ABN.ISCAMS%usc-isid@sri-unix.UUCP (01/13/84)
You all may know SPELL (a nice public domain spelling checker) and an ITS-binary format dictionary, DICT.DIC are out on SIMTEL20 under MICRO:<CPM.SPELL>SPELL.(MAC, COM).1 and DICT.DIC.1 If you have a particularly brain-damaged TAC like mine, you may find it difficult to download an 8-bit binary file to your micro. And if you lost the pointers to a particular utilityl on TOPS-20 (I think) that converts ITS-Binary files to regular 8-bit binary (by stripping off the first 32-bit word, I guess), you may find it even harder to get that DICT.DIC to run! I solved both problems, and if anyone wants a (somewhat lengthy) How To (right down at the novice, how to figure SAVE pages in DDT, level) -- message me. Don't want to inflict it on the net. If the SIMTEL20 MICRO: Sysop is out there, and if there's enough interest in this, maybe you'd like to put it in the <CPM.SPELL> directory. David Kirschbaum Toad Hall (ABN.ISCAMS@USC-ISID)
BillHolland.es@PARC-MAXC.ARPA (01/26/84)
Where is Simtel20 and how can I download from there using my micro? THANKS BILL