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- Instructions
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- Place disk either in Drive A or Drive B. At the prompt type Pres
- <CR>. The program will load and create two index files (the index
- files are created only once). Once loaded you will see the first
- record in the database George Washington.
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- To begin your search touch the F key. The prompt is positioned at
- presidential ranking.
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- To get to know this program and what it can do, enter the number
- sixteen (16) and touch the PgDn key. The screen should show
- Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States.
- You can also find on last name of the president.
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- To go between the screens enter the screen number. The screens
- contain the following information:
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- Screen 1 - Presidential Information.
- Screen 2 - First Lady Information and President's parents,
- Screen 3 - Election Data and Vice President Information.
- Screen 4 thru 6 - Members of the president's cabinet.
- Screen 7 - Message Screen - Author's name.
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- You can search on any data element. The F(ind) feature gets you
- to the record a little faster. As mentioned earlier you can
- F(ind) on either the president's ranking (1 thru 40) or by the
- president's last name. Spelling counts, but if you don't know how
- to spell Thomas Jefferson's last name, just enter a J. The pro-
- gram will go to the first record containing the letter J. The
- same is true for Harrison, Hays, Hoover, Harding, and Harrison.
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- Let's try another search. We'll search on the president's wife
- name. At the prompt type 2. You should be at Screen 2. The only
- way you can conduct this search, is to enter the letter M(asking)
- at the prompt. Touch the enter key several times until you are at
- the element call "Wife's Name." Type in the following name Smith
- and touch the PgDn key. The program is now searching for the name
- "Smith."
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- The system found three records with the last name of "Smith." To
- see each record enter N(ext) at the prompt to go to the next
- record and the next, etc.
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- You should always return to return to Screen 1. At the prompt,
- type M(asking) again and it will exit you from the masking fea-
- ture. The masking feature is very handy to search on the presi-
- dent's birth month, his state, his party, cabinet members, etc.
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- While masking, you can have the system count the records based on
- your search criteria. At the prompt type F(ind) and type the
- number 1 at presidential ranking and touch PgDn. The screen is
- displaying data facts on Washington.
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- At the prompt type M(asking) and conduct a search on presidential
- party. You need to cursor down by touching the enter key. At the
- party element type Democrat and touch the PgDn key. The program
- will go to the very first president who was a Democrat (President
- Jackson). To count how many presidents belong to the Democratic
- Party, enter C(ount) at the prompt. The system will count and
- flash quickly the number 13 at the right hand corner of the moni-
- tor. This is fast so pay attention.
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- Anytime you want to see the next record or the previous record,
- type P(revious) or N(ext). Begin at the first record, George
- Washington, and type N at the prompt for the next record. The
- same is true if you wanted to review the previous record type P.
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- At the prompt enter N for next record.
- At the prompt enter P for prior record.
- At the prompt enter T to go to top of file.
- At the prompt enter B to go to bottom of the file.
- At the prompt enter C to count records (need to map first).
- At the prompt enter M to mask.
- At the prompt enter F to Find a record.
- At the prompt enter ? for the help menu.
- (Disregard the ESCape key to exit program.)
- At the prompt enter Q to quit and return to DOS.
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- In closing, remember to touch the PgDn key to conduct searches.
- The enter key to tab to the next data element. And the number 8 on
- the key pad to go back a data element.
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- Please send $10 to:
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- Ed Bogdan
- 448 West Maple Road
- Linthicum, MD 21090
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- Let me know what improvements you would like to see.
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- This program is Copyrighted.
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