=================================================================
The DataCOM Super System is a multi-user remote database with
40mb of files online. An annual fee of $35.00 is required for
access, application may be down-loaded by calling (813) 791-1454
at 300/1200/2400 baud or send a SASE along with your request to:
NOTE: Articles and reviews of machines, hardware, software, and
other peripherals reflect currently advertised prices as released
by the distributors and are included here for YOUR INFORMATION
ONLY. The TBKUG/DataCOM Network is NOT being paid to
advertise these products and we cannot be held responsible
for the price and/or performance of said products.
=================================================================
-={ Enter the SUPER SYSTEM !! }=-
The new multi-user TurboDOS-based remote system is ONLINE NOW!!!
It's been a long time coming, and has been worth the wait. We
have 31 seperate file areas covering most every category of
public domain with filenames from ALIENS to ZCPR3. Moving around
from one file area to another is a very simple task and is
handled by the CD (Change Directory) command. You just enter "CD
area_name" to move to the desired file section. At present we
have the following file areas open:
NEW RCPM TURBODOS SYS-INFO IBM/DOS
GWBASIC MDM740 MEX1 MEX2 WORDPRO
MAG HELP LU-CPM CPMUTIL CPM86
TURBOP FUN BASIC80 CPM-CAT C
BIGBRD CBASIC ASM80 CATALOGS NEWDOS
APPLE DBASE2 KAYPRO ZCPR3 CPM-PLUS
-={ TurboDOS Command Prompt ]=-
The Super System uses TurboDOS v1.41 (c) Software 2000 and the
main difference between CP/M and TurboDOS is the way the command
prompt looks. On your normal CP/M system you get a prompt like
this:
A> or A0>
Under TurboDOS the same thing would be: 0A}
and with the *Remote Access enhanced TurboDOS that I am running
now, the prompt looks like this:
[00:45 A1] NEW 2A}
| | | |
| | | |
time on (hh:mm) <--+ | | +--> user/drive
| |
network/node <--+ +--> file area_name
Your current timeon (hh:mm) is displayed first, followed by your
node ID "A1", then the file area_name "NEW", and then the
user/drive currently logged.
For those of you who used multiple commands on the ZCPR3-based
system, TurboDOS again does things slightly different. The
multiple command seperator is the backslash "\" character and not
the semicolon ";", use it like so:
xmodem s thisfile.abc\xmodem s thatfile.xyz\etc\etc\etc
-={ MEX Users Info }=-
Before using GET.MEX or any sendout commands, be sure to issue
the following command from the MEX prompt.
STAT TRIGGER "}"
The sendout trigger character must be reset for the TurboDOS
prompt which ends in a "}" instead of the ">" used by CP/M
systems. If you get a bunch of "Sendout Failed" errors, then you
have forgotten to change the trigger character.
-={ System Error Handling }=-
The basic commands used while in TurboDOS are not very different
from those being used on CP/M-based remote systems. If you enter
an invalid command or line noise "alters" your command, you will
probably get the following error message:
<-- Command not found
This simply means that TurboDOS could NOT find the requested
command file. The command in error is always pointed at by the
error message and should be fairly self-explanatory.
If you attempt to move to any file area that is NOT accessible
remotely you will receive the following error message:
<-- Area not available
-={ User Disks Anyone ?? }=-
H E L P ! !
I need to sell some user disk volumes ... if I don't keep a
sufficient quantity moving out I can't continue to buy disks and
mailers in large (cheap) quantities.
This is going to have to be made up somewhere and it will
probably mean an increase in the current $10 per disk charge.
I don't want this to happen -- so buy a disk today !!
We have three files that list the contents of all 81 TBKUG User
Disk volumes and these can be found online in the CATALOGS
section or I'll be glad to furnish you with disk copies by mail
if you supply the disk, the disk mailer, AND the return postage.
-={ Software Review: SODU82 }=-
by Lindsay Haisley
Some months ago, mainly out of curiosity, I downloaded a
copy of SODU82.LBR from the TBKUG system. A quick glance at the
documentation file told me that it was another disk editing
utility of the same sort as DU and DU2, and having both of these
very satisfactory programs, as well as the excellent screen
oriented utilities SuperZap and PATCH, I filed SODU82 away in the
archive user area of my hard disk system. I must confess that it
wasn't until I read a short review of SODU in "Profiles" that I
dug the program up and gave it the attention it deserves, and I
am quite glad that I did. SODU82 combines the best features of
both SuperZap and DU (or DU2), and is very nearly a complete
replacement for either or both of them.
Public domain utilities for editing data directly on disks have
evolved principly along two lines. The oldest, and probably most
commonly used programs are the DU (for Disk Utility) series by
Ward Christensen which have gone through numerous versions and
revisions over the past several years. DU and DU2 allow direct
viewing of the data on disk by specifying track and sector or
CP/M block, and provide commands which can be entered on a CP/M-
like command line to page through the disk data by sector, make
changes, move data from one sector to another and so forth. In
case you get lost, there is a rather complete and lengthy menu of
commands available upon entering the command "?". DU is a very
powerful utility, and can, with skill, be used to reconstruct
crashed directories, recover erased files, separate duplicate
files and do just about any job requiring direct access to the
data on a disk. It is fast, and later versions are capable of
using macros to do repetitive jobs without consulting the user.
From Willie Davidson in Scotland has come the other, more recent
(at least in the USA) disk utility called SuperZap. The most
notable feature of SuperZap is that it is "screen oriented",
meaning that a great deal of its work is done with the cursor
movement keys by moving the cursor around on a sector dump
display to the point at which changes are to be made. This
facility requires that your computer be capable of accepting
commands for direct cursor positioning (all Kaypros are) from
within a program. Moving a cursor to a position and starting to
type changes is much easier and quicker than typing a command
line specifying the address in a display at which changes are to
be entered, as is required by DU. You always see what is
happening, since the changes you are making show up immediately
instead of waiting for the a carriage return and a re-display of
the contents of the altered sector.
The ability to type data directly to a disk sector in either
ASCII or hexadecimal form is truly a wonderful thing, however
SuperZap lacks many of the more sophisticated features of DU,
such as pattern search, queue, and the ability to use macros.
Bill Rink's incredible PATCH program combines the best of the two
(and much more) at the expense of many kilobytes of RAM, however
the old DU program still remains the standard disk surgery tool
for many people who have become familiar with its commands and
syntax.
SODU82 is essentially an update of DU, using cursor positioning
to enable one to type data directly to a sector, as in SuperZap.
This is SODU's finest feature. Gone is the necessity, when
changing a sector, to type in long strings of characters on a
command line and hope one had counted the offset in the sector
correctly. A single command puts your cursor into the sector
dump display and the current cursor position is where any changes
you make will appear in the altered sector. Both the hex and
ASCII sides of the display are instantly updated each time a
change is made. The cursor control keys move the cursor non-
destructively from one spot to another in the display.
The ESCape key toggles the cursor from the hex to the ASCII
portion of the display, and finally a single carriage return
takes you back to the SODU command level where you are once again
in familiar DU territory. The program author (who, with true
humility, hasn't included his name in the program logon) even
preserved the old and sometimes awkward command line form of
sector change mentioned above in case one is hidebound enough to
want it.
A few additional well chosen features make SODU still more
attractive, not the least of which is an excellent random access
help facility. I was always glad that DU contained a good built-
in help facility which was instantly available with a "?"
command. The help information was, however, several pages long,
programmed for serial access and crowded to the max. I often had
to page through it several times to find a particular nuance of
syntax for which I was searching. SODU has 8 screens of very
well organized help info which are available individually. A "?"
command displays a single screen of all available commands, most
of which are identical to those in DU. "?0" or "??" produces an
index of the remaining 6 screens, which are elaborations on the
rather cryptic "?" command summary. "?n" displays the nth of
these 6 screens.
The help screens are only half height, occupying the bottom
portion of a 24 line screen. The upper half contains the work in
progress, and is left untouched by the call for help. The
command line is right in the middle of the screen, and
immediately beneath it is displayed the last command issued. A
carriage return at the command prompt executes the last command
given, making it easy, for example, to page through a disk in
either direction by giving an initial "+" or "-" and then
repeated carriage returns.
Unlike many current programs which seem determined to make use of
every video attribute on your computer, SODU uses only the
reduced intensity function, and this is easily disabled for those
who don't have any video attributes.
SODU has few drawbacks. One that experienced DU users may
stumble on is that SODU will always display the sector to which
it is pointing (one need not give the "D" command). Although
this is usually quite convenient, displaying the current sector
takes time and is not always necessary. One may, for instance,
use a repetitive forward skip (e.g. "+4;/") to search for bad
sectors on a disk. This runs quite quickly with DU, however the
time required by SODU to display after each skip slows the
process down considerably. Needed in future versions is the
ability to turn off the automatic display for applications such
as this.
I would also hope that some form of disk access by file, as well
as by track, sector and group would be available in future
versions of SODU. The ability to access by filename all the
sectors of a file regardless of their distribution among the
other sectors on a disk is a superb feature of both SuperZap and
PATCH, and the only reason that I still keep SuperZap in the
utility section of my hard disk.
-={ Kaypro's New PC Clone }=-
And now from the "Better Late Then Never" department comes the
introduction of the Kaypro PC. With all the other clones
currently being sold one has to wonder why Kaypro has waited
until now to produce a true PC-clone. The Kaypro PC features
exactly the same 8088 CPU running at 4.77mhz as the original (and
slow) IBM-PC. It also has the usual open socket for the 8087
math (number-cruncher) chip if desired by the user.
It starts life as a 9-slot machine of which three are used
already by the system as delivered. The remaining slots are
comprised of three full-length and three half-length to allow for
additional cards to be installed later. It has 256k of RAM pre-
installed and room on the motherboard for up to 640k total. It
comes with a multi-function card that includes the dual floppy
disk controller and serial and parallel ports.
The real plus for this new system is the fact that it is
delivered in ready-to-run form and has a lot of bundled software
included all for the low price of $1,595.00. The bundle includes
Wordstar, Mailmerge, Correctstar, Starindex, a modular desktop
program, telecommunications software, GW Basic, and MS-DOS
operating system. The system also includes a Multivideo board
that drives monochrome monitors (a 12-inch monitor is included),
allows for color graphics (with a color monitor, not included),
and composite video output. It also has an enhanced keyboard
with a large RETURN key, IBM should take note here.
-={ TurboDOS - The Ultimate PC Network }=-
By Mike Busch, Software 2000, Inc.
TurboDOS/PC is a software product that interfaces MS-DOS machines
with a TurboDOS network. It runs on the IBM Personal Computer,
PC-compatibles, or any 8086-family microcomputer that uses MS-DOS
or PC-DOS version 1.x, 2.x, or 3.0. TurboDOS/PC allows the PC to
become a TurboDOS network client, and to access the disk drives
and printers belonging to the TurboDOS file and print servers in
the network.
Each PC continues to operate normally under control of its native
MS-DOS operating system with full access to its local disks and
other peripheral devices. The only effect of the TurboDOS/PC
network connection is that the PC has access to more disk drives
and printers than before.
For disk operations, drive letters beyond the highest local drive
refer to remote drives accessed via the network. Remote disks
may be used exactly like local ones. All the usual file- and
directory-oriented commands of MS-DOS (like COPY, DEL, REN, DIR,
CHDIR, MKDIR, and RMDIR) work on remote and local drives alike.
The sub-directory features of MS-DOS (versions 2.00 and later)
are fully supported on remote drives. MS-DOS application
programs, overlays and data files may be copied to and executed
from remote disks, except for packages that use copy-protection
schemes to prevent this. Remote files may be accessed by several
TurboDOS and PC users simultaneously, subject to the usual
TurboDOS file-locking rules.
TurboDOS/PC allows print output to be routed either to the PC's
local printer or to remote printers accessed via the network.
All of the advanced print routing, spooling, and print job
control features of TurboDOS are fully supported by TurboDOS/PC.
Automatic print spooling allows many users to share one printer
without interfering with one another.
In addition to fully supporting the MS-DOS environment,
TurboDOS/PC also includes a special program interface that gives
applications direct access to the native file- and print-oriented
functions of TurboDOS.
TurboDOS/PC works with any of the PC-compatible accessory boards
that provide a high-speed network port (ARCnet, Ethernet,
RS422/SDLC, etc.). The package is furnished as several MS-DOS
".COM" files that may be executed from a local disk.
Alternatively, MS-DOS and TurboDOS/PC may be downloaded over the
network, using a bootstrap module provided with the TurboDOS/PC
package.
Finally, every good software package deserves equally good
documentation. The 82-page TurboDOS/PC manual is both tutorial
and comprehensive, including separate sections intended for
users, programmers, and implementors.
"If TurboDOS is so good, why haven't I heard of it before?"
Perhaps it's because we have never run an advertisement for
TurboDOS since its original introduction in early 1981. Not one.
We've steadfastly devoted our resources to enhancing and
supporting TurboDOS, not selling it. That's why you might not
have heard much about it...or us...unless it was by word of
mouth.
Despite our best efforts to maintain a low profile, however, the
market acceptance of TurboDOS has been nothing short of
spectacular. Recent figures indicate that some fifty thousand
TurboDOS networks have been installed during the past four years.
At end-user prices, that's $25 million worth of TurboDOS software
and roughly half a billion dollars worth of hardware. We believe
that this makes TurboDOS the most widely used local-area network
(LAN) software in the world. (We always get a chuckle from the
television ads that explain how much LAN experience "Team Xerox"
has with more than 1,000 networks installed...)
Take a look at some of the computer manufacturers who have chosen
TurboDOS as their network operating system. N.V. Philips of the
Netherlands, Europe's largest electronics company, designed their
entire P-3000 family of office automation microcomputers around
TurboDOS. Honeywell, the leading supplier of heating,
ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment in the U.S. and
a major computer company as well, picked TurboDOS to automate
their nationwide network of HVAC dealers. NCR Corporation, a
major computer manufacturer, chose TurboDOS for the file-server
in their Decision-Net LAN system. Sweda International, a
division of Litton Industries and a leader in point-of-sale
automation, is using TurboDOS in their latest system designed for
the fast food industry.
Equally impressive is the roster of users on five continents who
have made a major commitment to TurboDOS by installing multiple
systems. The United States Army, Navy, and Air Force are major
users of TurboDOS, as are the armed forces of Britain, Australia,
and Canada. In Great Britain, British Telecom (Britian's
equivalent of AT&T) and Plessey (the British electronics giant)
each have dozens of TurboDOS installations, while Scotland Yard
uses TurboDOS systems to solve crimes. In the aerospace field,
there's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL alone has nearly 100
TurboDOS systems), NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and the Lockheed
Missile & Space Division. In banking, TurboDOS networks are used
by Bank of America, Guarantee Financial, Lloyd's Bank
International, and several major European banks. In the academic
world, UCLA and USC have very large TurboDOS-based networks, with
smaller installations at Harvard and the Universities of Alabama,
Iowa, Nevada, Texas, and Washington. Some industrial concerns
using multiple TurboDOS installations include Upjohn (drug
manufacturer), CCH Computax (largest U.S. tax-preparation
bureau), Bally (slot machines), National Can (containers), Coca
Cola (beverages), and...believe it or not...Xerox!
-={ Juki / Silver Reed Tricks }=-
by Steve Wilson
{Editor's note: There is an entire file of these neat tricks for
either the Silver Reed or the Juki 6000 series printers online
and it's called JUKI6100.FQT in the WORDPRO area. For those of
you who are reading this in it's printed form and wondered how I
got the "SEASON'S GREETINGS" banner on the title page - this is
where I learned how to do it.}
I'm a writer. I got my computer as a writing tool. Oh, I
dabbled in basic for one afternoon. Eventually I got Personal
Pearl to add. But when I found I could make my printer do tricks
by varying Wordstar's print commands I finally had something
frivolous enough to pass as fun, rather than work. Below are
some of the things I've discovered. Most are silly. But a few
may be of legitimate use to some of you.
Note: all of the effects were achieved with an MD II using a
virtually unmodified Wordstar 3.0 (only the help level, justi
fication, and hyphen defaults have been changed), with the MP200
(SilveReed 550) printer using the Courier 10 print wheel. If you
attempt any of the stunts below with some other configuration,
only machine language can say what will happen. They also work
on the Juki 6000 series printers with the Courier 10 wheel
installed.
AN ACCENT MARK
You can get a comma to print as an accent mark by using a .sr
command in conjuntion with the "overprint character" (^PH) and
superscript (^PT) commands. The .sr command controls how much
the platen roller turns when doing a subscript or superscript.
The default setting is .sr 3.
Here's the word "resume,."
To get this to print properly, this is what I had on my screen:
.sr5
Here's the word "resume^H^T,^T.
.sr3
Note that the line in which "resume," appears is preceded by a
line with the command ".sr5." The ^PH after the 'e' causes the
next character, in this case a superscripted comma, to be printed
on the same space as the 'e'. Don't forget that a dot command
must be put on a line of its own, as it will cause any text on
the line to be ignored (it won't put a blank line in your text).
Also, if using an effect like this in a body of text, it's a good
idea to follow it with a .sr3 command, to return the setting to
default in case you call for other sub or superscripts like H2O.
WORD IN BOX
One can get rather carried away with subscripts, superscripts and
overprints. I set out one day to see if I could put a word in a
box. I succeeded:
sr5
***S*T*A*R****
sr1
******
SR3
But on my screen it looked like this:
.sr5
After playing with some of the new commands I read about in
Steve's article I decided to try a few of my own. I wanted to
see if I could design a KAYPRO logo and came up with:
These all probably look quite strange to those of you who are
reading this as a disk file rather then seeing it in it's printed
form. You should still get the main idea - don't be afraid to
experiment, the most you waste is a little ribbon and a bunch of
sheets of paper. - Steve
-={ Hot Product of the Month }=-
It just has to be ... DAK's 300/1200 baud ADC smartmodem for
only $169.00 (+ $6 s/h)!! Order product #4334
This is a total Hayes look-alike, work-a-like auto-answer, auto-
dial 300 or 1200 baud modem. It is Bell 103 compatible at 300
baud and Bell 212A compatible in 1200 baud mode. It will operate
with any modem program designed for a Hayes modem and responds
fully to the "AT" command set made standard by Hayes.
We have MEX v1.14 which supports the new 1k packet protocol and
is fully useable at 1200 or 2400 baud speeds already configured
for any Hayes-type modem - only thing else you need would be a
RS-232 cable to go between the computer and the ADC modem. You
can get one of these cables from most any computer dealer and you
need only support pins #1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 7-7, 8-8, and 20-20 for
complete auto-dial/auto-answer operations.
--> All DAK products come with a 30-day money-back guarantee <--
DAK Industries
8200 Remmet Avenue
Canoga Park, CA 91304
1-800-325-0800 (VISA, M/C)
-={ THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT !! }=-
It's just about time to close the books on 1985 and look forward
to even bigger and better things for 1986. The TBKUG/DataCOM
group is now supported by over 800 active members from 50 states
and 11 countries. It's hard for me to believe this all got
started from a desire to form a local user group for Kaypro
computer owners. The first bulletin board system was The Tampa
Bay Bandit Board, and was run on a Kaypro II (remember them?)
with a Hayes 300 Smartmodem. The TBBB went online in June of
1983 and was designed to service the needs of the Kaypro users in
the immediate area. I soon found that there were many Kaypro
owners and users from all over the country that desired the same
quality software I was offerring to the local users. It didn't
take long before the Kaypro II was replaced by a Kaypro 10, and
the Hayes 300 modem was replaced by a Hayes 1200 modem.
My idea was to expand the system to suit the needs of the users
and pretty soon I was looking at yet another Kaypro 10, another
Hayes 1200 modem, and a second incomming phone line. It stayed
this way for about a year with the membership on an ever
increasing trend. Then along came the new 2400 baud modems and
many users requested the ability to talk at this new higher
speed. About this time US Robotics began their "Sysop's offer"
and was furnishing known remote systems with their new 2400 baud
Courier modems. Well, we jumped right on that bandwagon and
ordered two of the super-fast Courier modems and replaced the
Hayes 1200 modems on both systems.
The only problem I had now was there never seemed to be enough
time to maintain both of the remote systems to my standards and
still get all the other work done. About six months ago I
started seriously looking at some of the multi-user systems being
sold to small businesses and this planted the seed. The end
result is the all-new SUPER SYSTEMS(tm) now online, a TurboDOS-
based multi-user system with basically unlimited expansion. My
maintenance time has been reduced as all the files are on one
machine and the users can call either line and see the same files
and have access to a common RBBS message system. My plans are to
add another incomming line for each new group of 200 users added
to the membership. TurboDOS can handle 16 slave processors so
the present hardware configuration should remain in effect for
quite some time with no need for upgrades.
All of this could not have been possible without YOUR support and
I'd just like to say:
T H A N K Y O U ! ! !
Anyone who thinks CP/M is dead has not been on my system!! The
number of MS/PC-DOS files is growing all the time but it has a
long way to go to catch up with the amount of CP/M software we
have online at present. I fully intend to support ALL popular
operating systems: CP/M-80, CP/M-86, CP/M Plus (3.0), MS-DOS, PC-
DOS, TurboDOS, and whatever else the engineers and designers can
come up with in the future. The one really nice thing about
a modem is that it makes your computer virtually compatible with
any other computer hooked up to a modem regardless of the
operating system being used. CP/M users can call my system and
see what a TurboDOS system looks like, or call a FIDO system and
see what's new in the MS/PC-DOS world, or even connect with a
giant mainframe like those used by CompuServe or the Source.
-={ WSGUIDE (Wordstar made ridiculously simple) }=-
(c) 1984 by Craig Werner (some rights reserved)
One of the most common complaints about Wordstar is that there
are too many commands to learn. I have taught over a dozen
people how to use Wordstar by adhering to the dictum that it does
not make sense to learn all the commands before you start using
the program, just the ones you need. They were all using
Wordstar within 10-15 minutes.
To start: Type 'ws' at the prompt, (i.e. A>ws)
In the main (No-file) menu:
D starts a Document. (That's what you want to edit.)
L changes the Logged disk drive, so you can see which files
are there. (LB changes to disk B, LA to disk A, etc - the
colon is not needed) --> make sure to hit [RETURN]
X eXits to DOS, so you can run other programs.
Within Wordstar:
^J^H2 (There is about 7 lines of help screen at the top. You
get rid of them with Control-JH2 - you can just hold down
the control key and hit J and H, then lift off the
control key and hit 2.) (I use 2 because the 2nd level
menus are preserved, if you have to search for something
they still are there.)
Prefixes (IF you have to search for a command, it's going to
begin with one of the following prefixes.)
^Q for Quick (cursor movements of a large scale)
^O for stuff seen On-screen (like spacing, justification,
centering)
^P for things seen only during Printout
^J Help screens
^K File commands + Block Moves +
[Note: the O (for open) and P (for print) make sense, but why J
and K? Answer: Look at your fingers. They are used by the other
two keys of the right hand, and U and I were taken. These two,
and other Wordstar commands are ergonomic (to minimize hand
movement), not mnemonic (to minimize brain movement)]
Useful commands (in 11 groups)
1. All cursor keys work. Use them for motion, although control
commands exist, why bother with them. However, I'll mention a
few of these in context.
2. ^Q^R - goto beginning of file (^R = Page Up)
^Q^C - goto end of file (^C = Page Down)
3. ^F - one word forward
^A - one word backwords
4. ^Q^S - beginning of line (^S = left arrow)
^Q^D - end of line (^D = right arrow)
Picture the keyboard R
It m
akes life simpler that way : /\
A S D F
<= <- -> \/ =>
C
5. Deletion:
^G - deletes the letter you are on. (This makes a lot more
sense if you know that ^G was a bell on old teletypes.
It's not so arbitrary.)
^T - delete a word (the key above G)
^Y - delete a whole line (the key next to T)
6. ^B - reformats (rejustifies) a paragraph when its been
edited. IMPORTANT.
7. ^P^S - UnderScore (the S for score, U was taken)
^P^B - Boldface (B for bold)
8. Onscreen Stuff
^O^Sn - line spacing. ^OS1 = single space, ^OS2 doublespace
^O^H - toggles Hyphen-help (Hyphen help can be an annoying
feature when using Control-B to reformat.)
^O^J - toggles justification (between rough-edge and Right-
justify)
^O^G - Paragraph indent (left side only)
^O^R/^O^L - sets Right/Left Margin repectively.
(Note: WS automatically puts the left margin in, so
Column 1 is really already an inch from the left. The
margins are all relative to this Page offset.)
9. File Access
^K^D - Save file and leave [Done] IMPORTANT.
^K^R - Read another file into the one you are currently
editing.
[See below for Writing]
10. Searching
^Q^F - Find: search for a pattern/word.
^Q^A - Search and replace.
(These have options, like 'G' for Global, that are
explained within the command.)
11. Block moves (Blocks/Passages/Excerpts of text)
#1 Mark it. Go the beginning and type ^K^B (Begin), then
go to the end and hit ^K^K. It should change color or
highlight status.
Again: ^K^B begins / ^K^K ends.
#2 Move cursor to where you want the text to go.
^K^C - copies the marked text to where you are now.
^K^V - moves (copy and deletion) text to where you
are.
(C and V are next to one another)
Other block commands worth knowing:
^K^W - writes the block to a file for disk (which can
be later read into another file by ^K^R)
^K^Y - deletes the marked text (remember ^Y deletes a
line)
^K^H - Unmarks/Hides a piece of marked text.
(^K^H if you goof or when you are done with it)
Dot Commands:
.OP Omit Page numbers (good for one page letters)
.PA Insert a Page Break / Pagination.
.MT # / .MB # Margins top and bottom (# of blank lines
inserted per page)
.PO # Page offset (See above note on margins)
(The help screen ^J^D will give you the rest.)
-={ High Speed 2400 Modem - $389 }=-
From: Keith Petersen, W8SDZ
Re: USR Courier 2400 bps modem for $389
Anyone interested in purchasing a US Robotics Courier 2400 bps
modem will want to check out the deal offered by Microcomputer
Concepts.
Their price is $389 plus shipping.
Microcomputer Concepts
5291 Clark Circle
Westminster, CA 92683
Phone: 800-772-3914 (voice, except California)
714-898-3002 (voice, California)
714-896-0775 (modem RBBS 300-1200-2400 bps)
Contact: Gary Johnson
Disclaimer: I have no connection with Microcomputer Concepts
except as a satisfied customer (I bought a Courier 2400 two weeks
ago. It arrived within a week of placing my phone COD order
which was shipped via regular UPS).
--Keith Petersen
Sysop RCPM Royal Oak, MI (313-759-6569)
-={ Happy Holidays To All }=-
And may all your family be well during the coming holiday season.
Looking at my Christmas bills I'm reminded of a joke I heard the
other night on TV.
One man says to another, "Someone stole my wife's credit card."
To which the other man replied, "So did you report the theft?"
"No", he answered back, "Whoever has it now is spending less then
my wife ever did!"
