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                          The  $ R / O

                        R E A D   O N L Y


                   -=( January 1987 Issue )=-



The   monthly   news  magazine of the Tampa Bay   Kaypro   User's
             Group and the DataCOM Super Systems(tm)

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News and reviews of programs, hardware, and peripherals for users
of microcomputers with CP/M,  MP/M,  MS-DOS,  PC-DOS, or TurboDOS
multi-user operating systems.
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               Steven L. Sanders - Editor (Sysop)

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This magazine and its articles may be freely distributed on other
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notices remain intact.  We readily accept material submitted from
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          -={ CP/M - It's Alive & Well in England! }=-

(The following text was taken from a letter to Steve Sanders)

Dear Steve,

     Hello from England!  I am a regular reader of your Read Only
magazine,  which one of my fellow BB users regularly uploads  and
transfers  to  a local RCP/M system.   I have been  reading  your
magazine  since October 1985 and,  as one who earns his living by
writing  for computer magazines,  may I compliment you on a  very
readable product!

     What prompts me to put pen to paper, however, is the article
headed 'The CPM Connection' in your Sept. '86 issue.  To those of
us on this side of the pond,  it appears rather whimsical, since,
over here, CPM is anything but dead and is in the the throes of a
full-scale revival!

     The responsibility for this activity is entirely due to  one
British  computer manufacturer - AMSTRAD.   From launching  their
first machine in October 1984,  they have now sold over 1 million
machines worldwide.  Amstrad is the biggest supplier in the U.K.,
France,  and  Germany (in France,  their market penetration is  a
whopping  44%!)  and  their  machines are to  be  found  in  most
countries,  including  Australia.   The range extends from a  64k
games  unit up to a 512k business machine and all have one  thing
in common - they all come bundled with CPM.

     My  own machine is called the PCW 8256 and Amstrad have sold
over  350,000  of  this  model in  the  last  eight  months!   It
comprises a Z80-based system with 256k RAM, expandable to 512k on
board.   Included  in  the  399  pound  (all  prices  are  pounds
sterling) price tag is a monochrome monitor,  an Epson-compatible
printer  and a single disk drive (there is space to add a  second
one.)  The disk drive is a 3" type (which is probably as  unusual
over there as it is over here,  but the units are cheap), using a
flip-over  disk with a formatted capacity of 173k per side.   The
second  drive  option  is a double-sided type  with  a  formatted
capacity of 706k.  The monitor has a 14" screen and displays text
in  a 90 x 32 format and graphics with a resolution of 720 x  256
pixels.   The  256k  RAM includes a 112k RAM drive  - adding  the
extra 256k expands this RAM disk (drive M:) to 368k.

     The printer has automatic paper loading, a removable tractor
feed  and  a paper guide.   Printer control is done  entirely  by
software,  the  usual  switches being replaced by a  special  key
(PTR),  which brings up a menu of the printer switches on-screen.
An unusual feature is the ability to do screen dumps at any time,
just by pressing two keys.

     The  keyboard  is  of  reasonable  quality,   with  83  keys
including  8  function keys,  a numeric keypad and  some  special
keys.   It is totally 'soft' and attaches to the main unit via  a
long  coiled cable.   The bundled software can be split into  two
sections.   (1) Word-processing with a program called LocoScript,
this  is  a  very  comprehensive  WP  with  drop-down  menus  and
dedicated  keys.   (2)  CPM-Plus  which provides for  a  61k  TPA
(transient program area) and auto-boots on power-up.   As well as
the  OS,  you  also  get Digital Research's LOGO  and  their  GSX
graphics  system,  along  with a host of other utilities such  as
MAC, RMAC, DUMP, and other programming aids.

     Third  party  suppliers  have also  been  quick  to  provide
hardware  expansions  and  you can now get  serial  and  parallel
ports,  battery-backed clocks,  hard disk units,  networks, mice,
joysticks  (there  is a growing games market for this  'business'
machine!)  and ADC interfaces.   My own machine sports  a  5-1/4"
second  drive  (706k) along with software to read/write  some  60
different disk formats.

     On the PD (public domain) side,  there is a lot of activity.
NSWEEP attracts fans daily,  MEX is far and away the most popular
communication   program,   and  DAZLSTAR  is  the  most   popular
disassembler.   A  new program that you won't yet have seen  over
there  is SCRIVENER,  which is such a different concept that  the
author couldn't find anyone willing to market it, so he placed it
into the public domain!  You will not have seen anything like it.
It's sort of a spreadsheet, sort of a text processor and has some
database commands and some programming structure and ...  well, I
guess  that  it's  as radical a concept as VisiCalc was  when  it
first appeared!

     This  isn't all academic,  by the way,  because the  AMSTRAD
computer is on sale in America,  through the Sears-Roebuck chain.
The  reason  that you might not have heard about it  is  because,
over there, it's called the Amstrad Typewriter.

     In England, the machine took the market by storm, because it
was sold as a replacement for the office typewriter.  Its bundled
WP capability was stressed and the computing aspect played  down.
However,  users  were  quick  to realize that there  was  also  a
powerful  computer with their WP and the marketing has taken this
into account.

     Not  so in America,  where it cannot compete as a  computer,
since  its US $799 price tag makes it a lot more  expensive  than
the domestic competition.  So, Sears sells it just as a dedicated
WP  system  and the computing side is not even  mentioned.   Next
time you pass a Sears store, take a look at this strange beast!

     Incidentally,  the Commodore C128 fares badly over here  for
much  the  same  reason that Amstrad can't compete over  there  -
price.   A  basic  C128  cost 500 pounds  here  - that's  without
monitor or printer.   For that price, you can get the Amstrad PCW
8512 (512k RAM) and twin disk drives!

Yours truly,

Barry Pickles, 13 Norman St., Manchester M12 5PR, England


          -={ Review: RUN/CPM(tm) Z80 Co-Processor }=-

                 Copyright 1986 - Steve Sanders

If you have moved from a CP/M machine such as a Kaypro,  Osborne,
Morrow, Xerox, or the like to a MS-DOS machine, I'm sure you have
acquired quite a few programs that are now useless.   And there's
always that one "special" CP/M program you wish you could find in
a  DOS version but just can't seem to locate.   The  answer  just
might  be to put a CP/M-engine inside of your DOS machine!   This
is very easily done with an IBM-PC or compatible clone,  all  you
need  is  a  plug-in co-processor board  like  Micro  Interface's
RUN/CPM(tm) Z80 board.

The  RUN/CPM  Z80 board requires a full-size slot even though  it
falls somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3-size, it's just a bit to long
for most 1/2 slots located behind the drives.  It contains a Z80B
CPU running at 6mhz and has the necessary chips to interface into
the PC bus.  Installation is simple, just plug the board in!

The  RUN/CPM  system may be purchased in one of  three  different
configurations  depending  on your current hardware and  software
and also whether or not you want Z80-opcode compatibility:


     1.   RUN/CPM  software by itself for users with  IBM-PCs  or
          clones with a standard 8088 CPU chip  installed.   This
          combination  will  only  allow you  to  run  8080-coded
          programs,  any  program with Z80 opcodes will "jam"  up
          the system causing you to re-boot.

     2.   RUN/CPM software and a NEC V20 CPU chip.

     3.   RUN/CPM software and the Z80 co-processor board for any
          PC, XT, AT, or compat clone.  The Z80 board also allows
          you to run ANY CP/M program, whether it has Z80 opcodes
          or just 8080 opcodes.


This  review  deals  with the #3 package as installed  in  my  AT
6/8mhz  clone.   As mentioned above,  the installation is simple,
just  remove  your PC's cover,  locate an empty  full-size  slot,
remove  the  blank plate,  install the board,  and  replace  your
cover.   Took  me  all  of about 10 minutes and requires  only  a
phillips  screwdriver.   Then  just copy the  software  from  the
diskette  supplied to your hard disk (or working disk if you have
a  floppy-only  system.)   You  need to  add  one  line  to  your
CONFIG.SYS  file  as follows:    DEVICE=READCPM.BIN    This  will
load  a  special  DOS device driver that allows  your  PC's  disk
drives to READ,  WRITE,  and FORMAT over 180 different CP/M  disk
formats when used with the RUN/CPM software.

I  don't know if it is my particular hardware or software  set-up
but,  the  actual use of my floppy drives as CP/M drives is  very
slow under the RUN/CPM (v7.4) software.   I prefer to use UNIFORM
to  transfer programs from CP/M diskettes to my hard drive as  it
operates  as  fast as  vanilla DOS to DOS  file  transfers.   The
RUN/CPM software allows you to set either one or BOTH of your DOS
floppies to emulate the selected CP/M format.   RUN/CPM also lets
you  run  CP/M programs from the CP/M disks directly or  you  can
move  them  to any DOS drive (floppy or hard) and run  them  from
there.   RUN/CPM  will let you specify any DOS drive/sub-dir as a
logical CP/M drive for the running programs, this is handy when a
program expects to find its data files on a pre-specified drive.

When running CP/M programs from DOS drives, you do need to rename
the  *.COM  files to *.CPM before they can be  executed  however.
This is a minor inconvenience but it keeps you from  accidentally
trying  to load and run a CP/M program when the RUN/CPM  software
is not resident.  CP/M programs will execute much faster from DOS
drives and it is a simple task to create a special  sub-directory
on your hard disk especially for your CP/M files.

Now  for the real benefit of the Z80 co-processor card,  full on-
screen terminal emulation of any one of over 96 different popular
CP/M  computers.   You  can even specify the colors  to  use  for
foreground,  background, and inverse video if your PC is equipped
with a CGA card and color monitor.   While RUN/CPM is active, the
regular  DOS  prompt "A>" will be displayed in inverse  video  to
remind you that it is still resident and ready.  You can have any
DOS  memory-resident program like SIDEKICK loaded before  calling
RUN/CPM into action and it will be available even while your CP/M
program  is running!   A status line is printed on the bottom  of
your screen indicating the current format selected for the A or B
floppy  drives.   The  floppy-drive  status line display  may  be
toggled ON/OFF at any time and RUN/CPM has a pull-down menu  plus
a help system that is always available.

I  took one of my Kaypro CP/M disks that contained Wordstar  3.30
configured  for the Kaypro 10,  copied it onto my DOS hard  disk,
fired  up  RUN/CPM,  told  it to emulate a  Kaypro  10,  and  ran
Wordstar!   Just that easy...  Then I tried SuperCalc 2, dBaseII,
and many other CP/M programs, they all worked 100%.   Needless to
say,  I  am  satisfied with my purchase and look forward to  many
hours of running CP/M programs on my DOS machine.


RUN/CPM(tm) is available from:

                        Micro Interfaces
                      6824 NW 169th Street
                         Miami, FL 33015
                         [phone]


RUN/CPM software for NEC V20 or V30 ..................... $ 99.95
RUN/CPM software & NEC V20 CPU .......................... $124.95
RUN/CPM software & Z80 co-processor board ............... $199.95

(All products sold are backed by a 30-day money back guarantee)


 FREE LOCAL ACCESS TO PACKET SWITCHING NETWORKS MAY BE ELIMINATED

         Copyright (C) 1986, by BBS PRESS SERVICE, INC.

                          by Tim Elmer

 (BPS)  -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will  vote
on  a proposal to reregulate packet switching networks  that,  if
approved,  would  eliminate free local telephone access to  those
networks.

 "If this occurs,  it might eventually double or triple the costs
to those using packet switching networks to access commercial on-
line  databases and information services and triple or  quadruple
the  costs  to those using Telenet's PC Pursuit," said Philip  M.
Walker,   vice  president  and  regulatory  counsel  for  Telenet
Communications Corp.

 Predictably,  the initiative to reregulate packet switching net-
works  comes primarily from the Bell Operating  Companies  (BOCs)
and  secondarily from AT&T.   These companies provide local tele-
phone service to vast majority of telephone customers  throughout
the  U.S.  and will benefit the most from FCC reregulation of the
packet switching networks.

 Under  current FCC rules formulated in 1980 in the FCC's  Second
Computer  Inquiry,  called  Computer II,  a distinction  is  made
between "basic services" and "enhanced services."

 "Basic services" are those that don't offer protocol  conversion
such   as  local  and  long-distance  voice  telephone  services.
"Enhanced  services"  are  defined in an  open-ended  fashion  as
computer-based services that are more than a "basic service,"  in
other words, services such as packet switching networks, database
and  on-line  type services,  and remote computing services  that
offer protocol conversion, according to Walker.

 Under  the 1980 Computer II Inquiry,  the FCC ruled that  "basic
services" would continue to be regulated as they had always been.
However,  the  FCC also ruled that "enhanced services"  would  be
deregulated,  which opened up the industry to competition.   This
resulted  in  numerous  companies entering the  packet  switching
business,  including BOCs, AT&T and at least a dozen others.  The
competition  resulted in significant price reductions for  packet
switching services.

 To  prevent monopolization of the packet switching  industry  by
the Big Boys (the BOCs and AT&T),  the FCC ruled that they had to
keep  separate accounting figures for their "basic services"  and
for  their  "enhanced  services,"  and that they  could  not  use
revenues from their lucrative "basic services" to cross-subsidize
their "enhanced service" packet switching networks.

 The  FCC also ruled that if the BOCs and AT&T used their  "basic
service" telephone lines for packet switching services, then they
must let their competitors have access to those lines on the same
basis, which would preserve true competition in the industry.

 "Now,  under the FCC's Computer Inquiry III,  the FCC is asking,
should  we  redefine  protocol  conversion  services  as   'basic
services' rather than enhanced services?   Should we redefine all
those  companies  as common carriers?   This  would,  in  effect,
subject them not only to federal regulations but,  even worse, to
state regulations," Walker said.

 The  result would eliminate comparable interconnection  require-
ments currently imposed on BOCs and AT&T, allowing them to charge
their  packet switching competitors local dial-in fees to  access
packet switching long-distance line networks.

 It  would  also  allow BOCs and AT&T to offer their  own  packet
switching  services  on a non-compensatory  basis  and,  finally,
allow  them to cross-subsidize those services with revenues  from
their much more lucrative voice telephone service  revenues.   In
short,  it  would  allow BOCs and AT&T to monopolize  the  packet
switching industry and probably drive out most competitors.

 "In terms of cost impact," Walker said,  "if we had to pay local
access  charges,  it  would  cost us about $3.60 an hour  at  the
originating end, for calls made by users to on-line databases and
information services like CompuServe and The Source."

 "And  with PC Pursuit,  for which we have  out-dial  modems,  we
would  have  to  pay not only 3.60 per hour access  fees  at  the
originating end but also $4.80 at the terminating end, a total of
about  $8 or $9.   Obviously,  to survive,  we would have to  add
those  additional charges to our current fees and pass them on to
our consumers," Walker said.

 That would almost certainly spell the end of PC Pursuit,  and it
would likely put out of business not only many independent packet
switching   networks   but  also  many  on-line   databases   and
information services.

 Walker  said  that is was not clear exactly when the  FCC  would
vote  on the proposal,  but that it would probably be the  latter
part  of  January or early part of  February,  1987.   "They  are
moving very fast on this," he said.


          Low-Cost packet switching Service Threatened

                       by Alan R. Bechtold

 As  described in our lead news story this issue,  the FCC is now
considering  a  major  change in the way  packet  switched  phone
services  are  defined.   This change is likely to  lead  to  the
demise  of many of these services,  and to much higher prices for
the use of the few that will eventually remain in business.

 At  the  risk of over-simplification,  I think  I  should  first
describe  just  what  a packet switched  networking  service  is.
These  are  the services you use to access online  databases  and
commercial  online services,  such as CompuServe and The  Source,
with  just  a  local telephone call.   Once you  call  the  local
Telenet or Tymnet number,  for example, and a connection is made,
you  are then connected with a computer that puts you in communi-
cation   with  the  online  services  with  which  you  wish   to
communicate.

 This computer is handling a number of calls into the main system
computer  at the same time.   It takes information you  send  and
delivers  it  in "packets" to the proper  destination,  picks  up
information  from  the online service computer  you  called,  and
sends it,  also in "packets," back to you.   All of this communi-
cating  is done in these so-called "packets" because this  allows
the  network's computers to offer protocol conversion and  handle
several ongoing communications sessions at the same time.

 FCC  regulations allow AT&T and Bell Operating Companies  (BOCs)
to  engage in packet switching network operations,  but they must
also  maintain completely separate accounting of their voice  and
packet  switching operations.   They must also offer free  local-
calling  access to their lines to any competitors engaged in  the
packet switching service industry.

 The  above regulations have allowed Telenet  and  Tymnet,  among
others,  to  operate  at  a  reasonable  cost  in  a  competitive
atmosphere.   This is a case of regulation of a business actually
RESULTING in increased competition and lower prices to consumers.

 As  things stand now,  you can call any local Telenet or  Tymnet
access number and use these services to inexpensively access such
online services as CompuServe,  The Source, Delphi, and countless
others.  In addition, GTE's new PC PURSUIT service now offers you
access,  through  their  Telenet  packet  switching  service,  to
literally  hundreds of local bulletin boards in cities all across
the country--for a flat charge of $25 per month.

 But,  the  FCC is now being asked to REREGULATE this segment  of
the  communications industry,  eliminating the  FCC  requirements
that  AT&T  and  BOCs keep separate accounting records  of  their
voice and packet switching services, and eliminating the stipula-
tion  that the BOCs and AT&T must offer their competitors in  the
packet  switching business free access to their  local  telephone
connection lines.

 Mark Fowler,  Chairman of the FCC,  has been hailed by the press
as  a  "fair-market zealot."  The chances are very good  that  he
views  this proposed reregulation as the magic road to  increased
competition and fairer pricing for consumers.

 Unofficially,  the  word is out that the FCC advisory  committee
now  considering  this matter is indeed leaning in favor  of  the
proposed  reregulation of the packet switching industry.   If the
committee recommends these changes,  it's likely that a  majority
of   the  five  voting  members  on  the  Federal  Communications
Commission will vote in favor of the changes.

 I  have talked to sources within the industry who say it is  the
BOCs  who are pushing VERY HARD for  this  reregulation,  because
they  want to get into the packet switching service business in a
big  way,  and  they  would like to rid  themselves  of  needless
competition on their way to success.

 Here we have an industry that is currently populated with plenty
of competition.   Prices are already reasonable.  Reregulation of
the packet switching service industry will IMMEDIATELY give giant
corporations the upper hand,  and will allow them to cut off free
access  to  their local access phone lines to their  competitors,
namely  Telenet  and Tymnet and other similar services  that  now
offer you high-quality service,  in a competitive marketplace, at
reasonable prices.

 The  proposed  reregulation,  however,  would force  all  packet
switching services to compete with the BOCs and  AT&T,  companies
that  would  be able to use the enormous profits they  earn  with
their  voice  telephone services to cross-subsidize their  packet
switching services and offer them on a non-compensatory basis, at
least until their competitors are eliminated.  When that happens,
they are then sure to jack up their fees to any level they want.

 It  would also force their packet switching competitors  to  pay
access fees for connection to local phone lines.  The access fees
alone  could  add  as much as $4.00 per hour to the  fees  packet
switching  companies  would  be  forced  to  pass  on  to   their
customers.   This  will  be  added to  your  hourly  connect-time
charges   for  accessing  ALL  online  databases  through   these
services.


 So--this is ONE TIME you MUST use your word processor to produce
some letters opposing this proposed reregulation!  Write to:


                      Honorable Mark Fowler
        Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington D.C. 20554


 Refer  to Computer Inquiry III in your letters.   State clearly,
in  your own words,  that competitive packet  switching  services
should not be reregulated or subjected to carrier access charges,
and then explain why not.   Tell Mr.  Fowler that reregulation of
packet  switching  services will completely destroy the  existing
fair  market for these services,  and eventually increase  costs,
not DECREASE them.  I have heard this matter will be going before
the FCC for a vote in January or the early part of February.


                -={ WHATSNEW in Public Domain }=-

[CP/M]

LT17.LBR   LT (library TYPE) displays the contents of ASCII files
from  inside of .LBR type files.   LT17 will work  with  regular,
squeezed, or crunched file formats.

DOS+25.LBR   A complete replacement for CP/M 2.2,  includes  file
timestamping,  paths,  DU:  addressing,  archive control,  public
files,  wheel support,  and more.  Ready to install on Kaypro 2/4
'83 machines and easily relocated for other CP/M 2.2 systems.

SCRIVNER.LBR   This is a unique program that is actually  several
in  one,  a word processor,  and a spreadsheet-like  environment.
This program is very popular with the AMSTRAD users in the UK.

AF5.LBR   Address  Filer  v5.0,  a  name  and  address  database,
rolodex, and phone filer.  Compiled Turbo Pascal.

FCRUNCH.LBR   Yet  another CP/M file  cruncher/uncruncher  system
using  the LZW compression techniques.   Compresses files smaller
than the standard squeeze/unsqueeze programs.

B29V304.LBR  B29 is a NewSweep-type file maintenance program, now
has a built-in library sweep mode as well as all standard  NSWEEP
features like mass COPY,  ERA, REN, etc.  Uses circular buffer to
"step" through the files in any drive/user area on your disks.

DZ-MAY86.LBR   The  May  '86  update  to  DazzleStar,   the  CP/M
disassembler that works like Wordstar on your CRT screen.  Simply
the easiest to use and most fun disassembler ever,  has on-screen
help and user-configurable display windows for hex and ASCII.

KPLD515.LBR    Kaypro   video-oriented  line   display   utility.
Displays ASCII files line by line with/without line numbers,  go-
to line ability and built-in DIR display.  For video Kaypros.

LD400.LBR  Generic CP/M line display utility,  converted from the
Kaypro-only version.  See KPLD515 description above.

SPY-8611.LBR   Investigates  the use of disk calls by a  program.
SPY  relocates  itself to high memory,  loads  and  runs  another
program,  reports all calls to the BDOS and BIOS.  Requires a Z80
processor.

KPGRFCL1.LBR   Graphic  clock display for Kaypros  with  internal
clocks.  Kaypro 2-84, 4-84, 10-84, 2X, new 1, etc...

CHECK25.LBR   This  is  a compare & copy utility  for  hard  disk
users.   Compares  a  source du:  against  a  destination  du:  &
produces  a  sorted  display of names each marked with  a  "flag"
character indicating:  match found,  no match,  files  equal,  or
files  not  equal.   Allows  you to step through the  source  du:
circularly like NSWEEP and test for equivalence, copy, or delete.


[IBM-DOS]

CHKPRO.ARC   Check Processor (Chkpro) is especially designed  for
use  on  the  IBM PC and compatibles and the  Heath/Zenith  Z-100
series  computers.  Chkpro  can  be  used  for   balancing   your
savings passbook, checkbook, or credit card accounts.

STYLED.ARC    STYLED charts patterns in texts.   The program  can
help  a writer spot patterns to preserve and patterns to expunge,
as  well as places to pattern.   The program can freshen the  air
for  those who know little to do with a text except to check  for
"mistakes."

TT097.ARC   Turbo-Term,v0.97 a  small,  fast,  Qmodem-like  clone
modem  program.   The  major advantage of Turbo-Term is size  and
speed.  By no means as capable as recent versions of Qmodem, this
subset  may be all you need.   For some reason,  this one remains
perpetually in beta state and shows up without any documentation,
but if you know Qmodem, you know TurboTerm.

EXPUNGE.ARC   Menu-driven del/copy routine Small/Fast.  A  subset
of more sophisticated sweep utilities (like Qfiler),  this allows
you  to  tag  multiple files for copy  or  erasure.   Limited  in
functions, it's also limited in size, which makes it fast!

FORM.ARC    FORM-GEN  is designed to quickly and  easily  produce
forms for home and office use.  Many advanced features aid in the
creation  and  printing of forms,  price lists,  maps  and  other
useful  items.

LW.ARC   LetterWriter version 2.0, an electronic address book and
a  whole  lot  more.   Use LetterWriter to perform  all  of  your
mailings to all of your addresses.  The designers of LetterWriter
made  every  effort  to make envelope  and  letter  printing  and
address maintenance as easy as possible.

QMODEM24.ARC   Latest version of QMODEM,  support added for  9600
bps users with 2 new protocols:  YMODEM-G and IMODEM   An absolu-
tely  great  modem  program with every feature  you'd  ever  want
including some that you've never even dreamed of.

POPEDIT2.ARC   Allows  you to design your own mem-res  COM  files
that  will pop-up a screen.   Both a small and a large screen are
supported, taking roughly 3.5 and 7K respectively of memory.  You
can load more than one of these COM files at a time,  and they'll
be presented in the order you loaded them.

MDIR.ARC   MDIR is a small,  memory resident dir  program.   MDIR
gives  both an "automatic" mode,  where the current directory  is
shown  sorted alphabetically,  and a "command line"  mode,  where
MDIR  will  "screen" files (like the DOS DIR command  does),  and
display  the  file list with your choice of  sort  mechanism  (by
date/time,  name, extension, unsorted).  This routine takes about
14k of memory when installed.   This routine uses the "alternate"
screen if two monitors are available.  ASM source included.

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