macdonald@author.DEC (Corporate User Publications) (11/08/85)
Hi, I recently downloaded CHALK.LBR, an electronic spreadsheet program. I used LSWEEP.COM to extract the files, but could not find any .COM file in there to execute. There are a couple of .CTL and .OBJ files, but that's it. Is there anyone out there in netland that is familiar with this public domain program that can help me out. I am running a CP/M Plus V3 system. Thanks, Paul MacDonald
ABN.ISCAMS@USC-ISID.ARPA (11/11/85)
Paul, This is just a guess .. but sometimes files moved from certain RBBSs and RCPMs have their .COM file names changed to .OBJ (to keep bozos from running programs on the RCPM host). If you use DDT and look at the .OBJ files, you may find they kinda look like real .COM files (you know, saving stack pointer at the beginning, likely looking assembler instructions, etc.). Then you might just take a chance on renaming one to .COM and running it (with all valuable floppies out of the system and watching for any hard disk access like a hawk, just in case it's an Arf Arf). Regards, David Kirschbaum Toad Hall ABN.ISCAMS@USC-ISID
jthario@SDCSVAX.ARPA (11/13/85)
Try changing the .OBJ files to .COM files, and try to execute them.
Some XMODEM programs won't send the .COM files, so, to trick it,
people will REName them from xxxx.COM to xxxx.OBJ.
UUCP: {ihnp4, cbosgd, noscvax, sdcsvax}!crash!jthario
ARPA: crash!jthario@ucsd