cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (01/18/85)
I made a couple of changes to the ZCPR3.ASM file to make using the wheel
byte a little easier. First I added a Wheel Prompt variable (WPRMPT)
so that when you were enabled ZCPR could change the '>' to something
else, being an old TOPS-20 fan I of course use '!'. Thus, when you are
NOT enabled, and your prompt was "A:SYS>" , when you set the wheel
byte it becomes "A:SYS!", real trivial stuff here. The second change
was to make it easier to use my own system when it was in the "secure"
mode. Basically, the password checking facility on directories is
defeated by having wheel enabled. Since I don't know how many others
will find these useful, currently the only copy of these changes,
(besides my own) is on the ZCPR3 BBS at (415) 489-9005, if there
is some interest I will send a copy to Simtel-20.
--Chuck
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{ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}Penny Anderson <Penny.Anderson@CMU-CS-C.ARPA> (01/28/85)
Chuck, Won't changing your system prompt to "A:!" screw up the way ZEX handles input control. If you use the "<uparrow><doublequote>" option in a ZEX file, ZEX turns control over to the console until it sees a 'special character' pass by. The special character in the distribution version is a ">" with the MSB set. It seems like that should leave the re- mainder of your ZEX file pending forever. Is that right, Rick? Don Shields c/o [Penny Anderson - APA@CMU-C] -------
Rick Conn <RCONN@SIMTEL20.ARPA> (02/05/85)
Hi, Don,
Sorry I took so long to respond (your message is attached). Under
ZCPR2 and its version of ZEX, the case you describe is true. Under
ZCPR3, ZEX does not monitor the prompt, but, rather, ZCPR3 leaves a
message to ZEX which tells it to resume input if it was suspended. Hence,
the prompt itself is not of consequence under ZCPR3 and may be changed at
will.
Rick
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Chuck,
Won't changing your system prompt to "A:!" screw up the way
ZEX handles input control. If you use the "<uparrow><doublequote>"
option in a ZEX file, ZEX turns control over to the console until it sees
a 'special character' pass by. The special character in the distribution
version is a ">" with the MSB set. It seems like that should leave the re-
mainder of your ZEX file pending forever. Is that right, Rick?
Don Shields c/o [Penny Anderson - APA@CMU-C]
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