OCLC Micro: Volume 2 Issue 6
Table of contents
DUBLINes
OCLC requires that theft security devices not do any physical damage to the unit and that the unit remain easily serviceable by the NCR field engineer. Several types of security…
NETWORds
An updated list of Cutter numbers and subject headings for computers, computer systems, microprocessors, and computer programming languages, compiled by Joan Leysen (Iowa State…
DOS‐tips
Mark BendigIf you tried the “Changing the PAUSE Message” tip in last issue's column and couldn't make it work, it probably wasn't your fault. That tip, which involves adding “>NUL” after the…
Printing Bindery Forms with the User‐defined Function Keys
Ross WoodRegular readers of OCLC Micro will already be familiar with a number of creative applications for the user‐defined function keys on the M300 Workstation. In addition to automating…
<TAB> for <BACKTAB> the M300 Workstation
Bruce GilbertIn case you haven't read or thought enough about ways to define the function keys on the M300 Workstation, here is another possible set of definitions. These definitions stem from…
Where to Find Used Computers
Steve StecklowJust as a new car drops in value the moment you drive it out of the showroom, a new computer depreciates the second it leaves its shipping carton.
Generating Name‐Authority Cards and Cross References Using Apple Writer II
William C. CaineThe OCLC Name‐Authority File contains records on which local name‐authority cards and cross references can be based. The trouble used to be that the records had to be printed out…
Double DOS:: Multitasking on Your Workstation
Cathy MooreA multitasking program lets you do two things at once on your micro, for example, print spine labels while you edit the gift book list. At WILS, we use Double DOS, a S50…
Wet Disks? Try This
Nancy B. OlsonRecently a water pipe burst in the ceiling above the technical services area of Memorial Library, Mankato State University. When our staff arrived for work, they found carts of…
Printing Better dBASE Program Documentation with M3 WRITE
Hal CheneyHave you installed M3WRITE (OCLC Micro Disk 2) or some full‐featured text editor as your dBASE III editor? If you have over 256K memory in your Workstation you can. If you have…