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- From: lowen@lorc.eskimo.com (Lamar Owen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
- Subject: Re: Standard CP/M compression progs
- Message-ID: <DDJLrAHLBh107h@lorc.eskimo.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 08:48:51 -0500
- References: <1992Dec8.085600.11836@cs.rug.nl>
- Organization: LORC Enterprises
- Lines: 33
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- In <1992Dec8.085600.11836@cs.rug.nl> laverman@cs.rug.nl (Bert Laverman) writes:
- >Hi all.
- > Has anybody ever ported all those standard CP/M compression utilities
- >to LSDOS? I'ld like to be able to decompress some of the stuff I find
- >on simtel, and I'm getting annoyed at having to reboot for it.
-
- Check with the 8N1 BBS at (904)377-1200. Sysop Guy Omer. Scads of TRS-80
- stuff.
-
- > Second question (related): has anyone ever found a nice editor for
- >writing software under LSDOS 6.3? The standard ted/cmd is horrible, but
- >it's the only one i've got at the moment. I do have the MC C compiler,
-
- The Said editor that comes with MC is the best one going for the Mode 4.
-
- > Number three: Having a 128k Model 4 (recently extended with a 12Meg HD
- >unit), I was thinking about claiming the extra banks, mapping them as the
- >'normal' 64k, and emulating CP/M... I think most BDOS calls will map
- >easily onto LS-DOS calls, and faking CP/M FCB's isn't too hard. Anybody
- >else ever thought about it? It would save a lot of switching, and would
- >finally allow Turbo-PASCAL to be run under LS-DOS (sort of ;-)).
-
- The hooks were (sort of) built in. Get a copy of The Source from Misosys.
- If they have any more copies, that is. I sold my copy, otherwise I would
- help out.
-
-
- --
-
- Lamar Owen, Systems Consultant | If there were a tax on syn,
- GE Lighting Systems, Hendersonville, NC | we'd all be broke.
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