10 PRINT "AMONG THE HALF-DOZEN UTILITY PROGRAMS":S = 1: PRINT : PRINT "INCLUDED ON YOUR SYSTEM MASTER": PRINT : PRINT "DISKETTE IS A FILE CALLED "Q$"FID"Q$".": PRINT : PRINT "IT IS PERHAPS THE MOST VERSATILE OF"
18 PRINT : PRINT "ALL THOSE UTILIIES, YET IS ONLY GIVEN": PRINT : PRINT "SIX PAGES OF DESCRIPTION IN THE DOS": PRINT : PRINT "MANUAL.": PRINT : PRINT " IF YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL ABOUT FID,"
31 PRINT " THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR THOSE OF YOU":S = 0: PRINT : PRINT "WHO HAVE NOT YET DISCOVERED JUST HOW": PRINT : PRINT "VERSATILE FID IS.": PRINT : PRINT " FID CAN:"
39 PRINT : PRINT " 1) COPY FILES": PRINT " 2) REPORT UNUSED DISK SPACE": PRINT " 3) VERIFY, LOCK, UNLOCK, & DELETE": PRINT " 4) CATALOG DISKS": PRINT : PRINT : PRINT "LET'S LOOK AT EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES"
54 PRINT "CATALOG DISKS:": PRINT : PRINT " THIS FUNCTION DOES NOTHING YOU": PRINT : PRINT "CAN'T DO BY TYPING IN "Q$"CATALOG"Q$".": PRINT : PRINT "IT IS MAINLY USEFUL WHEN YOU ARE USING": PRINT
62 PRINT "SOME OF THE OTHER FUNCTIONS AND WISH": PRINT : PRINT "TO LOOK AT THE CATALOG TO SEE WHAT": PRINT : PRINT "PROGRESS YOU HAVE MADE, OR WHAT STILL": PRINT : PRINT "NEEDS TO BE DONE.": PRINT
70 PRINT : PRINT : RETURN
74 PRINT "VERIFY, LOCK, UNLOCK, & DELETE FILES:": PRINT : PRINT " THIS, AGAIN IS NOTHING YOU CAN'T DO": PRINT : PRINT "BY YOURSELF, BUT WITH FID'S HELP, YOU": PRINT : PRINT "CAN DO IT MUCH FASTER, AND WITH VERY": PRINT
82 PRINT "FEW KEYPRESSES.": PRINT : RETURN
86 PRINT " THESE BENEFITS COME FROM FID'S": PRINT : PRINT "ABILITY TO ACT ON GROUPS OF FILES, AS": PRINT : PRINT "WELL AS ONE FILE AT A TIME. IF YOU": PRINT : PRINT "WANTED TO DELETE THE FILE "Q$"RUBICON"Q$"": PRINT
94 PRINT "FROM THE CATALOG, YOU WOULD SELECT <6>": PRINT : PRINT "AND WHEN PROMPTED FOR THE FILE NAME": PRINT : PRINT "YOU COULD ENTER "Q$"RUBICON"Q$", AND THE": PRINT : PRINT "FILE WOULD BE DELETED.": PRINT
102 RETURN
104 PRINT " THAT PROCESS REALLY DOESN'T GAIN": PRINT : PRINT "YOU ANYTHING, THOUGH. THE ADVANTAGE": PRINT : PRINT "OF USING FID COMES FROM THE FACT THAT": PRINT : PRINT "YOU ARE ABLE TO USE "Q$"WILDCARD"Q$"": PRINT
112 PRINT "CHARACTERS WHEN YOU INPUT THE FILE'S": PRINT : PRINT "NAME.": PRINT : PRINT " THE WILDCARD CHARACTER IS THE "Q$"="Q$"": PRINT : PRINT "(EQUALS SIGN). YOU CAN REPLACE ANY": PRINT
120 PRINT "PART, OR PARTS, OR ALL OF A FILE NAME": PRINT : PRINT "WITH "Q$"="Q$". ": PRINT : RETURN
126 PRINT " THIS IS HOW THE WILDCARD CAN BE": PRINT : PRINT "USED:": PRINT : PRINT " USING THE "Q$"RUBICON"Q$" EXAMPLE, YOU": PRINT : PRINT " COULD SIMPLY ENTER "Q$"RUB="Q$", OR": PRINT
134 PRINT " "Q$"=CON"Q$", OR "Q$"=BIC="Q$", OR "Q$"R=B=N"Q$"": PRINT : PRINT " FOR THE FILE NAME, AND THE FILE": PRINT : PRINT " NAMED RUBICON WOULD SURELY BE": PRINT : PRINT " DELETED (UNLESS IT WAS LOCKED).": PRINT
142 RETURN
144 PRINT " BUT WAIT! IF THERE WAS A FILE": PRINT : PRINT " NAMED "Q$"RUBIC'S CUBE"Q$", OR "Q$"XCON"Q$",": PRINT : PRINT " OR "Q$"FLICK MY BIC"Q$", OR "Q$"RIBBON"Q$"": PRINT : PRINT " ON THE DISK, IT COULD BE DELETED": PRINT
152 PRINT " ALONG WITH RUBICON, DEPENDING ON": PRINT : PRINT " WHERE YOU PUT YOUR WILDCARD": PRINT : PRINT " CHARACTER.": PRINT : RETURN
160 PRINT " THE SOLUTION ? WHEN FID ASKS IF": PRINT : PRINT " YOU WANT PROMPTING, ANSWER "Q$"Y"Q$".": PRINT : PRINT " THEN IT WILL DISPLAY EACH FILE NAME": PRINT : PRINT " THAT MATCHES YOUR WILDCARD SETUP AND": PRINT
168 PRINT " GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SELECT IT (BY": PRINT : PRINT " ENTERING "Q$"Y"Q$"), OR BYPASS IT (BY": PRINT : PRINT " ENTERING "Q$"N"Q$"), OR JUMP BACK TO": PRINT : PRINT " FID'S MENU (BY ENTERING "Q$"Q"Q$"). FID": PRINT
176 PRINT " WILL REJECT ANY OTHER RESPONSE.": PRINT : RETURN
180 PRINT " OF COURSE, THE WILD CARD IS MOST": PRINT : PRINT " USEFUL IF YOU WANT TO ACT ON A GROUP": PRINT : PRINT " OF FILES. YOU COULD LOCK ALL FILES": PRINT : PRINT " BEGINNING WITH "Q$"SOFTDISK"Q$" BY": PRINT
188 PRINT " CHOOSING <5> FROM FID'S MENU, AND": PRINT : PRINT " ENTERING "Q$"SOFTDISK="Q$" AS THE FILE": PRINT : PRINT " NAME.": PRINT : RETURN
196 PRINT " IF YOU USE "Q$"="Q$" AS THE ENTIRE": PRINT : PRINT " FILE NAME, FID WILL SELECT ALL THE": PRINT : PRINT " FILES ON THE DISK.": PRINT : PRINT : PRINT " THE WILDCARD CAN BE USED TO LOCK,"
212 PRINT " WHICH BRINGS US TO COPY:": PRINT : PRINT : PRINT "WITHOUT FID, OR SOME SIMILAR UTILITY, ": PRINT : PRINT "THE ONLY KINDS OF FILES YOU COULD": PRINT : PRINT "EASILY MOVE FROM ONE DISK TO ANOTHER"
220 PRINT : PRINT "WOULD BE PROGRAM FILES, VIA THE "Q$"LOAD"Q$: PRINT : PRINT "AND "Q$"SAVE"Q$" COMMANDS, AND BINARY": PRINT : PRINT "FILES, WITH "Q$"BLOAD"Q$" AND "Q$"BSAVE"Q$".": PRINT : RETURN
229 PRINT " BUT LOADING AND SAVING FILES IS A": PRINT : PRINT "CUMBERSOME PROCESS; BLOADING AND": PRINT : PRINT "BSAVING (USUALLY PRONOUNCED BEE-LOAD &": PRINT : PRINT "BEE-SAVE) IS PRONE TO ERROR; AND TEXT": PRINT
237 PRINT "FILE TRANSFER CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT": PRINT : PRINT "HELP OF A PROGRAM LIKE FID.": PRINT : RETURN
243 PRINT : PRINT " USING FID, YOU CAN COPY VIRTUALLY": PRINT : PRINT "ANY FILES FROM ONE DISK TO ANOTHER.": PRINT : PRINT "IF YOU CAN VERIFY THE FILE, YOU CAN": PRINT : PRINT "COPY IT. ALTHOUGH IT IS EASIEST TO"
251 PRINT : PRINT "COPY USING TWO DISK DRIVES, FID WORKS": PRINT : PRINT "FINE WITH JUST ONE.": PRINT : PRINT " USE THE WILDCARD CHARACTER THE SAME": PRINT : PRINT "WAY WITH "Q$"<1> COPY FILES"Q$" AS YOU DO"
259 PRINT : PRINT "WITH ANY OF THE OTHER FILE-ORIENTED": PRINT : PRINT "OPTIONS.": PRINT : RETURN
266 PRINT : PRINT " FID'S COPY OPTION CAN BE USED WHEN": PRINT : PRINT "COPYA FAILS: THE USUAL REASON COPYA": PRINT : PRINT "WILL FAIL IS A BAD SPOT ON THE SOURCE": PRINT : PRINT "DISK. USING FID, YOU CAN VERIFY ALL"
274 PRINT : PRINT "THE FILES ON THE SOURCE DISK (SELECT": PRINT : PRINT "FUNCTION "Q$"<8> VERIFY"Q$", AND SELECT ALL": PRINT : PRINT "FILES ("Q$"="Q$").) THOSE THAT HAVE I/O": PRINT : PRINT "ERRORS WILL BE UN-COPIABLE. ALL THE"
282 PRINT : PRINT "REST CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO A FRESH": PRINT : RETURN
287 PRINT "PREVIOUSLY INITIALIZED DISK USING": PRINT : PRINT "FID'S COPY COMMAND. SOMETIMES THE BAD": PRINT : PRINT "SPOT WAS ON AN UNUSED PART OF THE DISK": PRINT : PRINT "OR IN THE DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (THE": PRINT
295 PRINT "OUTERMOST THREE DISK TRACKS). IF THAT": PRINT : PRINT "IS THE CASE, THE FID DESTINATION DISK": PRINT : PRINT "SHOULD BE AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL WAS": PRINT : PRINT "WHEN IT WAS INTACT.": PRINT
303 PRINT : RETURN
306 PRINT " SPACE ON DISK:": PRINT : PRINT "NORMALLY, ON A FRESHLY INITIALIZED": PRINT : PRINT "DISK, THERE ARE JUST UNDER 500 USABLE": PRINT : PRINT "SECTORS FOR YOUR FILES TO FILL UP.": PRINT
314 PRINT "64 SECTORS ARE USED TO HOLD THE DISK": PRINT : PRINT "OPERATING SYSTEM, CATALOG, AND THE": PRINT : PRINT "VOLUME-TABLE-OF-CONTENTS ("Q$"VTOC"Q$").": PRINT : RETURN
322 PRINT "INSIDE THE VTOC IS A CHART (UPDATED": PRINT : PRINT "EVERY TIME YOU CHANGE ANY FILE) THAT": PRINT : PRINT "KEEPS TRACK OF WHICH PARTS OF THE": PRINT : PRINT "DISK HAVE BEEN USED FOR STORAGE AND": PRINT
330 PRINT "WHICH ARE EMPTY. FID READS THE VTOC": PRINT : PRINT "AND DISPLAYS THE RESULT OF ITS COUNT.": PRINT : RETURN
336 PRINT " THAT'S FID. IF YOU'VE NEVER USED IT": PRINT : PRINT "AT ALL, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD EXPERIMENT": PRINT : PRINT "WITH IT FOR A WHILE. GET A COUPLE OF": PRINT : PRINT "DISKS WITH UNIMPORTANT FILES ON THEM": PRINT
344 PRINT "AND PRACTICE ALL THE COMMANDS. THE": PRINT : PRINT "EXPERIENCE CHOULD BE REWARDING.": PRINT : RETURN
350 PRINT "": PRINT " GREETINGS, EXPERT FID USER.": PRINT : PRINT "HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU WISHED....": PRINT : PRINT " -- THAT YOU COULD INITIALIZE A FRESH": PRINT " DISK WITHOUT LEAVING FID AND THEN": PRINT " HAVING TO BRUN IT AGAIN?"
358 PRINT : PRINT " -- THAT YOU COULD RENAME FILES WHILE": PRINT " USING FID?": PRINT : PRINT " -- THAT WHEN YOU USED THE WILDCARD": PRINT " CHARACTER, YOU COULD RESPOND WITH": PRINT " SINGLE KEY-PRESSES INSTEAD OF": PRINT " "Q$"Y-RETURN"Q$", "Q$"N-RETURN"Q$", OR"
366 PRINT " "Q$"Q-RETURN"Q$"?": PRINT : RETURN
370 PRINT " AT LAST YOUR WISHES HAVE BEEN": PRINT : PRINT "GRANTED!": PRINT : PRINT " WISH #1 & #2 (INITIALIZE & RENAME)": PRINT : PRINT "BOTH WORK THE SAME WAY:": PRINT
378 RETURN
380 PRINT " EXIT FID BY SELECTING "Q$"<9> QUIT"Q$" ": PRINT : PRINT "FROM THE MENU, OR BY RESETTING. THEN": PRINT : PRINT "USE ANY OF THE DOS HOUSEKEEPING": PRINT : PRINT "COMMANDS (INIT, RENAME, VERIFY, LOCK,": PRINT
388 PRINT "UNLOCK, & DELETE) IN THEIR NORMAL": PRINT : PRINT "MANNER. WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, TYPE": PRINT : PRINT ""Q$"CALL 2051"Q$". FID WILL START RUNNING": PRINT : PRINT "AGAIN.": RETURN
397 PRINT : PRINT " THAT'S BECAUSE FID IS BLOADED INTO": PRINT : PRINT "MEMORY AT ADDRESS 2051, AND NONE OF": PRINT : PRINT "THE HOUSEKEEPING COMMANDS HAVE ANY": PRINT : PRINT "EFFECT ON THAT AREA."
405 PRINT : PRINT " HOWEVER, IF YOU SHOULD ACCIDENTALLY": PRINT : PRINT "(OR DELIBERATELY) ENTER A NUMBER, OR A": PRINT : PRINT "PROGRAM LINE, FID WOULD BE BLOWN AWAY,": PRINT : PRINT "AND YOU COULD NOT INVOKE IT BY A"
418 PRINT : PRINT : PRINT " WISH #3 (SINGLE KEYPRESS FILE": PRINT : PRINT "SELECTION) IS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED,": PRINT : PRINT "BUT MUCH MORE SATISFYING IN THE LONG": PRINT
426 PRINT "RUN THAN WISH #1 OR #2.": PRINT : RETURN
430 PRINT : PRINT " HERE'S WHAT TO DO:": PRINT : PRINT " 1: BRUN FID (FOUND ON YOUR SYSTEM": PRINT " MASTER DISKETTE)": PRINT : PRINT " 2: COPY THESE FILES TO A DISKETTE": PRINT " WITH AT LEAST 50 FREE SECTORS:"
448 PRINT : PRINT " THEN THE DISK DRIVE WILL WHIR FOR A": PRINT : PRINT "MINUTE, SOME PROMPTS ("Q$"]"Q$") WILL BE": PRINT : PRINT "PRINTED, AND THE DISK DRIVE WILL STOP": PRINT : PRINT "SPINNING. IF YOU LOOK IN THE DISKETTE"
456 PRINT : PRINT "CATALOG YOU SHOULD FIND A NEW FILE:": PRINT : PRINT ""Q$"FIDGET"Q$".": RETURN
462 PRINT : PRINT " FIDGET WORKS THE SAME AS FID, WITH": PRINT : PRINT "THIS EXCEPTION: WHEN YOU USE THE": PRINT : PRINT "WILDCARD CHARACTER, AND ANSWER "Q$"YES"Q$"": PRINT : PRINT "YOU WANT PROMPTING, YOU ONLY NEED TO"
470 PRINT : PRINT "PRESS ONE KEY TO VERIFY THAT YOU WANT": PRINT : PRINT "TO PERFORM A TRANSACTION: THE RETURN": PRINT : PRINT "KEY IS SUPERFLUOUS.": PRINT : PRINT " TRY IT, YOU'LL LIKE IT."
