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THIS ARTICLE IS BEING PRESENTED THROUGH THE PIP ONLINE CP/M MAGAZINE
OF CP/M SIG (SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP) ON THE GENIE TELECOMMUNICATION
NETWORKS. PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
ONLY TO REPRINT THIS ARTICLE OR PASS IT ALONG ELECTRONICALLY AS LONG
AS PROPER CREDIT IS GIVEN TO BOTH THE AUTHOR AND GENIE.
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* WHICH ONES????? *
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* BY: JOHN OAKS *
* GENIE ADDRESS - SUJOS *
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CP/M FILES THAT WORK ON THE C128, WHICH ONES?
BY JOHN OAKS
GENIE ADDRESS SUJOS
ONE OF THE NICE FEATURES OF CP/M IS ITS TRANSPORTABILITY. THAT IS, A PROGRAM
WRITTEN ON ONE BRAND OF COMPUTER CAN OFTEN BE USED ON ANOTHER BRAND. FOR
EXAMPLE, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS ON THE LIBRARIES OUTSIDE OF THE COMMODORE
LIBRARY #34, WILL RUN WITH LITTLE OR NO MODIFICATION ON THE COMMODORE MACHINE.
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IN PART ONE, WE WILL LOOK AT THE CP/M LIBRARIES ONE THROUGH TEN. IN LIBRARY
ONE, ASM UTILITIES/PROGRAM DEBUG TOOLS, ARE VARIOUS ASSEMBLER, DISASSEMBLERS,
AND RELATED PROGRAMS. FILE #6432, Z1.ARK, IS A Z80 ASSEMBLER PROGRAM THAT
WILL ASSEMBLE TO .COM FILES.
LIBRARY TWO, BASIC, CONTAINS VARIOUS UTILITIES AND PROGRAMS MOSTLY GEARED FOR
OWNERS OF MBASIC, A COMMERCIALLY AVALIBLE BASIC COMPILER.
LIBRARY THREE, C, CONCERNS THE C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, A FASCINATING,
STRUCTURED LANGUAGE. THE LIBRARY CONTAINS FILE #6254, SMC203.ARK (SMALL C), A
WORKING C PROGRAM. NOTE THAT THE ARKED PROGRAM IS AROUND 900 XMODEM BLOCKS.
IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE SAME LIBRARY IN THREE PARTS, FILE #1008, 1009, AND
1010.
LIBRARY FOUR, CP/M+, CONTAINS PROGRAMS FOR CP/M+ (CP/M 3), SUCH AS #5658,
DATE+2.LBR - AN UPDATED DATE.COM PROGRAM AND #4483, AN UNERASE PROGRAM.
LIBRARY FIVE CONTAINS PROGRAMS FOR THE CP/M 86 OPERATING SYSTEM (AS OPPOSED TO
CP/M+).
LIBRARY SIX, CROSS ASM/ DISASM/ SIMULATORS, CONTAINS MANY PROGRAMS FOR THE
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMER, SUCH AS #4009, Z80DIS22.LBR, A Z80 DISASSEMBLER.
LIBRARY SEVEN IS THE DATABASE LIBRARY. THERE IS AN EXCELLENT DATABASE
PROGRAM, #2409, PCFILE.ARK. IT IS FULL FEATURED, MULTI-PURPOSE, MENU DRIVEN
DATA BASE. ALTHOUGH IT COMES WITH FULL DOCS, THE PROGRAM IS SO EASY TO USE
THEY REALLY ARE NOT NEEDED. ALSO IN THE LIBRARY ARE UTILITY PROGRAMS FOR
DBASE, SUCH AS MENU GENERATORS (#4075 DOZ AMONG OTHERS), AND APPLICATIONS SUCH
AS CHECK BOOK PROGRAMS, ETC.
LIBRARY EIGHT IS THE DESK ACCESSORY/CALCULATOR LIBRARY. FILE #5999, CAL32.LBR,
IS AN INTERERTING CALANDER PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS WRITING NOTES TO YOURSELF ON
CERTAIN DAYS. IT IS WRITTEN IN TURBO-PASCAL, WHICH IS NOT NEEDED TO RUN THE
PROGRAM. ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS FILE #2851 (LIB 24), TURBOINSTALL. THESE IS A
VERY EASY TO USE, MENU DRIVEN, INSTALLATION PROGRAM. FOR THE COMMODORE 128,
JUST CHOOSE TERMINAL TYPE ADM 3A.
LIBRARIES NINE AND TEN CONTAIN PROGRAMS FOR KEEPING YOUR DISKS IN ORDER.
LIBRARY NINE CONCERNS ITSELF WITH DIRECTORY PROGRAMS LIKE XDIR, AND LIBRARY 10
HAS PROGRAMS FOR CATALOGING DISKS. MOST OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT I HAVE TRIED
WORK WITH WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATION. ANYONE NOT HAVING XDIR, DISK3, OR SOME
SIMILAR DISK DIRECTORY PROGRAM SHOULD CONSIDER DOWNLOADING ONE. IT MAKES
KEEPING TRACK OF DISK SPACE MUCH EASIER.
WELL, THIS CONCLUDES PART ONE. THE IMPORTANT POINT IS DON'T BE AFRAID TO TRY
A PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN A DIFFERENT LIBRARY. IN PART TWO, WE WILL
LOOK AT PROGRAMS IN LIBRARIES ELEVEN TO TWENTY.
IN THE MEAN TIME, HAPPY COMPUTING!!