ruben@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ruben Ramirez-Mitchell) (02/02/85)
You can get Microshell from New Generation Systems, INC 1800 MIchael Faraday Drive, Suite 206 Reston, Virginia, 22090 (703) 471-5598 I would also check Microtools, and MicroTree. I just bought MicroTree from them (ls, cd, pwd, tree, mv, cp, rm, mkdir, rmdir) and it works very well (it maps user areas to named directories). I run all three programs under MPM-816, but I have also used Microshell and Microtools under CP/M-80, and CP/M-816. Note that they do not support Microshell under MPM , some things do not work well in this environment ( no line editor for example, and script files which cross user and drive boundaries don't work well). In spite of the problems I found when running Microshell under CP/M-816 and MPM-816 (you loose the command line editor), the features you can use make it worth it (input and output redirection, pipes, file and drive paths, delay constants, customizable prompt, and specially their shell language) It beats SUBMIT, XSUB, IF,..., etc. Of course, you can only run 8 bit programs under it. I have dedicated one user (0) in one logical drive in my Hard disk to COM files and microshell scripts, and have COM versions of all my important utilities (SQ,LU,USQ,SD,FIND,GREP,etc). I keep the shell as a detached process and attach to it on a different page of my terminal (Televideo 950 with 4 pages) any time I want to run an 8 bit prog. When I got Microtree from New Generations they also included a copy of 'cd.com' so I could change directories inside the shell. I might also order the 8 bit version to be able to use 'cp', 'mv', etc. Ruben Mitchell Cell Research Inst. University of Texas Austin, Texas, 78712 ruben@ut-ngp.arpa