OCLC Micro: Volume 6 Issue 1
Table of contents
DUBLINes
OCLC began filling orders for the Hitachi 3500 CD‐drive with the Hitachi 3600 model effective Jan. 1. The 3600 CD‐ROM is the most current technology from Hitachi and has been…
EDuced
Ed ValauskasA careful study of OCLC's dial access manuals provides no evidence that the Apple Macintosh works as an OCLC terminal. Despite this gap in these otherwise informative…
DOS‐tips
Mark BendigEven if you're a new user of MS‐DOS microcomputers, you've probably seen a key marked Num Lock somewhere on your keyboard. Num Lock (for Numeric Lock) causes the dual‐purpose…
NETWORdsUse: Surge Suppressors—Electricity Can Follow Any Path
Joel Kent, Jacque MundellEver since libraries began installing microcomputers, we've heard the admonitions to plug the power supply cord of the micro into a surge‐protected outlet or a power strip that…
Getting ANSI: Using ANSI.SYS to Customize Defaults for 350s
Joe Accardi, James HuesmannGives a program which can be used to redefine keys to producecertain shortcuts using ANSI. Explains the process as well as warningpotential users of possible difficulties
A LANtastic Connection for CD‐ROM Systems
David BrunellLooks at the increased use of Local Area Networks (LANs) inconjunction with CD‐ROM databases in order to make these services moreproductive and cost‐effective. Examines the use of…
LANs in the Library Part I
James Speed HensingerIdentifies the three reasons that LANs are used in libraries: toshare expensive hardware; to share information resources; and tofacilitate communication. Touches briefly on the…
Using the search CD450 System: Hints for novice searchers on refining a search
John HudsonProvides tips for using the Search 450 system and refining theskills needed to quickly and efficiently select what you are lookingfor. Recommends that you first analyze the…
A Preliminary analysis of CAT CD450 for Retrospective Conversion for the Mid‐sized Research Library
Patricia A. HootenExamines the notion of using the CAT CD450 system in retrospectiveconversion and the research carried out by the Indiana CooperativeLibrary Services Authority to determine whether…
Help BAT: A Better Idea
Loran W. RichardsonExplains how to create a document archive file to store little usedfiles and therefore conserve hard disk space, whilst keeping the filesreadily accessible. Presents a method of…
Details! Details! Tailoring Mac (and other) Word Processing Output
Becky WrightIdentifies shortcuts to producing text of high quality presentationwithout desktop publishing software. Illustrates how to create em and enlines, ellipses, correct spacing and…
How a medium‐sized library became a leader in CD‐ROM technology
Sandra McCaskill, Elaine Goettler, Margaret HawthornDetails a survey of academic libraries in Ontario, Canada, whichset out to determine which ones were using CD‐ROM technology forreference work and to ascertain what problems they…
Confessions of a Diskette Junkie
Dave ShermanEveryone knows that when you close a closet at night, the hangers multiply. Did you know that diskettes have the same property? They multiply in direct proportion to the number of…
Micro‐Madness:: Where Were We? Where Are We? Where Are We Going?
Erwin K. WelschIn the classic film Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, after many re‐writings, began his newspaper career with a “Declaration of Principles” to serve readers as a promise or guide for…