tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) (08/19/89)
>From: osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu!phillips-e@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (earl) >Subject: MORROW DESIGNS CPM SYSTEM > >Can anyone out there help me in trying to figure out my >Morrow Designs CPM system? I have recently entered the >world of computers new, and acquired the system >serendipitously. I have down most of the basic machine >commands, but am having trouble with the "Wordstar" >software; specifically, how to retain newly-made files >on another disk for future data entry. Any suggestions? > There are a couple of things you can do. (It sounds like you got the system, but not the documentation.) First, call Oakland, CA directory assistance and ask for a company called "Silicon Valley Surplus." SVS bought Morrow's inventory when Morrow when bankrupt. Although this has now been 3 or 4 years, you still may be able to get Morrow documentation from them--assuming the company itself still exists. :-) Second, check your local bookstore or public library for books on WordStar. There are many, but be sure to look for the older (i.e., pre-Version 3) ones. If you're willing to spend a few bucks, the WordStar Company (formerly called Micropro) still sells Version 4.0 of WordStar for CP/M computers, inlcuding Morrow's. Price is < $100. Call 1-800-555-1212 and ask for an 800 number for "WordStar International" (or "Micropro"). Good Luck. -- UUCP: ...uunet!cp1!aplcen!wb3ffv!fallst!tkevans INTERNET: tkevans%fallst@wb3ffv.ampr.org OTHER: ...!attmail!fallst!tkevans Tim Evans 2201 Brookhaven Court, Fallston, MD 21047 (301) 965-3286
rap@peck.ardent.com (Rob Peck) (08/21/89)
>From: osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu!phillips-e@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (earl) >Subject: MORROW DESIGNS CPM SYSTEM > >Can anyone out there help me in trying to figure out my >Morrow Designs CPM system? I have recently entered the >world of computers new, and acquired the system >serendipitously. I have down most of the basic machine >commands, but am having trouble with the "Wordstar" >software; specifically, how to retain newly-made files >on another disk for future data entry. Any suggestions? CP/M normally tries to prevent you from writing to a disk that was not in the drive the most recent time that the drive was accessed. However, Wordstar does have a command called "Log A New Disk". Look on the Control-K menu (press and hold the control Key, and then press and release the K key) and wait for the menus to come up. I think the correct combination is ^KL. You can then remove the disk from drive B, and insert a new disk for reading and writing files. I don't believe that this can be done in the middle of an edit session, (WHILE you are actually editing a file), but you can do this in between file edits. You cannot remove the "A" disk while editing because the Wordstar messages are coming from it while you are editing. If you want to move a file from one disk onto a new disk to that you can edit it there (where it is less crowded), use the PIP command as follows: 1. Make sure you know which file name you wish to copy on the source disk. 2. Reset your system, (^C) with your master CP/M disk in the A: drive and the destination (freshly formatted/initialized disk in drive B: 3. Issue the command PIP 4. The PIP prompt appears on the screen. When your disk activity light goes out, remove the A (master) disk and insert your source disk. 5. Type: b:=a:filename.ext[v] The file gets copied to the new disk. Notice that this does not violate CP/M's disk-change rules because the new disk you inserted is read-only and that is all you are doing to it. The B disk was in the drive when the system was reset, so as long as it is not itself write protected, you can copy to it. 6. Reinsert your master disk into the A drive, and type ^C (Control-C) to exit PIP. How much (if any) Morrow documentation did you get with the system? I don't have a Morrow, but did buy SOME of its docs at a computer swap meet because I have a Kaypro and it runs most Morrow software. For a small fee I may be willing to part with some of the docs that I do have. Rob Peck
bms@bdt.UUCP (Vance Chin) (08/24/89)
Silicon Valley Surplus's number is 415-261-4662 The also have some cheap you put it together cpm systems for sale. Vance