dpz@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (David P. Zimmerman) (01/07/86)
I am in the process of buying a Zenith Z-171, and I was wondering if
anyone on the net had any experience with or information/comments
about the following hardware and software products:
Zenith Z-171 portable IBM compatible
Turbo Pascal 3.0
Turbo Editor Toolbox
Turbo Graphix Toolbox
Turbo DataBase Toolbox
The Turbo Pascal BCD option - is it worth the extra money?
Turbo Lightning
PC-Write
Microsoft QuickBASIC
Maxell DDDS diskettes
Information on the compatibility of the software mentioned above with
the Z-171 would also be appreciated.
Thanx in advance for any responses.
Davidann
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I'm a registered user of PC-Write, a shareware editor/word processor
available from Quicksoft (they usually advertise in BYTE). As a screen
editor, it's very convenient, but it's currently limited to 64K byte
files (if that's a problem!). They are planning an upgrade to resolve
this. Some PC-Write human interfaces leave something to be desired
(HELP is pretty miserable, and a separate program must be invoked
to print what you've just edited). Changing colors or printer specs
requires quite a bit of numeric dabbling, but once done you'll find
it to be an excellent editor. If you like to sprinkle tabs in your
text, you'll find PC-Write expands tab characters to blanks when you
enter them, so C programmers beware.
It's great for editing batch files and simple text. If you have numbered
sections, you have to manually modify the section numbers, unlike
some other WPs that have number registers that will do this for you.
I guess the philosophy is WYSIWYG!
It's certainly worth the $75 registration fee, and copies can be freely
made (even the manual is on the distribution disk). Only your conscience
requires you to pay for using the package.
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Voice: (201) 885-7831dpz@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (David P. Zimmerman) (01/31/86)
Thanx to all the people who have sent me info about the programs/ accessories that I had asked about in early January (the Zenith Z-171, Turbo Pascal, the Turbo Toolboxes, Turbo Lightning, QuickBASIC, PC-Write, and Maxell disks). The replies were all helpful in my choice of hardware and software, and I think that I can now be classified as a happy, satisfied user. (In case anyone cares, I ended up getting the 256K Z-171, Turbo Pascal 3.0 [w/o BCD], the Turbo Editor Toolbox, Turbo Lightning, and 40 Maxell disks.) Davidann