1. The NineTrack software package currently runs under Microsoft Windows version 3.0 only in REAL MODE. To start Windows 3.0 in real mode, type C>WIN /R 2. When using some extended memory managers under DOS that change the operating mode of the computer chip, such as COMPAQ's CEMM, the NineTrack software will not run. Removing the memory manager when the NineTrack software is run is a temporary solution to this problem. We are working on a version of the NineTrack software that will run in all of the modes of Windows 3.0 and also in the environments created by extended memory managers running under DOS. Please fill in and return your NineTrack Product Registration Card so we can keep you informed about these, and other, developments. Thank You. 3. When using COPYOUT to produce labeled tapes, you now can modify the format of the standard labels written to tape to suit your needs. For example: C>COPYOUT MYFILE/B:10000/R:100/L/D:LABMODS specifies writing the MYFILE disk file to tape, 10000 byte tape blocks, 100 byte fixed length tape records, producing a labeled tape, and to look for user defined modifications to the tape labels in the file LABMODS. Assume LABMODS was created with DOS's EDLIN editor and contains: VOL1[11] = '0' VOL1[42] = 'Owner-ID' HDR1[5] = 'SPECIAL FILE ID ' HDR1[54] = '0' HDR2[16] = /'/ then a "0" would be placed into col 11 of the VOL1 label block, "Owner-ID" would be placed into col 42 to 49 of the VOL1 label block, "SPECIAL FILE ID " would be placed into col 5 to 21 of HDR1, "0" would be placed into col 54 of HDR1, and "'" would be placed into col 16 of HDR2. The modifications made to HDR1 and HDR2 are automatically propagated to the EOF1 and EOF2 (and to the EOV1 and EOV2) blocks when they are written. The LABMODS file must have one command, as shown, per line. The first 4 characters of each command must be VOL1, HDR1, or HDR2. The column number (5 to 80) must appear in brackets. The modifier string must begin and end with a punctuation mark of your choice. The punctuation marks may be anything except spaces. Note that in the last example, above, the punctuation marks are slashes instead of quote marks because a quote mark exists as a character within the object string. A general form example of the /D: option is /D:A:\MYDIR\MYMODS.TXT In this case, the label modifications would be taken from the file A:\MYDIR\MYMODS.TXT 4. Standard DOS format text files on disk frequently are terminated by a CTRL Z character (1A hex). Both COPYOUT and COPYIN process this end-of-file character under some circumstances. When using the following options: /R:nn /R:nn/F+CL /R:nn/F+C /R:nn/F+L COPYOUT and COPYIN assume they are processing DOS text files. In these cases, COPYOUT will remove the end-of-file character when creating an output tape, and conversely, COPYIN will add an end-of-file character when creating an output disk file. If the /R:nn option is absent, or if the /R:nn/F option is used, then the assumption is that the disk file is not a standard DOS text file and the end-of-file character removal or insertion will be suppressed. If this action is contrary to your needs, then you can invert the conditions under which the end-of-file character will be processed by adding a /K option to either the COPYOUT or COPYIN command line. 5. SAVE normally writes blocks to tape that are about 16000 bytes long. If you are using a 6250 density tape drive, you may want to increase SAVE's tape block size in order to increase the capacity of the tape. SAVE's block size can be doubled to 32000 by using the /B option. For example: C>SAVE /B Tapes with larger blocks produced by the /B option SAVE command, in turn, must be read by a /B option LOAD command. Using SAVE's /B option with tape densities lower than 6250 characters per inch is not recommended. The /B block size is too large at the lower densities and tape errors may become more frequent.