SAM76. An interesting macro / text processing language.
Also contains (*) some utilities that the author found
useful, and which were therefore left on the disk.
"SAM76 The First Language Manual" is available, $15 postpaid,
from: SAM76 Inc.
Box 257 RR1
Pennington, N. J., 08534
See Dr. Dobbs Journal #26 (Volume 3, Issue 1) for a look
at SAM76, but consider the above book as the "real" reference.
NUMBER SIZE NAME COMMENTS
-CATALOG.034 CONTENTS OF CP/M VOL. 34
34.1 1K ABSTRACT.034 Quick look at SAM76
34.2 8K ASTRO.FNT Astrological signs for graphics
34.3 1K BONUS.DOC Function documentation
34.4 1K BOOK.DOC How to order SAM76 manual
34.5 1K COPY.COM * Disk copy program
34.6 1K CPMSETL.COM Part of SAM76 setup procedure
34.7 3K DEMO.SAM Some interesting demo programs
34.8 1K DIRFIX.SAM Disk directory routines
34.9 19K EXTF.ASM Various routines, including
34.10 1K EXTF.DOC ..a clock driver.
34.11 1K FRIEND.DOC oops!! Applies to something
not supplied on disk: a vers
of SAM76 that runs at 8000H
34.12 2K G.SAM Sets up SAM for load-and-go
34.13 1K HOOH.SAM Hex to octal to hex
34.14 1K IDUMP.COM Interpreted file dump (**)
34.15 13K ILRAW.COM Raw copy of SAM76. See
READ-ME.DOC and S.DOC
34.16 10K INFO.SAM Creates following .DOC files
34.17 1K INFO1.DOC <<Empty>> ??
34.18 1K INFO2.DOC Misc. DOC
34.19 2K INFO3.DOC Misc. DOC
34.20 1K INFO4.DOC <<Empty>> ??
34.21 2K INFO5.DOC Misc. DOC
34.22 1K KSAP.COM * Sort and pack directory
34.23 3K LABEL.SAM Demo prog.
34.24 1K LOOP.SAM Demo prog.
34.25 1K MOVE2.SAM Demo prog.
34.26 1K MULT.SAM Multiplies long decimal #'s
34.27 5K NEWS.SAM Random news story generator.
34.28 10K P1UR.FNT Used with graphics
34.29 15K PLOT.ASM For graphics on Poly/TRS-80
34.30 1K PLOT.DOC ..type board, or plotter.
34.31 7K PRINT.SAM Print SAM files
34.32 3K READ-ME.DOC One user's experiences.
34.33 2K S.DOC Doc on creating S.COM
34.34 1K SIZE.SAM Demo
34.35 1K SIZLST.SAM Demo
34.36 4K SLED.SAM Demo
34.37 4K THREED.SAM Demo
34.38 7K UPD051.TXT ???
34.39 7K UPD052.TXT ???
34.40 1K VERIFY.SAM Demo
34.41 6K VOLSAM.DOC Volume documentation
("extended abstract")
34.42 3K X$UTIL.SAM Demo
34.43 4K XD.COM * directory lister
34.44 1K XDIR.COM * directory lister
34.45 1K XM.COM * directory lister (seems like
an old copy of "FMAP")
** .SAM files are not printable due to control-Z at their
start, so IDUMP was included on this disk "for the curious".
It is an hex-ascii interpreted file dump program.
The SAM76 language deals mainly with the manipulation of
text, which contain expressions, scripts and procedures written
by the user. They can contain both character strings and
program instructions. SAM76 is an interactive, surprisingly
powerful language, which appears to be good for gaming and
artificial intelligence applications. Powerful, recursive
macros or procedures may be constructed. It is a language
which encourages intellectual juggling.
reviewed by Stan Ericson, Rockford, Il.
