#128 Disk Cataloger

by: Applied Foresight

Publication date: 1989-03-27 05:19:12

Topics: MicroCom, floppy, DOS, DOS utilities, cataloging, disk management

Publisher: MicroCom Systems

Language: English

#128 DBS-KAT v1.3, disk cataloging/archival program.

KAT.EXE	78612	DBS-KAT main program to create/update disk catalog.
KATDRIVE.EXE	19972	Program used by KAT.EXE to scan diskette directory.
KATLOOK.EXE	81678	Program to allow inquiry against DBS-KAT database.
KPRINT.EXE	40244	Multi-feature print program. Made for programmers.
USQ.COM	2560	UnSQueeze program used to decompress documentation.
VOLSER.COM	1152	Volume labelling program used by DBS-KAT.
READ.ME	1167	A short introductory note.
KATAD.KP	6215	DBS-KAT announcement.
KATBUG.FRM	3916	DBS-KAT problem report form.
KATORDER.FRM	9421	DBS-KAT order form.
DBSHARE.OQT	11122	Compressed manual explaining DB-SHARE Software.
MANUAL.OQT	50760	Compressed DBS-KAT user manual.
NOVICE.OQT	16780	Compressed install manual for novice computer users.
TECHREF.OQT	8147	Compressed DBS-KAT Technical Reference Manual.
KATAD.BAT	1612	Prints the DBS-KAT announcement sheet.
KATBOOK.BAT	1774	The DOS Batch process to print the manual.
KATBOOK2.BAT	1786	Used by KATBOOK to print the manual, do not execute.
KATLOG.BAT	413	Maintain and recovery operation for DBS-KAT.
KATSORT.BAT	609	Sorts cataloged names in reverse chronological order.
KATSTRIP.BAT	423	Maintenence and recovery operation for DBS-KAT.
KATDB.DA1	2048	Part of the DBS-KAT database.
KATDB.DA2	1024	"
KATDB.DA3	1024	"
KATDB.DBD	922	"
KATDB.KE1	2048	"
KATDB.KE2	2048	"

Program	DBS-Kat v1.3.
Hardware	No special requirements.
Software	Dos 2.0 or later.
To start	Enter "KAT -U". (be sure to read the manual first!!!).
To end	Enter option "E", or hit or .
For help	Enter "KATBOOK" to print the documentation, then read it.
Author	Applied Foresight, P.O.Box 20607, Bloomington, MN 55402.
Reg. fee	$27.50.

DBS-KAT is a very powerful disk cataloging tool. With it you can create an index for up to 10,000 diskettes and up to 16,000,000 programs. The catalog keeps track of the location of each of the programs and is an ideal implement to use to archive many lesser used programs.

Notes

Part of The MicroCom Collection, MicroCom Systems' best of public domain and user-supported software library.

Imaged from 5.25″ diskette using a Mitsumi D509V3 floppy drive and a FC5025 USB floppy controller.

The file log is a log of the imaging process.

The source diskette was part of a household collection and may contain e.g. high score files that were not present on the original pristine filesystem. Check timestamps: any file dated 1990-01-01 or later, that isn't mentioned in help.doc, is likely not original.

The file dosbox.conf in the zip file is not original. Its purpose is to slow down emulation.