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- 2-Sep-83 17:23:00,421;000000000000
- Date: 2 September 1983 17:23 EDT
- From: Herb Lin <LIN @ MIT-MC>
- Subject: [LIN: making new MINCE commands?]
- To: AMETHYST-USERS @ MIT-MC
-
-
- actually, i'm not thinking of a keyboard macro. i'm just thinking of
- say adding a command , e.g., c-I, which will simply be the sequence
- C-U C-U C-F. the question is, how can i modify the source that i do have
- to add this command. (as i said, it was a dumb question).
- 10-Sep-83 23:04:10,1664;000000000000
- Return-path: <info-cpm-request@BRL-VGR>
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- Date: 10 Sep 83 22:04:10-PDT (Sat)
- To: info-cpm@brl
- From: ihnp4!houxm!mel@ucb-vax
- Subject: How do you recover a MINCE file ??
- Article-I.D.: houxm.538
- Remailed-date: 17 Sep 1983 1100-EDT
- Remailed-from: Larry Seiler <Seiler@MIT-XX>
- Remailed-to: amethyst-users@MIT-MC
-
- Every so often MINCE gets a BIOS I/O error and drops back to CP/M, and I lose
- whatever had been typed (very painful). The information is on the swap file,
- but the instructions don't tell how to get it back. Is there a trick that
- will allow a restart with the text from the swap file?
-
- Or is there a modification that can be made with the source that comes with
- MINCE that will allow graceful recovery from I/O errors? The problem is that
- the DEC Rainbow I use has a mechanical switch that senses the write protect
- slot and occasionally it tells lies (it is on a chincy tab of metal that
- catches on the slot as you pull out the disk and bends - a real bear to fix,
- so I don't until it lies all the time). You MINCE along swapping nicely, then
- at the worst moment the BIOS thinks the disk is read only and you notice that
- the last few words you type is to a A> prompt, and a "BIOS Error, Disk A R/O"
- message showing. I don't know why DEC doesn't know about LED's and photo
- diodes, or why they sense that damn switch continuously.
- Mel Haas , houxm!mel
- 12-Sep-83 00:59:00,298;000000000000
- Date: 12 September 1983 00:59 EDT
- From: Herb Lin <LIN @ MIT-ML>
- Subject: scribble changes
- To: amethyst-users @ MIT-MC
- cc: LIN @ MIT-ML
-
- anyone know how to patch CRAYON so that a ^-D will detach it while
- running under MPM 8-16? (^-D is the standard control character for
- detach).
-
- tnx.
- 13-Sep-83 11:11:00,458;000000000000
- Date: 13 Sep 1983 1011-PDT
- From: Lmtra at SRI-KL
- Subject: New User
- To: AMETHYST-USERS at MIT-MC
-
-
- I've just started with MINCE and would like to be on AMETHYST bulletin
- distribution.
-
- I would also like to define keys for my H/Z-89 so that it will be as close
- as possible to the EMACS keys that I have defined on my office H19. Does
- anyone have any hints or examples? They would be helpful...
-
- Thanks,
- L. Traister (LMTRA@SRI-KL)
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