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     Well, that's my problem with Dirsort V2, an improved Dirsort V2 review...

     Ever have a problem with your car, take it to the repair shop only to find that there it works perfectly, then bring it home and find you have the problem again?
     Well, that's my problem with Dirsort V2, an improved version of the directory sorting (alphabetical or sequential) program Dirsort.
     I've used the old Dirsort many times with no problem.  But Dirsort V2--I can't get it to work at all. So I asked my wife to try it. She got the same problem: It goes through all the motions and finally tells you "Directory now alphabetized." But you catalog it only to find out that it did no such thing. The directory remains as it was--unalphabetized.
     Aha! There's a flaw in the program, I concluded. I returned it to Terry Fowler since it was on his Utility llF PD volume.
     Terry tried it and found it to work perfectly. But anyway, he sent it on to Gary Hoosier, who wrote the new program version and Gary tested it on various length directories. All worked perfectly.
     But for me, and my wife, it still didn't work at all. I tried over and over, using different disks and tapes.
     Terry suggested that the problem might be with the disk I was trying to alphabetize. So I sent him one of the disks along with my copy of the Dirsort V2 program. He sent my disk back, with the directory perfectly alphabetized, along with my Dirsort V2 program, saying it works perfectly.
     So I tried again, and again, and again. And so did my wife. Still the same. It goes through all the motions and says all the right things, but does nothing.
     Perhaps I should follow the advice that says: "If at first you don't succeed, don't be a persistent damn fool--quit!"
     But if I persist, maybe I'll learn something. Maybe someone can explain what I'm doing wrong. Anyway, here's what I'm doing step-by-step:
     Boot SmartBASIC (disk drive 1).
     Remove Basic and insert Utility 11F disk.
     BRUN dirsortV2.
     Ignore error message and RUN
     Smartkey III (Disk drive 1)
     Smartkey I (alphabetize)
     (It now goes through all the steps)
     Final go ahead to replace old directory?
     y/n?  y (yes)
     Operating light on disk drive comes on.
     Program tells me: Directory now alphabetized.
     It seems so simple and straightforward. But then I catalog it only to find the directory is not alphabetized.  I'm stumped!
     Any assistance appreciated. --John S. Harris, l05 Burning Tree Lane, Boca Raton, FL 3343l. Phone (407) 392-6592. 
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