OCLC Micro: Volume 2 Issue 4
Table of contents
DOS‐tips
Mark BendigPC users who deal with large numbers of files using the DOS COPY command should be aware of an obscure bug in DOS version 2.1. If you use the “*.*” wildcard specification (meaning…
Eric (not ERIC): A Menu‐Driven Reproach
Eric S. AndersonIt is difficult to analyze, especially from short range, the effect an annual conference will have on the library world. When it's held in Chicago, you can assume the posture the…
File Director Take Root
David AndresenPC users who have a hard disk face an interesting dilemma: how to keep track of all the files in the directory. Did you ever try to pick out a single file as names whiz by on the…
Producing Library Guides Using WordStar
Paula HaneTo produce a library guide or bibliography that has call numbers in the left‐hand column and the citation and text to the right, as in fig. 1, here are some suggestions that might…
OCLANG: A ReMARCable Program
Nancy S. GreeneThe University of Wyoming Law Library had a problem. We had a five‐year‐old database of our collection, maintained on the university's Cyber mainframe computer. A technician…
Turning the Tables on Your Files
Hal CheneyDoes the information in your dBASE II or dBASE III files sometimes seem to resist your best efforts to display it in a concise and easy‐to‐understand form? The problem may be in…
RE:Views
Every now and then, a brand new kind of peripheral device arrives on the microcomputer scene. One such product is the Cauzin Softstrip Reader, a product of Cauzin Systems, Inc…
Fun with M300 Function Keys
Jim ToplonWe have lots of fun with the user‐defined function keys on our M300 Workstation. To illustrate principles that you might apply in Interlibrary Loan or in another OCLC subsystem…
Database Management on the M300 Workstation
Patricia M. DuckWe use the M300 Workstation as a microcomputer for a variety of purposes. In addition to such common applications as word processing and spreadsheets, we use three database…
Not for Novices: WIPEOUT Your Files
Mark BendigHave you ever gone through your diskettes or hard disk subdirectories to weed out obsolete or unwanted files? It is easy enough to use the “?” and “*” wildcard characters to…