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-={ ZERO LENGTH CP/M FILES }=-
by Mark Walsh, Denver Kaypro Association
I made a mistake once. It could possibly happen again, so I'm
prepared. There is an old trick used mostly by assembly
language CP/M hackers called the Zero Length File. It is a very
simple program that can be used by anyone.
One evening, after diligently entering data for several hours,
the program (because of poor design of course) took
offense at something I'd innocently done. She packed her
bags and without even a beep goodbye caught the Red-eye for New
York. I had nothing left by my memories and an ugly green
picture. I pressed Return in hopes that she might return, but
it was time to accept the inevitable. I pressed CTRL-C.
Nothing happened! I rationally tried pressing several keys
simultaneously in a fist pattern, but that tearless green eye
only stared back at my misery.
It was last resort time. I found a flashlight and prepared to
search the outback for the fabled re-set button. When I saw
the familiar sign on message, I knew that I was finally back in
control. The "A>" prompt had never looked so good. I typed in
DIR and the list of files reassured me. There was my program
HARTBRAK.COM still on disk next to the file SAD.TXT. So I
turned on my printer, pressed CTRL-P and entered TYPE SAD.TXT.
Soon I had a copy of SAD.TXT (Software Ain't Decent) on paper.
This ode for lovelorn users advised me to cherish my memories,
and keep them intact in the hope that they could be
resurrected. Eureka! She might be somewhere over the Ohio,
but my memories were safe.
The wizards at Digital Research created some resident CP/M
commands: DIR, ERA, REN, SAVE, TYPE, USER, A:, B:.
These commands don't use program memory. What a relief. If I
had entered D instead of DIR, CP/M would have loaded D.COM into
my memory and all my work would have been lost. There was a
way to get her back from memory. If I created a file with
nothing in it, and told CP/M to "run" it, it should load
nothing into memory and then begin executing whatever it found in
the transient memory of my Kaypro. CP/M only loads and runs
files with a .COM extension. I could create a file with
nothing in it by telling CP/M to "SAVE" 0 pages (256 byte
blocks). I knew that I had everything under control as I
entered "A>SAVE 0 REDO.COM"
I got this message: NO SPACE.
What? Surely there must be room to load nothing! It seems that
CP/M has room for 64 directory entries. There were not that
many files on the disk, but any file longer than 16k will
take up more than one directory space. No problem. My
memory still is intact and I haven't given up. Another disk in
the A drive will solve the problem. I tried again.
Bdos Err on A: R/O
I was getting mad now, but I tried to stay cool. I wasn't
taking any chances this time. I typed CTRL-C twice. Two
warm boots and I finally managed to save absolutely nothing in a
file named REDO.COM. My palms were moist as I prepared to
try something that hadn't been seen in almost 2000 years. I
would rename REDO.COM as LAZARUS.COM with the following
command:
REN LAZARUS.COM=REDO.COM
I entered LAZARUS and hit <CR>. The drive spun and there was
HARTBRAKer, running with my data intact.
The zero length file can be used for a lot more than simply
trying to recover from catastrophe. It always tries to run the
program you had in memory. Experiment a little.
Someone seems to have put REDO.COM on most of my disks, and it's
there for much more than that remote possibility, which I hope
may never recur.
If you, too, make a mistake once, you can possibly recover
your program and data by using the zero length file. Just keep
your computer's memory safe by using only the resident CP/M
commands listed earlier. Some programs modify their code
when they are run and can't be recovered (DDT moves itself into
high memory). Some programs can be recovered, but they leave
the data in Central Park. It won't hurt to try, if your
HARTBRAKer visits the Big Apple. Just be careful not to load
STAT or D.COM or some other transient program on top of it.
-={ What is ANSI.SYS ? }=-
by Steve Sanders
"What is ANSI.SYS", and, "why do I need a CONFIG.SYS file to be
loaded at boot-up?" These questions keep coming up when I talk
to new IBM-PC or clone owners and even though I'm no expert, I'll
attempt to explain their use. To keep this text simple all
referrences to DOS will mean either MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 2.1
or newer.
One of the built-in features of DOS is the ability to load
special device drivers at boot time. When DOS is booted it will
first look for the file CONFIG.SYS in the default directory and
executes the commands it finds. These commands can set certain
DOS parameters like the number of files it can handle at any
given time or set the number of available buffers for faster disk
I/O. You can also load special device drivers by including their
names after the statement "DEVICE=". The most common device
driver is the ANSI.SYS screen driver that will make your CRT
respond to the standard ANSI escape sequences. The ANSI.SYS
driver is included with the support programs furnished with your
DOS distribution diskettes and SHOULD BE LOADED everytime your
computer boots up.
Here's a sample CONFIG.SYS file, the comments are for clarity and
should not be included in YOUR file:
FILES=20 Manipulate up to 20 files
BUFFERS=20 Assign 20 buffers
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS Load ANSI.SYS device driver
BREAK=ON Respond to ^C requests
The CONFIG.SYS file is just an ordinary ASCII text file created
with any text editor, ED, or the COPY program. If you use
Wordstar, be sure to create the file in non-document mode or the
hi-bits and other characters inserted by Wordstar will really
mess things up. The "BREAK=ON" statement will make DOS respond
to a control-C request from the keyboard to interrupt the current
task and serves to abort most programs.
There are several enhanced ANSI drivers available in the public
domain, two of them are NANSI and FANSI. NANSI means "new ANSI"
and contains all of the sequences found in ANSI.SYS plus a few
new ones for inserting/deleting lines and characters not found in
the original ANSI.SYS driver. FANSI means "fast ANSI" and has
all of the original sequences plus increases the speed of screen
writes when in the raw console output mode. NANSI and FANSI are
not "cure all" drivers and don't always work well with other
resident programs, experimentation will be your best bet. The
NANSI driver induces some flickering (snow) on my clone's screen.
The new FANSI driver (v1.15H) seems to be the best replacement
for ANSI.SYS and most of its old bugs are now fixed.
What are ANSI escape sequences? ANSI escape sequences can be
used to position the cursor at a specific x/y coordinate, clear
the screen, erase lines, change modes, or even re-define keyboard
keys.
The following tables list the sequences understood by the
ANSI.SYS device driver:
Cursor Positioning:
Cursor position ESC[y;xH where x= 1...79
Cursor Up ESC[nA n = # of lines up
Cursor Down ESC[nB n = # lines down
Cursor Forward ESC[nC n = # cols to move
Cursor Backward ESC[nD
Device Status Report ESC[6n Find cursor position
Cursor Position Report ESC[y;xR
Save Cursor Position ESC[s
Restore Cursor Position ESC[u
Editing:
Erase in Display ESC[2J Clear screen
Erase in Line ESC[K Clear to end of line
Mode Setting:
Set Graphics Rendition ESC[n;n;...nm Character attribute
Set Mode ESC[=nh See mode table below
Reset Mode ESC[=nl " " "
Keyboard Key Reass. ESC["string"p
The first character of the "string" gives the key to redefine,
the rest of the string is the key's new value. IBM function keys
are two byte strings, see the IBM Basic Manual.
Example: ESC[0;"dir a:";13;p
The above example will redefine the F1 key to generate "dir a:"
followed by a carriage return "13".
Character Attributes:
The Set Graphics Rendition command is used to select the
foreground and background colors or attributes. When you use
multiple parameters, they are executed in sequence and the
effects are cumulative.
Attribute code Value
0 All attributes OFF (white on black)
1 Bold (high intensity)
4 Underscore (IBM mono only)
5 Blink
7 Reverse video
8 Invisible
30-37 Foreground blk/red/grn/yel/blu/magenta/
cyan/white
40-47 Background blk/red/grn/yel/blu/magenta/
cyan/white
Screen Modes:
The IBM BIOS supports several video modes; the codes given
in the BIOS documentation are used as parameters to the Set Mode
command.
Mode Code Value
0 text 40x25 black & white
1 text 40x25 color
2 text 80x25 black & white
3 text 80x25 color
4 bitmap 320x200 4 bits/pixel
5 bitmap 320x200 1 bit/pixel
6 bitmap 640x200 1 bit/pixel
7 (cursor wrap kludge)
13 (EGA) bitmap 320x200 4 bits/pixel
14 (EGA) bitmap 640x200 4 bits/pixel
16 (EGA) bitmap 640x350 4 bits/pixel
Mode 7 is an unfortunate kludge; Setting mode 7 tells the cursor
to wrap around to the next line when it passes the end of a line;
resetting mode 7 tells the cursor to NOT wrap, but rather stay
put.
So what can we do with all this? Good question and best
demonstrated. The following is a .BAT file that you can use to
give your IBM-PC or clone a very special prompt.
PROMPT $e[s$e[1;1H$d$e[K$e[1;27HLogged Directory is $p
$e[1;69H$t$h$h$h$e[u$p$g
(Please excuse my line break above and put all this it into your
NUPROMPT.BAT file as one un-broken line.)
What you end up with is; the current date in your upper lefthand
corner, the currently logged directory in the center, and the
current time in the upper righthand corner. This info is updated
everytime the DOS prompt is re-written. You also end up with the
current directory name on your prompt.
It looks like this:
Wed 5-28-1986 Logged Directory is C:\ROOT 23:35:49
C:\ROOT>
If you have a color monitor, try adding $e[44;37m right after the
$e[s - this will make the line print in white with a solid blue
background. You will also need to add $e[0m just before the $e[u
- this will make the prompt and everything else print in normal
white on black except for your top line. The "$e" is the same as
ESC when used in .BAT files.
I hope this info is of use to you, if not, it's fun just playing
with the escape sequences and seeing what comes of it all! My
thanks to Bond Shands, System Operator of Kay*FOG RBBS in San
Francisco (415-285-2687) for the original idea of this custom DOS
prompt.
-={ RETRIEVING DELETED TEXT IN WORDSTAR }=-
by Laurie J. Braaten
Anyone who has worked with WordStar for any length of time has
probably had the misfortune of deleting the wrong line or block
of text. By some fancy manuevering, you might be able to recover
the text from your backup file. If you have a photographic
memory, you may be able to retype it in no time. But if these do
not work, you should be set for a frustating time trying to
reconstruct your lost data. Now you can avoid this problem
altogether by adding a "Yankback" feature to WordStar. This can
be done quite simply with a series of command strings ("macros")
which I call "WS Yankback," set up in a key definition program.
(The more popular commercial key definition programs such as
Smartkey, Xtrakey and the Backgrounder have been reviewed by
Glenn Grant in the December 1985 issue of PROFILES. KSSTROKES
4.0, QWIKEY21, & GKEY2 are public domain programs which give
good, but more limited results.)
HOW TO SET UP WS YANKBACK
FIRST, set up four macros which will now be used to delete text
in place of their WordStar counterparts. The first will delete a
line. The second will delete a block of text. The third deletes
text left of the cursor; the fourth deletes text right of the
cursor. All macros should be entered as continuous text without
spaces. The ^ symbol is the control key, held down while you
type the key which follows it; <cr> is a carriage return (or ^M).
THIRD, on your WordStar disk, open a file named "YANKEE." This
is where your deleted text will be stored. This file will be
overwritten every time you delete text, so it does not matter
what you type in it--a single character will do. But make sure
that you have adequate disk space for any text you may want to
delete (2K-6K should be plenty for most operations).
Now, when you want to delete a
line, use macro #1. It works just
like ^Y: place the cursor anywhere on a line and use it to delete
the entire line. If you want to yank back the deleted line,
execute macro #5. When deleting a block of text, use macro #2 in
the same way you would use ^KY. Mark the beginning and end of
the block with ^KB and ^KK respectively, and execute macro #2 to
delete the marked block. If the block needs to be recovered,
macro #5 will yank it back. Numbers 3 and 4 work like ^Q<del>
and ^QY--only now the deleted text can be retrieved with the
yankback command. (Macro #1 leaves a blank line where the text
has been removed. If this is undesirable simple omit the ^S
after the ^X.)
Before using WS Yankback, be sure to test it thoroughly. If
there are errors in the way the macros were entered you could
lose more text than you planned to delete, and not be able to
recover it. Use a practice file and check all of the commands.
If they do not work, carefully recheck the macros to make sure
they have been entered correctly.
N.B. The yankback command WILL NOT WORK if you use ^Y, ^KY,
^Q<del> or ^QY to delete text. The four macros given above must
be used instead of these WordStar commands for the yankback to
recover the deleted text.
HOW WS YANKBACK WORKS
WS Yankback simply writes the deleted text onto the file named
YANKEE, and then deletes it from the working text. When the
yankback is used, the text is read back into your file at the
present position of the cursor. This operation takes some time,
which is its major drawback. When deleting blocks of text,
however, it may be worth the extra time to have the assurance
that the data can be recovered. Since WS Yankback always writes
the deleted line on the text YANKEE, the recovery operation will
ONLY WORK FOR THE LAST DELETION--you cannot retrieve any
materials deleted before the last text was deleted.
WHAT ABOUT ^Y ?
If you decide to use the first macro in place of ^Y, you may find
that you still have problems with ^Y. You may accidentally hit
^Y when you want a ^T, or you may attempt to type an upper case
"Y" (which, believe or not, I use quite often) and hit the
control key instead of the shift key. I have solved this problem
by following Ted Silveira's advice in PROFILES, July/August 1985,
p. 44. Using DDT (etc.) or Winstall's custom patch "+" (which
does not appear on the options menu), you may change address 054D
(0535 in WordStar 3.0) to read "19 19" (hex) instead of "19 00."
The result is that it now takes TWO ^Ys (or ^YY) to delete a
line, minimizing the possibilities for an accident. Now when a
^Y is hit by mistake, the space bar will get you out of the
partially executed command. If you find yourself rapidly typing
two or more ^Ts without looking at either the keyboard or the
results onscreen, you may want to try Melvyn Halbert's solution,
found on the Tampa Bay KUG board (813-791-1454). He suggests
changing the "19" at the appropriate address to "1C" (hex), which
will reassign the delete line function to ^\ instead of ^Y.
-={ AVATEX 300/1200 MODEM }=-
The AVATEX 1200 modem is a very attractive alternative to the
Hayes Smartmodem(tm) 1200 and costs a lot less. The AVATEX is a
full duplex modem that matches the design specs for Bell 212A,
feature by feature, and is completely Hayes compatible except
for settable 'S' registers.
I now own one of the AVATEX 300/1200 modems and it works
perfectly with MEX 1.14 and the Smartmodem overlay. The AVATEX
responds to the normal "ATDT" or "ATDP" dialing commands used by
the Hayes 300 and 1200 Smartmodems.
The AVATEX has eight front panel LED indicators; (1) Power
ON/OFF, (2) TR (Terminal Ready), (3) SD (Send Data), (4) RD
(Receive Data), (5) HS (High Speed - 1200 baud), (6) MC (Modem
Clear [ready]), (7) TM (Test Mode - Analog Loopback), and (8) RI
(Ring Indicator [for auto-answer]). There are also three push
button switches on the front; (1) Power ON/OFF, (2) Voice/Data,
and (3) 300/1200 modem speed.
Unlike the Hayes and other look-a-like modems, the AVATEX does
NOT have a speaker for monitoring the phone line. It does have a
modular telephone jack in the back into which you can plug an
ordinary phone to "listen in" during dialing.
The AVATEX is supplied as a RS232C standalone external modem
housed in an attractive beige-colored lightweight plastic
cabinet. It has eight dip switches located in an "easy to get to
place" on the backside - but you should never really need to
change them from the factory setting of all eight up. It also
comes with its own 6-foot modular telephone cord and external
wallplug transformer/power supply. You do need to supply your
own modem cable, it should have a DB25 male connector on each end
and support pins 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, & 20.
Source: PeopleTalk Associates, Plano, Texas
Price: $129.00
Call 1-800-PTBOOKS for order information
-={ Disable Call-Waiting }=-
Doesn't it drive you nuts when you're trying to use your
modem and the cherished "call waiting" option on your phone
interrupts to tell you someone is trying to reach you? Norm
Hartman, director of corporate communications for Pacific
Bell, advises us that you can temporarily cancel call-waiting
before using your modem. Just tap in the string *70 before
initiating the call. (so that's what the asterisk key on the
touch-tone phone is for!) If you have a rotary dial, you must
enter 1170 instead. You should hear a double beep followed by a
dial tone. Go ahead and place your call; call-waiting will be
disabled until you hang up. Of course, you ought to be able to
put the initialization string into your modem program so that it
will automatically take care of suspending call-waiting. Let us
know how it works out. Bob VanWagenen informs us that the new
feature is being installed as part of the conversion of phone
exchanges to the new easy access system. If it doesn't work for
you right now, it should later on.
---Taken from SacraBlue, September 1985. No author indicated.
-={ Correction }=-
In the May 1986 issue of Read Only I had stated that Worldwide
Access had the Adaptec 2070A controller and 20mb Microscience
drive for the IBM-PC or clones for $499.00. Worldwide had a
problem obtaining the Microscience drives and cannot supply this
combination. They do however have the Adaptec 2070A controller
bundled with a Seagate ST238 20mb hard disk drive for a price of
$579.00 and they are in stock and shipping. Contact: Worldwide
Access, 6311-L Desoto Ave., Woodland Hills, CA. 91367 or call 1-
800-826-3736.
-={ WHATSNEW in Public Domain }=-
All files listed are available on The DataCOM Super Systems, your
One-Stop remote database for personal computer users.
[PC/MS-DOS]
CACHE2.ARC Speeds up disk I/O by using the disk cache method,
great improvements noticed especially by floppy-only users but
works effectively to speed-up hard disk systems as well.
GALAXY11.ARC Galaxy is a full-blown text editor that uses the
same commands as Wordstar. It also features pull-down menus and
split-screen editing. This is a commercial quality program.
WSSI211.LBR This is the latest update to WSSINDEX, a DOS
diskette cataloging system. WSSINDEX is an all-in-one program
that catalogs, sorts, lists, finds, and generally keeps track of
every file you have on floppies. This is the best for IBM-DOS.
DISKOVR3.LBR A utility that uses the printer's (Epson FX/RX/MX,
IBM Graphix, Okidata) compressed mode to print-out a listing of
all files on a diskette. It is just the right size to be pasted
on the front of your floppy's sleave. Expands ARC & LBR files.
DIRTYDOZ.0Q5 This is a listing of known pirated, bogus, or
destructive files uploaded to remote systems handling IBM-DOS
files. Most importantly it lists "Trojan horse" programs, these
are the ones that do damage to your drives and/or files.
NEWPROMP.BAT This batch file when used on a PC with ANSI.SYS
loaded will give you a very nice screen display. It prints a
header line on your monitor consisting of the current date,
logged directory, and current time.
FBILIST.ARC This archive has a display program and VIDTEXT
picture files of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Men. Super graphics!
COMM3.ARC Details on how-to-use DOS' COMM3: communications
port. Hardware modifications are required - not for the novice.
FANSI115.ARC The newest Fast-ANSI console driver, replaces the
standard ANSI.SYS driver and adds new sequences, faster screen
writes, and transient color support. (see ANSI.SYS article)
COMANDO3.LBR The latest update to File Commando, a DOS front-
end processor/file maint utility. This is from the authors of
PCSWEEP and is a very nice does-it-all program for PCs.
OPTMIZER.LBR This is a disk packing utility, it moves and
organizes file data into contiguous sectors for faster operation.
[CP/M 2.x]
EPEX11.LBR This is an extended command processor for CP/M 2.2
systems with most of the features of ZCPR3 and instant
installation. See the June 1986 Read Only for full details.
GKEY2.LBR This is a key redefinition program from our old
friend Eric Gans. It offers more features than QWIKEY (QK-21)
and SMARTKEY and uses less memory. Great for defining keyboard
macro commands and other special function keys. Loads and saves
definitions to and from diskfiles for quick or automated start
ups.
KAY256.LBR Describes and details changing 64k RAM chips for
256k RAM chips in the Kaypro 4. This may also be done to most
any Z80 system using 64k chips (almost all of em.) Requires mods
to the mainboard (not for the inexperienced!) After the mod you
can alter your BIOS to use the extra memory as a RAMDISK or
printer buffer. NOTE: I do not as yet have the modified BIOS
code the author talks about in one of the files. I will make it
available ASAP after we receive it.
FILECARD.LBR This is a freeform text database program written
in Turbo Pascal. It is kind of like an electronic card file and
has several different sort keys available for fast access to your
data.
ZMODEM.DQC Text file describing the next evolution of file
transfer protocols to be used on future versions of popular
public domain modem programs and XMODEM. These changes are based
on wide acceptance of the new (and fast) 2400 baud modems and
will also help overcome delays in packet-switched network
telephone (satellite) services.
FILT7A.LBR Filters ASCII files, especially Wordstar DOCument
files. Resets hi-bits, removes unwanted characters like soft
hyphens and carriage returns or dot commands. It optionally
removes or adds TABs at all optimum locations.
ZDP.LBR A Z80 de-bugging program, unlike DDT or ZSID, ZDP may
run in any memory position and does not overwrite the CCP.
CRUNCH11.LBR Updated file compression utilities, similar to the
SQueeze concept but using a different alogrythm and NOT
compatible with SQ/USQ programs. CRunch.COM uses the LZW
(Lempel/Zev/Welch) alogrythm scheme to gain an even better
compression ratio thus producing smaller compressed files.
SAPP12.LBR This is a sort-and-pack utility for CP/M Plus
(3.0) users. Sorts the directory, moves deleted files to the end
of the directory and packs the remaining active entries. Makes
SD and other programs that access the directory run faster.
ACOPY10.LBR Attribute COPY, a super replacement for PIP, usable
by any CP/M 2.2 or ZCPR3 system. Syntax is very flexible, use
either CP/M destination=source format or ZCPR3 du: commands.
Also copies according to what file attributes have been set and
checks F1 thru F7 bits with optional switch.
-={ DOS Wordstar 3.3 Patch }=-
The following patches should be applied to WORDSTAR 3.3 to speed
up its screen access. Note that the patched routines may not be
in exactly the same place in your version of WS.COM, so... Use
on a COPY of your WS.COM only, do not use your original file!
With the following command, DEBUG will apply these patches to
WordStar.
debug ws.com <wordstar.pch
Use your text editor and create a file called WORDSTAR.PCH and
type in the following lines EXACTLY as you see them here.
A
;.... want COM2: for serial printer?, if so remove the ';' from
; the next 7 lines. 00 = COM1: (default), 01 = COM2:
;
;a81d
;mov dx,01
;
;a832
;mov dx,01
;
W
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-={ Expand DOS 3.x Environment Space }=-
by Gee M. Wong
There is an undocumented switch which may be used in both PC and
MS DOS version 3.x which will expand the default size of the
environment. This switch may be specified in your CONFIG.SYS
file using the following format:
[d:] is the drive where the command processor is
located on. If the command processor is located on the boot
drive, this field may be omitted.
[\path] is the path to the subdirectory which
contains the command processor. If the command processor is
located on the root directory, this field may be omitted.
COMMAND.COM is the name of the command processor.
This is the name of the command processor found in both PC and MS
DOS version 3.x .
/p is a required switch to make sure that the new
COMMAND.COM with the expanded environment remains resident in
memory after DOS initialization. If this switch is omitted then
DOS will discard the command processor after initialization, and
leave you hanging somewhere in the twilight zone.
/e: is the undocummented switch which may be used to
expand the size of the default environment.
## is a decimal integer between 11 and 63. This
number represents the number of paragraphs to be allocated for
the environment. A paragraph is 16 bytes of storage.
-={ DataCOM Drop-Outs }=-
The number of CP/M users who fail to renew is getting to be more
and more every month. Help us spread the word about the
services and programs we offer - WE NEED MORE ACTIVE USERS !!!
Almost all of the new members these days are IBM-DOS users who
never used the systems before - this is fine, but where have all
the old CP/Mers gone? Is this first-stage modemitis or what?
All this fancy hardware (about $10,000 worth) we have dedicated
to the remote systems costs us a small fortune to run each month
and can only exist through the support of the users.
Whether we flourish and continue to expand or fade into never-
never land depends on YOU, the users !!
