HELPS IN USING THE DARBY DISK

HOW TO ACCESS:

Method 1

• There is an ICON labeled ISYS
• After awhile the screen appears...
• Click away the unnecessary "don't reproduce" banner
• Then a screen appears...click on the far left of the second row from the top
• The ISYS Query appears
• Click on Q...type in search criteria

Method 2

• Hit START
• Up to Programs
• Then over (or down) to ISYS Text Retrieval
• Then over to ISYS Query
• The ISYS Query appears
• Click on Q...type in search criteria

A FEW HELPS IN USING THE DARBY DISK

The reference(s) that appear on the screen resulting from a search are sometimes ambiguous and/or difficult to interpret.

A single item appearing on the screen is often a range of pages including much more material than desired. But upon clicking on that single item the reference sought will be given on the screen with the specific search words outlined in red. But to obtain the source—be it Letters or other source material—it will require a back-up to the last appearing code. The following points may be of some additional help.

COLLECTED WRITINGS (Stow Hill ed.)

The words Collected Writings are written out with the following code used:

01013E:1>206, where
01...34 = vol.# (1 thru vol.34)
13E = article # in volume 1
>206 = page # in vol. 1

NOTES AND JOTTINGS (Stow Hill ed.)

The words Notes and Jottings are written out with the following code used:

40001E>1, where
40 = vol.# (1 thru vol.5 in one)
1E = article # in volume
>1 = page # in specified volume

NOTES AND COMMENTS (Stow Hill)

The words Notes and Comments are written out with the following code used:

41001E>1, where
41...47 = vol.# (1 thru vol.7)
1E = article # in volume
>1 = page # in specified volume

LETTERS (Stow Hill edition)

The code used for the Letters is very confusing. The numbers 51, 52, 53 are used to designate vols.1-3, respectively. The following code is used:

51109E>p210, where
51...53 = vol.# (1 thru vol. 3)
109E = letter # in specified volume
>p210 = page # in specified volume

SYNOPSIS (Stow Hill edition)

The code used for the Synopsis is the most confusing and difficult to interpret of all the various sections of the writings. For instance, the Bible book Proverbs, or even Luke, may be used instead of the word Synopsis. Therefore, the following may be of some help in interpreting the code used:

61011F:1>7, where
61= the uniform first two #s used for all five vols. of the Synopsis
11F = the book of the Bible designation, eg, Genesis
Note: each successive book number is increased by 10, so that the next book, Exodus, is 11+10, or 21.
F:1 = the paragraph number (but not always, because extra paragraphs are sometimes added)
>7 = the page number

Summary of the Synopsis is as follows:

• Vol.1: contains Gen. - 2 Chr., coded 11 - 141
• Vol.2: contains Ezra - Song of Sol. coded151 - 221; Introd. to the Prophets coded 230; Isaiah - Malachi coded 231 - 391.
• Vol. 3: contains Intro. to the New Testament coded 006, 007, and 400; and Matt. - John coded 401 - 431.
• Vol. 4: contains Acts coded 441; Introd. to the Epistles coded 450;Romans - Phil. coded 451 - 501.
• Vol. 5: contains Col. - Rev. coded 511 - 661

NOTE TO SYNOPSIS:

• Each book of the Bible is [generally] coded by more than a single number. For example, in addition to 11 for Genesis, 12 and 13 are also used; in addition to 141 for 2 Chronicles, 142, and 143 are also used. Similarly with many , if not all, of the other books: in addition to the two-to-three-place number, such as 11 and/or 141, other numbers are [often] used which are merely 1, 2, or even 3 added to the root number.

• 003 (61003, that is) designates the Preface to the Synopsis and is the first section of vol. 1.
• 001 (61001, that is) designates the Dear Reader section placed after the Preface.
• 004 (61004, that is) designates the Introduction to the Synopsis placed after the Dear Reader section, and immediately before Genesis.
• 230 (61230, that is) designates the Introduction to the Prophets placed before Isaiah.
• 006, 007, and 400 (61006, 61007, and 61400, that is) designate the Introduction to the New Testament placed before Matthew.
• 450 (61450, that is) designates the Introduction to the Epistles placed before Romans.

SUMMARY OF DARBY DISK: WRITINGS

The first two numbers in the code are as follows:

• 01-34for 34 vols. of Collected Writings
• 40for the one vol of 5 vols. of Notes and Jottings
• 41-47for 7 vols. of Notes and Comments
• 51-53for 3 vols. of Letters
• 61for 5 vols. of Synopsis
• 62for Hymns

EXAMPLE OF SEARCHING ON THE DARBY DISK: WRITINGS

Example 1:

Let's search for the expression "Be to their faults a little blind and to their virtues ever kind." The words "virtues ever kind" will be searched as follows: virtues /2/ kind. The search response appears on the screen as: <52157E>p252 Dear F Cavenagh, -I was ver 2 Hits The first two numbers — 52 — indicate that the source book is Letters vol. 2, but no more. The next step is to double click on the code appearing on the screen, and then the actual desired passage appears red highlighted, but with no reference information. The next step is to back up the screen until the first previous code on the left hand margin appears, which will be as follows: <52217E>p344. This code means that the search criteria, virtues /2/ kind, is in Letters vol. 2, and the letter containing the searched expression starts on page 344, and is in the 217th letter in vol. 2. The best guesstimate of the page that the expression is on is that it is probably p 344+1—the previous code number—or p 346-1, the next code number after the highlighted searched expression. In this particular example the variance between the two codes is short, and therefore the accuracy of the guesstimate is high. In another possible scenario the variance of page estimate may be as much as two pages off.

Example 2:

To find quickly a book of the Bible discussed in the Synopsis use the following approach:

<61(code of the book)F> ,

but be sure for a book like Ruth with only 2 numbers — 81 — use a 0 before the two numbers, 081. Thus, Ruth would be <61081F>, and NOT merely <6181F> .

ADDENDUM: NUMBERING OF BOOKS OF THE BIBLE IN THE SYNOPSIS

Dear Reader= 01 (after the Preface)
Preface= 03 (first in Synopsis)
Intro to Synopsis= 04 (after Dear Reader)
Intro to NT= 06 (before Intro to NT #400)
Intro to NT= 07 (before Intro to NT #400)
Gen = 11
Ex = 21
Lev = 31
Numb = 41
Deut = 51
Josh = 61
Judg = 71
Ruth = 81
1 Sam = 91
2 Sam = 101
1 Kings = 111
2 Kings = 121
1 Chr = 131
2 Chr = 141
Ezra = 151
Neh = 161
Esther = 171
Job = 180 (?!)
Psalms = 191
Prov = 201
Eccles = 211
S of S = 221
Intro to the Prophets= 230
Isaiah = 231
Jeremiah = 241
Lamentations = 251
Ezek = 261
Daniel = 271
Hosea = 281
Joel = 291
Amos = 301
Obadiah = 311
Jonah = 321
Micah = 331
Nahum = 341
Hab = 351
Zeph = 361
Haggai = 371
Zech = 381
Malachi = 391
Intro to NT= 400
Matthew = 401
Mark = 411
Luke = 421
John = 431
Acts = 441
Intro to Epistles= 450
Romans = 451
1 Cor = 461
2 Cor = 471
Gal = 481
Eph = 491
Phil = 501
Col = 511
1 Thess = 521
2 Thess = 531
1 Tim = 541
2 Tim = 551
Titus = 561
Phil = 571
Heb = 581
James = 591
1 Peter = 601
2 Peter = 611
1 John = 621
2 John = 631
3 John = 641
Jude = 651
Rev = 661