dave@compnect.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) (09/05/90)
Fresh from the Omaha TI-99 UG comes word that McCann Software is closing
up. The primary reason cited by Mike McCann was the lack of CORRECT and
timely information from Myarc regarding MDOS. Mike has produced several
EXCELLENT programs for the Geneve, mainly The Printers Apprentice. He
has found it nearly impossible to get correct information from Myarc so
he could fix bugs that pop up every time Myarc changes their constantly
changing OS (MDOS). Another programmer is lost because of Myarcs nearly
suicidal behaviour. Lou recently turned down an offer to appear in a
conference on Delphi at a time and date of his choosing. He said he was
too busy. Thanks Lou. Mike is selling his Geneve but will continue to
sell TPA4MDOS but orders will have to go to his home address ($29.95,
McCann Software, 4411 N. 93rd St., Omaha NE. 68134)
According to Mike, this latest developement came from a problem with TPA
and printing under .97h and 1.14f. There IS a fix now, no thanks to
Myarc and, sad to say, even Paul C. If you have TPA and want to use it
with the previously mentioned versions of MDOS, here's the patch:
In file TPC, find the hex string
2A6C 1F00 2A88 and replace it with:
2A6C 9F80 2A88
The printer should now work. This patch sets bit 7 of status byte in
the PAB to 1, instead of the 0 that worked fine in earlier versions of
MDOS. Seems they changed it in .97h. Once again, Myarc changes the
programming rules and fails to tell ANYONE, least of all those few who
WANTED to program for this computer. Now there's one less.
Pity....
*>> Dave <<*
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