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                              Bill's Bonanza


Thi≤á disδ contain≤ ß numbe≥ oµ usefu∞ CP/M-8░ utilit∙ programs«á Somσá arσ ì
supplieΣá iεá .CO═ filσ onl∙ form«á Other≤ arσ supplieΣ iε botΦ sourcσá anΣ ì
.CO═ filσ form.
Thesσá program≤ arσ iε thσ publiπ domaiε anΣ arσ extracteΣ froφá thσá SIG/═ ì
collectioεá oµ publiπ domaiε software«á Thσ program≤ oε thi≤ disδ extracteΣ ì
froφá SIG/═á volume≤ iε thσ rangσ oµ volumσ 8╢ t∩ volumσá 19│á anΣá includσ ì
severa∞ program≤ b∙ Australiaε programers.
Oµá coursσ thesσ program≤ beinτ publiπ domaiε program≤ mean≤ you'rσ oε you≥ ì
owε a≤ fa≥ a≤ suppor⌠ goes«á Iµ yo⌡ d∩ havσ problem≤ you≥ loca∞ RCPM¼ CBBS¼ ì
IBBS¼á RBB╙ (o≥ whatever⌐ systeφ i≤ probabl∙ a≤ gooΣ ß placσ a≤ an∙ t∩á asδ ì
fo≥á help«á RCP═ typσ system≤ arσ excellen⌠ source≤ fo≥ obtaininτ acces≤ t∩ ì
thσá wealtΦá publiπá domaiεá softwarσá availablσá fo≥áá CP/M-80¼áá CP/M-86¼ ì
Concurren⌠ PCDO╙ anΣ PC/MSDO╙ micr∩ compute≥ systems.
Thσá phonσ number≤ oµ thesσ system≤ regularl∙ appea≥ iε Australiaε Persona∞ ì
Compute≥ anΣ You≥ Compute≥ magazines.

Bill Bolton,
ARCOM PACIFIC
Brisbane, Australia      October 17, 1984


UNERA12        This is program to recover files you may have erased
        in error. It will only recover an erased file success-
        fully if you HAVE NOT written anything to the disk
        since erasing the file. May not work on CP/M Plus
        systems (I don't have one handy to try it on).
        From SIG/M volume 147

BISHOW31    A very nice bi-directional scrolling "TYPE" utility
        which allows you to look at text files easily. You can
        scroll backwards and forwards through a file, and it
        will automatically unsqueeze files as necessary. BISHOW
        will need installation for your terminal.
        From SIG/M volume 193

VFILER        A very sophisticated file manipulation utility. This is
        perhaps the ultimate development of programs such as
        SWEEP WASH etc. It will need installation for your
        terminal. Both 8080 and Z80 versions are supplied.
        From SIG/M volume 145

RENAME        A wildcard rename utility for CP/M. See the RENAME.DOC
        files for details. From SIG/M volume 144

SQ-NEW        A new version of the popular SQUEEZE utility that will
        compress files to save space on disks or save time
        for modem transmission. This version will tell you
        how much space you saved and won't perform the squeeze
        operation on a file if there is no effective space
        saving. This version accepts wildcard file names to
        squeeze. From SIG/M volume 144

USQ119        A fast file unsqueeze utility (the companion program
        to SQ-NEW written in assembler. It accepts wildcard
        file names to unsqueeze. SIG/M volume 144

DOS        I wrote this one to tell me what memory addresses
        CP/M lives in any system so that I would know how
        much user program space was available etc.
        From SIG/M volume 86
èFINDBAD        Finds bad sectors on a disk and maps the into a
        badblocks file so that CP/M avoids them. Essential
        for hard disk users. From SIG/M volume 86

MEMRS        Exhaustive memory test program. Fast enough to use
        regularly to test all your system memory.
        From SIG/M volume 86

[End of -READ.ME file]



RENAME.DOC

FILES NEEDED:
        rename.c
        rename.doc
        bdos.h

Compiled under BDS C 1.5A and is known not to work reliably with 1.46.

This program allows wildcard renaming of files

         Usage: rename new_afn old_afn

e.g.     rename *.asm *.mac
                   change all .MAC to .ASM

         rename b:fred.* b:joe.*
                   change JOE's files into FRED's on drive B

         rename 4/???1-1.* 4/???1-2.*
                   change version number of ??? on user 4

         rename 18/d:*.sav 18/d:*.$$$
                   hang on to temp files in .SAV files on
                   drive D user level 18

Formally, the file names are of form:

        [user#/][drive:]ambiguous.ambiguous

Thi≤á caε leaΣ t∩ somσ construct≤ tha⌠ arσ meaningless«á M∙ definitioε oµ ß ì
"reasonableó ambiguou≤ referencσ i≤ a≤ follows:

    For any character position in the name,
        1) You CANNOT change from unambiguous to ambiguous. This
              would imply generating HEAPS of files with different
              names to satisfy the reference.

        2) You can change from ambiguous to unambiguous, in
              which case the unambiguous character is in the
              output name.

        3) You can change from ambiguous to ambiguous, where
              the output character is the character in the
              current input file name.

        4) You can change from unambiguous to unambiguous. The
              characters are just substituted.

Thesσ definition≤ werσ cookeΣ u≡ a≤ ╔ wrotσ thσ program« M∙ logiπ say≤ tha⌠ ì
the∙ arσ correct¼ bu⌠ theε Versioε ▒ diΣ not work, so there you go....
èIµ yo⌡ tr∙ t∩ renamσ t∩ aε existinτ name¼ thσ prograφ ask≤ you what to do:

    e.g. drive F, user 8 contains the files
                        FRED.ASM
                        FRED.MAC
                        JOE.MAC
        If we enter "rename 8/f:joe.*   8/f:fred.*", then
        the problem arises of JOE.MAC -> FRED.MAC

If this happens , there are 3 options:

        (Q)uit : quit program. These will leave all
                 files so far renamed. The files are renamed
                 on a first-come first-served basis in the
                 directory entries, so who knows what will
                 be renamed...

        (S)kip : skip this rename. Rename all the files that
                 match except this one.

        (K)ill : kill the output file-name. Deletes the destination
                 file, and then continues renaming.

The programs builds 3 lists in memory before starting to rename things:

   List 1   Original name
   List 2   New name
   List 3   All files on disk

This makes it a memory hog, but it does work a bit faster.
Notσá tha⌠á wil∞ neeΣ (3*30*dir_entries⌐ byte≤ oµ freσ spacσ iεá thσá wors⌠ ì
case«  e.g« fo≥ 12╕ entrie≤ 'bou⌠ 12k

DAVID BROWN    (SYDNEY [phone] for complaints)

P.S«á Oε m∙ keyboarΣ ╔ can'⌠ typσ thσ O╥ anΣ bitwise-O╥ cha≥ thu≤ ╔ usσ thσ ì
#define≤ iε BDSCIO.H:

                #define OR  (2 chars) /* logical */
                #define BOR (1 chars) /* bitwise */



SQ-NEW.DOC

S╤á versioεá 1.5ß i≤ aε experimenta∞ outgrowtΦ oµ RicharΣá Greenlaw'≤á filσ ì
compressioε utility«á  Notσ tha⌠ i⌠ wa≤ developeΣ b∙ modifyinτ S╤ 1.5¼á no⌠ ì
1.╢ whicΦ ha≤ beeε iε thσ publiπ domaiε fo≥ ß yea≥ o≥ so.

1.5a changes:

a)    Directed I/O support was removed.

b)    Leo≥ Zolman'≤ WILDEX╨ command-linσ interfacσ wa≤ added«  Al∞ ì
ááááááááfilσá anΣá outpu⌠ drivσ specification≤ arσá takeεá froφá thσ ì
áááááááácommanΣ line.

c)ááááááOutpu⌠ filσ size≤ arσ checkeΣ agains⌠ inpu⌠ filσ sizes«á  Iµ ì
ááááááááS╤á find≤á ß filσ whicΦ doesn'⌠ compres≤ ver∙ wel∞á theεá i⌠ ì
áááááááádiscard≤á thσá outpu⌠á file¼á and¼á iµ thσ outpu⌠ wa≤á oεá ß ì
áááááááádifferen⌠á disδ froφ thσ inpu⌠ filσ theε thσ inpu⌠á filσá i≤ ì
áááááááásimpl∙ copied to the destination disk.

d)    ┴á command-linσ optioε consistinτ oµ ß singlσ plu≤ sigεá (+⌐ ìèáááááááácause≤á S╤á t∩á asδá whethe≥ o≥ no⌠á t∩á discarΣá ßá poorly-ì
áááááááácompresseΣ file.

e)    File≤á oµá ╕á sector≤ o≥ les≤ arσ neve≥á squeezed«á Eveεá oε ì
áááááááásingle-densit∙á standarΣá CP/═ interchangσá disk≤á n∩á spacσ ì
áááááááásavinτá woulΣ bσ realiseΣ and¼á wheε transferrinτ sucΦ file≤ ì
ááááááááb∙ modeφ thσ savinτ in transmission time is not significant.

Examples:

1)    A>sq *.c *.asm

    squeezes all .C and .ASM files on the logged-in disk.

2)    A>sq b: *.c *.asm

    samσ a≤ abovσ excep⌠ tha⌠ thσ squeezeΣ file≤ arσ writteεá t∩ ì
ááááááááthσ B║ disk.

3)    A>sq b: *.c + *.asm

    samσá agaiεá excep⌠á tha⌠á iµ ß .AS═ filσ i≤á founΣá no⌠á t∩ ì
áááááááácompres≤ wel∞ theε S╤ wil∞ asδ whethe≥ o≥ no⌠ t∩ discarΣ thσ ì
ááááááááoutpu⌠ filσ anΣ cop∙ thσ original.

4)    A>sq b: *.* !*.com

    squeezσ al∞ excep⌠ .CO═ file≤ anΣ writσ thσ outpu⌠ file≤á t∩ ì
ááááááááthσ B║ disk.

Notσá tha⌠ thi≤ I╙ ß pre-releasσ versioε oµ SQ«á  PLEAS┼ US┼ I╘ AN─á REPOR╘ ì
AN┘ BUG╙ O╥ SUBMI╘ AN┘ SUGGESTION╙ viß this system or to

John Hastwell-Batten,
38 Silvia St, Hornsby, NSQ 2077
[phone] ah, [phone] bh.



VFILER.DOC

            VFILER 1.7 by Richard Conn

VFILE╥á i≤ ß screen-orienteΣ filσ manipulatioε utility«á  Followinτ iεá thσ ì
footstep≤ oµ SWEEP¼á CLEAN¼á anΣ DISK¼ VFILE╥ perform≤ thσ samσ fundamenta∞ ì
functions¼ bu⌠ add≤ screen-orienteΣ display≤ anΣ manipulatioε t∩ it¼ givinτ ì
ß morσ user-friendl∙ interfacσ iε m∙ opinion.

VFILE╥á mus⌠á bσá installeΣá fo≥ ßá user'≤á terminal«á  T∩á d∩á this¼á edi⌠ ì
VFILERSC.ASM¼ follo≈ thσ direction≤ containeΣ therein¼ anΣ se⌠ u≡ thi≤ filσ ì
t∩á suppor⌠á you≥ CRT'≤ clea≥ screen¼á got∩ xy¼á anΣ clea≥ t∩ enΣá oµá linσ ì
functions«  Oncσ done¼ assemblσ VFILERSC¼ patcΦ i⌠ int∩ VFILE╥ b∙ usinτ DD╘ ì
(╔ anΣ ╥ commands¼á witΦ n∩ offse⌠ fo≥ R)¼ anΣ theε savσ thσ result« VFILE╥ ì
no≈ i≤ installeΣ t∩ ruε unde≥ CP/M.

Iµá thσá use≥ i≤ runninτ ZCPR2¼á hσ shoulΣ no≈ ruε GENIN╙ oε VFILER¼á d∩á ß ì
norma∞ installation¼á anΣ writσ ou⌠ thσ result«  VFILE╥ wil∞ takσ advantagσ ì
oµ thσ specia∞ feature≤ oµ ZCPR▓ iµ s∩ installed.

Wheε VFILE╥ i≤ invoked¼á i⌠ display≤ ß screeε (u≡ t∩ 64⌐ file≤ t∩ thσá use≥ ì
witΦ aε arrow«  Thσ use≥ ma∙ usσ thσ WorΣ Sta≥ curso≥ movemen⌠ key≤ (^┼ fo≥ ì
up¼á ^╪ fo≥ down¼ ^─ fo≥ right¼ ^╙ fo≥ left⌐ t∩ movσ thσ curso≥ t∩ poin⌠ t∩ ì
ß desireΣ file«  Typinτ ╓ wil∞ vie≈ thσ filσ oε thσ CRT¼ ╨ wil∞ prin⌠ i⌠ oε ì
thσ printer¼ ├ wil∞ cop∙ it¼ ─ wil∞ deletσ it¼ etc.èSee the command summary built into VFILER.

VFILE╥ know≤ al∞ abou⌠ thσ D╒ anΣ DI╥ (iµ installeΣ fo≥ ZCPR2⌐ forms« Unde≥ ì
CP/═ o≥ ZCPR2¼á thσ D╒ forφ ma∙ bσ used«á  Fo≥ example¼á iε responsσ t∩ thσ ì
Logiε commanΣ (L)¼ thσ use≥ ma∙ typσ an∙ oµ thσ following:

        A    <-- log into Disk A, Current User
        5    <-- log into Current Disk, User 5
        A5    <-- log into Disk A, User 5
        wordst    <-- log into named dir (under ZCPR2)

Thσá entrie≤á ma∙ o≥ ma∙ no⌠ bσ followeΣ b∙ ß colon¼á a≤ thσá use≥á desireΣ ì
(i.e.¼ 'Aº anΣ 'A:º meaε thσ samσ thing).