info-cpm (12/08/82)
>From lauren@Lbl-Unix Wed Dec 8 13:11:47 1982
To: ELIOT@Mit-Mc
Cc: INFO-CPM@BRL
Via: Lbl-Unix; 8 Dec 82 4:33-EST
Via: Brl; 8 Dec 82 4:38-EST
Via: Brl-Bmd; 8 Dec 82 4:58-EST
Eliot,
You must be kidding. What do you use ANY micro for? MARC simplyy provides
a decent environment and a reasonable set of utilities to help enable
the user to comfortably do whatever it is they *want* to do.
Since the environment is reasonable to start with, all the P.D. programs
like DUPUSER, XDIR, D, and a multitude of others are not needed with
MARC, since those programs were efforts to raise CP/M to a more
reasonable level than where it started. Some of the other useful
programs (like SQ, USQ, DIFF, etc.) now have MARC versions which
are generally more flexible than their CP/M counterparts, since they
can take advantage of those features already in MARC, instead of having
to fight their way around restrictions in CP/M. Most, if not all,
of these sorts of utilities should be released with the system, assuming
I can get the proper permissions from the original authors.
I will probably not be in a position to read mail again for a couple
of days, so if you have any more questions, please don't expect a terribly
quick reply. In any case, I might suggest that some of your questions
(particularly the last) might be better handled in private mail or with
a simple phone call. I don't think it's fair to the other readers
for us to turn this list into a continuous MARC question and answer
session. Thanks much.
--Lauren--helge (12/08/82)
lauren: the MARC question and answer sessions provide a lot of interesting info on MARC itself and M vs. cpm. i am sure there are lots of readers out there who find the sessions interesting!! helge
info-cpm (12/09/82)
>From RMS.G.BANDY.MIT-OZ@Mit-Mc Wed Dec 8 23:41:15 1982
To: lauren@Lbl-Unix
Cc: ELIOT@Mit-Mc, INFO-CPM@BRL
In-Reply-To: Your message of 8-Dec-82 0659-EST
Via: Mit-Mc; 8 Dec 82 19:34-EST
Via: Brl; 8 Dec 82 19:50-EST
Via: Brl-Bmd; 8 Dec 82 19:53-EST
why to play games, of course!
is there anybody else out there doing SERIOUS programming
for the osborne (NO basic or (ugh!) pascal)? would like
to get in touch!
-andy
-------info-cpm (12/09/82)
>From ELIOT@Mit-Mc Thu Dec 9 01:15:44 1982
To: lauren.LBL-CSAM@BRL
Cc: info-cpm@BRL
Via: Mit-Mc; 8 Dec 82 22:48-EST
Via: Brl; 8 Dec 82 23:02-EST
Via: Brl-Bmd; 8 Dec 82 23:19-EST
When I made that statement, I was just kidding, HONEST!
-Eliot at Mit-DM