CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 1

PIP Editor's Message

With the permission of the CFOG Board of Directors I am altering the publication schedule of PIP. The intent is to furnisch you, subject to CFOG finances, with almost as many pages of information as we have in the past, but in fewer packages. In the past 'customary' issue has been 12 pages, issued monthly. One page, the back page, is reserved for standard information and the address panel. A quarter of page two is the masthead. An eighth of page one is the logo. Net, you get 10.625 pages or 127.5 pages a year.

The new schedule will call for eight issues of 16 pages each. With the same standard information per issue you'll get 109 pages a year. If CFOG finances permit we'll run more pages in some issues and give you just as much or more as before.

Why are we doing this? Well, it will provide us with some small economies, since bulk rate postage is the same [at present] up to 3.2 ounces, so a copy of PIP costs the same to mail whether it is 8 pages, 12 pages, or 24 pages. Thus, fewer mailings mean less postage expense. Since postage is slated to rise in the Spring, that saving will be over $100 per year. There should be some small economies in the cost of the mailing process, since we'll only pay Modern Impressions to label and mail eight times a year instead of twelve.

But really we're doing it because it suits the convenience of the Editor who finds the process of getting geared up as often as is required for mothly issues a drag. It's not that much work to put out a 16 or 20 page issue.

The schedule will run something like this: the first issue will go to the printer about February 15. It won't hit the mail for another week, and you won't see it until about March 1. After that each issue will run about six weeks later: March 28, May 11, June 22, August 10, September 21, November 2, December 14. The issues will bear those dates, regardless of the actual dates of 'publication'.

Just to heighten the confusion, we're making two additional changes. First, we've started a new volume number with the first issue of 1988: volume 7. Volume 6 therefore contains only 2 issues, November and December of 1987. Second, we're going to do something I've done with every publication of this sort I've edited in the past: consecutive page numbering. That means that the March 28 issue will begin with page 17. Actually, this should make it easier for you: when we refer to old articles by volume and page you'll be able to find them much faster. Well maybe not old articles, but those from 1988 on. To reflect this change, and to make the numbering meaningful in terms of finding articles, the footer on each page has been changed to carry the publication's name, the volume and date, and the page number.

Complaints accompanied by an article submitted for publication in PIP, no shorter than 15K bytes in length, suitably edited and ready for publication, will given serious consideration. Other complaints will properly filed.

MS-DOS Users, Renew!

There's a listing in this issue of PIP of new files on the RCPM for MS-DOS useres. These files are also being added to our disk library so they'll be available for copying at meetings. If you've switched to MS-DOS, CFOG is still the place for you go load up on public domain software and shareware. If you had considered dropping CFOG because we don't support MS-DOS, reconsider. It's not too late.

Downtown Meetings

We get only a few members at our downtown meetings. They are on the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at 55 West Monroe Street, #2400. Pizza from Edwardo's is served [$6.50] for those who don't have a chance to go home and eat first.

The downtown meetings do not normally have a planned program. We try to deal with as many individual problems as we can on a personal level. There are several Osborne and Kaypro CP/M systems in the office where the meetings are held, and a Kaypro 16 MS-DOS system, so it's not necessary to bring a computer for disk copying. Both MS-DOS and CP/M libraries are available.

Join us.

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 2

V-Spell: Some More Comments; and Some Comments on The Word Plus

by Benjamin H. Cohen

Copyright 1987 by Benjamin H. Cohen. All rights reserved.

I reviewed V-Spell ($79.95, for both CP/M and MS-DOS systems from CompuView Products, Inc., 1955 Pauline Boulevard, Suite 200, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, 313-996-1299) in the July 1986 issue of PIP. Since then I have acquired a Kaypro 10. As I noted before, using V-Spell with an Osborne single-sided floppy disk system was less than great since the program and word list would not fit one disk. With a hard disk I decided I'd try out V-Spell again. In the meantime, of course, the release of WordStar 4 brought a new word list for The Word Plus, now bundled with WordStar 4 (as it used to be bundled with NewWord).

One item of terminology ought to be pointed out at the very beginning. Both programs (and all currently available spelling checkers that I am aware of) refer to their word lists as dictionaries. They aren't, they are just lists of words.

The word lists are closer to each other in size now: THE WORD PLUS's word list is 1089 records or 137K bytes while VSPELL's is 1220 records or 153K bytes. But the difference in size doesn't really account for the differences in words listed or speed of operation. When I ran both programs against a part of the PC-File 80 User's Guide V-SPELL took 1:18 against 45 seconds for THE WORD PLUS. But the time to check the file against the word list is only half of the story: if one program finds a lot more non-match words that are in fact correctly spelled, YOU will spend a lot more time telling the program to ignore (or in the case of THE WORD PLUS to discard) or add the words to the word list, not to mention the time you'll spend looking at a hard copy dictionary to make sure that some words are really correct and simply not in the program's word list. If one program gives a lot more 'false hits', words that are correctly spelled but not in its word list, you'll lose more time telling the program to ignore them or add them to a supplemental word list than you would with the program that took longer to do the check in the initial stage.

The file checked contains about 3300 - 3500 words. The reason it's hard to be sure is that it's filled with codes for Magic Print, and different word counting programs gave widely varying counts. Suffice it to say that the codes did not confuse either THE WORD PLUS or V-SPELL.

There were a number of words that both programs listed as mismatches. These included three that were typographical errors. Most of the rest of the words that were on both lists were proper nouns, names like PC-File and KaftorWare that no word list would be likely to have. There were two words that V-SPELL called mismatches that weren't on THE WORD PLUS's list: Ben and Kodak.

The following 24 words were on THE WORD PLUS's list of mismatches but not on V-SPELL's: ASCII, backspacing, clone, cloned, Cohen, copiers, databases, Dietrich, DOS, Inc., LaserJet, MailMerge, Mb, Microsoft, Mr., Ms, Osborne, Packard, PC, printers, spreadsheet, spreadsheets, typeset, wildcard. The remarkable thing is the number of proper nouns obviously included in the V-SPELL word list. At the same time some common words like printers and typeset were not in THE WORD PLUS's word list. Most notably, THE WORD PLUS still shows its old failing: it lacks plurals of many common nouns that it has in its word list. Just making up a list of common words out of my head, I found the following words that were in THE WORD PLUS's word list but only in singular form, not as plurals: bookkeeper, copier, database, davenport, laser, printer, petunia and plumber. TV wasn't in the list, but was in V-SPELL's list. Petunia, on the other hand, was missing from the V-SPELL list.

I made one other comparison: I grabbed the Random House Dictionary, Concise Edition (paperback), from a nearby shelf and entered just about all the words from two adjacent pages. A number of words were missing in both word lists: housemen, *housings, *hovels, howler, howlers, hoyle, *hubbubs, *huckleberrys, hud, *huffs *hugs, *hulls. The asterisk in front of seven words indicates that the singular was in each program's word list but not the plural.

But an even larger number of words were missing from THE WORD PLUS's list only (there were no words in THE WORD PLUS's list that weren't in V-SPELL's list): *houselights, housemaid, housemaids, houseman, *housetops, housewarming, housewarmings, *howdahs, hoyden, huarache, huaraches, hubcap, hubcaps, *hucksters, *huddles. The asterisk again indicates the five words of which the singular was in THE WORD PLUS's list, but not the plural.

There are other differences between the two programs. THE WORD PLUS allows you to have a general supplemental word list and a supplemental word list for the particular file (or group of files) and will check both. V-SPELL will only check one supplemental word list. On the other hand, V-SPELL allows you to add your supplemental word list to the main word list. You won't want to do this every day, but you can do it periodically whenever the supplemental word list grows too large. Indeed, you can create a supplemental word list with your word processor or editor if you want to add a lexicon of technical terms or proper names that you use frequently without having to go to the trouble of finding them in files. Of course it would be a big improvement if V-SPELL could recognize more than one supplemental word list.

Both THE WORD PLUS and V-SPELL can be used to globally hyphenate a file. This can be very useful for a long file since you can then reformat it and get the tightest and probably the best appearance without spending hours staring at the screen making hypnenation decisions. It's especially true since WS4 doesn't have a hyphenation algorithm at all. It just puts the cursor at the last character on the line and asks whether that's where you'd like to hyphenate. (If you don't believe me, just try it.) It's especially nice if you're using Magic Print which prepares true proportionally spaced justified text and will split words with soft hyphens as it prints. With fully hyphenated text you'll get much nicer looking text in general, though you may find some places where you'll have several lines in a row with hyphens at the end.

There's a big difference between V-SPELL's hyphenation and THE WORD PLUS's. THE WORD PLUS uses a hyphenation algorithm (i. e., rules about where to place hyphens in words) together with a file of exceptions, HYEXCEPT.TXT. You can edit the HYEXCEPT.TXT file with WordStar, so if you find that THE WORD PLUS's hyphenation gives you strange results on a particular word you can add it so that the next time THE WORD PLUS will get it the way you want. V-SPELL, on the other hand, has hyphenation in its word list. If the word is in the word list it will be hyphenated according to the word list; presumably correctly. If you don't like the hyphenation in the word list, you can add the same word, hyphenated the way you want it, to the supplemental word list. When you add the. supplemental word list to the main word list it will substitute your hyphenation for the one originally in the word list. Likewise, you can hyphenate all the words in the supplemental word list before you add them to the main word list, if you want to.

V-SPELL's 59 page manual has no index. The table of contents is sufficiently detailed that you can probably find what you are looking for quickly, so this is not a significant drawback. THE WORD PLUS's documentation is 57 pages following Appendix G to the WordStar 4 manual, and is included in the general index to that volume.

I haven't been using THE WORD PLUS or V-SPELL enough to make a final judgement as to which I prefer. Obviously, there are benefits to each one. I intend to do more spell checking in the coming months than I have done in the past (having a hard disk available makes this a lot easier to do) and I'll publish my conclusions sometime later. I suspect that for many users of WordStar 4 the mere fact that THE WORD PLUS is bundled with WS4 will be enough to discourage them from spending additional money for any other spelling checker, since despite it's shortcomings it does work. (Perhaps MicroPro, or more likely Software Heaven/Oasis Systems, the publishers of THE WORD PLUS, can be convinced to make the old THE WORD PLUS word list available for use by those who have single sided disks and can't profitably use the new bigger dictionary.)

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 4

File Conversion Programs for CP/M Computers

by Steve Lucius

CP/M with its multitude of disk formats often requires either hardware or software solutions to the problem of getting one computer to read another's files.

The hardware solution is to call up the other computer using telephone lines and a modem, or modem eliminator cable and download files from one to another. In the case of totally incompatible formats, such as 8 inch disks and 5 inch disks this is often the only way, unless you can find someone with both sizes of disks on their computer. A good program to use for this is MODEM7 as it has a batch mode so that you can give each computer one command and go get a cup of coffee until they get done transferring files. This can take 20 minutes or so for a 360K disk at 1200 baud. You may be able to go faster on a straight cable. I can swap files between my two machines at 2400 bps with no problem, yet I have had to slow down to 1200 using an APC (NEC CP/M-86 based) with MODEMAPC talking to a Televideo using MODEM7 on a cable. No matter how slow it is it beats rekeying the file or program.

If the hardware is compatible there are also software solutions. If you are using an O-1 with 90K drives you fit in the category of hardware incompatible. If you are are using SSDD (single-sided double-density) drives such as an old Kaypro 2, a DD O-1 or Executive then you are partially compatible. You will be able to use some of the software solutions so that you will be able to exchange single-sided disks with other computers. You will be able to write disks that double-sided machines can read, and if they format their disks single-sided then you can read them.

(See the section on PCPIP below for instructions on formatting single-sided disks on an IBM or compatible computer with double-sided drives. Note: for best results when making single-sided disks on a double side drive an unformatted disk should be used.)

If the disk has previously been formatted double-sided, and then is formatted again in single-sided strange problems can occur when reading the disk on a computer with double-sided drives. However, formatting a disk disk that was originally single-sided as double-sided converts it completely to double- sided so is not a problem.

There are various programs that allow you to do this, both public domain and commercial. NOTE: all of these programs are machine specific.

Public Domain

Osborne 1
PCPIP, PCPIP2

These programs allow your SSDD O-1 to read single-sided disks written by an IBM PC or compatible. PCPIP writes/reads the old MS-DOS version 1 format that is obsolete. PCPIP2 reads and writes to the present format. The document file says it will read double-sided disks: it will but only one side at a time. What you are trying to copy may be on both sides so you will have holes in your files. PCPIP is in the CFOG library and PCPIP2 is on FOG disk #137.

PCPIP is menu driven and self explanatory. It will not format disks so you will have to format a single-sided 8 track disk in the IBM computer, then use PCPIP to transfer the data. In DOS 2 the command is "format /1 /8" for PCPIP (1-sided 8 track), and "format /1" for the newer 9 track for PCPIP2. In DOS 3.1 the command is "format /1 /4" to make disks in DOS 2.0 format single-sided. (The native format for DOS 3.0 on an AT is a 1.2M disk so you need the extra indicator.)

PCPIP2 is now on the Osborne new member disks.

OSTOKPRO

This program is in the FOG library (137) and converts Osborne 1s to read Kaypro SSDD formats. However when I tried to run it on my O-1 with 1.44 ROM, and 60k CP/M 2.2 it gives me an error code that it only runs on 1.4 CBIOS and a 59k system. It's companion "KFORMAT" makes fine single-sided Kaypro disks.

Kaypro
MFDISK2, MFDISK4, MFDISK10

These programs are on FOG disk 137 and are used to allow the different type of Kaypro machines to read other disk formats: Kaypro 2, 4 and 10. They are menu driven and seem straight forward. Unfortunately they don't run on the single-sided Kaypro that I have so I can't do any comparative testing. I've seen several CFOG members using it so it must work. These programs will be included in new Kaypro new member disks. [It doesn't seem to run on the new Kaypro 1 with the U-ROM. -- bhc]

According to the documentation these programs are similar to UniForm (see below) and so allow you to run the other formats programs. [Actually, MFDISK was written by Mycroft Labs for Kaypro Corporation and released by Kaypro. Mycroft Labs has a commercial extended version of this called COMPAT. See separate article following. -- bhc]

Commercial

MEDIA MASTER

This commercial program is available in machine specific versions for both CP/M and MS-DOS machines. There is a review of this program for MS-DOS users in the July FOGLIGHT, comparing it to UniForm. The versions of these programs work for CP/M and MS-DOS are similar.

Media Master allows you to copy files to and from and format disks in other formats. It is available for Osborne, Kaypro, and other assorted computers. If you have an Osborne and want to transfer a Kaypro disk to a Lobo format you load up Media Master from an Osborne format disk then put the Kaypro in one drive and the Lobo in the other. Log in one drive as Kaypro and the other as Lobo and transfer away.

UniForm

UniForm allows you to run other CP/M disk formats and transfer files to IBM PC format, as well as formatting disks. You can load UniForm on your DSDD Televideo and tell it the right hand drive is an Osborne, the load up WordStar from the left drive and use Osborne format disks in the right drive to put your document on. No need to convert the disk to another format, UniForm allows our Televideo to recognize the Osborne format disk.

UniForm can only configure one disk drive. So if you want to copy files from an Osborne format disk to a Lobo format disk you must first configure the right hand drive in the Televideo to Osborne, then copy the files to a Televideo format disk in the left drive. Then reconfigure the drive to Lobo format and copy the files to the Lobo format disk.

 

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 5

More File Conversion Programs for CP/M

by Benjamin H. Cohen

Copyright 1987 Benjamin H. Cohen.

In addition to the commercial Media Master and UniForm programs there are two additional programs, COMPAT, from Mycroft Labs, and MultiCopy from Plu*Perfect Systems. I'm running both on my Kaypro 10 which has only one floppy drive, in addition to UniForm and Media Master. I've prepared a file I call FORMATS.LST, which is currently in version 2, distributed as FORMATS2.LZT. It lists the formats supported by COMPAT, UniForm, Media Master, and MultiCopy. Suffice it to say there are lots of formats and each program has some that none of the others has. If ou have specific needs you should check FORMATS.LST in the most recent version before you buy.

Media Master, as Steve Lucius notes, is all menu driven and restricts you to acting within its framework. UniForm is better in that it configures one of your drives to the foreign format so that you can work directly with the disk, but only for CP/M formats. For MS-DOS formats UniForm is menu driven and forces you to use its system for accessing the directory of a disk or copying files. Like Media Master, in this mode UniForm cannot let you see the contents of a disk file or run a program. Both Media Master and UniForm are one program for all purposes.

COMPAT and MultiCopy generally work the same way: you have two programs, one to format disks and one to set drives. You don't have menus, you have a separate list of formats and you add the format designator as a command tail when executing the program. For example, you enter multicpy FD1 56 -F to format an Osborne SSDD disk. With COMPAT you enter Format osborn2. To set the drive to Osborne SSDD format you would enter Turboset 56 with MultiCopy and Compat osborn2 with COMPAT.

COMPAT and UniForm both sit in high memory while they are resident, stealing some of your computer's TPA (Transient Program Area, the portion of your computers RAM or main memory reserved for running programs and their data files). With the TurboROM in m Kaypro 10, however, MultiCopy uses NO TPA to set my one floppy drive to any of the formats that it can work with (it would be 89 formats if I had a quad-density floppy; it's about 50 without that).

Plu*Perfect Systems has just released a new version of MultiCopy. With the new version TurboROM Kaypros can set a floppy drive to MS-DOS format as well as CP/M formats, and a new program included with MultiCopy, DOSDISK, allows your Kaypro to directly read and write MS-DOS format disks using their CP/M programs. It's not foolproof: VDE isn't able to read files on the MS-DOS disk, but NewSweep works nicely.

I found COMPAT at CP/M Connection, Box 236, McPherson, KS 67460, 316-241-3100, for $34.24, in versions for Kaypro Sanyo, Televideo, Zenith and Zorba. They also offer UniForm for Actrix, Bondwell, Epson, Kaypro, Micromint. Morrow, NEC PC, Osborne, Televideo, Toshiba, Xerox, and Zenith, for $59.99.

MultiCopy is $39 from Plu*Perfect Systems, Box 1494, Idyllwild, CA 92349. The TurboROM is $59.95 and MultiCopy ought to be $39. Add $5 shipping. You can probably get it for $25 if you purchase it with the TurboROM. For the advantages of the TurboROM itself, see the August 1987 issue of PIP.

Media Master can be obtained from Spectre Technologies, Inc., 22458 Ventura Blvd., Suite E, Woodland Hills, CA 91364, [800] 824-7888, operator 407, $39.95 plus $4 shipping per order. Media Master is available for Osborne 1 and Executive (it was bundled with Vixen) , all Kaypro CP/M compturs (except Robie), Zenith Z-100, Sanyo 555, and IBM PC/XT/AT and most compatibles. A DEC Rainbow version is $99.95.

 

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 6

More VDE News!

I know, I know, you've heard it before: "There's another version of VDE out." Of course, nowadays that really means two new versions, one for MS-DOS and one for CP/M. Don't expect as many new CP/M versions as in the past. VDE 1.1 for MS-DOS users most notably adds the ability to edit multiple files at one time.

From my point of view the most significant change in VDE Version 2.63 for CP/M useres is the change to make ^QA, the search and replace function, start automatically at the top of the file. Despite indications that other useful changes had been made, I promptly crossed this version off my list: often I want my search and replace to begin at the cursor, not jump to the top of the file. There my be seventeen occurences of the string I want to replace that are ahead of the cursor. Maybe I don't want to replace any of them. And I don't want to answer 'N' seventeen times before getting to the point of real start. Eric tried out this new 2400 bps modem recently by logging onto CFOG II. Leave him a message if you don't like ^QA to start at the top of the file!

There are some files in our library with patch points and hints for creating macros for use with VDE. The macros will work with the MS-DOS version, too. The patch points are for the CP/M version and enable you to make it even more like WordStar.

 

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 8

DOS Doings

by Steve Lucius

The upgrade to PROCOM called PROCOM PLUS which was supposed to be out in December now has an expected delivery date of February 1, 1988 according to the PROCOM support bulletin board. (The number is 314-474-8477)

According to "Computer Shopper" there is a new upgrade out for Borland Turbo Basic (1.1) which costs $15 and a call to Borland (800-255-8008). The same article said the shipping dates for Borlands' Data Base Toolbox and Communications Toolbox were fourth quarter. I called Borland and was told that they were taking orders now for the upgrade and the Communications Toolbox is due out first quarter 1988. Not bad for something nationally advertised in early 1987.

There is a new upgrade out for Twin (the Lotus 1-2-3 clone) that is available now for $19.95 plus $5 shipping. You get three disks with DOC files on the changes and no manuals. The upgrade is supposed to improve speed (I couldn't measure any change in loading or recalculating spreadsheets) and allow reading of Lotus 1-2-3 Version 2 spreadsheets. It does this, however it is still a Lotus 1-2-3 Version 1A clone and does not handle commands unique to Lotus 1-2-3 Version 2. When you consider that Twin lists at $100 and can be found discounted to about $40 it is quite a bargain. PC Magazine in their review of high powered spreadsheets in 1987 listed Twin among them. Also in their recent review of low powered ones they mentioned Twin saying that you can get a high powered spreadsheet like Twin for less than the price of the ones they were reviewing. It's just the right package to have if you use Lotus 1-2-3 at work and want a legal copy of a program that can use Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets.

I uploaded to CFOG II a program called THRASHER.ARC. Thrasher tests your computer and hard drive to see what the optimal setting for buffers is. The default (3) is not nearly enough and I have heard anywhere from 20 to 50 being right. Using this program on my XT clone and an AT clone at the office I ended up with 6 buffers being the fastest. Excess buffers waste memory and slow access. Try it and see.

I plan to load the PC Magazine test program for IBM compatibles that test everything including processor speed, hard drive speed and printer. I used the disk access test on them to double check the numbers that THRASHER gave out and they were right.

For those of you who only occasionally read Computer Shopper, one of its larger advertisers, BCE, went out of business. I have heard several complaints about them was dissatisfied the one time I called about a possible order, however I didn't know they were close to bankruptcy.

[Some of the merchandise offered by BCE, notably the Xerox 8/16 system, showed up in the February issue of Computer Shopper offered under another dealer in a different location. The copy is the same: there's even a mention of something available from BCE! -- bhc]

For those who never visit the computer shows in town, here's my mini-review of the Computer Central show January 24 at the Woodfield Hilton (Route 53 and Euclid Ave). There are a couple of shows that visit the Chicago area regularly and it is one of the better ones.

As you walk in the front door of the Hilton the first thing you see is the sign for the show. This is handy but the sign doesn't say where the show is. The last 2 times it has been the room to the right of the sign. The cost is $5 per person or $4 with a coupon. The room contains several tables of both hardware and software for PC clones, Apple and Commodore computers.

There were 5 vendors of PC compatible public domain software and at least 3 vendors of 5 inch disks for around a quarter apiece. Other vendors have hardware and one handles varieties of paper and labels. Looking for specific hardware or software can be frustrating in that many vendors handle several lines, and there is no order to the products, finding an Apple vendor surrounded by IBM compatible vendors is not unusual.

One buy spotted was Bell 4800 baud data modem for $50. I'm not a real expert on them but they looked like they required a dedicated 4 wire line. It is an interesting place to shop, but you must know the prices of things before shopping there.

It beats the other main computer show that tends to be at the Itasca Holiday Inn. The one in Itasca tends to have more dealers of used and abused equipment, while the one at the Hilton tends to have new equipment vendors. Check the Tribune classifieds under computers or Computer Shopper to find the dates for the next one.

 

 

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 9

WordStar's Page Control Dot Commands: Page Length, Top and Bottom Margins, and Line Height

by Benjamin H. Cohen

Copyright 1987 by Benjamin H. Cohen. All rights reserved.

One of the least understood groups of features of WordStar has been its page control dot commands: page length, top and bottom margins, and line height. This may be because WordStar versions 2.26 and 3.3 do not support the line height dot commands with dot-matrix printers, and were unable to properly display page breaks in screen displays if you changed line height within a document. NewWord 2 and WordStar 4 do support the line height dot command for most dot matrix printers and generally (though not always) display page breaks correctly even when you change line height in a document.

Line Height

Vertical motion or line height is measured in 48ths of an inch. You set it by entering ".lh nn" starting in column 1 on any line in a WordStar document. The default is ".lh 8", or 8/48ths of an inch, which means six lines per inch. This is the same as typewriter single-spacing. Double spacing is 16/48ths of an inch or ".lh 16". We have a typewriter in the office that has one-and-a-half spacing; that's 9/48ths of an inch or ".lh 9".

WS doesn't care whether you enter upper or lower case letters for dot commands and the first space after the dot command is ignored, so you can enter ".LH9" or ".lh 9".

Versions of WS before Release 4 display a warning message that page breaks won't display properly (they will work properly on print-out) if you put a line height dot command anywhere but at the top of a document. NewWord 2 and WS 4 omit this warning. On some occasions however, both will get confused and make mistakes in displaying page breaks. Since NewStar Software was aware of this as early as 1985 (when I complained about it) I doubt that it will ever be fixed. But you can change line height within a document with impunity, making some sections. single spaced (.lh 8) and others double spaced (.lh 16).

The best thing about the line height dot command, especially with WS4 or NW, is that you can change spacing at print time without losing the ability to see a full 24 lines of text on the screen. If you use the OS2 command to set line spacing to double spacing, you see only half as much text at a time on your screen. That makes your task more difficult.

Page Length and Top and Bottom Margins

Page length is measured by WS and NW in constant terms of six lines per inch, regardless of line height. In the US most of us use 11 inch long paper which works out to 66 lines. Even if you set your line height to 8 lines per inch, WS and NW still think that your 11 inch long paper is 66 lines long.

Thus, if you want to use 14 inch paper (the Illinois Supreme Court has forbidden lawyers to use it in court, but it's still called "legal" size; are the other sizes "illegal") you have to tell WS or NW that your page length is 84. Again, page length is measured six lines to the inch regardless of line height setting.

Top and bottom margins are set the same way: six lines to the inch. A lot of us forget when we are using odd size paper or labels that the top and bottom margins have to be adjusted. WS and NW have default values: they are 3 lines (3/6ths or 1/2 an inch) at the top and 8 lines at the bottom (8/6ths or 1 1/4 inches). I've never been able to understand these choices: I usually want and have always been taught to leave an inch at the top and an inch at the bottom. My copies of WS and NW are set with top and bottom margins at 6, one inch (except at the laser printer, see below).

If you are using short paper or labels you have to adjust the margins. For 15/16ths x 3.5 inch labels, you use page length 6, top margin zero and bottom margin one (".pl 6", ".mt 0", ".mb 1"), since there is a bit of space between the labels so you can't really print on all six lines.

If you want to print more lines on a page, a common desire when you're printing with a 15 pitch print wheel on a daisy wheel printer or in compressed mode on a dot matrix printer, you can set line height to 7/48ths or 6/48ths of an inch, thus getting a lot more lines on a page. DO NOT change the page length. If you do, you'll find the paper ejects too far before the next page starts.

Mark Bordsen's problem (Letters, November 1987 FOGLIGHT, page 4) has NOTHING to do with his Silver Reed EXP-550 printer. It has only to do with WordStar. Bordsen set page length to 71 while using a line height of 6. This causes his printer to push every page up an extra 5/6ths of an inch. If he sets his page length back to 66 (by deleting the line height dot command in the file and letting the default stand), top margin to 6, and bottom margin to 6, he'll get 72 lines of print on the page with one inch margins at top and bottom.

Laser Printers

Laser printers generally cannot print on the top and bottom edges of the paper (nor near the left and right margins). Page length is considered to be 60. If you do not re-install your WS or NW for 60 lines to the page or put a ".pl 60" command in your document you will get page break creep, with the top of the page moving down six lines every page. If you have more than one printer, with one a laser printer, you'll have to have separate versions of WS/NW, use the Z-System's poke-and-go method, or remember to put the appropriate dot commands in your documents. This is a two-edged sword: if you put a ".pl 60" command in a file and then print it on your daisy wheel or dot-matrix printer you will get page creep in the opposite direction!

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 10

CP/M New Listings from CFOG's RCPM

The following are new programs uploaded recently to the CFOG II RCPM. These will shortly be in our disk library, if they are not already there. The following programs are all for CP/ M computers. Many of the text files in this listing will be of interest to our MS-DOS users, as well.

BANNER03.LBR
An exellent banner maker. Makes long signs on your printer. This one has various font styles, reverse, even Chineses numbers. 'C' language source code included.

BASXREF.ARK
MBASIC cross reference utility.

CALNDR88.TZT
Text 1988 calendar to print out.

CARDFILE.ARC
Nice name-address-phone-memo TSR program. Docs included!

C-TUTOR.ARC
Languages A tutorial on the basics of the 'C' programming language.

CTUTORAL.ARC
Languages A HUGE, very extensive 'C' language self-study course. Includes a complete course textbook.

CHALK21.ARC
Supercalc-like electronic spreadsheet program for CP/M systems.

DDTZ26.LBR
The L command now handles the MOV instruction correctly.

DISKNUM.LBR
Numbers disks for catalog programs. Places the -nnn files on the disks, increasing the number with each disk.

DU88.LBR
Recent version of the Disk Utility patcher for fixing up files and directories.

EBASIC.LBR
The complete EBASIC language, the precursor of Digital Research's CBASIC.

EDIR.LBR
A magnificent program by the author of Xtrakey that permits the user to enter the Twilight Zone of CP/M, the Erased Directory, to recover deleted (and even overwritten) files that were once beyond the pale. Vanilla CP/M 2.2 only.

EGUTIL52.LBR
Eric Gans' most recent annual collection of his utilities for CP/M. Many enhancements and new files. GKEY is upgraded. Also includes a list of MS-DOS utilities by Gans.

FANFLD13.LBR
Version 13 of Ron Rock's FANFOLD. Easier installation with on screen setting of printer commands and defaults. In two column mode any column may be set for column #2.

GKX390.LBR
Utility Latest update of Eric Gan's nifty little keyboard redefiner and macro builder, formerly GKEY2. Definition files are now ASCII, the ESCape lead in for 'super-shift' macros can be changed, and the size of the definition file can be set at 256 to 1024 bytes to conserve TPA when bigger definition file is not needed.

HARDDISK.BZY
KAYPRO A review of the Mini-Winnie hard disk drive for Kaypro's.

KAYAK.ARK
KAYPRO GAMES A graphics kayak (Kay AK) race game for Kaypro's.

KPCLICK.LBR
Kaypro A simple means of turning off the #%$ @% key click. For all CP/M Kaypro's.

KPWINDO1.LBR
Source code to make your Kaypro do windows.

KPSWTIP.TZT
A tip for Kaypro owners who use the SWP coprocessor board as RAM drive.

KPRODEMO.LBR
A program to allow echoing all of a Kaypro's screen output to the serial port. Multiple computers can be chained together to get a video output to drive a large monitor for group presentations.

K1Z3IN.LBR
A ready-to-run ZCPR3 system for the Kaypro 1 with U-ROM.

K84CHESS.LBR
This is a basic chess game, with video set up for all '84-series Kaypro machines (1, 2'84, 2X, 4'84, 10, Robie, and anything else that might be kicking around). It works pretty well (read, it's a challenge), and the video is nice. It's easiest to play if you take white, since the machine doesn't rotate the board for you. Enjoy!

MLOAD24.FIX
A fix for MLOAD24 to cure a bug that sometimes causes problems.

MEXXER.LBR
Contains M assembled for Xerox 820-II and Hayes compatible smart modem (MEX.OBJ). Two overlays for Xerox (MXO-XE12.AQM and MXO-XE2U.AQM) and smart modem overlay (MXO-SM13.AQM). Virgin MEX114.OBJ file and MLOAD.COM are included for developing custom version of MEX for Xerox 820-II.

MOCST3.LBR
Mortgage cost calculator.

NULU152A.LBR
From England, updated version of Martin Murray's NULU, fixing a bug of long standing.

NZEX-D.LBR
Version D of NZEX incorporates two notable new features: (1) there is control over the echoing of command lines (for use with Z34, which will not put up prompts while ZEX is running), and (2) ZEX input redirection is automatically turned off after each command unless a directive is used to turn it on when it is desired. This feature overcomes the problems with control-c and control-s interfering with programs.

PATCH18A.LBR
A screen oriented file patcher with search features. Very nice.

PHONPRFX.ARC
Two text files: one has phone number prefixes with where they're located in Illinois; the other has a list of Illinois towns and the phone prefixes that are used there.

QL21.LBR
Quick Look utility. Types crunched and squeezed files in libraries.

REDIR31.LBR
Allows CP/M 2.2, CP/M+, or MP/M to employ console redirection: That is, console output can be automatically sent to the printer and/or a disk file, and console input can be taken from a disk file as well as (or instead of) the keyboard.

SD130.LBR
This version of super directory now supports ZCPR3 named directories.

SHOBLK11.LBR
A program to repair floppy diskettes. Seeks and repairs bad disk sectors.

SIMPLE.ARK
MicroPro's WS4 printer driver program. Released to allow development of custom WS4 printer drivers. Requires M80 and L80.

SSTAT18.LBR
A replacement for Digital Research's STAT.COM. Has a NewSweep-like sweep mode.

TONKIN3.LBR
The entire collection of Bruce Tonkin's SYSLINK columns to date, currently through December 1987. Bruce is the author of CREATOR-REPORTOR and MY WORD! from TNT Software. Bruce has some interesting opinions about the state and the future of the computer software and hardware industry. Bruce comments on computer languages, the OS/2 operating system, computer hardware recommendations, and more. Includes a review of Microsoft Quick BASIC 4.0. Interesting reading.

TBL20.LBR
Utility to make a table of contents for WordStar documents.

TONKIN88.202 and TONKIN88.101
Bruce Tonkin's January and February 1988 SYSLINK column titled "Tradeoffs". Available on the NOTES directory, in TONKIN.LBR, and in the Featured Articles section of Z-Msg.

TURBOROM.DZC
Technical documentation, notes, and tips for the Advent TurboROM for all CP/M Kaypros.

VDE-PAT.LBR
Information about patching VDE. Change KU to KH, information on other patch points in VDE.

VDECUST.LBR
Customize VDE for Morrow MDT-60 terminal and Panasonic dot matrix printer.

VDEMAC2.LBR
Macros for VDE. If you're not using any macros with VDE you haven't started to get with it. Ideas for macros, by the way, are generally transportable, so some of these ideas may be useful with WordStar 4, or in any editor or word processor if you have a macro program like GKX390 [and shame on you if you don't].

VDE263.LBR
Latest update of Eric Meyer's fantastic WordStar-like word processor and editor. Adds ^KV to move blocks, ^W and ^Z to scroll up and down a line, changes tab settings to ^OI and ^ON, lets you set page length while in a file, can do blocks while in the block, starts ^QA at top of file. Adds Bondwell 14 to VDM install. If starting all search and replace functions at the top of the file BUGS you complain to Eric Meyer [he did this once before!]

VDE263.FZX
Bug fix for VDE version 2.63.

VLU101.LBR
Video Library Utility. Access library and disk files by pointer. Uncrunch, Unsqueeze, Extract, and View library and disk files. Crunch disk files into libraries.

WSPRINT.OVR
MicroPro's new printer overlay for CP/M WordStar 4.0.

XE2-WS4.LBR
Patches WordStar 4 for use on the Xerox 820-II with function keys.

XLISP.LBR
The XLISP programming language. XLISP is especially suited to Articial Intelligence program development.

YKEY21.LBR
Yet another public domain 'keys' program.

YMOMDEM.LBR
C language source code that can be included in any communications program to implement the YMODEM file transfer protocol. Includes documentation on the YMODEM protocol by the author. Also includes Ward Christensen's original MODEM protocol documentation.

 

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 12

New MS-DOS Files from CFOG II RCPM and our MS-DOS Disk Library

The following are recent uploads to the MS-DOS side of the CFOG II RCPM. Please also check the CP/M listings for text files of general interest.

ADDPATH.BAT
Batch file to temporarily add a path to the current search path.

AMTAX87.ARC
1987, Income Tax preparation program from AM software. A standalone system that does not require Lotus 1-2-3, only a PC-compatible. Includes programs to generate all tax forms. Shareware.

ANSWER.ARC
Program to turn your modem into a telephone answering machine.

ARCE.BIN, ARCE30.DOC
RENAME to ARCE.EXE. Extracts file from archives (.ARC).

AREACODE.ARC
Datafile and program to look up telephone area codes.

BANNER.ARC
Print any message, short or long, sideways on your printer to make personalized banners and signs.

BENCH.ARC
collection of pc magazine utilities for testing pc clones.

BBOOK20.ARC
A little black book mailing list database program.

BACKDOOR.ARC
Disk sector editor. Allows editing of files (even .EXE files) in place on the disk. DU for MS-DOS.

C-TUTOR.ARC
Languages. A tutorial on the basics of the 'C' programming language.

CAL.ARC
A spreadsheet program written in BASIC.

CASIOZ.ARC
Puts a calculator watch on the screen.

CATMERGE.EXE
allows you to combine two or more catalogs.

CATS22.ARC
Floppy disk cataloging system written in assembler.

CED.ARC
Command line EDitor. Recall and edit previously issued DOS commands. Scroll through old commands with a "history" capability. Make simplified "alias" names for complex commands. Very handy and powerful.

CFORMAT.CARC
Quick floppy disk formatter. Formats both drives at once.

CHASM40.ARC
A complete 8086 macro assembler.

CHGOTEL.ARC
Datafile and program to look up telephone prefixs to find the exchange location in Chicago.

CHKBOOK.ARC
Checkbook management program for Dbase III. Many features.

CHKDATE.ARC
A program to automatically enter a DOS command to be run on certain days or on a specific date or once a month.

CHRONO.ARC
A collection of time and date routines for the 'C' language.

CHURCMEM.ARC
A church membership management system.

CITYDESK.ARC
A simplified desktop publishing system for dot-matrix printers. Allows inserting of special fonts into printed documents.

CLRTSR.ARC
Removes memory resident programs (TSR's).

CODEVIEW.ARC
A full-featured working demo of the Codeview 'C' debugger from MicroSoft Corp. Includes sample programs to debug. Will only work with the unmodified sample 'C' programs, but provides a full run-through of the capabilities of Codeview.

COUPONS.ARC
Manage your collection of manufacturer's cents-off store coupons.

CREATOR.ARC
Bruce Tonkin's CREATOR-REPORTOR freeware programs. Requires BASIC. Creates powerful BASIC database program to your specifications. Custom input error checking and messages. Reports formatted to your liking. Packed data fields save space.

CTUTORIAL.ARC
Languages. A HUGE, very extensive 'C' language self-study course. Includes a complete course textbook.

DD.ARC
Double Directory: side-by-side directories of two floppies or directories / subdirectories of a hard disk. Scroll up/down in either directory independently of the other.

DECORATE.ARC
Plans the furniture layout in your home.

DFIX.ARC
Removes bad sectors from hard disk FAT's. Traps out bad sectors to avoid them being used.

DIGCLOCK.ARC
Puts a large color or monochrome digital clock on the screen.

DM_2V4.ARC
Very Good Directory Manager (User Configurable).

DM0917.ARC
Directory manager. Manage files on the hard disk drive.

DPATH30.ARC
A MUST HAVE PROGRAM! Dpath creates a search path for program datafiles, similar to the DOS search path for programs and .BAT files. A great addition to WordStar, SuperCalc, and other programs that have overlay files. Programs can find needed data files anywhere on the path.

DPROTECT.ARC
Protects your hard disk drive against BIOS write calls. Use to detect and protect against trojan horse programs.

DOSTIPS?.ARC
DOSTIPS1.ARC, DOSTIPS2.ARC, DOSTIPS3.ARC, DOSTIPS4.ARC and DOSTIPS6.ARC contain help files on using MS-DOS.

DREAMHOS.ARC
Build your Dream House. Layout the floor, plan and calculate the energy requirements.

DSKLABEL.ARC
Make diskette labels with the disk directory printend on them.

DSZ1228.ARC
Modem communications program featuring the faster ZMODEM protocol.

DS310.ARC
Directory Scanner displays all directories as a "tree". Use keyboard to move through directory names to copy files, erase files, make backups, etc.

DUPDSK20.ARC
Copy floppy disks like COPY with added ability to make multiple copies of a floppy.

D86V309A.ARC, D86V309B.ARC
8086 assembly language debugger.

EMCACHE.ARC
Program to cache hard disk operations with LIM expanded memory on IBM-PC's and XT's.

EXTRADRV.ARC
RAMDISK Program. Turn your extra memory into a superfast disk drive.

EYE.ARC
Moving graphic of a big eyeball. Big brother watches you.

FASTGIF.ARC
Fast display program for Graphics Interface Format (GIF) files.

FEDTAX87.ARC
Federal income tax forms for 1987. Note: This is shareware. It is in a Lotus 2 Spreadshee (.WK1).

FTAFIX.ARC
Bug fix FEDTAX87.ARC.

FILECAB3.ARC
Maintains up to 16 databases on disk that can searched quickly. Requires BASIC.

FINPAK.ARC
A BASIC program with many financial calculations. Future value of Investment, Annual Depreciation rate, Earned Interest Table, Loan Interest Table, Mortage Amortization, etc.

FCONSOLE.ARC
FANSI Console. An excellent replacement for ANSI.SYS with a ton of features.

FFORMAT.ARC
Utility to speed up formatting of large quantities of disks for dual floppy ms-dos systems.

FILEC.ARC
File name completer. Unix-like utility allows specifying file names by typing only the number of characters that are unique. i. e. if the directory contains ABC.EXE, AL.EXE, TY.EXE and AT.EXE, just typing AB will run ABC.

FILFLOP.ARC
Hard disk backup program to make use of all available space on the destination floppy disks. Checks the list of files to be backed up to find files that will fit best in the space available on the floppy disk. Prompts user to change floppies when full. Will also work to fill removable hard disks.

FIXHOST.ARC
A bug fix for the host mode in PROCOMM.

FKEYOVLY.ARC
Makes custom function key overlay cards on your printer. Enter the key functions, print it out, and cut the printout to fit over the function keys.

FLIP.ARC
Hides in memory for specified # of minutes; then quietly turns all of the screen output upside down.

FMAC2COM.ARC
Copies graphic pictures into a executable stand-alone .COM program.

FRAGS.ARC
Gives a listing of all fragmented disk files and tells how badly they're fragmented. Useful to see if commonly used files are fragmented badly, which will cause a servere slowdown in disk operation.

GALAXY22C.ARC
PC-WORD. A full-featured WordStar-like text editor.

GAPEND.ARC
Appends one text file to another.

GARFY.ARC
A graphics Garfield the Cat analog clock.

GEISHA.ARC
Geisha graphics.

GROCERY.ARC
Database program to manage the weekly grocery shopping list.

HELPME.ARC
Another practical joke. Makes a voice call out for help from inside the computer.

HGCIBM.ARC
Emulate CGA on EGA monitor.

HELPDOS.ARC
On-Line DOS Help program.

HISTORY.ARC
Memory-resident utility to recall previously used DOS commands.

IGGY&OGG.ARC
Picture for display with ANSI.SYS. Just TYPE IGGY&OGG.TXT.

ILL-DL.ARC
Program to decode the letters and numbers in Illinois drivers licenses.

IL-ZIPS.ARC
Program to look up post office ZIP codes for Illinois towns. Also will tell what town a ZIP code belongs to.

INSTANT.ARC
A free-form database program with a built-in word processor.

INSUREIT.ARC
Files to make an inventory of contents for an insurance claim.

INTERLEV.ARC
Calculate Interleave on Hard Disk drive. The better the interleave the faster the drive will be.

JACKET.ARC
Makes a personalized diskette jacket on the printer. Then you just cut along the dotted line... use a little glue...

JIVE.ARC
Converts a text file into Jive talk. Dig this bad boy, bro.

KEYCHK.ARC
Prints the codes for key combinations as they are pressed.

KNOVICE.ARC
Simple programming languange for experimenting with artificial intelligence applications.

LAFF.ARC
MSDOS MISC Program that tells jokes.

LDA101.ARC
Hard disk management program. Gives a report on duplicate files, subdirectory usage, disk block size, and more.

LISTER.ARC
Send files to your printer.

LIST62A.ARC
Lists one or more files to the printer. Formats the output for page breaks. VERY GOOD.

LOTTERY.ARC
Picks the lottery numbers for a number of state lotteries.

MAGICM.ARC
Good PD! Layout your new home with this.

MANAGEX.ARC
Complete time keeping, client billing, and bookeeping system for attorneys, consultants and other professionals.

MONITOR2.ARC
Monitor status of the hard and floppy disk drives on the screen.

MOREDOS.ARC
Program to reclaim memory above the 640K DOS user memory limit. Can make 734K available for user programs.

MPATROL.ARC
Moon patrol -- just like the arcade.

MSKERMIT.ARC
Kermit communications program for the PC compatibles.

MVPFORTH.ARC
The FORTH language.

NANSI.ARC
Another replacement for ANSI.SYS.

NJFRER.ARC
Nifty James's Free RAM program. TSR program displays in the upper right corner of screen free memory available.

NSWPPC19.ARC
PC-UTIL NewSweep for PC's. A file sweeper written by Dave Rand, the CP/M master sweeper. Handle subdirectories and .ARC's! THE ONE TO USE!

NUMLET.ARC
Converts a phone number into the "words" that it can represent. Changes the numbers into the letters on the dial.

NYWORD.ARC
New York Word, a popular shareware word processor.

NYWSPELL.ARC
Spelling checker for New York Word.

OPTIK200.ARC
PC Rockland OPTIKS programs. Displays readmac, gif, and other pictures. Like a spreadsheet for graphics.

OPTIMS.ARC
Test and Format Hard Disk for Best Interleave, giving faster disk operations.

PARTNER.ARC
Memory-resident disk and directory management utility. Moves, deletes, and renames files and directories. Requires CGA.

PATCH242.ARC
Text file describing a procedure to fix the "stack overflow error" bug in PROCOMM 2.42. The bug occurs when using CTRL-BREAK.

PC-CLICK.ARC
Gives an audible key click through the PC speaker. Volume and click duration can be varied from the keyboard.

PC-TAX87.ARC
Compiled Turbo-BASIC standalone program to prepare 1987 Federal Income Tax forms.

PCACT211.ARC, PCDOC211.ARC, PCACT211.TXT
PC ACCOUNT ver. 2.11 Home accounting and check writing system. Program files.

PCALC2.ARC
Lotus clone. Spreadsheet program.

PCBENCH.ARC
PC Magazine PC benchmark programs. See how your system measures up.

PCCURSES.ARC
A collection of 'C' language routines for window and cursor control on compatibles. Modeled after UNIX routines. Requires Microsoft 'C' compiler and MASM to compile.

PCS4.ARC
PC Status. Shows memory space, disk drive status, port, and equipment status and more.

PCFPLUS1.ARC and PCFPLUS2.ARC
Jim Button's PC-File Plus Version 1.0 shareware database program. A versatile flat database manager with input error checking, a variety of reporting options, and many other features. PC-File is a very popular and powerful program. [Version 2.0 released 8 February 1988]

PDPROLOG.ARC
Public domain version of PROLOG, a language especially suited for artificial intelligence applications.

PIBTERM1.ARC, PIBTERM2.ARC, and PIBTERM3.ARC
PIBTERM modem communications program. Shareware.

PKFIND11.ARC
Searches the floppy or hard disk drives for a file. Also searches .ARC's.

PKX35A35.EXE, PK35BUG.ARC
ARC file utility. Very fast and efficient. File is a self-contained .ARC. Just run PKX35A35, and it will extract all the files from within itself.

PMAP126.ARC
Gives a description of memory usage, showing what memory-resident files are present and how space they take up.

POWERKIT.ARC
Memory resident program (TSR) with many features.

PPRINT33.ARC
PPRINT printer control utility. Scans a directory to select files to print. Includes a special feature for the HP LaserJet to print on both sides of the paper. A variety of print fonts and controls can be selected at print time.

PROZ120.ARC
An external protocol package to add ZMODEM protocol to PROCOMM.

PRCM242.ARC, PRCDOC.ARC, PRCMFIX.ARC, PRCMSORT.ARC, POE.ARC
Procomm ver. 2.42 communication program. "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!" (Bill K.). Shareware. Features a good selection of communications protocols. Automates with externally read files.

PSTAT2.ARC
Utility to continously the printer status on the screen.

QFILE30E.ARC
QFILER disk and file maintenance utility like NewSweep. Features powerful screen information and control by function keys.

QMFIXDOC.ARC
Notes on how to bypass the title screen in QMODEM.

QSORT21.ARC
QUICK SORT. Sorts text files.

QUBECALC.ARC
Three dimensional spreadsheet program. Recommended.

QUICKCRT.ARC
Program to speed up CRT screen writes and to clear up the noise on some screens.

QUICKDRV.ARC
Flexible RAM Disk Program. Turn your system memory into a fast disk drive.

QUICKSPL.ARC
Flexible RAM Resident Printer Spooler.

QUIKPRNT.ARC
Companion Program to QUICKSPL.ARC above.

RBBS-PC.ARC, RBBS-SRC.ARC
RBBS -- Remote Bulletin Board System for MS-DOS. Add a modem and become a SYSOP.

REN-ANY.ARC
Program to rename files and/or directories.

RMAP.ARC
Displays what TSR programs are present in the system memory.

ROBIN10.ARC
External file to add round robin multiple phone number dialing to PROCOMM.

ROLODEX.ARC
Easy to use database program. It's just like using a Rolodex.

SCANBAD.ARC
Non-destructive diskette tester. Scans for and maps out bad sectors on a floppy diskette. Not for use on hard drives.

SCRNDISK.ARC
Memory-resident utility to save the entire video screen to a disk file.

SD6.ARC
Super Directory program: directory is initially sorted by filename, but at a touch of a key it can be eXt, Date, or Size.

SD31.ARC
Switch Directory Ver. 3.1. Change currently logged directory and directory path on the fly.

SHOWBACK.ARC
Display Size of Files before making hard disk backups with BACKUP.COM.

SIDEKICK.ARC
A collection of utility files to support Sidekick.

SIDEWAYS.ARC
Sideways clone. Prints spreadsheets sideways on the printer using graphics. View all of the columns even if the printout is wider than your printer paper.

SINCE.ARC
A program that lists all the files on the disk that were modified on or after a given date.

SLTOOLS.ARC
A collection of 'C' language tools to interface with MS-DOS.

SMALLC.ARC
MS-DOS version of the Small 'C' language compiler from Dr. Dobbs Journal.

SNIGLET.ARC
Makes "SNIGLETS" funny words and definitions.

SONPRO-2.ARC
Accessory file for PROCOMM to convert Sonka's BBS listing directly into a procomm phone number file.

STOK.ARC
Stock market tracker. Watch your portfolio.

TELIX.ARC
Modem communications program and terminal emulator.

THATSALL.ARC
A fun way to end batch file runs. Th-th-th that's all.

THRASHER.ARC
Tests computer to find optimal value for buffers in config.sys.

TODO23.ARC
Makes a computerized "THINGS TO DO TODAY" list. You enter today's date and it will tell you what needs to be done today, tomorrow, or yesterday.

TRACKIT.ARC
A Lotus 1-2-3 Spreadsheet for tracking your investment portfolio.

TSHARE.ARC
Memory resident (TSR) modem communications program and terminal emulator.

TSR.ARC
Collection of programs to manage TSR's (memory resident programs).

TXT2COM.ARC
Converts text files into runnable programs that type the text out.

ULTRA3.ARC
Phone dialer inspired by the one used in the movie "War Games". Enter a low phone number to start and high phone number to end and ultra will scan all of the numbers in between to detect modems.

VDE11.ARC
Eric Meyer's latest MS-DOS version editor: multiple file editing, DOS shells, ANSI & EGA support, time and date stamps, and more.

VOL7N03.ARC etc.
Utilities. PC Magazine Utilities Volume 7, Number 3, released 2/9/88 back through PC Magazine Utilities Volume 6, Number 8, released 4/28/87.

VMUSIC.ARC
Plays music on the PC. Includes a collection of songs.

VERDISK.ARC
Verify all Sectors on Hard Disk or Floppy disk. Like FINDBAD for DOS.

WASMWASM.ARC
8086 assembly code compiler.

WD-27X.ARC
Documentation and specifications for the Western Digital controller and the Seagate ST238R and ST225 hard disk drives.

WORDCT.ARC
Counts the numberof words in a document.

WPK.ARC
The Word Processor for kids. Teaches kids to communicate with words. Features large typestyle that kids are familiar with.

WSSI220.ARC
Floppy disk catalog program. Easy to use, powerful. Shareware. Does not sort until you ask it to, so quickly loads contents of directory of each disk into the catalog. Print reports on paper, disk, or to screen.

XANADU.ARC
A collection of excellent utilities.

XCELPCP.ARC
A collection of Procomm files to handle dialing on PC-Pursuit.

XWORD224.ARC
Converts text files created with word processing programs. Supports conversions between WordStar, WordStar 2000, Mutimate, Sidekick, XYWrite II plus, and Wordperfect formats.

YEARPLAN.ARC
A year planner program. Written to resemble the "write-on wipe-off" year plan wall charts. Insert-Edit activities for the year. It knows what days are holidays already.

YMODEM.LBR
C language source code that can be included in any communications program to implement YMODEM file transfer protocol. Documentation on the YMODEM protocol by the author. Ward Christensen's original MODEM protocol documentation.

ZANSI.ARC
A replacement for ANSI.SYS offering many features, more speed.

ZDEL40.ARC
Multiple file deletion utility. Accepts wildcards and prompts the user to verify the deletions.

ZZAP62.ARC
SYSOP'S CHOICE! -- a Norton Utilities clone that is nicer than the real thing. A disk sector editor that can modify files in place on the disk. CP/Mers -- This is SuperZap Plus for MS-DOS.

123UNP.ARC
Unprotect 1-2-3 Versions 1.0 to 2.0.

3X5.ARC
A versatile database program based on 3x5 card files. Features quick storage and retrieval of records by any field. Good for a lot of small records for quick retrieval.

87TAXLAW.ARC
Lotus 1-2-3 worksheets to determine the effects of the new tax laws on taxpayers. Calculates the W4 forms and compares 1987, 1988, and 1989 tax bills.

 

 

CFOG's PIP, February 1988, Volume 7 No. 1, Whole No. 63, page 15

ZCPR3 for Kaypro 1 with U-ROM

by Benjamin H. Cohen

Copyright 1987 by Benjamin H. Cohen. All rights reserved.

One of the new programs up on our RCPM and in our library is a ZCPR3 installation for the Kaypro 1 with the Universal ROM or U-ROM as it is called [not with a lot of affection]. Has anyone tried this? It's not as expensive as Advent's TurboROM, and won't speed up your disk drives, but it could make living with the U-ROM a bit easier.