[net.mag] Micro/Systems Journal, V1N4, Sept/Oct 85

ian@darwin.UUCP (09/07/85)

For information on this magazine, write Micro/Systems Journal,
Box 1192, Mountainside, NJ.

%A Sol Libes
%T Editor's Page
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 4
%K DRI CP/M GEM
%X Current status of Digital Research, Inc, and its CP/M
products, its GEM system, and its future.

%T News, Views & Gossip
%A Sol Libes
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 6
%K DRI Z800 PC-clone IBM Apple 68020
%X Short notes on DRI, Zilog's Z800, buying an IBM PC clone,
IBM and obsolescence, Apple, the 68020 goes into production.

%T The C Forum
%A Don Libes
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 14
%K obfuscation C
%X A reprint of the `obfuscated C contest' from USENET,
and information on the 1986 contest.

%T PC/Blue Report
%A Hank Kee
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 18
%K Shareware DeskMate
%X Discussion of current `shareware vs public domain distribution' debate;
update on PC/Blue public domain library.

%T Turbo Pascal Corner
%A David W. Carroll
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 20
%X `Install' program to customize Turbo Pascal programs.

%T In the SIG/M Public Domain
%A Stephen M. Leon
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 24
%K Shareware
%X More on public-domain-distribution-vs-shareware debate;
info on new stuff in SIG/M public domain library.

%T Who Prints on the Printers
%A Alex K.H. Soya
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 30
%K CP/M
%X Since so-called multi-user Concurrent-CP/M lacks a print spooler,
users have to allocate the printer, and the system gives you no
easy way to tell who's got it. This program lets you see who's
got the printer allocated.

%T Interrupt Borrowing with Turbo Pascal
%A Stephen R. Davis
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 34
%K interrupts
%X Getting interrupt vectors on CP/M or MS-DOS from Pascal.

%T Upgrading CompuPro I/O Boards
%A R. K. Gerson
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 42
%K S100 Viasyn Interfacer
%X Modify the CompuPro/Viasyn S100 Interfacer boards for 16-bit I/O addressing
as per the IEEE 696 standard.

%T The CompuPro 10 Plus
%A Michael Guttman
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 48
%K CP/M
%X Reviews a multi-user CP/M system.

%T Program Interfacing to MS-DOS
%A William G. Wong
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 54
%X Interfacing to MS-DOS with the CP/M-compatible system calls.

%T SIG/M & PC/Blue Public Domain Software Distribution Points
%A Bob Todd
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 60

%T Typesetting with or without a Typesetter
%A A. G. W. Cameron
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 64
%K TeX math
%X Review of two versions of TeX for the IBM PC.

%T The UNIX File
%A Ian F. Darwin
%J Micro/Systems Journal
%V 1
%N 4
%D September/October 1985
%P 76
%K macro m4 uucp USENET
%X Tutorial introduction to m4 (showing how to maintain .profile files
on `n' different UNIX systems); connecting your UNIX system to USENET.