Technical Note:

  A)   For implimenting the input and output buffer the following method
  may be employed for efficiency:

       1) A pointer should be  passed to the driver program that  points
          to a contiguous output buffer stream. This is a data structure
          of the entire output buffer. The output buffer description  is
          printed when a switch is used on the SFGR. See  SFGR.DOC and a
          compiler listing for further information.

       2) A pointer should also passed that corresponds to a  contiguous
          input buffer stream. This pointer  points to the beginning  of
          the data structure and places operator input in this field  as
          described in the input buffer description of the SFGR listing.

       3) As output is being made to the screen, whatever  has input and
          output attributes should be moved from the input buffer to the
          corresponding place in the input buffer.

  B)   In order  to make as little disk reading as possible, some  extra
  tables should be generated by the driver:

       1) A single call at the start of a program  should be made to the
          driver to find the format file and see if it exists. All later
          calls will exclude the filename. This call will also purge the
          extra table area for time saving table generation.

       2) As  a screen format  is read or bypassed  for the  first  time
          through the format member, the format name and position in the
          format file should be recorded in a table for later reference.
          This will make access for a screen much quicker by setting the
          random record  number and displacement  for  access  and  then
          reading the file sequentially.