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- 11/18/91 Z3HELP System - Special Notes Bill Tishey
-
- A number of authored Help files exceed the 24k size limit required for them
- to be viewed by LBRHLP in crunched form. These files (ACOPY.HLP, DSLIB.HLP,
- DU3.HLP, MENU.HLP, VMENU.HLP) are therefore provided uncrunched. The improved
- buffer allocation in LBRHLP (since vs 1.4) allows for uncrunched files 24k
- larger than that allowed for in previous versions, so these files will
- display properly. If you try to crunch them, a "memory overflow" message will
- likely result on small-TPA systems.
-
- The "Y" library, heretofore unused, now contains authored Help files for the
- Z-System Libraries (and related programming routines, modules, etc.). A brief
- file will also exist in the appropriate lettered LBR and refer to the detailed
- help in Y.LBR (e.g., SYSLB.HZP will exist in S.LBR and refer to SYSLIB.HZP and
- the set of files for SYSLIB vs 4.4 in Y.LBR). This scheme helps to organize
- all files into a neat 26-LBR set, if you have enough room to handle the larger
- Y (264k) and Z (300k) LBRs. As distributed, Y and Z may be split into Y1, Y2
- and Z1, Z2, depending on your disk format. Either un-LBR and LPUT the files
- into a single Y and Z LBR or otherwise arrange them to suit your disk system.
-
- In this version, I didn't tinker with the format of the files, just worked
- to bring the entire system up to date. Over 100 files were modified and a
- half a megabyte added to the size of the package. Okay, now watch someone put
- out a string of utilities beginning with the letter "Y"! -wat
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- 12 Dec 88
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- VLU has now been split into two separate files. -wat
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- 03 Jul 88
-
- The set of Z3HELP libraries as distributed has one problem worth noting:
-
- I obtained 'memory overflow' messages in trying to read DU3.HLP, VLU.HLP
- and VMENU.HLP as options under DU31.HLP, VLU1.HLP and VMENU1.HLP,
- respectively (I only have a 64k system!). The uncrunching routines in
- LBRHLP use up to 22k of buffer space, leaving only 25k+ for files, and
- these files are larger than 25k. I will have to look later into a work-
- around (file-splitting?) for this.
-
- I will try to issue updates to the LBRs periodically, probably bundling
- them in something like Z3HELP02.LBR, Z3HELP03.LBR, etc. -wat
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- (617-965-7259) or directly by phone or in writing:
- Bill Tishey
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