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- The C version of PISTOL was developed with BDS C,
- version 1.44. On an Exidy Sorcerer personal Computer with the
- S-100 expansion box. The Thinker Toys 2D dual 8" disk sub-
- system was used and total contiguous ram was 52K. Statistics
- from the BDS compiler indicated at least 14K left over at every
- stage. Thus it may be possible to recompile this in a 40K
- system.
-
- I/O requirements are minimal. A dumb terminal (video
- or printing) and the CP/M disk interface are sufficient.
-
- In use, the user may wish to customize PISTOL by
- declaring his actual screen width (I have defaulted to 64).
- Also the output scrolls and pauses after a fixed number of
- lines (my default is 20?). To continue, hit return, to abort
- type "q" before "return". Even the tab size for display is
- user alterable. See the documentation about the "system
- variables": TERMINAL-WIDTH , TERMINAL-LENGTH , and TAB-SIZE .
-
- Because of the large external variable use, PISTOL,
- in its current form, needs about 40K of ram to run, so one
- might assume a 48K CP/M machine is recommended.
-
- If the code in C seems cumbersome in spots, it is be-
- cause I have learned 'C' to translate PISTOL.PAS (PASCAL) only
- very recently (since Jan 1, 1982). I would appreciate any
- constructive criticisms and suggestions.
-
- February 27, 1982
-
- Ernest E. Bergmann
- Physics, Building #16
- Lehigh University
- Bethlehem, Pa. 18015
-
- (215-) 861-3932(at above)
-