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- GEnie CP/M RoundTable, Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 1, Sun Dec 14, 1986
- From: J.F.SMITH [Jim Smith]
-
- I have had the opportunity to beta test a soon to be released
- product offered by Plu*Perfect Systems. As a pre-release note
- may the following wet your appetite. This one is going to
- knock your socks off.
-
- B - a - c - k - G - r - o - u - n - d - e - r ii
- adds new dimensions to CP/M 2.2 Z80 computers
-
- TASK SWITCHING ... lets you run two programs at one time and switch
- between them. For example, your text editor is available when you
- are using a database manager, spreadsheet, or communications
- program. With task switching, all of your programs immediately
- become "desktop accessories" for use while running any other task.
-
- BACKGROUND COMMANDS ... let you run BGii's built-in commands without
- disturbing your two primary tasks. You can change disks, get file
- directories, erase, rename, view and print files. And get "help"
- for a program at any time, even when it's running.
-
- BACKGROUND PRINTING ... prints any number of files automatically
- while you are running other tasks. In addition, a program's printer
- output can be redirected to a file.
-
- EXTENSIBLE COMMANDS ... allow programmers to add customized
- foreground and background commands to those already built into BGii.
-
- TASK-TO-TASK DATA TRANSFER ... lets you mark and "cut" a region of
- data on the current screen and later "paste" it into another
- program. There's a built-in notepad for making short notes while
- other programs are running, and you can "dump" the current screen to
- your printer, or to a file.
-
- KEYBOARD MACROS ... allow you to use handy "alternate" and numeric-
- keypad keys to represent complete commands, text, and printer
- control sequences. You can create and edit new definitions, or
- even automatically record your keystrokes at any time. These custom
- definitions can be saved for use with particular programs, and
- automatically loaded, if desired, when the programs are rerun.
-
- BACKGROUND CALCULATOR ... lets you do quick calculations in 15 digit
- decimal or hexadecimal arithmetic, save results in memory registers,
- and automatically recall the answer in a program.
-
- NAMED DIRECTORIES ... for easily-remembered drive and user-number
- areas.
-
- BGii is a high-performance virtual-memory extension to CP/M. It
- works best with a ram-disk or a hard disk. BGii replaces the CP/M
- command processor and requires about 2.75K of additional space (just
- 0.25K in a ZCPR3 system). The virtual-memory file on the disk
- requires about 100K. BG can be instantly removed to restore the
- original command processor, should a very large program require more
- space.
-
- BGii is compatible with the ZCPR3 command processor concept and
- associated high-memory buffers. Conflicts exist with a very few
- ZCPR3 applications programs that depart from CP/M standards.
-
- BackGrounder ii, is Copyright 1986 by Bridger Mitchell and
- Plu*Perfect Systems.