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- From: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys
- Subject: Re: CTOS <-> DOS disk con
- Message-ID: <153.166.uupcb@ssr.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:54:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
- Reply-To: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)
- Lines: 47
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- > .> Actually, given that mtool package as a starting point, it probably is
- > .> trivial. But, since the utilities to read/write Dos floppies are part
- > .> of Ctos Standard Software, why bother??
- > .>
- > .> C'mon, Clarence... You've been dealing with that **IX stuff too long!
- > .> You should get into CTOS! <~>
-
- CD> .But...
- > .I assumed that the original poster didn't have MREAD/MWRITE, or we wouldn'
- > .have this thread here.
-
- That's like assuming that everyone Rs The FM!! I never assume that.
- Experience has proven otherwise! <~>
-
- > .I am promoting the "CTOS open". There should be PD software in existence
- > .for a system with over a million users. There certainly is for the
- > .Convergent/AT&T UNIX PC, with its measely 75,000 users.
-
- But those 75,000 users are, for the most part, educated end users, while
- most of the million CTOS users are dealing with a "black box" on the
- job.
-
- I did a few utilities that were supposed to be PD and released to the
- world. They disappeared into the CT/Unisys "black hole", so... These
- days I'd rather make money. <~> If I thought there was any real chance
- of getting a return on shareware, I'd do some, but we both know how much
- software was "appropriated" by customers without payment. It soured me
- on the prospects for doing shareware.
-
- > . An hour of your time is
- > .probably more than they paid for the machine ;-).
-
- Nah... I'm not THAT expensive. Two hours, maybe... <~>
-
- CD> . Glad to see you back.
- > .You aren't actually using a **IX machine to post this, are you ?????
-
- You jest, of course... As you know, that **IX stuff doesn't turn me
- on. I still have a 7300 and Mini+ around, and even use them sometimes,
- but rarely. Actually, I'm using an NPC (remember that??) through a
- local BBS.
-
- Best,
- D/
-
- * OLX 2.2 * Bring back A-N airways!! Dick.Zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com
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