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"10/9/77"
QQS 1
"^DEAR ^TONY:"
QQS 1
"^IN RESPONSE TO YOUR RECENT REQUEST, ^I SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING"
"DATA ON MY EQUIPMENT AND INTERESTS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL NEW"
"PROGRAMS TO ADD TO THE USERS GROUP LIBRARY."
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"^EQUIPMENT:"
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"---------"
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"^IMSAI 8080 CABINET, WITH BOTH ^IMSAI ^M^P^U CARD AND ^ITHACA ^AUDIO"
"^Z-80 ^M^P^U CARD."
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"^ICOM 'FRUGAL FLOPPY' SYSTEM WITH TWO DRIVES IN ^SYNETIC ^DESIGNS"
"CABINET AND ^ICOM ^F^D^O^S-^I^I FIRMWARE/SOFTWARE."
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"^A TOTAL OF 36^K BYTES OF ^R^A^M, DIVIDED UP AS 32^K FROM 0-7^F^F^F AND"
"4^K FROM ^F000-^F^F^F^F (NORMALLY CONTAINS MY ^I/^O MONITOR)."
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"2^K OF ^P^R^O^M: 1^K CONTAINS ^F^D^O^S-^I^I FIRMWARE, OTHER 1^K IS BOOTSTRAP"
"AND DISC DRIVERS FOR ^C^P/^M (WITH LOTS OF UNUSED SPACE)."
QQS 1
"^PROCESSOR ^TECHNOLOGY ^V^D^M-1 VIDEO INTERFACE."
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"^TARBELL CASETTE INTERFACE."
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"^BURROUGHS 9350-2 TYPEWRITER TERMINAL (SIMILAR TO ^FRIDEN 7000)."
"^THIS RATHER UNUSUAL TERMINAL IS RUNNING THROUGH AN INTERFACE"
"OF MY OWN DESIGN, WITH NO SPECIAL SOFTWARE REQUIRED. ^IF ANY"
"OTHER MEMBER OF THE GROUP HAS ONE OF THESE TERMINALS,"
"(^HERBACH & ^RADEMANN IN ^PHILADELPHIA SOLD A BUNCH OF THEM LAST"
"YEAR) ^I CAN PROVIDE PLANS, PARTS AND/OR A ^P^C BOARD FOR MY"
"INTERFACE, AS WELL AS SERVICE DATA ON THE TERMINAL ITSELF."
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"^SOFTWARE:"
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"--------"
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"^I AM SUBMITTING THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS TO THE USERS GROUP:"
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"^M^L80: ^BY COLLECTING PIECES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AND"
"MAKING A FEW PATCHES MYSELF, ^I HAVE COME UP WITH A REASONABLY"
"CLEAN SET OF MODULES FOR THE ^M^L80 COMPILER."
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"^X^D^I^R: ^THIS IS SIMILAR TO MY '^W^D^I^R' PROGRAM, EXCEPT THAT IT"
"ONLY PUTS THREE FILENAMES ON A LINE, AND REPORTS THE FILE SIZE"
"AS WELL AS THE EXTENT NUMBER (IF NON-ZERO). ^IT IS WRITTEN IN"
"^M^L80."
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"^F^O^R^M^A^T: ^THIS ^B^A^S^I^C-^E PROGRAM IS A SIMPLE TEXT PROCESSOR THAT"
"DOES FILLING, JUSTIFICATION, CASE CONTROL, TITLING, AND"
"PAGINATION. ^IT TAKES A ^B^A^S^I^C-^E DATA FILE AS ITS INPUT AND"
"PRODUCES ITS OUTPUT ON THE CONSOLE DEVICE. ^MOST COMMANDS"
"ARE IMBEDDED IN THE INPUT FILE. ^LIKE MOST PROGRAMS WRITTEN"
"IN ^B^A^S^I^C-^E, IT IS QUITE SLOW (5-10 SECONDS PER LINE)."
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"^L^A^N^E^S: ^THIS IS A CONVERSION TO ^B^A^S^I^C-^E OF THE GAME '^STAR ^LANES',"
"WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN ^INTERFACE ^AGE MAGAZINE SOME MONTHS"
"AGO. ^IT'S SORT OF A CROSS BETWEEN ^STAR ^TREK AND ^MONOPOLY. ^SEE"
"^INTERFACE ^AGE FOR DIRECTIONS."
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"^S^P^A^T: ^THIS IS A HEAVILY MODIFIED VERSION OF '^E^X^A^M', WHICH"
"ALLOWS MODIFICATION OF THE SECTOR BEING EXAMINED. ^THE NEW"
"COMMANDS ARE:"
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" LINE FEED DOES THE SAME THING AS '+'."
" A MODIFY CURRENT SECTOR IN ^A^S^C^I^I."
" C CLEAR ALL POINTERS AND RESTART ^S^P^A^T"
" D SELECT DRIVE #"
" H MODIFY CURRENT SECTOR IN HEX."
" Q OR ^^^C EXIT TO ^C^P/^M"
" S SELECT SECTOR #"
" T SELECT TRACK #"
" W WRITE MODIFIED SECTOR TO DISK."
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"^IN ADDITION, ^S^P^A^T COPIES ALL THE ^B^I^O^S VECTORS INTO ITSELF"
"DURING START-UP, SO IT SHOULD RUN ON ANYBODY'S HARDWARE."
"^THE ONLY HARDWARE DEPENDANT ROUTINE IS '^S^T^A^T', WHICH READS"
"THE DISK CONTROLLER STATUS BYTE (USED ONLY FOR DISPLAY)."
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"^T^I^N^Y^B^A^S: (^BY ^BRUCE ^SHERRY, ^LIVERMORE, ^CA.)"
"^THIS IS AN"
"EXTENSION OF ^LI^CHEN ^WANG'S ^PALO ^ALTO ^TINY ^B^A^S^I^C, WHICH INCLUDES"
"COMMANDS TO LOAD AND SAVE ^TINY ^B^A^S^I^C PROGRAMS ON DISK."
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"^OBJECTIVES:"
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"----------"
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"^MY MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE FUN WITH MY SYSTEM, DOING THINGS"
"THAT ^I DON'T NORMALLY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ON MY JOB"
"(^I'M A PROGRAMMER/ANALYST FOR A CONSULTING FIRM IN ^N^Y^C)."
"^THIS INCLUDES TINKERING WITH SYSTEMS SOFTWARE, AND TRYING"
"OUT NEW LANGUAGES AND PACKAGES AS THEY COME ALONG. ^I ALSO"
"SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON GAMES."
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"^I ALSO USE MY SYSTEM TO DEVELOP NEW PERIPHERALS FOR THE"
"^S-100 BUS. ^THE ^FRIDEN INTERFACE ^I MENTIONED EARLIER IS"
"JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS. ^I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER DESIGN PROJECTS"
"IN THE WORKS, WHICH ^I'LL NOT TALK ABOUT UNTIL ^I CAN SHOW THEM"
"UP AND RUNNING."
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"^I AM INTERESTED IN APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS"
"MAN. ^I HAVE AN ORDER PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MY HARDWARE"
"SALES, WRITTEN IN ^OPUS/1. ^ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND GENERAL LEDGER"
"ARE IN THE WORKS."
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"^AS EVIDENCED BY THE '^F^O^R^M^A^T' PROGRAM, ^I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN"
"WORD PROCESSING. ^I USE '^F^O^R^M^A^T' FOR MOST OF MY CORRESPONDENCE"
"AND TO FORMAT THE INSTRUCTION MANUALS FOR MY ^S-100 PRODUCTS."
"^I PLAN TO EVENTUALLY RECODE '^F^O^R^M^A^T' IN ^A.^L. OR ^M^L80, TO GET"
"IT UP TO A DECENT SPEED AND ADD SOME MORE FEATURES."
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"^USERS ^LIBRARY:"
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"----- -------"
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"^I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FROM THE"
"USERS LIBRARY:"
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"^SOURCE FOR ^X^S^T^A^T (IF POSSIBLE). ^I ALREADY HAVE ^X^S^T^A^T.^C^O^M."
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"^A DECENT EXPLANATION OF HOW TO USE '^A^C^T'. ^THE THREE-PAGE"
"WRITEUP ^I CURRENTLY HAVE IS HOPELESSLY CRYPTIC."
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"^H^A^I^K^U, ^A^M^U^S^E, ^A^M^A^Z^E, ^I^O^E^X^A^M^P, AND ANY OTHER EXAMPLES YOU"
"HAVE OF HOW TO USE '^A^C^T'."
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"^R^T^E"
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"^B^O^O^T#47^A"
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"^B^I^O^S#47^A - ^I'M ESPECIALLY CURIOUS HOW YOU LET ^C^P/^M KNOW YOU'VE"
"TAKEN AN EXTRA TRACK FOR THE BOOT."
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"^P^R^N^T AND ^P^R^I^N^T"
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"^M^E^M^T^S^T"
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"^A^S^S^I^G^N AND ^V^B^I^O^S"
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"^M^A^Z^E"
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"^T^R^A^I^N"
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"^V^B^I^O^S31 AND ^B^O^O^T31"
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"^I^D^I^R AND ^I^C^O^P^Y"
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"^L^I^O^S"
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"^IT'S GENERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CATCH ME AT MY OFFICE, BUT ^I"
"CAN USUALLY BE REACHED AT HOME WEEKDAY EVENINGS. ^LOOKING"
"FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AGAIN."
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"^YOURS ^TRULY,"
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QQFN,QQJN
"^BRUCE ^R. ^RATOFF"
"^BOX 28-^D, ^APT 13^B"
"1 ^MARINEVIEW ^PLAZA"
"^HOBOKEN, ^N^J 07030"
"201-963-0848"