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F RENAME DATA FILE:

	THIS UTILITY ALLOWS THE OPERATOR TO RENAME THE
	STOCK DATA FILE. THIS WOULD BE USEFUL IN THE CASE
	OF A BACKUP DATA DISK BEING CREATED BY COPYING
	THE ORIGINAL DISK.
	THE OPERATOR WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE 'SAFETY' DISK
	NAMED A LITTLE MORE CONSPICUOUSLY

	EG      >BAKUP< STORE 1 (4FEB80)

	THIS WOULD TELL ANY OPERATOR THAT THIS IS NOT
	A WORKING FILE, BUT RATHER AN EMERGENCY BACKUP
	DISK FOR STORE 1, RECORDED ON THE 4TH FEBRUARY 1980

	THE WORKING FILE COULD BE NAMED:

		STORE 1 STOCK


NOTE- THE USER FILENAME IS STILL LIMITED TO 25 CHARACTERS


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* CHANGE DISK:

	THIS UTILITY ALLOWS MORE THAN ONE DATA FILE
	TO BE USED SIMULTANEOUSLY.

	AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF ONE COMPUTER WAS BEING USED TO
	FOLLOW STOCK IN TWO LOCATIONS EG STORE 1 AND STORE 2

	ONE DATA FILE MAY BE CALLED 'STORE 1 STOCK', WHILE THE
	OTHER COULD BE 'STORE 2 STOCK'

	TO CHANGE FROM WORKING ON ONE STORE TO THE OTHER, THE
	OPERATOR WOULD USE THIS FUNCTION TO CLOSE THE CURRENT
	FILE, AND PROMPT THE USER TO CHANGE THE DISKETTES.

NOTE- THIS ROUTINE MUST BE FOLLOWED, AS IF THE DISKETTE IS
	CHANGED WITHOUT TELLING THE COMPUTER, BOTH FILES
	MAY BE IRREPARABLY CORRUPTED.