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  1.                         ANNOUNCEMENT
  2.                 DIMS RELEASE 1.03 AVAILABLE
  3. Dear Neighbors:
  4.     ╔ aφ pleaseΣ t∩ announcσ thσ availabilit∙ oµ DIM╙ ì
  5. releasσ 1.03.
  6.     Thσ difference≤ betweeε thi≤ releasσ anΣ thσ origina∞ ì
  7. releasσ 1.░ arσ minor«  Al∞ file≤ arσ compatible«  Thσ bes⌠ ì
  8. thinτ i≤ tha⌠ thσ defaul⌠ printe≥ listinτ forma⌠ i≤ no≈ mucΦ ì
  9. morσ useful«  Somσ error≤ havσ beeε corrected«  Performancσ ì
  10. oµ thσ "getó commanΣ ha≤ beeε improved«  Ne≈ transien⌠ ì
  11. command≤ "nadinó anΣ "cheshiró havσ beeε added«  Thσ manua∞ ì
  12. ha≤ beeε updated«  Tw∩ usefu∞ ne≈ forma⌠ contro∞ file≤ havσ ì
  13. beeε added.
  14.     Wheε yo⌡ ge⌠ releasσ 1.0│ yo⌡ wil∞ havσ t∩ g∩ througΦ ì
  15. thσ installatioε editinτ again«  Thi≤ consist≤ oµ you≥ ì
  16. rewritinτ thσ curso≥ positioninτ subroutinσ iε DEDIT.BAS¼ ì
  17. anΣ rewritinτ thσ clea≥ screeε subroutinσ iε al∞ thσ othe≥ ì
  18. programs¼ anΣ makinτ simila≥ adaptation≤ fo≥ you≥ printer«  ì
  19. Afte≥ you'rσ donσ editinτ don'⌠ forge⌠ t∩ loaΣ anΣ savσ al∞ ì
  20. thσ program≤ witΦ BASIC«  Runninτ witΦ program≤ iε ASCI╔ ì
  21. forφ wil∞ seeφ t∩ worδ fo≥ ß littlσ whilσ beforσ crashinτ ì
  22. witΦ ß mysteriou≤ error.
  23.     ╔ wil∞ makσ 8ó CP/═ o≥ Osbornσ disδ (▓ disks⌐ copie≤ oε ì
  24. you≥ formatteΣ disk(s)¼ supplieΣ witΦ returε postage«  DIM╙ ì
  25. user≤ ma∙ senΣ mσ ß stamped¼ self-addresseΣ envelopσ t∩ ìèreceivσ thσ nex⌠ buτ fi° o≥ releasσ notice.
  26. ------------------------------------------------------------ì
  27.     Updatσ t∩ thσ update║  Iε recen⌠ week≤ variou≤ need≤ ì
  28. havσ produceΣ somσ morσ DIM╙ news:
  29.     ╔ havσ installeΣ DEDI╘ 1.0│ anΣ severa∞ othe≥ updateΣ ì
  30. module≤ oε thσ Osbornσ 1«  Heretoforσ ╔ wa≤ usinτ 1.░ a≤ ì
  31. installeΣ b∙ Yankeσ O.U.G« whicΦ diΣ no⌠ d∩ thσ running-out-ì
  32. of-spacσ indicato≥ properly«  TurneΣ ou⌠ tha⌠ probleφ wa≤ ì
  33. duσ t∩ thσ O-▒ no⌠ beinτ ablσ t∩ handlσ ß burs⌠ oµ backspacσ ì
  34. character≤ a≤ delivereΣ b∙ thσ BASI├ STRING$(⌐ statement«  ì
  35. Supposσ it'≤ becausσ the∙ ge⌠ substituteΣ witΦ backspace-ì
  36. space-backspacσ somewhere«  Madσ i⌠ ß loo≡ insteaΣ anΣ i⌠ ì
  37. work≤ finσ iε thσ 1.0│-Oz versioε oµ DEDIT.
  38.     ╔ havσ installeΣ thσ entirσ DIM╙ 1.0│ systeφ (excep⌠ ì
  39. DCFORM¼ whicΦ i≤ obsolete⌐ oε aε IB═ PC«  Therσ werσ morσ ì
  40. problem≤ translatinτ t∩ BASIC┴ thaε I'Σ hoped¼ bu⌠ i⌠ wa≤ ì
  41. prett∙ straightforwarΣ work«  Samσ backspacσ probleφ iε ì
  42. DEDI╘ a≤ thσ Osborne¼ samσ fix«  Backspacσ oε thσ IB═ i≤ ì
  43. chr$(29)¼ b∙ thσ wayí  Bigges⌠ borσ wa≤ editinτ ou⌠ al∞ thσ ì
  44. fanc∙ formattinτ I'Σ donσ witΦ BASIC-80'≤ line-feeΣ trick«  ì
  45. Maybσ the∙ the∙ decideΣ sincσ it'≤ ß non-standarΣ thinτ anΣ ì
  46. incompatiblσ witΦ WordSta≥ they'Σ dum≡ it«
  47.     Wasn'⌠ happ∙ witΦ thσ incompletσ contro∞ systeφ oµ ß ì
  48. "515▓ Mode∞ 2ó workalikσ printe≥ - Thinδ ╔ go⌠ al∞ thσ ì
  49. program≤ fixeΣ t∩ worδ witΦ it¼ bu⌠ ╔ wasn'⌠ ablσ t∩ revisσ ì
  50. thσ .DF╧ files.
  51.     Dealinτ witΦ thσ spacσ requirement≤ oµ ß 12,000-namσ ìèlis⌠ engendereΣ DGET+¼ whicΦ input≤ record≤ froφ ß ì
  52. sequentia∞ datß filσ accordinτ t∩ "findó o≥ "selectó ì
  53. criteriß froφ thσ commanΣ line«  Examplσ command║  se∞ get+
  54.     Als∩ fresΦ ofµ thσ keyboarΣ i≤ DUNFLAG.BAS¼ ß transien⌠ ì
  55. tha⌠ goe≤ thr⌡ ß filσ anΣ delete≤ ß characte≥ strinτ oµ you≥ ì
  56. choucσ froφ ß field¼ closinτ u≡ thσ space«  Examplσ command║  ì
  57. unflagé (Theε yo⌡ arσ askeΣ fo≥ wha⌠ fielΣ anΣ wha⌠ string.)
  58.     Sorry, these aren't documented in the manual yet.
  59.  
  60.                        PERSONAL NEWS
  61.     I'vσ moveΣ t∩ m∙ ne≈ laborator∙ iε ß rehabilitateΣ ì
  62. lumbe≥ mil∞ building«  ╔ aφ ver∙ pleaseΣ witΦ it¼ ß largσ ì
  63. skyli⌠ hal∞ iε whicΦ ╔ havσ spreaΣ ou⌠ worδ area≤ fo≥ sounΣ ì
  64. production¼ audi∩ service¼ manufacturinτ anΣ compute≥ work«  ì
  65. Afte≥ ß couplσ oµ month≤ oµ shutdowε duσ t∩ movinτ anΣ ì
  66. remodelling¼ worδ i≤ ho⌠ anΣ heav∙ iε thσ laΓ now«  ┴ word-ì
  67. of-moutΦ networδ amonτ filφ sounΣ peoplσ i≤ bringinτ mσ man∙ ì
  68. ne≈ client≤ fo≥ Nagrß anΣ Stellavo° tapσ recorde≥ ì
  69. calibration«  Thσ nex⌠ busies⌠ areß thesσ day≤ i≤ thσ ì
  70. computer¼ ╔ havσ a mailinτ lis⌠ custome≥ growinτ b∙ leap≤ ì
  71. anΣ bounds«  Wheneve≥ the∙ cranδ u≡ fo≥ ß mailinτ ╔ havσ t∩ ì
  72. g∩ thr⌡ thσ harΣ disδ anΣ makσ rooφ t∩ worδ iε - it'≤ likσ ì
  73. havinτ ß biτ basement¼ oncσ it'≤ full¼ it'≤ ß constan⌠ ì
  74. battlσ t∩ kee≡ spacσ available.
  75.     ╔ spen⌠ almos⌠ ever∙ cen⌠ oµ m∙ availablσ credi⌠ gettinτ ì
  76. m∙ ne≈ placσ se⌠ up¼ s∩ ╔ wil∞ bσ drivinτ harΣ a⌠ makinτ ì
  77. mone∙ t∩ pa∙ ofµ thσ debt≤ fo≥ thσ nex⌠ fe≈ years¼ n∩ ne≈ ìètoys«  WortΦ it.
  78.     Iµ yo⌡ arσ interesteΣ iε audi∩ engineerinτ pleasσ writσ ì
  79. fo≥ ß brochurσ oε m∙ lates⌠ product¼ thσ FX-serie≤ oµ ì
  80. multichanne∞ prese⌠ parametriπ equalizers.
  81.     I'φ usinτ m∙ Radi∩ Shacδ Mode∞ 10░ fo≥ do-lists¼ ì
  82. appointmen⌠ calenda≥ (iε TEXT)¼ shoppinτ lists¼ most-ì
  83. commonly-useΣ phonσ number≤ file¼ recordinτ notes¼ anΣ dail∙ ì
  84. journa∞ writing«  ╔ wisΦ ╔ coulΣ makσ enougΦ timσ t∩ writσ ì
  85. somσ softwarσ fo≥ it«  ╔ havσ ß gooΣ star⌠ oε ß datß basσ ì
  86. managemen⌠ prograφ fo≥ thσ 10░ whicΦ build≤ froφ thσ ì
  87. experiencσ oµ DIMS«  ╔ hopσ ╔ caε ge⌠ i⌠ finisheΣ anΣ makσ ì
  88. i⌠ commercial«  Hopσ someonσ come≤ ou⌠ witΦ ß compile≥ fo≥ ì
  89. it«  
  90.                    Sincerely,
  91.  
  92.                    Dan Dugan
  93.