OCLC Micro: Volume 4 Issue 5
Table of contents
DOS‐tips: A Word to the WYSE
Mark BendigOftentimes, a batch file will use the BASIC interpreter to run a BASIC program as part of its operation. Typically, the BASIC program will do some task that's difficult or…
DUBLINes
If you plan to use the Transfer SaveScreen feature of the Cataloging Micro Enhancer software and you want to insert a form feed character and then save a screen, follow the…
Enhancing Terminal Software with DOS and Multiple Function Keys
Martin E. WisneskiThe Washburn University Law Library has been using the OCLC Terminal Software on an M300 Workstation for several years. We use the Terminal Software SaveScreen feature to copy to…
Help Screens for OCLC Users
Erwin K. WelschAs the number of Post‐It notes, “cheat sheets,” and other paper devices affixed to our PCs attest, infrequent users sometimes have difficulty remembering DOS commands and other…
Improving on “The One‐Disk Approach to Many SAVEKEY.DATs”
Martin E. WisneskiOur method for increasing the speed of batch file execution, is based on Paul Carnahan's article in OCLC Micro, June 1988, pp. 23–24 and 28. It also includes several other…
The Silent Treatment
David G. RobinsonUsually, the assorted beeps and tones coming from your computer's speaker are useful warnings or alerts. However, in the case of an otherwise useful program (read game), the…
Using CAT ME on a Laptop
Lois SchultzSince we became a test library for version 4.0 of the OCLC Cataloging Micro Enhancer software (CAT ME), several catalogers at Duke University Library have been experimenting with…
Computer Programs and Cataloging:: One Innovative Approach
Lois SchultzIn August, 1987, the Cataloging Department at Duke University began a series of changes in workflow and procedures that increased our production while retaining traditional…