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- This is being mailed to all those who either registered or inquired
- about RPSORT, written by my brother, Robert Pirko.
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- ▌ Robert Pirko, the author of RPSORT, ▐
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- ▌ passed away on February 15, 1992. ▐
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- ▌ suddenly collapsed and died. ▐
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- ▌ You never know ... ▐
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- RPSORT is now free for all to use, no payment is asked. Also the
- assembly language source code is free.
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- The file RPSRT101.ZIP has been uploaded to a local (New York City) BBS:
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- NYACC 718 539-3064 (free access)
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- This file contains version 1.01 of RPSORT and its documentation
- plus the commented source code written in 8086 assembler for the
- Borland Turbo Assembler 2.5.
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- It is also available by mail for a payment of $5.00 to:
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- Alex Pirko
- 3881 Sedgwick Ave
- Apt.6D
- Bronx, NY 10463
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- **** What Is RPSORT ****
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- RPSORT is a highly functional and extremely fast sort utility. I do not
- know of another sort utility that can outspeed it.
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- **** RPSORT Is Free ****
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- RPSORT is free for all to use, no payment is asked. Also the assembly
- language source code is free.
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- **** RPSORT Features ****
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- RPSORT greatly improves upon the features and performance of the sort
- utility distributed with Microsoft DOS.
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- . First, it does everything that the DOS SORT does. Virtually any command
- that works with the DOS SORT will produce the same result with RPSORT.
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- . But RPSORT does much more. It can sort very large files, even many
- megabytes if you have sufficient disk space.
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- . It supports multiple sort keys.
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- . It sorts text files and files of fixed length records.
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- . It supports many sort key types including regular text keys, C language
- strings, Turbo Pascal strings, signed and unsigned binary integers of any
- length and several types of binary floating point numbers.
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- **** Complete List Of Files In The RPSORT Package ****
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- README - This file.
- RPSORT.HST - History of changes to RPSORT.
- RPSORT.COM - The RPSORT program.
- EXAMPLES.DOC - A comprehensive set of examples using RPSORT.
- RPSORT.DOC - A complete reference manual for RPSORT.
- RPTAB.EXE - Used if a text file contains tabs. It expands the tabs so
- that RPSORT can sort the file correctly.
- RPTAB.PAS - Source code for RPTAB.EXE.
- RPSRT101.ASM - Source code for RPSORT.COM.
- ABOUTASM.DOC - A little information about the ASM file.
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- *** Try RPSORT On Any Command That Works With The MS-DOS SORT ***
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- If you want to try out RPSORT to see how fast it is and you are familiar
- with the MS-DOS SORT, you can have RPSORT execute any command that works
- with the latter.
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- *** Learn The Additional Features Of RPSORT ***
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- I expect, however, that you will find the many additional features of
- RPSORT useful. To familiarize yourself with them, you might:
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- . Review EXAMPLES.DOC which contains 41 examples of RPSORT commands. It
- starts with commands that use only the syntax of the DOS SORT and moves
- on to commands that use all the features of RPSORT.
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- . Look at the built-in syntax screens available in RPSORT. To do this,
- enter the RPSORT command with no parameters. Use the Page Down and Page
- Up keys to negotiate the screens. Press the Esc key when you are
- finished viewing the syntax screens.
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- . Read RPSORT.DOC to learn about the techinal nitty-gritty. I admit that I
- find this document heavy going and I wrote it! Still, if you want to
- fully understand RPSORT you might want to read it sometime. This is
- particularly true if you are a programmer and you plan to use RPSORT to
- sort files created by your programs.
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- I would be glad to hear from anyone who has improvements,
- additions or comments on my late brothers program.
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- Alex Pirko
- 3881 Sedgwick Ave
- Apt.6D
- Bronx, NY 10463
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