jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson) (11/13/90)
I just stumbled out of the Amiga news groups and was stunned to find comp.os.cpm. It's been over 3 years since I used my Osborne 1 much. This group brings back very fond memories. I have just loaned Ozzy to my girlfriends father (not father-in-law yet, hence conditional loan ;^) He is recovering from hip-surgery. Now is his chance to learn about computers and what better way to start. I was wondering what is new with the Osborne in the last 3 years. - Is there anything new in the way of WP or spreadsheets? - I have Oterm and I think I have ZCPR (minor enhancements to CP/M?). What does ZCPR3 have in it? - What is in QTerm and what are the overlays? Thanks, -- Jerry Thompson | // checks ___________ | "I'm into S&M, "What I want to know is, have | \\ // and | | | | Sarcasm and you ever seen Claude Rains?" | \X/ balances /_\ | /_\ | Mass Sarcasm."
ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman) (11/13/90)
jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson) writes: { stuff deleted } I'm not head-up on Osborne stuff, but I can tell you about stuff in the CP/M world in general. > - Is there anything new in the way of WP or spreadsheets? Nothing really. I haven't seen anything new in WP or SS in the commercial or the public domain sector. The only newest WP stuff I know about is WordStar Release 4. > - I have Oterm and I think I have ZCPR (minor enhancements to CP/M?). Are you talking about the original ZCPR? If so, I know little or nothing about the original. > What does ZCPR3 have in it? Now, on that subject, I can tell you PLENTY. I have ZCPR33 (the latest version of Z3 you can get for free; there is a ZCPR34, but it's commercial, but I like ZCPR33 anyway) on my main CP/M sysems, and it is nice. It has named directory areas (not just drive a, user 4 or such like that, you can name it ASM, DOWNLOAD, GAMES, WHATEVER (pun intended). And if you run a machine where you could have several different types of terminals online like a UNIX-type system can like I do, you can pop in a termcap for your specific terminal. But since the Ozzie probably is the type of computer which has only ADM-3A type emulation (correct me if I'm wrong), this will be of no worry. But there are just too many neat things to describe here. If you're the type who likes to get down and dirty for dirt cheap (like I am), then get ZCPR33, which comes complete with source code which you can hack to death if you want to (just kidding, Jay). Or if you wish, you can get NZ-COM which will automatically install itself. I can't tell you a thing about NZ-COM because I've never used it and don't own a copy, but most people here say it's a great product. > - What is in QTerm and what are the overlays? Qterm is a nice little terminal program with all flavors of Xmodem, including 1k-Xmodem, Modem7 batch with 128- or 1024-byte packets, Ymodem (the true implementation to Forsberg's specifications), and Kermit (haven't used this one much, but it works just fine with the UNIX system I call from time to time). Plus it has VT100 emulation and a VERY powerful scripting system. All this in a program that resides in almost 16k of memory. It is written by David Goodenough, who is currently moving to the west coast from the east coast. He specializes in writing CP/M utilities which are based on stuff you would find in UNIX. His UUCP software is a good example. I run a site with it, and I am a beta site for his UUCP software, and have written drivers for his UUCP/Qterm software. You should check his stuff out. Ranks up there with the likes of Irv Hoff, Ron Fowler, Jay Sage, and others. > Thanks. Anytime.