W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA (08/30/84)
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA> Bernie Eiben has just released the CP/M-80 version of PHONE. PHONE allows You to search a "flat" ASCII-file for any string and prints out the line containing the string and any line following the target-line, which starts with "white-space". The original MSDOS-version was written using LATTICE-C, the CPM-version was changed for AZTEC-C [slight C-language differences plus changes in default-file searching for both micro-systems and the DOC-file]. PHONE uses SOUNDEX-techniques to "catch" possible mis-spelling and supports ? for wild-character match and * for any-string match. Aside from a "easy going" telephone "memory" any other "string-based reminders" can be build using any editor since PHONE allows to change the text-file-name on the command-line. Bernie says: "PHONE was originally written by Martin Minow and ... (see DOC-file) - so they deserve the announcement credit." The files are available on SIMTEL20 as: Filename Type Bytes Sectors CRC Directory MICRO:<CPM.TXTUTL> PHONE.C.1 ASCII 11252 88 = 58H 0340H PHONE.COM.1 COM 15872 124 = 7CH 38ADH PHONE.DOC.1 ASCII 2890 23 = 17H D1F3H PHONE.HEX.1 ASCII 38647 302 = 12EH 3AF9H The .LBR file is also available for those who want the whole package and can FTP ITS-binary files: PHONE.LBR.1 COM 22272 174 = AEH 7D05H --Keith