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- READ.ME for JED Version 1
-
- (c) 1988, 1989 by Jeff Duntemann
- Portions of JREAD (c) 1988 Borland International
-
- All rights reserved; rights granted as specified below. THIS IS
- NOT A PUBLIC DOMAIN PRODUCT. It's what I call Swapware. Send me
- $15-$20 worth of something that isn't money. See below for
- suggestions.
-
- Mail contributions to:
-
- Jeff Duntemann
- 103 Hidden Drive
- Scotts Valley CA 95066
-
- Nonetheless, I grant permission to distribute this disk freely in
- noncommercial environments.
-
- ////WHAT'S ON THIS DISK\\\\
-
- READ.ME This file
- JED.EXE JED executable
- JED.PAS JED source code for Turbo Pascal V5.0
- JEDSCRN.ASM External for JED
- BLKBLAST.ASM External for JED
- TEXTINFO.PAS Utility unit for JED
- JEDDOC.ASC JED ASCII documentation
-
- JREAD.EXE The 25-line JREAD utility (see below)
- JREAD43.EXE JREAD for a 43-line EGA screen
- JREAD50.EXE JREAD for a 50-line VGA screen
-
- //////HOW TO READ THE FILES\\\\\
-
- This disk contains several versions of my JREAD utility. JREAD
- is a "readme" program. It's a read-only text editor, derived
- from the FIRSTED editor in Borland's wonderful Turbo Pascal
- Editor Toolbox. You can load a text file into JREAD, scroll
- around the file using the standard WordStar control codes, and
- mark blocks and write a mark block out to disk. The only thing
- you *can't* do is alter the file or enter new characters.
-
- Here are the JREAD versions:
-
- JREAD.EXE JREAD for a 25-line screen
- JREAD43.EXE JREAD for a 43-line EGA screen
- JREAD50.EXE JREAD for a 50-line VGA screen
-
- Operationally, they are otherwise identical. Note that JREAD43
- and JREAD50 do NOT change the screen to 43 or 50 line modes. You
- have to do that before invoking JREAD43 or JREAD50, using
- whatever means you have. (My own JFONT.EXE utility will do the
- job handily, as will various PD utilities.)
-
- You invoke JREAD like this:
-
- C:\>JREAD JEDDOC.ASC
-
- This will run JREAD and load the JED ASCII documentation data
- file for examination. To exit JREAD, press Ctrl-KQ.
-
- Within JREAD you can use any of the WordStar cursor control
- sequences, plus the cursor keypad keys. PgUp and PgDn are the
- easiest ways to get around. You can search for keywords using
- Ctrl-QF. You can drop markers with F7 (Ctrl-KB) and F8 (Ctrl-KK)
- and then write the block out to disk with Ctrl-KW.
-
-
- ////////SWAPWARE\\\\\\\\
-
- This is an experiment. Let's call it "Swapware." The concept is
- essentially the shareware concept, with the twist that I don't
- want you to send money except, perhaps, as a last resort.
-
- Instead, let's consider it a barter transaction. I consider the
- disk worth $15-$20 or so. Decide what the disk is worth to you,
- and send me the equivalent value of something I can use. I love
- getting surprises in the mail, and lord knows, I could use a
- little excitement in my life.
-
- It's not like I'm difficult to please, being a tinkerer, packrat,
- and curio collector. Here's a list of things I favor:
-
- Diskettes. All *current* kinds including 3.5".
-
- 256K RAM chips.
-
- Stamps. I collect stamps, and I use them. Send me $10 in
- current mint stamps for postage, or some equivalent value in 19th
- century or very early 20th century mint or used. Fancy cancels &
- interesting postmarks of any vintage. Also, ANY postal history
- from Orchard Place, Illinois (1870's to 1937) where my great-
- grandfather F. W. Duntemann was postmaster for nearly 40 years.
-
- Traditional hardware: Nuts, bolts, washers, spade connectors,
- spade bolts, hole plugs, angle brackets, spacers, standoffs,
- whatever.
-
- Electronic hardware and parts: Resistors, capacitors (especially
- variables), diodes, transistors, FETs, LEDs, sockets, insulators
- (especially antenna dogbone), tinned hook-up wire, speakers,
- plugs, jacks, coil forms, antique radio parts (I restore old
- sets), ground straps, coax connectors, solder, spools of magnet
- wire, any guage, heating elements, PC board, whatever.
-
- Stepper motors. Solar cells.
-
- Tools: Taps, drills, end mills, allen wrenches, whatever.
-
- Metal stock: (I have my own lathe and mill.) Aluminum bar, rod,
- tube, hex, sheet stock; ditto in copper & brass; stainless steel;
- magnesium; lead; also mercury.
-
- Model train parts: HO, Lionel tinplate, and LGB. Track sections,
- track clips, switches, cars, spare parts, whatever.
-
- Other odd tech: Lenses, eyepieces, prisms, mirrors, gears,
- pulleys, clutches, shaft fittings, racks, pinions, worm wheels,
- telescope parts, lamps, bearings, motors, hydraulic and air
- fittings, valves, filters, whatever.
-
- Also: Technology books, audio CD's, collectible comix, esp. Sixties
- Crumb et. al., Fifties-type series or parallel Christmas tree
- lamp strings and/or bulbs in good condition, Fifties novelty
- Christmas tree lights (bubblers, birds, etc.), diecast toys, pre-
- 1970 Playboy, silver coins, pre-'55 S-pennies, 40's/50's
- deco/kitsch, pole insulators.
-
- Or, hey, be creative. I won't frown at dish detergent, canned
- tuna, dog food for Mr. Byte, T-shirts (medium), or nearly
- anything else that will survive a trip through the mail. Let's
- have fun; if we can make this a tradition in the fringe software
- industry we can all have a good time and avoid some of the bad
- karma generated by the passing around of Real Money.
-
-
- Thanks. Let's try it!
-
- --73--
-
- --Jeff Duntemann KI6RA, ex-WN9MQY, ex-WB9MQY, ex-KB2JN
-
- Author of COMPLETE TURBO PASCAL editions 1,2, & 3
- TURBO PASCAL SOLUTIONS
- ASSEMBLING FROM SQUARE ONE
-
- Ex-editor of TURBO TECHNIX (sigh)