You might want to try DOSBox-X, <http://dosbox-x.com/>
Robert On Tue, 1 Nov 2022 at 19:03, Schmitt, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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