Re: [M100] REXCPM playing and observations

2020-11-06 Thread Philip Avery
Good news is it's going to rain for a few days here, so I can spend time inside & improve M100 CP/M by: - increase Directory size from 256 entries to 512. - make Import/Export "user" friendly. ie for user area to remain constant before & after. Thought I'd let CP/Mers know this so they can

Re: [M100] REXCPM playing and observations

2020-11-06 Thread Bert Put
Hi Philip, On 10/29/20 3:53 PM, Philip Avery wrote: > Hi Jim > > Fear not, we can increase the size of the Directory making full use of > 4MB. This will require BIOS changes & an OS update. That means... at > present you'll have to re-import all your user files. I'll vote for an expanded

Re: [M100] REXCPM playing and observations

2020-11-04 Thread Jim Anderson
> -Original Message- > Hi Jim > > Fear not, we can increase the size of the Directory making full use of > 4MB. This will require BIOS changes & an OS update. That means... at > present you'll have to re-import all your user files. Can you reply So it goes - that's the price we pay for

Re: [M100] REXCPM playing and observations

2020-11-04 Thread Jim Anderson
> -Original Message- > thinking out loud here, > > Sure, the directory structure for a single large disk could get fixed to > address the issue. > I wonder though if we might want something else. > > What if we had a smallish (360kB) drive B, intended for file sharing? This might be a

Re: [M100] REXCPM playing and observations

2020-10-29 Thread Philip Avery
Hi Jim Fear not, we can increase the size of the Directory making full use of 4MB. This will require BIOS changes & an OS update. That means... at present you'll have to re-import all your user files. Can you reply please with what D.COM states for directory status/usage, I don't need each

Re: [M100] REXCPM playing and observations

2020-10-29 Thread Stephen Adolph
Jim, thinking out loud here, Sure, the directory structure for a single large disk could get fixed to address the issue. I wonder though if we might want something else. What if we had a smallish (360kB) drive B, intended for file sharing? Use case: Someone imports and configures all of

[M100] REXCPM playing and observations

2020-10-29 Thread Jim Anderson
So I recently wanted to try printing from WordStar 3.3 and discovered that worked quite nicely. I also discovered that WordStar 4.0 has support for the early HP LaserJets (and, therefore, possibly my HP 4000N may understand it), and also the spell check may be better integrated and/or at least