More and more I learn about CS-DOS... this is really a great product. I just
thought to add EP's Disknoser v2.0 (to replace v1.5) and it works flawlessly.
So while I was at it I thought maybe I could replace the sorry file copier
that CS provided (sorry Chris) with EP's Nerdcopy... and VIOLA! That works
great too!
The real question now is....
Is Chris Smeets still alive... and is he well?
I've attempted numerous times in the past several months to connect with his
BBS and no joy. The phone rings but no one's home so to speak.
He mentioned v1.4 was the prelude to v2.0--has anyone seen v2.0?
Geez... the way I see it CS-DOS is the only thing that makes this white
elephant, er... 128... on my desk worth keeping around for awhile longer. I'd
sure hate to see things end just as they got off the ground.
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Message 2 Sun Mar 05, 1989
HORO [-SysOp-] at 10:25 EST
Chris is alive and well, and in fact was at our Telecommunications Conference
a few weeks back (The transcript's in the libraries -- I'll dig up the file
number and put it in a later post (If no one else does) -- his BB is a
different story his hard drive (on his MS.DOS machine - <grin>) failed, and
the BB is not up. I'm not sure he plans to revive it.
I'd love to see CS-DOS on a ROM -- I'd use it all the time!
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Message 3 Mon May 29, 1989
QBB.B [QBB.BARB] at 00:48 EDT
How big is CS DOS? If it can load into a 64K Quick Brown Box it should
be pretty much like having it in a ROM. I'd like to see it. Ed Parry of "NERD" fame, not to mention EBBS, seems to like CS DOS, too
Barb
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Message 4 Mon May 29, 1989
HORO [<SysOp>] at 08:25 EDT
I love CS-DOS too, and would love to see it replace the existing operating
system in the machine.
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Message 5 Sun Feb 25, 1990
STANLEYB at 08:30 EST
I too think CS_DOS is great but I just spent an hour downloading it from
Genieand cannot get ARC128 to work at all. For every ARC/x command entered all I get is SYNTAX ERROR?. Is anyone else having this problem or is it just me?
Did I just get a bad download or is CS pulling a fast one on us and ARC128 is
not really there, only a figment of my imagination. I need some clarification
on this one.
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Message 6 Sun Feb 25, 1990
C128-BILL [SYSOP] at 11:58 EST
Stanley, a couple of questions:
1. Did you 'INSTALL' ARC128?
2. Is ARC128 on your disk, after SDA'ing?
3. If 1. is no, and 2 is yes, then type 'A:ARC128'<return>, and
the commands should be displayed. Type A:ARC128/x or
A:ARC128/e with CSDOS in drive 8, along with the proper drive
and file name of the arc you want to dissolve, or....
4. If 1 is no, then read the doc files about install, 'cause
ARC128 does not come installed per the autoexec. Use the Type
command to read the docs.
ARC128 is disk based, if not installed in RAM.
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Message 7 Mon Feb 26, 1990
STANLEYB at 19:14 EST
Yes to both questions. I did install ARC128 into the REU and after typing in
ARC/X all I got for a response was ?syntax error and then READY. This was of
course after I got the menu for ARC. This seemed to be AOK but could get no
response from the ARC program. Then tried to load ARC128 directly from the
disk into core but this gave a [D [Ddifferent problem... the program would
not even load. Got a systeerror trying to load the program like it could not
recognize it as a program at all. I tried downloading the whole thing again
thinking maybe I had a bad download but got the same results the second time.
Has anyone else had a problem with this or is it just me?
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Message 8 Mon Feb 26, 1990
C128-BILL [SYSOP] at 22:38 EST
If I could make a suggestion, go back to the original SDA file (which would
be file #7799, CS-DOS15.SFX) and after formatting a brand new disk, load the
file into the 128, and dissolve it to this fresh disk. Do not place any other
files on this disk. Now RUN"SHELL and type in the commands from my previous
message. Make sure that you do not have any fast loaders (such as Jiffy-dos,
etc) installed.
<just to clarify my 1st sentence, you don't have to D/L it again, just grab
the .SFX file that you have already D/L'd>
Just on a side bet, have you checked your '71 drive alignment recently, and
checked the REU?
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Message 9 Wed Feb 28, 1990
STANLEYB at 20:05 EST
Both the REU and '71 check out AOK. but still can't get ARC to respond. I
think I have tried every conceivable combination of commands. What now? Is
any one else having this problem?
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Message 10 Thu Mar 01, 1990
STANLEYB at 21:08 EST
Problem with ARC128 is solved and it works like a champ. It was all a
missunderstanding of the information given in the DOCs file. You do not just
type in ARC/n, You have to enter the full name ARC128/n. The documentation
does not make that distinction and it is a little confusing (at least to me
it was). To eliminate this problem, I renamed ARC128 to just plain ARC. Now
there will be no more confusion. Thank you Chris Smeets, my donation is on
it's way.
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Message 14 Sun Mar 11, 1990
N.L.WILLIAMS [Cpt Nathan] at 21:05 CST
Thanks, I was just wondering...Was begining to think I was seeing things.
Another quick question. Is there anyway to extract using CSXARC just one
file from a ARC. Or a ability to extract a a MS-DOS arc on more then one disk. I Have a arc that is larger then a disk when dearced. Can't get all the files
as I run out of room.
Cpt Nathan
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Message 15 Mon Mar 26, 1990
H.YOUNG1 at 21:48 CST
cs-dos -- more confussion
I am glad I read through the messages on CS-DOS here. The documentation did
not give a very good accounting of the command structure and I was having the
SAME problem getting it to run. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Now, another problem arises. I am using a 1700 (128K) REU. It installs OK
with the existing AUTOEXEC file as far as a ramdisk for the shell commands.
I would like to run LHA, which requires room on an REU. I have not been
able to figure out how to set up room for it on the 1700. I am n (oops) new at
this, so bear with me. I have tried the "poke 7120, 1*16+2" command,
thinking this would set aside bank 1 of the REU for an LHA area. Oh, yea, I previously did a "setram 16,1" to put the ramdisk in bank 0.
This doesn't work. When I run LHA, it send back the message that the REU is
in use. Anyone have any ideas on how to get the LHA prg to run using a bank
of the 1700 REU? ANY help would be appreciated.
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Message 16 Tue Mar 27, 1990
C.SMEETS at 21:35 EST
Mr Young,
CS-DOS currently uses the 1700/1750 for three things. The first is the
RAMdisk
where it stores CS-DOS commands. Since you said setram 16,1 That allocates all of the 1700's bank 0 for the RAMdisk.
The second use is CSARC1750 and LHA's work buffer. To tell these programs
what area of the 17xx they are free to use, you say poke 7119,start*16+end where start is the lowest bank (in your case 1), and end is the highest bank plus one (in your case 2)
The third use is for the terminal's capture buffer (the terminal is still
under construction) To tell CS-DOS where the capture buffer is, you say
poke 7120,start*16+end
So the only thing you were doing wrong is POKE'ing 7120 instead of 7119.
CS
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Message 17 Wed Mar 28, 1990
H.YOUNG1 at 20:29 CST
Thank you for clearing up my problem. I was getting cross-eyed reading the
docs looking for the answer. Part of the problem was I did not have enough
knowledge to figure out the proper poke. I am learning as I go, however,
and am starting to experiment with crating my own exec files. I have only had the program working right for two days and I'm already impressed. Thanks again.
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Topic 18 Sun Jul 29, 1990
D.LARIVEE at 20:52 PDT
Sub: CS/DOS 128 Questions
I have a few questions that I hope someone will be able to help me with in
using CS/DOS (see first post)
4 message(s) total.
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Message 1 Sun Jul 29, 1990
D.LARIVEE at 20:52 PDT
The documentation that comes with CS/DOS tells you how to do ARC's for
everything except for creating Self Disolving Arcs (.SDA). Could someone
tell me how to create a SDA? Also, I have noticed some files are showing up on
GEnie with .SFX on the end lately. They seem to be the same as the old .SDA
filetypes. Can someone tell me what the difference is? One more question.
Can you make a SDA/SFX using CS/DOS128 that a 64 user would be able to self
disolve (assuming you are creating something for the 64 of course)?
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Message 3 Mon Jul 30, 1990
W.ROBERSON at 22:51 EDT
The difference between SDAs and SFXs, is the ability to be disolved in either
the 64 mode or the 128 mode. The SFXs will disolve either mode. The 64 mode
SDAs will not disolve in the 128 mode.
CS-DOS with an add-on can make LHARCs, which are compatable with other types
of systems (IBM, AMIGA). The LHA command appends to the LHA and in fact will
create the LHA. If you use the command LHA -S filename.sfx, you will create
an SFX file which can be self disolved from either 64 or 128 modes.
You need to have a REU to use the LHA command, and you have to command the
setup using a POKE before using the LHA command. The specifics can be found
in the LHA docs.
8) Bill 8)
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Message 4 Mon Jul 30, 1990
WC.COLEMAN [*Sysop*] at 23:57 EDT
.SFX files are also smaller than their .SDA equivalents. BTW you don't need
to include the suffix in the filename: LHA -s filename will work just fine.
