c60b-1eq@e260-1f.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) (04/05/91)
In article <1991Apr4.124339.18315@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s907396@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Miramar) writes: >I'm looking for a CUT/PASTE TSR for use on my XT laptop. Just something simple >similar to the mark/transfer feature on Desqview. Has anyone used such a >program? PD, shareware or commercial? I have tried something called cutpaste >but it crashes the computer when I used it with Telix. My laptop is an >Amstrad PPC640 DD, 640k RAM, CGA/MDA. I usually use it in MDA mode. Try CTRLALT. Although it's old (from 1987), it's an absolute gem of a TSR IMHO. Written in assembler, it takes only 7K of resident memory and offers cut/paste, popup ASCII tables, and more. I believe it's on simtel20 (sorry, am not sure of the path). +==========================================================================+ | Noam Mendelson ..!agate!ucbvax!web!c60b-1eq | "I haven't lost my mind, | | c60b-1eq@web.Berkeley.EDU | it's backed up on tape | | University of California at Berkeley | somewhere." |
campbell@dev8o.mdcbbs.com (Tim Campbell) (04/09/91)
In article <1991Apr4.124339.18315@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>, s907396@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Miramar) writes: > I'm looking for a CUT/PASTE TSR for use on my XT laptop. Just something simple > similar to the mark/transfer feature on Desqview. Has anyone used such a > program? PD, shareware or commercial? I have tried something called cutpaste > but it crashes the computer when I used it with Telix. My laptop is an > Amstrad PPC640 DD, 640k RAM, CGA/MDA. I usually use it in MDA mode. > > Thanks... > -- > -----/ _ _ \-------------------------------------------------------------------- > | o o | Eugene Mok s907396@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Melbourne OZ) > \ ^ / eugene@pogo.ai.mit.edu (USA) > ------\ o /--------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Typically a Cut/Paste TSR works by calculating the offset from the start of the video memory of the data you want to cut. You mentioned that you usually operate this thing in MDA mode - MDA and CGA (and EGA and VGA for that matter) have different segment addresses. Other than that - they're essentially accessed the same (in text mode). MDA starts mapping the screen at 0xB000 (segment address) while CGA starts mapping at 0xB800. (VGA starts at 0xA000) - try putting your machine in "CGA" mode and running the utility. The PD utility quite possibly "assumes" you have a CGA and doesn't bother to "detect" which video card is installed. Check documentation to see if there is a parameter (switch) that will tell the software you have MDA. I have Sidekick Plus - but if all you want is cut/paste then sidekick is a bit of a memory pig. I have some other PD utility which I came accross - it's about 3-4 years old and I never use it - it _ONLY_ does cut/paste. I'll check the softare and followup with the name - it might be the same utility you already have. -Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In real life: Tim Campbell - Electronic Data Systems Corp. Usenet: campbell@dev8.mdcbbs.com @ McDonnell Douglas M&E - Cypress, CA also: tcampbel@einstein.eds.com @ EDS - Troy, MI CompuServe: 71631,654 (alias 71631.654@compuserve.com)
IO92203@MAINE.BITNET (Scott Maxell) (04/09/91)
Use SNIPPER.COM from PC magazine. You can FTP it from wuarchive.wustl.edu in the directory mirrors/msdos/pcmag. You may need to look through the index for the exact file. //////////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ +---------+ Scott Maxell -- Bitnet ->> IO92203 @ maine | | -- Internet ->> IO92203 @ maine.maine.edu | O | | | | "What I need is a computer that will do what I want it to +---------+ do, not what I tell it to do..."
cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Sehyeong Cho) (04/09/91)
In article <1991Apr4.124339.18315@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s907396@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Miramar) writes: >I'm looking for a CUT/PASTE TSR for use on my XT laptop. Just something simple >similar to the mark/transfer feature on Desqview. Has anyone used such a >program? PD, shareware or commercial? I have tried something called cutpaste >but it crashes the computer when I used it with Telix. My laptop is an >Amstrad PPC640 DD, 640k RAM, CGA/MDA. I usually use it in MDA mode. > >-- I'm not familiar with Desqview, but.. I'm modifying a terminal emulator so I can cut text on my CGA screen and send it to remote host. I'm doing this to rlogin to a unix host, open emacs windows on the host and cut text on the screen and send it to the host, possibly with some cursor-moving button tricks (a crude simulation of xterm :-). I'm not sure if that's what you need. -- | Yesterday I was a student. Sehyeong Cho | Today I am a student. cho@cs.psu.edu | Tomorrow I'll probably still be a student. | Sigh.. There's so little hope for advancement.