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- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER
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- Couch Potato Software
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- Copyright (C) 1988 Couch Potato Software and Jim Edwards
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- T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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- 1.0 Introduction ........................................... 1
- 2.0 Requirements ........................................... 1
- 3.0 User Supported Software ................................ 1
- 4.0 Program Manifest ....................................... 2
- 5.0 Program Usage .......................................... 2
- 5.1 Preliminaries ........................................ 2
- 5.2 Invocation ........................................... 3
- 5.3 Top-Level Menu ....................................... 3
- 5.4 Options .............................................. 4
- 5.4.1 Color ............................................ 4
- 5.4.2 Double Strike .................................... 4
- 5.4.3 Id Increment ..................................... 5
- 5.4.4 Owner Fill ....................................... 5
- 5.4.5 Printer Port ..................................... 6
- 5.4.6 Save Options ..................................... 6
- 5.5 File ................................................. 6
- 5.5.1 Save ............................................. 6
- 5.5.2 Load ............................................. 7
- 5.6 Edit ................................................. 8
- 5.6.1 Key Legend Commands .............................. 9
- 5.6.2 Rear Label Fields ................................ 10
- 5.6.3 End Label Fields ................................. 11
- 5.6.4 Front Label Fields ............................... 11
- 5.7 View ................................................. 13
- 5.7.1 Print ............................................ 13
- 5.7.2 Display .......................................... 15
- 5.8 Quit ................................................. 15
- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER
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- 1.0 INTRODUCTION
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- The Audio Cassette Label Maker is a program that allows the audio
- buff to quickly and easily create a label for an audio cassette
- tape. Once a label has been created using this program's editor,
- it can be printed on standard computer paper and inserted into
- the cassette box.
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- 2.0 REQUIREMENTS
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- This program runs under PC/MS-DOS (2.0 or higher) on an IBM
- PC/XT/AT or compatible with 256 Kbytes of memory. Although the
- program employs a window-based user interface, it should be
- compatible with the text modes of any of the standard IBM display
- adapters. In particular, this software has been tested on
- machines that use the monochrome, CGA, and EGA display adapters.
- Users with CGA cards will notice a slight degradation in display
- operations due to the overhead required to avoid the infamous CGA
- snow effect. The current version of this program only supports
- Epson compatible printers. It should work with the majority of
- printers in existence since only a small subset of the standard
- Epson commands are used (no bit image commands are used). If you
- have a printer which does not seem to work correctly with this
- program and desire support for it, send a note to the author.
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- 3.0 USER SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
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- The Audio Cassette Label Maker is a shareware product. It is not
- public domain and the author retains a copyright on it. The
- author of this program gives permission to copy and distribute it
- in unmodified form and with all associated support files intact.
- No fee may be charged for this program other than reasonable
- expenses for media and reproduction, which in no event should
- exceed five dollars. All warranties are disclaimed, including
- damage to hardware and/or software from the use of this program.
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- A contribution to the author is not mandatory. However, if you
- find that you are deriving benefit from it, please consider
- contributing whatever you feel it is worth ($5 is suggested).
- Contributions will provide incentive to upgrade and improve this
- program, as well as encourage the development of future programs
- (a few are already in the works). The text file CONTRIB.TXT
- contains a form that can be printed out for users who desire to
- make a contribution. To print it, issue any one of the following
- commands at the dos prompt:
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- copy contrib.txt prn
- print contrib.txt
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- After filling the form out, enclose it in an envelope with a
- check or money order made out to Jim Edwards (please, no credit
- cards), and send it to the address on the following page.
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- Couch Potato Software
- P.O. Box 2074
- Longview, WA 98632
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- The contribution form contains an area for making
- comments/suggestions about the program, and your feedback will be
- greatly appreciated.
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- 4.0 PROGRAM MANIFEST
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- The following files should be included in the distribution of
- this program. If any of the listed files are absent, please
- contact the author and indicate which files were not found, and
- where the program was obtained from. If any of the file sizes
- deviate from those listed below, either you have a different
- version of the program or somebody has tampered with it. In any
- event, you should contact the author indicating which files
- differed from the manifest and where you obtained the program. I
- do not want my program to become a platform for viruses or
- trojans!
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- Name Size Description
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- CASSLBL.DOC 48044 Documentation file.
- CASSLBL.EXE 73712 Program file.
- CASSLBL.HLP 3547 Context-sensitive help file.
- CASSLBL.REV 484 Revision history file.
- CONTRIB.TXT 783 Contribution form.
- EXAMPLE.LBL 1349 Example cassette label which can be
- loaded and printed.
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- 5.0 PROGRAM USAGE
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- 5.1 PRELIMINARIES
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- This program has been consciously designed to be fast and easy to
- use. In particular, a window-based interface is employed with
- horizontal menus, vertical pulldown menus, context-sensitive help
- popups and function key support. If you are like me, your first
- notion is to skip the documentation and dive right into the
- program. You will be able to use this program productively
- without reading the rest of the documentation, if you remember
- only two keys. First, context-sensitive help on any item
- currently under the cursor can be obtained by pressing the help
- key F1. Second, the Esc key is used to terminate most
- operations. Examples: pressing Esc at the top-level horizontal
- menu will cause the program to quit; pressing Esc in a visible
- vertical pulldown menu will cause the menu to become hidden;
- pressing Esc while entering the name of a file to save the
- current label to will terminate the operation without saving to
- the file. If you chose not to read the rest of the
- documentation, you may not be aware of some of the features which
- have been provided specifically to make label editing a faster
- chore.
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- Before we begin in our exploration of the features of this
- program, some important terminology needs to be defined. First,
- this program allows you to enter and edit one label at a time.
- This label is referred to as the current label. The current
- label may be saved to a file for future use, or it may be loaded
- from a label file that was previously saved. Second, while
- editing a label, certain options (e.g. automatic entry of the
- cassette owner's name) may be in effect. These options can be
- set by the user and saved in a file referred to as the options
- file. The options file is not part of the manifest, but it will
- be created by the program if you save the current options in
- effect.
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- 5.2 INVOCATION
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- To start the program, type and enter CASSLBL at the DOS prompt.
- The program will immediately display the title screen. You may
- continue by pressing any key. If you do not press a key within
- approximately 15 seconds, the program will automatically
- continue. At this point, the top-level menu will be displayed.
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- 5.3 TOP-LEVEL MENU
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- The top-level menu is a horizontal menu containing the five
- selections shown in figure A.
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- +----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
- | Options File Edit View Quit |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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- Figure A. Top-level Menu
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- The left and right arrow keys on the numeric keypad are used to
- move the highlighted bar to one of the selections. Use the enter
- key to choose the selection once the highlighted bar is
- positioned on it. In the case of the Edit and Quit selections
- this will cause a command to be executed immediately, while in
- the case of the Options, File, and View selections this will
- cause a vertical pulldown menu with further selections to become
- visible. The down arrow can also be used to pull the vertical
- menus down, but a beep will sound for the horizontal selections
- which don't have vertical pulldown menus. Pressing Esc while the
- highlighted bar is positioned on any selection in the top-level
- menu will cause the program to quit, except when a vertical
- pulldown menu is visible. Pressing Esc on a selection which has
- a vertical pulldown menu visible under it will cause the vertical
- menu to become hidden. To obtain help on any of the horizontal
- selections, position the highlighted bar on it and press the help
- key F1.
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- Once a vertical pulldown menu is visible, the up and down arrow
- keys on the numeric keypad are used to move the highlighted bar
- to one of the vertical menu selections. Use the the enter key to
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- choose the selection once the highlighted bar is positioned on
- it. As mentioned above, pressing Esc will cause the vertical
- menu to become hidden. Pressing the left or right arrow keys
- will cause the highlighted bar on the horizontal menu to move
- appropriately, and the associated vertical pulldown menu will be
- displayed, provided one exists for the horizontal selection.
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- The meaning of each of the horizontal selections and their
- associated vertical menu entries will be detailed in the
- following sections. Note that the selections are covered in the
- order they appear on the top-level menu, however, you will
- probably want to read section 5.6 on the edit selection first in
- order to make sense of some of the terms used in prior sections.
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- 5.4 OPTIONS
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- Pressing the enter key or the down arrow key while on this
- horizontal menu selection will cause the options vertical menu to
- become visible. The options menu allows you to set various
- options which remain in effect during the label making session.
- For convenience, the options may be saved to the options file.
- Whenever this program is run, the options file is automatically
- loaded. If no options file is found during startup, the program
- will set the options to reasonable default values. Please refer
- to figure B for the available options and their default values.
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- +----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
- | Options File Edit View Quit |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Color ON |
- | Double Strike OFF |
- | Id Increment OFF |
- | Owner Fill |
- | Printer Port LPT1 |
- | Save Options |
- +---------------------+
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- Figure B. Options Menu
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- 5.4.1 COLOR
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- Note that this option is not available for sytems with monochrome
- display adapters. Pressing the enter key on this option will
- toggle the color display ON and OFF. If color is OFF, all menus
- and windows will be displayed in black and white. This option is
- useful if you use a composite monochrome monitor with your color
- display adapter. Switching color OFF in such cases will usually
- result in an easier to read display.
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- 5.4.2 DOUBLE STRIKE
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- Pressing the enter key on this option will toggle the double
- strike print mode ON and OFF. If you print out a cassette label
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- when double strike is ON, two passes will be made over each line
- that is printed. When double strike is OFF, only one pass will
- be made over each line that is printed. This option is useful
- when your printer's ribbon is worn and the characters that are
- printed are not dark enough. However, the double strike mode
- requires twice as much time to print out a label and the
- characters are not as crisply defined.
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- 5.4.3 ID INCREMENT
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- Pressing the enter key on this option will toggle id incrementing
- ON and OFF. If id increment is ON, the id # field of the current
- cassette label will be automatically incremented whenever you
- clear all fields of the label, but only if the id # field
- contained a number before the clear is performed. See section
- 5.6.2 for a description of the id # field. This option is useful
- if you tend to enter and print out cassette labels in batches.
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- 5.4.4 OWNER FILL
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- Pressing the enter key on this option will pop up a data entry
- window where you can type in the name of the owner of the
- cassette tape(s). Please refer to figure C. The owner name may
- be up to 30 characters in length. Pressing the enter key after
- typing in the name will accept it, while pressing the Esc key
- will discard it and hide the data entry window. Several keys are
- provided in order to allow easy editing of the name. First, the
- left and right arrow keys may be used to move the cursor to any
- character in the name. Second, pressing the Del key on the
- numeric keypad will delete the character positioned at the
- cursor. The backspace key will delete the character to the left
- of the cursor. Finally, the Ins key is used to toggle between
- the overstrike and insert modes. Initially, all data entry is in
- the overstrike mode and this is indicated by an underline cursor.
- The insert mode is indicated by a block cursor. Typing
- characters in the overstrike mode will cause the current
- characters located at the cursor to be replaced by the characters
- typed in. Typing characters in the insert mode will cause the
- current characters located at the cursor to be shifted to the
- right.
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- +----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
- | Options File Edit View Quit |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Id Increment OFF |
- | Owner Fill |
- | +----------- Owner's Name -----------+
- | | |
- +-+------------------------------------+
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- Figure C. Owner Name Data Entry Window
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- The name which is entered in this data entry window is used to
- automatically fill in the owner field of the current label.
- Every time you clear all fields of the current cassette label,
- the owner field will be filled in with this name. See section
- 5.6.2 for a description of the owner field. This option is
- useful if you tend to enter and print out cassette labels in
- batches.
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- 5.4.5 PRINTER PORT
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- Pressing the enter key on this option will toggle the printer
- port between LPT1 and LPT2. This option allows you to select the
- port to which printer output is sent during the session.
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- 5.4.6 SAVE OPTIONS
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- Pressing the enter key on this selection will save the options
- and their current values to the options file. These options are
- automatically retrieved whenever the program is ran, otherwise
- the options are set to the default values shown in figure B.
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- 5.5 FILE
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- Pressing the enter key or the down arrow key while on this
- horizontal menu selection will cause the file vertical menu shown
- in figure D to become visible. The file menu offers choices for
- loading and saving cassette labels.
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- +----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
- | Options File Edit View Quit |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Save |
- | Load |
- +------+
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- Figure D. File Menu
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- 5.5.1 SAVE
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- Pressing the enter key on this selection will pop up a data entry
- window where you can type in the name of the file that you want
- to save the current label to. Please refer to figure E. The
- name of the file may be any valid DOS file name. That is, the
- file name is in the format NAME.EXT, where NAME consists of 1 to
- 8 characters, and the optional extension EXT consists of 1 to 3
- characters. The same keys that are described in section 5.4.4
- for the owner name data entry window are applicable here. If a
- file already exists in the current directory with the same name
- entered in this data entry window, you will be asked whether to
- overwrite it. Note that this program version does not allow you
- to specify the directory where the label file is to be saved to -
- it always defaults to the current directory.
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- +----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
- | Options File Edit View Quit |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Save |
- | +-- Save Filename --+
- +-| |
- +-------------------+
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- Figure E. Save Filename Data Entry Window
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- You are strongly encouraged to use the following naming
- convention for your label files:
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- TAPEnnnn.LBL
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- where nnnn is the 4 digit number that was entered in the id field
- of the label. In fact, this is the major purpose of the id
- field. Given the id number printed on a cassette label, you will
- be able to find the label file which contains the data for it.
- Also, one feature I am considering adding in the future is an
- index generator which will produce a listing of all the tapes in
- your collection. However, you need only adhere to the LBL
- extension in order to remain compatible with future program
- features (knock on wood!).
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- 5.5.2 LOAD
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- Pressing the enter key on this selection will pop up a data entry
- window where you can type in the name of the file that you want
- to load the current label from. Please refer to figure F. The
- name of the file may be any valid DOS file name. That is, the
- file name is in the format NAME.EXT, where NAME consists of 1 to
- 8 characters, and the optional extension EXT consists of 1 to 3
- characters. The same keys that are described in section 5.4.4
- for the owner name data entry window are applicable here. If no
- file exists in the current directory with the name entered in
- this data entry window, an error will be signaled. Note that
- this program version does not allow you to specify the directory
- where the label file is to be loaded from - it always defaults to
- the current directory.
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- +----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
- | Options File Edit View Quit |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Save |
- | Load |
- +-+-- Load Filename --+
- | |
- +-------------------+
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- Figure F. Load Filename Data Entry Window
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- 5.6 EDIT
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- Pressing the enter key on this selection will pop up a data entry
- window where you can type in or edit the information for a
- cassette label. As shown in figure G, the label data entry
- window is divided into four major sections: rear label, end
- label, front label, and the key legend. The first three sections
- contain fields in which you type information about the current
- cassette label, while the key legend summarizes the function
- key/numeric keypad commands that are at your disposal during
- label data entry.
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- The fields and the function key commands will be covered in
- detail in the following sections. The up and down arrow keys are
- used to move the highlighted bar from field to field in sequence.
- The highlighted bar will also automatically advance to the next
- field whenever you press the enter key or have typed in the
- maximum number of characters that the current field can accept.
- While the highlighted bar is located at a given field, the
- editing keys (i.e. left arrow, right arrow, Ins, and Del) as
- described in section 5.4.4 may be used. Pressing the Esc key
- anywhere in the label data entry window will return you back to
- the top-level menu. Note that the data typed in during label
- entry will not be discarded. Thus, it is safe to move back and
- forth between the top-level menu and the label data entry window
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- +------------------------- Rear Label -------------------------+
- | Owner: Id #: |
- +------------------------- End Label --------------------------+
- |A Title: Artist: |
- |B Title: Artist: |
- +------------------------ Front Label -------------------------+
- |A Date: / / B Date: / / |
- | N/R: N/R: |
- | Eq: Eq: |
- | 1 1 |
- | 2 2 |
- | 3 3 |
- | 4 4 |
- | 5 5 |
- | 6 6 |
- | 7 7 |
- | 8 8 |
- | 9 9 |
- |10 10 |
- |11 11 |
- |12 12 |
- |13 13 |
- |14 14 |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
- | [KEY LEGEND] |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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- Figure G. Label Data Entry Window
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- without concern that your data will be lost. However, you should
- find it rarely necessary to return to the top-level menu since
- many of the relevant commands (e.g. load, save, and print a
- label) at that level have been conveniently provided as function
- key commands in the label data entry window. As usual, the help
- key may be used to popup context-sensitive help on any field in
- the label data entry window. Simply position the highlighted bar
- on the desired field via the up/down arrow keys and press F1. In
- some cases the popup help window goes beyond just providing a
- textual description of the field. For instance, the popup help
- window for the date field also provides a function key option to
- fill in the field with today's date. The extra options for a
- popup help window will be described for each field in the
- following sections.
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- 5.6.1 KEY LEGEND COMMANDS
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- At the bottom of the label data entry window is a legend that
- summarizes the function key/numeric keypad commands that are
- available. All of these commands are described in the table
- below. The PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End keys allow you to move the
- highlighted bar from field group to field group in sequence. A
- field group is a set of fields that have been logically grouped
- together. The three sections, rear label, end label, and front
- label, have been divided into four field groups. The first field
- group is composed of all of the fields in the rear label section,
- the second field group is composed of all the fields in the end
- label section, the third field group is composed of all the
- fields in the left half of the front label section, and the
- fourth field group is composed of all the fields in the right
- half of the front label section. See figure H.
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- +------------ Rear Label ------------+
- | Field Group 1 |
- +------------ End Label -------------+
- | Field Group 2 |
- | |
- +----------- Front Label ------------+
- | Field Group 3 ! Field Group 4 |
- | ! |
- | ! |
- ~ ! ~
- ~ ! ~
- | ! |
- | ! |
- | ! |
- +------------------------------------+
- | [KEY LEGEND] |
- +------------------------------------+
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- Figure H. Field groups
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- Key Description
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- F2 Prints the current label. See section 5.7.1.
- F3 Clears the contents of the field located under the
- highlighted bar. Note that this will clear the id
- #/owner fields regardless of the current setting of the
- id increment/owner fill options.
- F4 Clears the contents of all fields in the label data entry
- window. Note that the id #/owner fields may be filled
- after this command is executed as described in sections
- 5.4.3 and 5.4.4, respectively.
- F5 Inserts a song line before the current song line. This
- will cause all of the following song lines, including the
- current song line, to move down one position. A beep
- will sound if the highlighted bar is not located on a
- song line. See section 5.6.4 for more information on
- song lines.
- F6 Deletes the current song line. This will cause all of
- the following song lines to move up one position. A beep
- will sound if the highlighted bar is not located on a
- song line. See section 5.6.4 for more information on
- song lines.
- F7 Saves the current label to a file. See section 5.5.1.
- F8 Loads the current label from a file. See section 5.5.2.
- Up Moves the highlighted bar to the previous field. If the
- highlighted bar is located at the first field, this will
- cause it to wrap around to the last field.
- Down Moves the highlighted bar to the next field. If the
- highlighted bar is located at the last field, this will
- cause it to wrap around to the first field.
- PgUp Moves the highlighted bar to the first field of the
- previous field group.
- PgDn Moves the highlighted bar to the first field of the next
- field group.
- Home Moves the highlighted bar to the first field of the
- current field group.
- End Moves the highlighted bar to last field of the current
- field group.
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- 5.6.2 REAR LABEL FIELDS
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- The rear label section contains the following two fields:
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- Field Description
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- Owner: [Up to 30 characters] The name of the owner of the
- cassette tape. If a name has been supplied for the owner
- fill option, this name will be used to fill in the owner
- field whenever all fields are cleared by the F4 command.
- Also, pressing the help key F1 when this option has been
- set and the owner field is currently blank (this can
- occur if you cleared the field with the F3 command) will
- provide a function key option to fill this field with the
- owner fill name.
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- Id #: [Up to 4 digits] A unique unsigned integer that can be
- used to uniquely identify this label. Note that you do
- not have to enter exactly four digits, but if less than 4
- digits are supplied, the number will be zero padded on
- the left. This field is intended to provide a means to
- associate a label that has been printed out with the
- label file that contains the data for it. If you save
- the current label to a file, you should use the id #
- value in the filename (see section 5.5.1 for the
- suggested filename format) to allow you to trace a
- printed label back to it's associated label file. If the
- id increment option is ON, the number in this field (if
- one exists) will be automatically incremented whenever
- all fields are cleared by the F4 command. Also, pressing
- the help key F1 when this option is ON and the id # field
- contains a number will provide function key options to
- increment or decrement the number.
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- 5.6.3 END LABEL FIELDS
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- The end label section contains the following two unique fields,
- each of which is duplicated once for sides A and B of the
- cassette tape:
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- Field Description
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- Title: [Up to 30 characters] The name of the album recorded on
- the indicated side (A/B).
- Artist: [Up to 28 characters] The name of the artist for the
- album recorded on the indicated side (A/B).
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- 5.6.4 FRONT LABEL FIELDS
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- +------------------------ Front Label -------------------------+
- |A Date: / / B Date: / / |
- | N/R: N/R: |
- | Eq: Eq: |
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- Figure I. Top portion of front label section
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- The top portion of the front label section (see figure I)
- contains the following 3 unique fields, each of which is
- duplicated once for sides A and B of the cassette tape:
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- Field Description
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- Date: [Up to 6 digits] The date that the album was recorded on
- the indicated side (A/B). A date must be entered in the
- format MM/DD/YY, where MM = 2 digit month, DD = 2 digit
- day, and YY = 2 digit year. Pressing the help key F1
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- Field Description
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- will provide a function key option to fill in this field
- with today's date.
- N/R: [Up to 10 characters] The type of noise reduction (if
- any) used to record the album on the indicated side
- (A/B). Pressing the help key F1 on this field will popup
- a vertical menu which contains selections for every noise
- reduction system that is in usage. See figure J. Use
- the up and down arrow keys to move the highlighted bar to
- the appropriate selection, and press enter to fill in the
- N/R field with the selection. Pressing Esc will hide the
- popup menu without filling in the N/R field.
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- +- Noise Reduction -+
- | Dolby A |
- | Dolby B |
- | Dolby C |
- | Dolby HX |
- | DBX |
- | None |
- | Unknown |
- +-------------------+
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- Figure J. Noise reduction popup menu
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- Eq: [Up to 10 characters] The equalization as specified by
- the tape manufacturer. Although the tape equalization
- does not vary with the cassette side (A/B), this field
- has been duplicated on both sides for aesthetic reasons.
- However, you need only enter the equalization for one
- side - the other side will be automatically filled with
- the same data. Pressing the help key F1 on this field
- will popup a vertical menu which contains selections for
- every equalization that is in usage. See figure K. The
- same keys used for the noise reduction popup menu apply
- here.
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- +- Equalization -+
- | 70 uSec |
- | 120 uSec |
- | Unknown |
- +----------------+
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- Figure K. Equalization popup menu
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- The bottom portion of the front label section contains two fields
- for each song. The two fields together are referred to as a song
- line. A maximum of fourteen song lines are provided for each
- cassette side. See figure L.
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- Song [Up to 30 characters] The name of a song for the
- indicated side (A/B)
- Count [Up to 4 digits] An unsigned integer specifying the
- beginning value of the tape counter for the song on the
- indicated side (A/B). If less than four digits are
- supplied, the number will be zero padded on the left.
- This field will allow you to keep track of where songs
- begin on the tape in order to fast forward/reverse to
- them.
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- Side A Song Lines Side B Song Lines
- | |
- V V
- ~ ~
- | 1 [___________________] [___] 1 |
- | 2 ^ ^ 2 |
- | 3 | | 3 |
- | 4 Song Count 4 |
- | 5 Field Field 5 |
- | 6 6 |
- | 7 7 |
- | 8 8 |
- | : : |
- | : : |
- |14 14 |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
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- Figure L. Bottom portion of front label section
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- 5.7 VIEW
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- Pressing the enter key or the down arrow key while on this
- horizontal menu selection will cause the view vertical menu shown
- in figure M to become visible. The view menu offers choices for
- displaying and printing the current label.
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- +----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
- | Options File Edit View Quit |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Print |
- | Display |
- +---------+
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- Figure M. View Menu
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- 5.7.1 PRINT
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- Pressing the enter key on this selection will print the data for
- the current label. The format of the print out is similar to the
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- <----
- +-----------------+
- | Rear Label |
- +-----------------+
- | End Label |
- +-----------------+
- | Front Label |
- | | | ^
- | | | | Cut along the
- | | | | indicated lines.
- V | | |
- | |
- |.................|
- | |
- | |
- | |
- | |
- | |
- +-----------------+
- ---->
-
- Figure N. Cutting out the cassette label
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- layout of the label data entry window, with some slight variances
- to allow all of the information to be printed out in the limited
- area available. For example, lengthy song titles may be printed
- on multiple lines. Unfortunately, the current program version
- will not right justify a song title that extends over multiple
- lines. Another difference is that if you leave a gap between
- song lines (e.g. you enter data for song lines 4 and 6, but not
- 5), these gaps will be automatically closed while printing and
- the song lines will be numbered sequentially starting from 1.
-
- Once the label has been printed, cut it out with scissors along
- the outer dashed lines. See figure N. Next, fold the label
- carefully along the horizontal dashed lines as shown in figure O.
- The label should fold easily due to the fact that the horizontal
- dashed lines have slightly perforated the surface of the computer
- paper. Finally, insert the label into the cassette box of the
- tape. If you have trouble placing the cassette into the box due
- to interference with the paper label, you need to decrease the
- amount of folding along the edges between the rear label and end
- label, and the end label and front label. Although standard
- computer fanfold paper should suffice, I have found that a
- heavier weight paper (e.g. 22 lb cotton fiber paper) not only
- retains the fold creases longer, but will also look better. You
- can also stiffen the label by wrapping it around the cardboard
- liner that comes with the cassette tape. Another possibility I
- have looked into is fanfold index cards, but the largest I have
- found (5" x 8") are not large enough.
-
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- End
- Label
- |
- v
- +---+
- | | <- Rear
- | | Label
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- ||
- ||
- Front --> || SIDE
- Label || VIEW
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- ||
- ||
- ||
- ||
- ||
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- Figure O. Folding the cassette label
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- 5.7.2 DISPLAY
-
- Pressing the enter key on this selection will display the data
- for the current label on your monitor. The label is displayed in
- the same format as the label data entry window. Press any key to
- return to the top-level menu.
-
- 5.8 QUIT
-
- Pressing the enter key while on this horizontal menu selection
- will cause the program to quit. The Esc key serves the same
- function when no vertical pulldown menus are visible.
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