The problem with SPF/PC in DOSBox isn't memory management, it was something about text modes. The problem was that DOSBox was created for running DOS games, not text applications like SPF/PC. I don't have DOSBox installed right now, but I /think/ the problem was that DOSBox running SPF/PC was slow, because it was treating the window as a graphic image instead of as text. So you lost the whole point of SPF/PC which was lighting fast response time.
I think I've got my SPF history mixed up. SPF/Win was released. One version was from 1995. SPF/Professional was from 1996 or so. I think it was SPF/Win renamed, with integration with CA-Realia and Micro Focus Workbench. Plus it could run ISPF dialogs! That's the version I beta tested. I'm running SPF/Pro 5.0.Beta3 Dialog Developer Edition. Does this mean that CTC never released SPF/Pro? I have the files for SPF/Pro, and the original install media (micro floppy of course). SPF/SourceEdit was from 1997, and dropped REXX for having the macros in C. Which meant that you it isn't compatible with z/OS REXX macros at all. And it dropped the emulation of the ISPF dialog manager. I really don't know why CTC made the big break from SPF/Pro to SPF/SE. I still like SPF/Pro much better, but as I said, it crashes on newer Windows more than SPF/SE (which for version 3.5 also crashes). SPF/Pro just now crashed on me with MEM_BAD_POINTER from SmartHeap Library. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Schmitt, Michael Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 10:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SPF/SE is available for free Cool! I still use SPF/SE, in fact was using it just yesterday. But I have SPF/SE 3.5 build 614 so yours is a lot newer. CTC had different iterations of the product: - SPF/PC: ran in DOS, but used special memory management to edit larger files. SPF/PC can still run under DOSBox but not very well - SPF/Win: SPF for Windows. I think I beta tested it but it was never released? - SPF/Professional: The first released SPF for Windows? Still runs but crashes sometimes - SPF/SE In my opinion, the best SPF was SPF/Pro: - Closer emulation of ISPF Edit than SPF/SE - Runs REXX Edit Macros -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael Knigge Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: SPF/SE is available for free FYI: I guess some of you guys use SPF/SE (SPF SourceEdit) from Command Technology. The editor was developed by Tim Tetivia, who unfortunately died in 2022 as a result of a corona infection. With some research and help from other SPF users (namely Peter aka Verizon), it was possible to contact Tim's wife Bonnie. She gave us permission to distribute the editor for free (sadly the source code is “lost” forever). On my GitHub (https://clicktime.symantec.com/15tStaqvHaWmhJEwKL5vF?h=k8C7L5Qfruh4B5XLObxAA9jbAcEwjGal4BxXv4aqqBA=&u=https://clicktime.symantec.com/15uBY2TEUMBPKjdD7Gs5P?h=wCfUoHcHszVrATO96Ke5bYHZd6rw1qtnd_p7Srrdf4U=&u=https://github.com/michaelknigge/spf-editor%29 I made some releases available, together with product keys. I also provide a “professional” installer created with InnoSetup that installs SPF/SE together with some useful macros, file profiles and color schemes (a color scheme that makes SPF/SE look like ISPF). The original releases can be found here: https://clicktime.symantec.com/15tT4FEVCosxXBtnQStDV?h=a42samARJUjgBVHNnAkLJC62sUfwYr-r52P2hTOol2s=&u=https://clicktime.symantec.com/15uBhgqoPaYa9dH4CPfNd?h=oEt5eCV4ImsXasjn5RS9LX6t0lpHrAtuLb67MZ-D1ek=&u=https://github.com/michaelknigge/spf-editor/tree/main/binaries My installers can be found here: https://clicktime.symantec.com/15tSyR3CkCCN7F4rrtV4s?h=JETYbGTlNFfLh2RSQ0-u8IF48iTbmm4wmhcTxO4DALQ=&u=https://clicktime.symantec.com/15uBcreWvxryjgT8eqGE1?h=s5UECHYEIYvYIKLamz_1q2dsbFSHwWlvBKGx2Noi7eU=&u=https://github.com/michaelknigge/spf-editor/releases Bye, Michael Mit freundlichen Grüßen Michael Knigge Software Engineer SET GmbH Rühmkorffstraße 5 30163 Hannover Telefon: +49 511 330 998 23<tel:+49%20511%20330%20998%2023> Fax: +49 511 330 998 65<tel:+49%20511%20330%20998%2065> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://clicktime.symantec.com/15tT95RmfRZYw8ihx1HN7?h=7ofgJ9w9U3b-adSx3AxSaLomMG-qA7Pwc3Crx6mjfBM=&u=https://clicktime.symantec.com/15uBnX35rCEAZa6yjx4XF?h=0_3vNBl_wuwArMnd3yB_OPkLgsYQwSCJMddoBoNGNu8=&u=https://set.de Hinweise zum Datenschutz: https://clicktime.symantec.com/15tTDud483F9M5YdVZgWj?h=0L9dIKHdM3HSaykOpjBgBycNV_YAIf0fbanoNNOpkT4=&u=https://clicktime.symantec.com/15uBsMENJoukyWvuHWTfs?h=zDuxYaHBfvX0CehSFQOu_Uq4hOxfnZH736IjWf3cwxA=&u=https://set.de/datenschutz Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hannover HRB 52778 Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Tobias Baum, Dr.-Ing. Arthur Brack ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
