@L|}6CD l0C)HCC WhL/h `CmCDiD`  R@W1  Y0@R !L` D  C D     )16CS S)  C)D1 p p 0 C9DI pCDL~CiCDiD` HOMECARD(a home use database)Revision 2.5Created by Sparky Starks and Russ WetmoreManual and Program Copyright} (c) 1985 by Sparky Starks, Inc.The HomeCard program may be reproduced by the purchaser of the program for archival purpose}s. Title to and possession of such reproductions must be transferred together with original purchased materials in the event} of sale. All other rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, in part or in whole, by any means whats}oever, except as noted above, without the express written consent of the authors. Possession of the HomeCard program and/or }documentation or any reproduction of same except specifically by purchase from a source licensed and authorized by the author }s is unlawful.ContentsWhat its for: Why everyone should have and use HomeCard.How it works: How information is }seen and stored.First impressions: Everything on the Menu Mode screen.Making a box: Getting started with the data }base.Parade Labels: Show and tell for index cards.Creating a card: The basic unit of storage.Editing a card: } Where, how, and why to type stuff.Edit Options -- Marking cards for Parade: The little holes in tops of cards.The P}arade Mode: Using the fast find.The Display Mode: Grand Central StationThe Find Mode: How to find anything, a}nywhere.Copying the Box: Spreading out to new horizons.Using the printer: Formatting... or how to make a new dog }do new tricks.Using the printer: Single copy and automatic use.HomeCard on the phone: Autodial setup and use.Th}e fancy buffer: Moving stuff around, and around.AppendicesGlossaryHomeCard Flowchart: How to get there from here.} (this is in the file labeled FLOWCHRT, and must be printed out using the method described in the documentation)- -} - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -What Its ForIf you will pardon my grammer, HomeCard is made to be a d}atabase for home use. Most people have a number of lists that they normally keep in filling card boxes, rotary files, little} black books, and so forth. Most of these spend most of their time lost or hopelessly out of date. They tend to run out of }pages. They also tend to be eaten by the baby, doused with soda and generally harassed. Fortunately, the computer is better} respected in the average household than any paper product.HomeCard is easy to use and easy to change. It allows you to ma}ke copies of the information it contains in flexible ways. Old information can be updated by simply typing over the old data}. Needed cards are so easily found that sorting and card order become unimportant. In short, HomeCard is a filing box with }a magic pencil and a built-in secretary.Some common boxes that HomeCard can replace are: Christmas lists, Telephone files, }Mail lists, Recipe boxes, Business reference lists, day journals, personel files, and just about anything that qualifies as a} list of records. One strength of HomeCard is that related lists can be placed in one box where they can be seen together or} separately and cards can be in more than one list.Although HomeCard was not designed to be a full-fledged database or a ge}neral purpose word processor, you will find its search and editing abilities to be on a par with business and professional so}ftware. In addition, because HomeCard was made for the home, it is as easy to learn and use as we could make it.Loading Ho }meCard:1) Turn on your disk drive, monitor, and any other peripherals you expect to be using during your HomeCard session !}(ie, printer or modem)2) Insert the HomeCard disk (side #1) into the drive and close the drive door.3) Make sure no car"}tridges are in the cartridge slot. Turn on your computer. XL and XE owners do not need to hold down the OPTION key during b#}ooting, because HomeCard disables BASIC automatically.How it WorksBefore we get any further, you will notice '*' occasion$}ally. The '*' is used the first time a word that is in the glossary is mentioned. Some of these terms are *'computerese' an%}d some are terms that have been made up to help explain what HomeCard is doing.HomeCard divides a disk into three parts. I&}t stores the text for its 233 filing cards on the first part. Certain information about those cards is kept separately on th'}e second part for faster use. Finally, on the third part, certain things that you decide about the way you want to use HomeC(}ard are stored. This last set of values is called *'box dependant variables'. They change when you change disks so that the)}y always fit the list in each box and only have to be set once. (They can still be changed at any time.) From now on, box d*}ependant variables are going to be called *BDV's. All of these parts make up the *'box'.The filing cards are of two very d+}ifferent types. The first type is called a *front card. Front cards see themselves as having 12 lines with 32 characters ea,}ch. Each of these lines is separate from the next and text is not usually allowed to spill from one line to the next. When -}you search through the box, only the front cards are shown. The second card type is, (any guesses?), the *back card. Back c.}ards are one long line of 384 characters. Each back is the *daughter of some front card. Only backs can be connected this w/}ay. A front card can possess as many back cards as the box can hold. (Actually, the front card owns only the first back, wh0}ich owns the second, and so forth.) When a front card has backs it shows with a spiral binding at the bottom. Only front ca1}rds can be *ripped and only fronts are used by the Find Mode. Backs are for additional information when a front is not large2} enough. The best way to mentally envision a box is as a row of front cards laid out side by side, some of which are actuall3}y stacks with back cards underneath.First ImpressionsHomeCard has two foyers. The first is the 'front page' and I guess 4}the second is the next page. When you first enter the main body of HomeCard, you are asked to 'Press Select for Menu Mode'. 5} If you press any key or enough time passes, you fall from the second front page to the Menu Mode. Get this to happen. Menu6} Mode will be discussed later. What I want to show you now is all the stuff at the bottom of the screen. These last 4 lines 7}are there no matter where you are in HomeCard. They tell you where you are, how you're doing and what HomeCard thinks you sh8}ould or can do next. The top line of these last four is the Option Line. The Option Line normally tells you how to leave th9}e mode you are in or how to do the next step in a long process. In some places, (not Menu Mode), you can press