CDMaster Version 6.41 'Mastering Your CD Library' From Unicorn Software Limited Created By: Charles P. Schell IV Copyright (C) 1987-91 Unicorn Software Limited All Rights Reserved Unicorn Software Limited P. O. Box 911 Wabash, IN 46992 LICENSE AGREEMENT The CDMaster cataloging program is protected by United States Copyright Law and International Treaty provisions. All rights are reserved. Non-registered users of CDMaster are licensed only to use the program on a trial basis for the sole purpose of determining whether or not it meets their requirements. All other use requires registration. Any other use of non-registered copies of CDMaster by any person, business, corporation, government organization, or any other entity is strictly forbidden and is a violation of this license agreement. Registration permits a user a license to use CDMaster on a single computer. All users are granted a limited license to copy CDMaster Version 6.10 for the trial use of others, with the following additional conditions: CDMaster must be distributed in unmodified, complete form, including this Reference Guide and License Agreement. CDMaster may not be distributed in conjunction with any other product, without written permission. No fee, other than a bonafide disk duplicating fee not to exceed $6.10, may be charged for CDMaster. WARRANTY Unicorn Software Limited makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. Unicorn Software Limited shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the user. Unicorn Software Limited shall not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by use of the program. IN NO EVENT WILL UNICORN SOFTWARE LIMITED BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. The License Agreement and Warranty shall be construed, interpreted and governed by the laws of the state of Indiana. CDMaster is being released under the User Supported concept of distribution. Simply put: You are allowed to use the program to see if it is beneficial to you. If you continue to use the program you must register it by sending $25.00 to: Unicorn Software Limited, P.O. Box 911 Wabash, IN 46992. Or you can use your MC, Visa, AmEx, or Discover by calling the Public(software)Library at 800-2424-PsL or 713-524-6394 or by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by CompuServe to 71355,470 or by mail to PsL, PO Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705. These numbers are for ordering only. For information about dealer pricing, site licensing, shipping of product, returns, latest version number or technical support call 219-563-HOME or write to Unicorn Software Ltd. directly. Concept: To help you catalog your CDs and assist you in printing catalogs, listings and labels for the front of the CD. There are entries for CD Number, Title, Artist, Artist, three User defined entries and up to 12 Tunes on each side as well as Category. Getting Started: DO NOT INSTALL THE PROGRAM IF YOU ARE ALREADY USING IT SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO UPGRADE THE PROGRAM Type CDMSTR to start. When you first start the program, the computer will bring up the Default Set Up screen first. Just enter the info requested. When you name the Disk Drive, the program will automatically copy the data files to that drive for you ! So Have A Disk In The Drive And Ready ! The program will not do any further copying on its own. In order to create new data disks simply copy all the files with the DAT and NTX extension onto your new data disk. You can rename the data file during initial set up. See below on how to do it later. Colours: Color Letter ------------------ Black N Blue B Green G Cyan BG Red R Magenta RB Brown GR White W ------------------ User Defined Fields: There are three User defined fields, they are 30,29 and 5 characters in length. When in the default menu you can name these anything you want. ie Producer, RCA Library Number, Length, Thumb (For Up or Down reviews), Writer, Original, well you get the ideas. You can change these anytime you want. What you enter here will appear on the Add, Update, Delete Menus as well as the print outs. The System: Is designed using KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) so not much information is needed to get started. Here are a few notes to help you use the system: The Data Entry Screens: Any of the data entry screens shown in Add or Update can be 'zipped' through. That is if you do not enter the all the Tune lines just hit page down after entering the ones you need to blank the rest of the lines. Update And Delete: When you select either of these options the screen will display up to 32 CD numbers and titles. Move the light bar to the one you want to Update or Delete and press the enter key. The ESC key will take you back to the Main Menu and the PageDown key will bring up the next 32 titles. When the program reaches the bottom of your file it will start again. You also have the option of looking for a specific CD number or title (These will always be the last two displayed, so use the End key to get to the bottom and select the one you want). Close 'Nuf: In the Update, Delete, Criteria, and Find! when you enter the title, artist, user defined codes, etc you do not have to enter the entire thing. For example when entering a title you wish to deal with you do not have to enter the full title, only the first few words, or even letters. In Update this will allow you to view all the records that are Close 'Nuf to what you entered. EXAMPLE: Entering "Meet" will bring up "Meet Me", "Meet The Beatles" and "I'll Meet You In Bed, Later" Find!: Can help you find all of the CDs in the data file that have a particular CD Number, User Defined Field, Artist , as well as Category or even a single Tune. Using "Close 'Nuf" you can Find! any record easily, ie enter as much information as you remember and it will search based on your input, even if it is only one letter. NOTE: Page Up on these data display screens will take you back to the previous record, page down to the next record and Home to the Find Me! menu. Printer Set Up: This allows you to customize the printer codes used by the program. These codes can be found in your printer manual. The codes that the program has when originally distributed are for the Epson FX100. You will need to know the code for 10 cpi (Pica), 12 CPI (Elite), Enlarged, Condensed (17CPI) and Double High/Wide. If your printer cannot handle double high/wide DON'T PANIC, just leave it blank; the program will use Enlarged for that entry. You do not have to enter the ESC part of the code, the program will add that automatically. You can enter the letter ESC code or the number it does not matter: ie ESC code 119 can be entered as "119" or "w". (Do not enter any " "s!) Print Outs: You can print out All the data or select a Criteria of data to print. Criteria: You can choose the Artist, Title, Category, CD Number, or any of the User Defined fields to select a Criteria of. Remember that 'Close Nuf' applies here too. So by selecting Artists named Bob you would get all of Bob Mea's CDs but also Bob Wallace, Bob Redford, etc. Listings: A Listing provides the CD Number, Category Title & Artist. A Catalog provides all information. A Custom Listing allows you to build your own print out. Simply choose the number beside the items you wish to include in you print out. The computer will track the number of characters you have left and tell you if you go over 80. Hit 99 to start the printout or 55 to abort. Front Labels: Gives you CD Number, Artist & Title. (All Labels are standard 3" X 15/16" Pin Fed Labels. 3X5 Cards: Gives you all information printed on 3X5 pin fed cards. Roladex Cards: Gives you all information except the Tunes. Tune List: Will list all Tunes, CD Number and Artist. Unless you have very few CDs you will need a Hard Drive to use this feature. Case Inserts: Gives you an insert that will fit the case of a CD. ComboZ: Selecting this entry on the Criteria or Find! screen will let you combine up to four Criteria. For example you want a listing of all CDs that are in Category A and by The Beach Boys. Select the Category entry from the Comboz screen, then type in A next select the Artist entry, when you do that you will have a choice of making the statement And or Or. (Chose And in this example) then you can enter the Beach Boys. The program will find all records meeting that Criteria and take you to the Forms menu or display it on the screen. (If you had selected Or in the above example you would have gotten all records for Category A or any done by the Beach Boys {even those not category A}) A more complex example would be Category A or Category B and User Code D and Title A. (You would get all Categories A or B with the Code D and the title beginning with A.) Utilities: Speed Up Sort: Should be run occasionally to keep the files in sequential order as well as random order. Purge Ghosts: This feature should be run if you get blank records in your data file, by accident. File Name: Any eight character filename allowed. Reserved name is TEMP. Just copy the files UNICORN.DAT and UNICORN.NTX to whatever name you desire, then change the name within the program. You MUST copy the files first before changing the name on the Defaults menu. Exit To DOS: You can exit temporarily to DOS by using that option on the Utilities Menu. The file COMMAND.COM must be on the same directory or disk as the other program files to do this. You must return to the subdirectory/drive of AlbumMaster prior to entering EXIT to return to the program. Quik Info: The program will provide you with the last CD number used and any missing CD Numbers by hitting the F1 key. When you are done just hit any key to continue the program. This is helpful when doing Adds and Updates. Error Messages: Error Messages will appear at the top of the screen when an error occurs. The most common errors are "Open" which means the program can't find the data files and "Printer not ready". You will be given the choice of correcting the problem or aborting. Upgrading From Previous Versions (Available to Registered Users Only): From previous versions to 6.41 is necessary. Because of the radical differences in the file structure it is easiest if Unicorn does the upgrade for you. Simply send your data disk or a disk with all the files with the extension DAT to Unicorn, along with .45 postage and we will upgrade the data for you and return it to you within 24 hours. Maestro!: Is a program that will enable you to work with files created by CD, Cassette and CDMaster all at the same time. It will perfrom the same Find! and Print functions as this program, but will use the data from all of the *Master programs that you are currently using. Also, the program will do comparisons between the files to find multiple titles. Finally, the program will compare two completely different data files from two people -- so if you have a friend using one of the programs it will compare your data to his. This program is FREE to registered users and will be sent with the registered version of the program. Two or More: Programs can be registered at the same time at a discounted rate: Register 2 programs for $35.00, all three for $50.00. Make sure to include the names of your choice(s) with your payment. Everex Extended Memory Boards: If you are using an Everex extended memory board, and the program locks up, try putting the program on a bootable disk and leaving the Device line that references the extended RAM out of the CONFIG.SYS on the program disk. Then boot the computer from the disk, it should solve the problem. I have not figured out why it happens with just that make of board, but it does. Technical Assistance: Both registered and unregistered Users can obtain technical assistance by calling (219)563-HOME (4663). Unregistered Users will need to provide the name and address of where they obtained the software from in order to gain this assistnace. This will let us go back to that compnay if they are distributing an older version and it helps us track who is distributing the program. The number is manned (by a human) from 6:00 to 9:00 PM EST, all other hours by an answering machine. Other Unicorn Programs: All programs are MSDOS compatible, run on 256K RAM, use IBM graphics/laser printers, mono or colour monitor, and can operate on one/two or hard disk drives (except DayMaster which requires a hard or high density drive). The User can set the colours, printer codes, and default data drive. There are no 'crippled' features or options. The only difference between the shareware and registered versions is the lack of 'plea' screens on the registered version and the clarity of the Users conscience. The *Master Series AlbumMaster - To help you catalog your Albums and assist you in printing catalogs, listings and labels for the front of the Album. There are entries for Album Number, Title, Artist, and up to 12 Tunes on each side as well as Category and 3 User defined fields. The User can also define three entries for use as producer, writer, opinions etc. The program will hold up to 9999 Albums (depending on disk space) and can be used to find even a single song. It will also produce a list of every Tune you have in addition to the regular catalogs. Multiple data field Finds! and User designed listing make this a must have for audiophiles. CassetteMaster - To help you catalog your cassette tapes and assist you in printing catalogs, listings and inserts for the case and front of the tape. There are entries for Tape Number, Title, Artist, and up to 14 Tunes on each side as well as Category. The User can also define three entries for use as producer, writer, opinions etc. The program will hold up to 9999 Tapes (depending on disk space) and can be used to find even a single song. It will also produce a list of every Tune you have in addition to the regular catalogs. The case inserts not only print all the tunes, artist, and title but the User defined info as well. Find! and Criteria print option make this very useful for the 'home recorder' or the 'store bought' cassette tape user. VideoMaster - To help you catalog your video tapes and assist you in printing catalogs, standard and User customized listings and labels for the spine and front of the tape. There are entries for Tape Number, Title, Rating, Start Point, Star, Co Star, three User defined entries and a seven line Synopsis as well as Category. You can find any tape by any field. The system will handle up to 9999 entries, depending on disk space. The program can handle up to 5 titles per tape, great for the home video buff. PostCardMaster - The program will help you compose post cards and maintain addresses on disk. Then you may retrieve either listings of the addresses and cards, address labels, 3X5 cards, 4X6 post cards or Roladex cards. The primary purpose of the program is to print post cards, and address them for you. Post cards cost 1/3 the price of a letter and in some cases are equally as good ie meeting notices, invitations, change of address. This program is a replacement for an earlier Unicorn program released in 1984 called FORWARD2. DayMaster - The program provides you with trivia, birthdays, anniversaries for a particular date, but also allows you to include your own information for any date. It also gives a quote for the day, and informs you of any appointments you might have. All of this can take place at boot up or any other time you activate the program. The data file contains over 2000 historical events and quotes. CDMaster - To help you catalog your CDs and assist you in printing catalogs, listings and labels for the case and front of the CD. There are entries for CD Number, Title, Artist, and up to 24 Tunes as well as Category and 3 User defined fields. The program will hold up to 9999 CDs (depending on disk space) and can be used to find even a single song. It will also produce a list of every Tune you have in addition to the regular catalogs and case inserts. Find! option locates CDs by any of the data fields or by a User defined mix of data fields. The OMNI* Series OMNIMeal - Before you push this new program to the side, feeling that you have several Recipe programs in your inventory and you don't need another, take a look at the features of OMNIMeal and I believe that you will decide it is a welcome addition to your library. **Standard Features - Recipe title; type of recipe, ie Entree, Desert; where you obtained the recipe from for reference; how many people the recipe feeds; preparation time; personal notes, ie Low Cholesterol, Bob's Favorite; personal codes to assist in finding recipes; up to 4 special equipment entries; up to 20 ingredients, each with their own quantity and volume of measurement; and up to 13 lines of preparation instructions up to 76 characters long. **Special Features: MulipleXer: an option that allows you to increase or decrease the number of people served by a particular recipe, and thereby changing all of the required ingredients automatically; OMNIFind! allowing you to do extensive searches of the data file based on various criteria; The choice of printing two one sided, or one two sided 3X5 card for each recipe. -OMNIPlan for planning a week of meals ahead and giving you printouts based solely on your choices; OMNIShop a shopping list for the recipes that you have chosen. This lists not only the ingredients of all recipes you have chosen but will combine them for ease of use. For example if you have a recipe that calls for 2 eggs, another that calls for 5 eggs and a third that calls for 1 egg; the OMNIShop listing would tell you you need 8 eggs. -Complete catalog printing option that will produce selected recipes perfect for putting in a 3 ring binder. OMNIDiZk - A disk cataloger and labeling utility. Features: Reads a floppy into memory and lets you save the data (The saving is optional); Print out 4 X 1 7/16 or 3 X 15/16 labels as well as catalogs; Perform Find! searches on any files that you have saved; Print lists of every file in the data file; Allow complete Updates of disks or of just the title info; Let you enter a 23 character title, 3 character code and two lines of remarks up to 52 characters each; Let you set the printer codes to match your printer; you can also set the colours, and select the data and read drives. OMNIDay - Handles up to 10 Users with PassCode protection for privacy, optional encryption of data with 10,000 possibilities per User automatic entry of text date line and a full function text editor to handle entries. The data file is dynamic (only as large as entries) and can be located on any drive. Entries can be from 1 to 5000 lines with the ability to change history (Alter Entry) and the ability to make history vanish (Erase Entry). The Reminisce feature allows user to 'thumb' through entries or they can print out the entire opus or selected dates. User: defines printer codes, names data file, sets screen colours, names the opus and enters their name into program for use on screen and in reports. The Comp* Series CompUser - It is a rated cyclopedia with the names, addresses and phone numbers of shareware distributors, hardware companies, authors, computer clubs, BBSs and more. Almost 2000 entries are in the complete database and it is updated almost daily with revisions being mailed out every 120 days. The program creates, edits & prints post cards, address labels and more. It will also import new data and allow the user to change the data in the file. Great for clubs (looking for authors and distributors), shareware authors (looking for markets), shareware libraries (looking for authors), BBS Users (looking for new BBSs) and the average Comp{ter}User (looking for all of the above). All entries are rated A,B,C,D, or F for size of operation and the way that they conduct business. This alone makes it worthwhile because Users can avoid poorly rated businesses that have historical problems and lack good customer service. Check with your favourite shareware dealer or do one of the following: 1. Send three blank formatted disks for each disk desired to Unicorn and we'll copy them for you. {Each title is on one disk, the extra disks cover P&H} 2. Send three dollars per title and we'll send them to you. Enjoy! Charles P. Schell IV Author New Stuff Version 6.20 Changed Quik Xit key to Quik Info Key. Added 3 User defined and named fields. Added 4 Tunes to the CD. Reformatted Code Structure. Added Criteria selections. Added New Custom Form. Added Printer Set Up. Version 6.30 Made both Delete and Update selections 'Point & Shoot' to ease mouse usage. CD Number and Title entries for Delete and Update are no longer 'hidden' options. ComboZ option added. 6.40 Fixed a minor bug for single drive users. Fixed a Bug in Comboz! Speeded Up & Improved Find! Added count down to Tune List