up diskette with your CP M System diskette and exit from PIP with a carriage return Then type DIR B followed by a carriage return and then confirm that dBCITATIONS Program Disk A contains the files listed as correct for version 2 4 at the beginning of this section If any are missing go back and retrace your steps until you have them all b dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B Use PIP to make this diskette contain the following files Version 1 5 15 ABCITATIONS c 1984 i Task Think Workshops Inc Proper files for Double Density Osborne 01 dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B CIT52004 DBF _ CIT52008 DBF C MEM With the computer turned on place the CP M SYSTEM diskette in drive A and the dBCITATIONS DataBase Disk B in drive B Press RETURN
72. xit from the SYSGEN program Now at the A prompt select the double density SETUP utility and type SETUP followed by RETURN Select B as the disk you want to configure since dBCITATIONS Program Disk A is in drive B When the screen clears the current setup listings will appear If these are not correct for your printer get correct settings from your printer manual change them to conform to what is needed Tapping A will produce a menu of printer options Select from this menu and then press X to return to the main menu Toggle B to switch between 300 and 1200 baud Make sure that selection C is set to 128 Toggle D to turn OFF the AUTO HORIZONTAL SCROLL Tap E to get to the function key menu Select 1 to program function key 1 to 1 DO CIT CR where CR means enter a carriage return Press the ESCAPE key twice to exit Check to see that function key 1 is correct Then press X to return to the main menu Tap F to toggle the arrow keys to CP M Select B as the destination drive When the drives stop remove the CP M diskette from drive A Place the dBCITATIONS Program Disk into drive A Press the RESET but ton When the Osborne logo appears press the RETURN key You Version 1 5 18 ABCITATIONS c 1984 i Task Think Workshops Inc should be able to make a cold boot with this diskette and get the A prompt of CP M If so all is well with the system tracks With the system tracks correctly configured add the necessary files
73. yword or name find the citation number and then display that citation Each of these areas is called a field It s a good idea to not enter anything else in these fields except topical terms and last names Version 1 5 28 fe dBCITATIONS c 1984 is looked at the help screens branching from the main options menu then returned back to it Task Think Workshops Inc The footnote starts further along on line 2 Put the author s first n me and the remainder of the footnote entry here three lines as you need to for completion of the footnote the citation itself in the space on line 6 bit press any key to return to the main options menu Use as much of the next Begin entering After studying this screen a What you have done and Study the options menu a moment to see what produced this effect Now select A remember it could be A or a Now you have a menu of choices for the A dding mode Note the upper right hand corner A ppend a Citation to the database G et the footnote from a previous Citation edit for new conditions and append it to the database Figure 3 H elp on adding a Citation S top the addition of Citations and return to the Options Menu Choose A G Hor S Press H to get to the help screens for the adding mode of the program You have reached the portion of the program that is for making entries to the CITATIONS DataBase file You will automatical

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