Z TIPS. PUBLIC ZRDOS Plus, the only DOS, Version 1.2 (Item 12 on EI price
list), we currently offer, comes with many useful utilities; DUMP and MOVE are
two. DUMP is a screen oriented file display program showing both in hex and
ASCII. Trailing options permit line addresses relative to 100 hex, sending
display to printer, pause after declared number of sectors are shown. Any
keypress continues the display for next set of sectors. Ideal for us is DUMP
fn.ft /p2m<cr> which displays two sectors (a screen full) showing the
addresses starting at 100h. DUMP is a modern utility in line with rest of Z-
System tools, in vain of COMP, our file comparator.
MOVE, Z-System utility written by ZRDOS author, Dennis Wright, as were
DUMP, VTYPE, COMP, and others, is handy even though PUBLIC directories are
available. Files are moved from area to area on the same drive, and moved
quickly! MOVE permits wildcard filename declarations and also directory DU
and DIR forms.
ZRDOS Plus comes with above four utilities plus VTYPE, the absolute best
file scanner we've seen (see Z-News 207, middle of pg 1); PUBLIC described in
Z-News 305; VIEW, earlier file scanner; and DFA and SFA, display and set file
attributes, covering all available bits, archive, wheel-byte write-protect,
read-only, etc.
Two screen-oriented command-line editors are currently available. VCED
(video command editor), Version 1.1, written by Paul Pomerleau (Chicago,
IL), permits editing, executing, and recalling commands lines, both
present and previous. Uses subset of WordStar cursor commands (like VERROR
and TALIAS), plus many more, to move from command to command, undo erased
commands, recall previous command, etc. Screen oriented and a Z-System
utility, it knows about paths, DIRs and DUs, and ENV files. A neat VCED
support program, WAIT, toggles "Strike Any Key" prompt to hold screen
display, as desired, before returning to editor.
Paul has also finished his version of ALIAS, called BALIAS, to join other
alias generators and editors (VALIAS and TALIAS) in the stable.
HSH (command line History SHell), Version 1.1, comes
from Michael Rubenstein, Galveston, TX, and carries
command-line editing to elegant heights. Similar to VCED
sketch but with a different flavor. Designed to be used primarily
of with RAM or fast hard disks and written in C Language, HSH,
mad hatter is 8k-bytes long. Comes with Z-System HLP file; it's one
with quote nice tool! On Z-Nodes, everywhere.
Wilson Bent (Fair Haven, NJ) has made an interesting
"...never be contribution with his LDSK named-directory program. By
without your using leading dash in a file name the directory becomes
tools." that name. Try it--you may find LDSK to your liking,
especially if you're floppy-based. Compare with MKDIR
described below...many ways to de-scale fish!
Our cup overflows, cornucopia! Thanks, all, for your programming
activities.
We_Get_Letters. Yes, we erred in Z-News 304; WSPATCH is still useful even if
running PUBLIC ZRDOS. It's quicker to use WSPATCH for numerous different
terminals than to re-install using MicroPro INSTALL. Thanks to all for
pointing this out.
"Your Newsletters and the BYTE articles on the HD64180 rekindle my
interest in expanding my knowledge of Assembly, ZCPR3, etc.--even though all
this is likely to be of little practical use to me." Edward W. King, Ithaca,
NY, writes of his stimulation and doubt. Ed, any knowledge can be put into
practice. Knowledge acquired from ZCPR3 activities goes a long way to making
one feel fulfilled. Such work always pays coin.
From James Couts, Sunnyvale, CA, "I am running CP/M and am trying to
resist MS-DOS." What's to resist? There's so much to be learned, if you get
past surface barrier, from capabilities of 8-bit machines. Using and studying
Z-System opens learning portals wide.
Z-Node Activity. Central had first birthday (10 October)! One year old, Z-
Node #1 Sysop, David McCord, has enlivened high-performance 8-bit computing.
His substantial leadership produces light when there is near darkness. Dave,
keep your beacon on.
All Z-Nodes carry tremendous traffic loads--we thank each sysop for
extraordinary efforts on Z-System community's behalf--what a constructive
team! Individually each of us receive as we give, occasionally receiving
seven (7) fold. Coming year holds much opportunity for hard-working teams!
Amateur Z User's Corner. MKDIR is used to create and modify named
directories. Though ZCPR3: The Manual (pages 65, 244, 299) is somewhat vague
about doing this, MKDIR's complete built-in menus and prompts make using it
easy and fast. After typing MKDIR<cr> at command line, enter ? (or /) at tool
command prompt to obtain main menu:
MKDIR Command (? for Help)? []
MKDIR Commands are --
C - Change Directory (Add/Rename/Delete Entries)
I - Initialize Directory
P - Print Directory
R - Read Directory
S - Status of MKDIR Environment
W - Write Directory File
X - Exit Program
MKDIR Command (? for Help)? []
First thing to do, if modifying an existing NDR file, is read file into auto-
allocated buffer space provided and then display contents, R followed by P
command. After entering R, choose name of NDR to edit or create. The default
is NAMES.NDR. We distribute a sample NDR file with name of SYS.NDR. If
updating this file and if it's located in A15:ROOT directory, then enter
A15:SYS.NDR<cr> as requested name at R command prompt.
After entering P and seeing what you already have as names associated
with disk/user areas, enter C to alter. And press ? (or /) for this screen:
MKDIR Change Mode --
You may issue the following commands at this point:
DU:dirname <--- Create/Rename DIR Entry
DU: <--- Delete DIR Entry
<RETURN> <--- Print Directory
X <--- Exit [leave Change Mode]
? <--- Print this Help
Directory Entry (?<RETURN> for Help)? []
Establish disk A, user area 6, with name of "private" by entering:
A6:PRIVATE<cr>. Next, prompt asks for optional password, up to 8 characters,
to access directory.
You take it from here...create and load (using LDR.COM) several trial NDR
files to gain experience (and confidence) using named directories. After, you
are ready to write ST alias files used by CD (please, read pages 23 and 24 of
Z3 Manual). Are you ready? Can you sense this long-expected moment, never-
to-be-repeated opportunity?
Z-SYSTEM GOOD-NEIGHBOR HELPER (GNH) ROSTER
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Anyone wishing to assist new ZCPR3/ZRDOS users and potential users please send
us your name, address, expertise, and telephone number.
== === === == == === == == === = === === ===
0 00h NUL ^@ 32 20h SP 64 40h @ 96 60h `
1 01h SOH ^A 33 21h ! 65 41h A 97 61h a
2 02h STX ^B 34 22h " 66 42h B 98 62h b
3 03h ETX ^C 35 23h # 67 43h C 99 63h c
4 04h EOT ^D 36 24h $ 68 44h D 100 64h d
5 05h ENQ ^E 37 25h % 69 45h E 101 65h e
6 06h ACK ^F 38 26h & 70 46h F 102 66h f
7 07h BEL ^G 39 27h ' 71 47h G 103 67h g
8 08h BS ^H 40 28h ( 72 48h H 104 68h h
9 09h HT ^I 41 29h ) 73 49h I 105 69h i
10 0Ah LF ^J 42 2Ah * 74 4Ah J 106 6Ah j
11 0Bh VT ^K 43 2Bh + 75 4Bh K 107 6Bh k
12 0Ch FF ^L 44 2Ch , 76 4Ch L 108 6Ch l
13 0Dh CR ^M 45 2Dh - 77 4Dh M 109 6Dh m
14 0Eh SO ^N 46 2Eh . 78 4Eh N 110 6Eh n
15 0Fh SI ^O 47 2Fh / 79 4Fh O 111 6Fh o
-- --- --- -- -- --- -- -- --- - --- --- ---
16 10h DLE ^P 48 30h 0 80 50h P 112 70h p
17 11h DC1 ^Q 49 31h 1 81 51h Q 113 71h q
18 12h DC2 ^R 50 32h 2 82 52h R 114 72h r
19 13h DC3 ^S 51 33h 3 83 53h S 115 73h s
20 14h DC4 ^T 52 34h 4 84 54h T 116 74h t
21 15h NAK ^U 53 35h 5 85 55h U 117 75h u
22 16h SYN ^V 54 36h 6 86 56h V 118 76h v
23 17h ETB ^W 55 37h 7 87 57h W 119 77h w
24 18h CAN ^X 56 38h 8 88 58h X 120 78h x
25 19h EM ^Y 57 39h 9 89 59h Y 121 79h y
26 1Ah SUB ^Z 58 3Ah : 90 5Ah Z 122 7Ah z
27 1Bh ESC ^[ 59 3Bh ; 91 5Bh [ 123 7Bh {
28 1Ch FS ^\ 60 3Ch < 92 5Ch \ 124 7Ch |
29 1Dh GS ^] 61 3Dh = 93 5Dh ] 125 7Dh }
30 1Eh RS ^^ 62 3Eh > 94 5Eh ^ 126 7Eh ~
31 1Fh US ^_ 63 3Fh ? 95 5Fh _ 127 7Fh DEL
== === === == == === == == === = === === ===
Legend: h = Hexadecimal; ^ = CTRL (Control Key), except 94 = caret and
30 = <CTRL-caret>.
Notes: 1. To obtain codes 0 to 31, console Control Key is pressed
while simultaneously pressing Letter Key, e.g., <CTRL-G> is
^G, the bell character.
2. Control Key subtracts decimal 64 (40h) from Letter Key
pressed.
Ramblings. (We don't do what we think we must, but what we must; that
written is less important than that not.)
You've read and heard of robots (maybe seen or even used one), drones,
and cyborgs (cybernetic organisms). It would be surprise to find we were
actually one of these. But think, what makes us what we are? It's not flesh
and blood, bone and skin, or overall form. Sure, these are aspects of what we
are, but there's more. What constitutes the Whole?
Ponder mass of data and information we presently have access to. If you
live in a large city, your local public library has more books than you could
read in a hundred lifetimes. One of these days soon, all this printed matter
could be in computer memories, perhaps be readable with your personal
computer. But neither data nor facts count for much unless you have means to
interpret into knowledge and understanding, get to the whole. We predict
"desktop publishing" mostly adds quantity to printed-text equation, does
little for quality, depth and breadth, does little for substance. Unless we,
individually and as a species, take a longer view of existence we simply march
in-place; each octave overlays exactly the previous. You know Being, living,
and learning rests squarely with you and me. Manikins we be not!
Is not the same alphabet used to form words, sentences that praise as
well as damn? The octave-oriented musical scale provides for production of
sound-combinations to make us both rejoice and weep. For every good there's a
countering evil--yin, yang; substantial universal stability in Cosmos. Third
Force, neither female nor male, we think of...for every student there already
exists a teacher. From knowledge, let's rise to next level of understanding.
You, think quality not quantity...each action, each thought has profound
local and Cosmic consequences. Waste not a moment with thoughts of greed or
hurtfulness. We humans are still quite coarse, with much to be refined.
Let's get on with our mutual task of learning! Be not paralyzed, but be on
the Way to deep living, a norm of all Life; this alone wears well.
We camp currently on a mountain top to pen these ramblings. We live at
home, though like a traveler on the road...find many things that each day
teach us. Fools there are that think their El Dorado is anywhere but where
they live. But who keeps book on such folly. We're here searching for that
seemingly lost, to change our mood, to taste of water turned into wine from
stone...
From light an
d darkness, strength and weakness; heaven and hell, truth and
falseness, real and unreal; from the crown of thorns and the bed of roses,
from the depths of agony and the heights of sublime joy; from hate (both
positive and negative), destitution, despair, and destruction and love, faith,
hope, and construction: we_offer a document we want you to own. We cannot
give it to you (though we wish we could); you must have worked for it. Thus
we charge money, money which represents (see Z-News 305, all of pg 5) your
past time and effort (labor, energy). The document, a pearl of great prize,
is economy-priced at exactly $100.00. But we return half your money if, after
reading it seven (7) times as detailed in Z-News 302, top three-fifths of pg
3, you feel it not worth amount paid. Make no judgments, simply read as
detailed in 302. Think! can you do these two things: read seven times and
not judge. If so, order WONDER: Lesson Learning to receive something we
trust you absorb and retain.
WONDER is not for everyone--only for those who are dissatisfied with pre-
sent ways of looking at, seeing things--is for those who are anxious to learn
new Ways, to discard unsatisfactory. Please, do not order WONDER unless you
expect the unexpected...think thrice before ordering. See you down the
lines...
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