Lotus 1-2-3 2.0 for TI Pro PC

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4 total messages Started by craig Thu, 19 Dec 1985 16:18

#130

Author: craig
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1985 16:18

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Now that Lotus Development Corporation has released the upgraded
version of 1-2-3 for that other PC (and the clones) we thought it
would be worthwhile to test the availability of release 2.0 for the
TI Pro PC.  No good.  A Lotus spokesperson stated there are no plans
for producing the new release for the TI unless a stronger demand
is manifested.  Based on their tally to date, the demand is weak.

It would be a shame if this decent machine [TI Pro PC] is orphaned
by major software developers. :-(
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YATC:Yet Another Termcap Request

#131

Author: Robert Switzer
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1985 13:36

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I have yet another termcap request for the TI99 4A
terminal emulator module.
Any help is appreciated.

By the way, if the small-c package is indeed available
for the TI, then I expect that we should start seeing
some nifty smallc programs for the TI come out, right?!

I have found that I have been disabled in my attempts
to use the TI for casual work by the fact that I
don't "think" in BASIC anymore.  Assembler is not too
bad, using the Editor Assembler module, but usually
requires a lot of work to do useful things in a short
amount of time.

I hope that the addition of a C package of anysort can
help me sort this out.
Thanks,
Robert

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Robert Switzer - AT&T Information Systems
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TI-994/A Editor Assembler

#132

Author: Richard Foy
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1985 20:28

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I have been reading to and writing from a disk OK in assembly language. 
However I have not been able to figure out how to read the disk directory.
Can Robert Switzer or anyone else on the net tell me how to do it.

Re: TI-994/A Editor Assembler

#133

Author: Michal Jaegermann
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1985 19:20

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> I have been reading to and writing from a disk OK in assembly language. 
> However I have not been able to figure out how to read the disk directory.
> Can Robert Switzer or anyone else on the net tell me how to do it.

[ reply is news, since mail bounced at ittatc ]

There are basically two ways. The first one - if you are able to read
disk on sector-by-sector basis. Read sector 0 and extract all
information about disk - name, format, number of sectors, used (this
have to be computed from a bit-map table). Read sector 1. You will get
up to 127 pointers to sectors which contain file information. Read all
sectors with non-zero pointers to extract file information. This method
will may reveal all "hidden" files, which pointers follow a null
pointer.
The second one. Open a file with an empty name like "DSK1.". This is -
if I remeber correctly - internal, fixed 38 with record fields: string
followed by 3 numbers. Record #0 will give you a disk information.
Subsequent records will hold file info. I do not remember a meaning of 
numbers, but quick experiment in Basic with a known disk will reveal
that (negative type if protected). Since this is a standard Basic file,
thus all numeric entries are in a floating point format. This will give
you a slight headache if you will be reading the stuff in assembler.
=============================
Michal Jaegermann
Myrias Research Corporation
...ihnp4!alberta!myrias!mj

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