Filename = SD-HELP.NOW This is a brief introductory file only. SD is my name for a C/PM program written by F.J.Greeb which he called 'INDEX'. Greeb copyrighted his program in 1981 and it is now generally available to Einsteiners as a C/PM routine under the name NI -I don't know why 'NI' but there you are. So it is a big thankyou to F.J.Greeb for this little lovely. The SD stands for Special Directory program and it will run under Xtal DOS 1.11 or 1.31. You will be familiar with the DOS cammand 'DIR' which you will have used thousands of times to get a listing of your disc directory. If the file SD.COM is transferred on to a disc then you can either call for a DIR in the ordinary way or you can request SD and get a more flexible directory read out; for example SD gives the size of individual files; it normally prints out in three columns wide rather than two (so it takes up less room on paper) and it will add the names of the disc, or its 'special disc number' which you have used for your master cataloguing system; it will PRINT straight onto paper just by adding a letter P command (no more messing about in MOS/DOS with the control+R to toggle your printer on and off); it will include system files in the directory - a very handy little thing to know - and on top of all that it has a built in help file. The snags are that the SD.COM file is 4k long so you won't want it necessarily on EVERY disc.. but if you only have a single drive Einstein it is, therefore, limited. When in 40 columns you are very restricted to getting directory displays, on screen they look hopelessly garbled and if you modify the width of the screen display (using the W command) then you get a directory listing in one column which takes up far more paper to print out than an Einstein Xtal DOS directory. So it is most useful to 80 column double disc drive owners... but I'm sure that won't stop the single drive lads having a go... HAVE FUN. To call for a special directory use the command at the DOS prompt: SD /H (the space is vital) and you'll get the HELP file.....which explains it all. Don't thank me, thank Mr. F. J. GREEB. David Martin - EUDB. ÿ¼BG !)19AIQYaiqy#Ã] !e~æþHÀ#~$È-TRFC2‡TRFC3Aùß(WSTRFC4£;.WS1#TRFC5¸,ADDFF O%TNNNNY