home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
ftp.whtech.com
/
ftp.whtech.com.tar
/
ftp.whtech.com
/
articles
/
limanews
/
AVPCUPDT.TXT
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
2006-10-19
|
3KB
|
63 lines
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIMA NEWSLETTER APRIL 1989
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AVPC UPDATE
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^by Charles Good
Since I wrote my AVPC article for the March issue of our
newsletter, I have received from various sources the following
software, all of which gives an 80 column display on 99/4A
systems equiped with an AVPC card. This software also probably
works with a Geneve, although I havn't varified this. All the
software described in this article bears no copyright notice and
is apparently public domain. User groups can obtain copies by
sending a disk and paid return mailer to the Lima User Group, Box
647, Venedocia OH 45894.
MULTIPLAN IN 80 COLUMNS:
This displays 7 columns and 18 rows on powerup. This is the
same screen display as the Geneve's Multiplan and compares to the
4 columns and 18 rows seen with the normal 99/4A Multiplan. This
soiftware was originally written for the Mechatronics 80 column
peripheral and does NOT yield an increase in recalculation speed
compared to the normal 99/4A Multiplan. Multiplan on the Geneve
does have an increase in recalculation speed. There is a known
bug. When you first load a Multiplan data file, you can print
the results to a printer as usaual. However, if you do any
manipulation of the data, you can't print it to a printer. What
you do is save the manipulated data back to disk in the normal
way. Then reboot Multiplan (either the 40 or 80 column
versions), reload the data into Multiplan, and immediately print
the data.
DISK MANAGER - DISK FIXER 80 COLUMNS, v4.0
This combination disk manager and sector editor was written
in Germany. All text displays and prompts have translated into
English. However the required keypresses are keys that
correspond to the first letter of the German language command,
and this is confusing. The capabilities of this software are
similar to Birdwell's DSKU, including a screen dump at any time.
Help screens are always available to describe the current
keypress options. In general I like DSKU better. Its operation
is familiar to me and its keypress commands relate to English
words. I do, however, like the EDIT SECTOR display of the 80
column software. The entire sector is displayed on the screen
simultaneously in both ASCII and Hex. The sector editing keys
are identical to those of DISKO, and changes made in one display
(ASCII or Hex) are immediately displayed in both displays. Both
AVPC and Geneve users might like this software.
INFOCOM 80 COLUMN GAME LOADER:
This boots as EA5 or Funnelweb 3 and immediately boots any
Infocom game that is in DSK1. The game disk should already be in
DSK1 when the loader is booted. Text is displayed properly in 80
columns with your score and game location displayed in a separate
two color bar at the top. This loader has been tested on both
the AVPC and the Geneve with no problems except that it has no
clean exit. You must turn off the console in order to exit the
loader. An important advantage of this loader, besides the 80
column display, is its speed. With AVPC equiped systems, Infocom
games load about 3 times as fast with this loader compared to
booting the Infocom game from extended basic as DSK1.LOAD.
.PL 1