jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (07/25/87)
Oops! After looking at the Turbo BASIC disk for the 800, I see that it is a boot disk, which means that you will not be able to just copy the DOS.SYS file to it and have anything much good happen -- I think. Assuming I am right about this, I'll have to either duplicate the disk and mail it out, or else hurry up and write the "sector uuencode/decode" that I have been threatening to do. For now, anyone needing Turbo BASIC for the 800 should please send me your U.S. Mail address. I have no idea how many requests I will get, so if you want yours to be answered quickly, you can make me feel guilty enough to get to it sooner by mailing me a disk and stamped return mailer. Otherwise just send your address and I will still try to get you a disk in finite time. Please indicate if you will be disseminating the disk to many others and I will try to expedite getting it to you. -John Sangster / jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa
jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (07/30/87)
Thanks to those who reported availability of encoders for boot disks. I received a copy of SHRINK, which however did not work right. As soon as I get a good copy of SHRINK or an equivalent, I will post both the decoder and the encoded Turbo BASIC disk. The 800 version, by the way, is called FROST BASIC, presumably after the author, FRank OSTrowski. If any of you already have FROST BASIC, obviously the new posting may not contain anything new. -John Sangster / jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa