skb@usl.usl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia) (08/04/88)
[ I am posting the following message on behalf of a friend who does not have access to network. ] I have a copy of UCSD Pascal with the book telling me how to use it. However, I have to keep on changing the diskettes in the drive to edit, compile, and execute the programs I write. To make the matters worse, I have to transfer files across the diskettes because compiler, editor, and execute files are on different floppies. I am a new user of this system. My system's configuration includes a 5-1/4" drive, a 3-1/2" drive, a printer besides the CRT. Can someone over the net advise me if I can buy a hard drive for my system and how much will the approx. cost be for such a drive? Will it help me if I have such a drive, especially in the context of UCSD pascal? Or will it be better if I go in for another 5-1/4" floppy drive? Is there any way to use my existing system without having to change floppies all the time? I'll appreciate receiving a reply by e-mail since I do not read this group very often. Shammi Gupta
whitney@think.COM (David Whitney) (08/05/88)
In article <398@usl.usl.edu> skb@usl.usl.edu.UUCP (Sanjiv K. Bhatia) writes: >[ I am posting the following message on behalf of a friend who does not have >access to network. ] > >I have a copy of UCSD Pascal with the book telling me how to use it. However, >I have to keep on changing the diskettes in the drive to edit, compile, and >execute the programs I write. To make the matters worse, I have to transfer >files across the diskettes because compiler, editor, and execute files are on >different floppies. > >I am a new user of this system. My system's configuration includes a 5-1/4" >drive, a 3-1/2" drive, a printer besides the CRT. Can someone over the net You don't need a hard drive. Just copy everything off of the distribution disks onto one 3.5" inch disk. It all fits. This will solve your constant disk- swapping woes. You will, though, probably have to use a 5.25" for your work files, as all the system crud with UCSD takes up most of the directory space on the 3.5". Even though the disk itself is far from full, you can't really store more than ten or so files on it. David Whitney, MIT '90 DISCLAIMER: Nobody knows what I'm up {out there}!harvard!think!whitney to. Don't blame them for my actions whitney@think.com nor me for theirs. ^^^^^ will be changing before 1989 is here. Don't depend on it after 1/1/89.
halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU ("Bruce P. Halpern") (08/05/88)
If you have Apple PASCAL v1.3, and the controller for your 3.5 drive is in slot 5 or 6 (assuming a //e), the entire Apple PASCAL system will fit on a 800K disk, with lots of room left for programs. If you don't have v1.3, you can't use the 3.5 drive with Apple PASCAL. Couldn't reply via e-mail, as you requested, since your article didn't contain, **within it**, a return address.