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PRNT - IS A PRINT UTILITY SOMETHING LIKE TYPE BUT
WITH PAGINATION AND HEADINGS. IT SHOULD RUN ON
ANY CONFIGURATION OF CP/M WITH AN I/O DEVICE
THAT RECOGNIZES A FORM FEED CHARACTER (HEX 0C)
AS A TOP-OF PAGE COMMAND. THE SYNTAX FOR USING
PRNT IS:
PRNT FILENAME.EXT
PRNT ALSO MAY BE USEFUL TO THOSE WHO NEED AN
EXAMPLE OF CP/M DISK I/O ACCESS.
PRINT - IS A PATCHED VERSION BY ARG TO COPE WITH HARDWARE
THAT DOES NOT RECOGNISE 0CH
TREAD - IS A PAPER-TAPE TO DISK UTILITY WHICH WILL
ONLY WORK WITH A TELETYPE HAVING AN AUTOMATIC
READER. THE TAPES TO BE READ MUST CONTAIN
CR, LF SEQUENCES PERIODICALLY. THE TAPE MAY
BE ENDED WITH A CONTROL Z. SYNTAX FOR USING
THIS PROGRAM IS:
TREAD FILENAME.EXT
EXAM - IS A DISK SECTOR EXAMINATION UTILITY FOR A
SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH A VDM. ONCE RUNNING
EXAM WILL ALLOW VISUAL EXAMINATION OF ANY SECTOR ON
THE DISK (DRIVE 0 ONLY IN THIS VERSION).
THE CURRENT VERSION WILL ONLY OPERATE IN A 16K
SYSTEM BUT THAT IS EASILY FIXED. THE COMMANDS
TO EXAM ARE:
+ = READ NEXT SECTOR
- = READ PREVIOUS SECTOR
I = STEP HEAD IN (TOWARD TRACK 76) AND READ
O = STEP HEAD OUT (TOWARD TRACK 0) AND READ
DUE TO A MINOR BUG WHICH I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO
FIX, THE FIRST COMMAND TO EXAM SHOULD BE A +.
MEMTST - IS A MEMORY TEST FROM THE INTEL
USERS LIBRARY. IT HAS INTERNAL I/O ROUTINES
AND MUST BE MODIFIED TO SUIT THE USERS SYSTEM.
IT IS A VERY GOOD TEST OF MEMORY WHICH WE
HAVE BEEN USING EXTENSIVELY IN THE LONG ISLAND CLUB.
THE PROGRAM WILL DISPLAY MEMTST 1.0 AT WHICH
POINT THE USER SHOULD ENTER STARTING AND
ENDING HEX ADDRESSES SEPERATED BY A COMMA.
THE PROGRAM WILL THEN TYPE ADDR: REF: ACT:
AND BEGIN TESTING. ANY ERRORS WILL CAUSE
AN ADDRESS ,REFERENCE DATA, AND ACTUAL DATA
TO BE PRINTED.
ASSIGN - IS THE DEVICE ASSIGNMENT UTILITY TO BE USED
WITH THE VBIOS SUPPLIED. IT SHOULD BE ASSEMBLED TO
OBTAIN THE DOCUMENTATION.
MAZE - IS A MAZE PROGRAM FROM THE INTEL USERS LIBRARY.
IT SHOULD RUN ON ANY SYSTEM.
TRAIN - IS THE VDM TRAIN PROGRAM FROM THE PROCESSOR
TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER. JUST TYPE
TRAIN.
VBIOS31 AND BOOT31 ARE THE TWO PIECES OF A DEVICE-SELECTABLE
CBIOS WITH A BUILT-IN VDM DRIVER.
THESE TWO PIECES SHOULD BE INCORPORATED
IN A SECOND LEVEL SYSGEN IF DESIRED. THE VDM
DRIVER HAS SPEED CONTROL USING THE FRONT PANEL
SWITCHES.
IDIR -READS DIRECTORY OF ISIS (INTEL FDOS) DISKETTE
IN DRIVE B
ICOPY -READS FILE FROM ISIS DISKETTE IN DRIVE B, AFTER
FINDING NAME FROM USING IDIR, AND COPIES AS CP/M FILE TO A
COMMAND: "ICOPY FILNAME.TYP"
LIOS -SET OF SUBROUTINES TO PERFORM CP/M LOGICAL FUNCTIONS FOR
INCORPORATION IN NEW PROGRAMS