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                  INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

LOADING:
	AS THE PROGRAM IS IN BASIC, THE USER MUST FIRST
	GET THE COMPUTER INTO THE BASIC INTERPRETER.
	THE EASIEST WAY OF DOING THIS IS <ESC-D>.

	AFTER BASIC HAS FINISHED SIGNING ON,
	HIT THE <AUTO> KEY, THIS WILL LOAD AND RUN THE
	MENU PROGRAM.

	AT THIS POINT, YOU HAVE THE CHOICE OF EITHER CREATING
	A NEW 'SKELETON' FILE, OR OPERATING UNDER AN
	ALREADY EXISTING FILE.

CREATE:
	THIS PROGRAM GIVES THE USER THE FACILITY TO CREATE
	A NEW SKELETON FILE ON ANY DISK.

	(NOTE-ONLY ONE DATA FILE MAY BE KEPT ON ANY
	SINGLE SIDE OF A DISK)

	IT ASKS THE OPERATOR TO SUPPLY THE FOLLOWING
	INFORMATION:
			FILE NAME	=> STOCK FILE NAME
			# RECORDS	=> MAX # ITEMS
			COMMENT		=> 15 CHAR. COMMENT

	THE PROGRAM WILL THEN CHECK TO ENSURE NO OTHER
	STOCK FILES EXIST ON THIS SIDE OF THIS DISK, THEN
	IF ALL IS OK, IT WILL WRITE DATA FOR A NEW FILE.

	IN THE FCS DIRECTORY, THE FILE WILL ALWAYS BE
	CALLED INVFIL.RND;01. THIS ENSURES THAT THE COMPUTER
	CAN ALWAYS BE SURE OF FINDING ONLY THE RIGHT FILE
	ON ANY DISK.

	THE FILE NAME SPECIFIED BY THE OPERATOR IS STORED
	WITHIN INVFIL.RND, AND IS ONLY USED BY THE SYSTEM
	DURING PRINTOUTS OR LISTINGS.

	THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DATA RECORDS PER SIDE OF
	EACH DISKETTE IS APPROX 780 - THIS BEING WITH

	***** NO OTHER DATA ON THAT SIDE AT ALL ******

	THE USER CAN USE ANY RECORD WITHIN THE FILE OTHER THAN
	RECORD NUMBER '0' , AS THIS IS USED BY THE CONTROL
	PROGRAM TO STORE POINTERS AND OTHER INFORMATION
	ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE DATA.