On 10/7/20 4:55 AM, Jim Anderson wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I'm specifically looking for support for "user numbers" since CP/M does
>> not support directories. My Kaypro runs CP/M 2.2G and 2.2H. In those
>> versions, the user number is part of the prompt, such as A0> or A1>.
>> Also, if you navigate to user area 1 with "USER 1", you can call any
>> executable in user area 0 in case it does not exist in user area 1.
>> There are 16 such user areas available, 0 to 15.
>
> Okay, so I feel dumb now - I just finished writing up a response to a message
> you sent on the weekend including a dive into what I did with user areas, and
> I hadn't caught up yet on today's messages so I didn't know this has already
> come up. But yeah, in summary, there are user areas in 2.2 and no, they
> don't show in the prompt and you can't execute things from user areas other
> than the one you're currently logged to (which leads to the fun gymnastics of
> getting PIP.COM into each user area). You might still be able to make use of
> the info in that message about fixing the terminal emulation in your copy of
> WordStar though.
>
>
>
Hi Jim,
I do not recall CP/M ever dumping me back into user area 0 whenever I
run a program. On the Kaypro and the M-100 I stay in my current user
area, unless I change it with another USER command. The documentation
states that behavior as well.
Cheers, Bert
