Canon Cat Reference Manual page 39

Dirty
The text
has been changed but not
recorded.
The
cursor is
blinking
at its slower rate.
Empty
There is no text in
the
Cat's memory.
empty
T"he [EXPLAINI message tells
you
the Cat cannot do
what you
ask because the
text
is
empty.
erase
option
You
have
the
option of
erasing the
disk in the
disk
drive
by holding
[SHIFT]
and
[USE FRONT]
key and
pressing
IERASE].
fresh
id
The Cat keeps track
of
disks by
giving
them
an
id
(identification)
number.
Fresh
idmeans
that the Cat clears
the present id
and creates
a
new
set
for
the
disk.
Suppose,
for
example, you play back
a
text, insert
a
blank disk in the
drive,
and
give
[DISK]. The Cat
records
the text
on
the
blank
disk
and
gives it
a
fresh
id.
You now have two
disks
with
exactly the
same texts
but with different identification
numbers. The Cat
will
treat them
as
different disks. not
backup disks
for
the same
text.
Non-blank
There is information
on the disk. but
it
didn't
come
from
a
Cat
(it
might
have come
from
a
Canon
VP-
1000,
for
example).
non-Cat
The [EXPLAIN] message
tells you
the Cat cannot
do
what you
ask because the disk
in
the drive came
from
a
different
(non-Cat)
system.
Peek
The Cat displays
the
text that would
appear on
your
screen
if
the Cat were to
play
back the disk in drive;
the
text
remains on-screen
as
long
as
you hold down
[USE
FRoNT].
The text in memory
is
unchanged, and
will
reappear
when
you
release
[USE FRONT].
Play back
Transfer
all
the
information
stored on
the
disk
into
the
Cat's memory,
and
display
some
of
that
informa-
tion
on the
screen.
Record
Record
all
the
information in
the Cat's memory
on the
disk in
the
drive.