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°°°°°Û°°°Û °°°Û°Û°°°°°Û°°°Ûß °°°Ûßß °°°Û °°°Û °°°Ûßß Journal
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ßßß ßßßßß ßßßßß ßßß ß ßßßßß ßßßßß ßßß ßßß ßßßßß
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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April 1986 Volume 1.02
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
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ÜÜÜ Ü ÜÜÜ º º
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Û ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÛÜ Ü ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ Û Û º Board Highlights.3 º
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ßßÛ ÛÜÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛßßÜ º Next Time........5 º
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ÜÜÛ ÛÜÜ ÛÜÜ ÛÜ Û ÛÜÛ Û Û ÛÜÜß º Non-Review.......4 º
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º Programming!.....1 º
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º Speculation......6 º
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º Vocabulary.......7 º
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º º
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ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.1
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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ÛßÛ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ Ü ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ Û moved to Storescreen.
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ÛÜÛ Û ß Û Û Û Û Û ß ÜÜÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û The leader is added to
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Û Û ÛÜÛ ÛÜÛ Û ÛÜÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜÛ Ü the beginning of the
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ÜÜÛ ÜÜÛ array. We use blockwrite
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Screen Saving in Turbo Pascal to save the screen to
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There have been a number Intro which is to be used disk.
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of routines written in as leader to the file.
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Turbo Pascal for saving a The reason we add this is Listing 3 is the Load
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screen display presented so the screen file will routine. The procedure
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in various magazines. be compatible with the checks to see if the file
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Well, here's the one that Bload and Bsave commands exists first. If it does
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I like to use: in BASIC. Many commercial it blockreads it into the
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programs also use this array Storescreen. It is
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First, in the declaration format. It would be nice then moved into Screen0,
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part of the program, to be able to be able to which is the screen
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something like Listing 1 use their screens or make display. If it is a
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should be present. This screens that will work graphic screen be sure
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sets up the type of with those programs. that you have set the
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variables that will be screen mode properly
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used in the Save and Load Listing 2 is the Save before running the pro-
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procedures. There is the routine. The screen is cedures.
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constant array called moved to Storescreen. Listings start on pg. B.2.
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PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.2
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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PROGRAMMING! Con't from page B.1.
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LISTING 1 Assign(file1,filename);
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type strtype=string[80]; {$I-} Rewrite(file1) {$I+};
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scrnarray=array[0..4095] of byte; ok:=(IOResult=0);
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const if ok then
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intro:array[0..6] of byte=(253,0,184, blockwrite(file1,storescreen,32)
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0,0,0,32); {128 for graphics}
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{(253,0,184,0,0,0,128) for graphics} else writeln('File Error!',#7);
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var close(file1);
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file1:file; end;
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screen0:scrnarray absolute $b800:-7; LISTING 3
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{$b000:-7 if mono system} procedure LoadScreen(filename:strtype);
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storescreen:scrnarray; begin
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ok:boolean; Assign(file,filename);
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i,o,s:integer; {$I-} Reset(file1) {$I+};
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LISTING 2 ok:=(IOResult=0);
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procedure SaveScreen(filename:strtype); if ok then
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begin blockread(file1,storescreen,32)
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storescreen:=screen0; {128 for graphics}
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s:=seg(storescreen); else writeln('File Error!',#7);
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o:=ofs(storescreen); close(file1);
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for i:=0 to 6 do mem[s:o+i]:=intro[i]; end;
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PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.3
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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E=mc^2 ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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BOARD HIGHLIGHTS (714) 592-5151 Û Û
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Sysop: Sean O'Donohue Û Û
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Southern California area 300/1200 24 hrs. Û TURBO DRAW Û
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The 'Keep On' Conf. is a Û Û
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Diamond Bar BBS story conference. This is Û by Û
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(714) 861-1549 'interactive fiction'!! Û Û
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Sysop: Jim Holloway Û Robert Flores Û
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300/1200/2400 24 hrs. Polaris BBS Û Û
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Has all the new stuff (714) 865-1637 Û An excellent drawing Û
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coming out and a ZIP con- Sysop: Michael Knight Û system for the IBM Û
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ference with its author 300/1200/2400 24 hrs. Û PC and compatibles Û
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holding court. Telecomm., Language and Û Û
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Astronomy Conferences. Û $18.00 including Û
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La Verne & PC Street Û handling & postage Û
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(714) 596-0084 For listing in future Û Û
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Sysop: Dave Dennen issues, send Board data Û PC Gazette Û
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300/1200 24 hrs. and remarks to PC Gazette Û Turbo Draw Û
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Has an Issues Conf. with 155 East 'C' St., Ste. D, Û 155 E. "C" St. Ste.D Û
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a sharp guy running it. Upland, CA 91786. Or Û Upland, CA 91786 Û
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Also a tDoodle Conf. run leave a message to Robert Û Û
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by its author. Flores on a Home Board. ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.4
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³ NON-REVIEW ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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First off, on last month's Non-Review Program of choice:_____________________
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of ZIP: a flop!! Response was just Version number:________________________
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about nil!. Okay. Let's try something Author/Company:________________________
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else and see what happens.
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Usage: _____ Fanatical - more than an
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Around the Home Boards, one of the hour a day.
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topics that pops up a lot is a _____ Heavy - up to an hour an
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comparison of communication programs. day.
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The pros and cons of Qmodem, Pibterm _____ Moderate - up to an hour
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and Procomm are expressed by their a week.
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respective supporters. _____ Light - up to an hour an
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a month.
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Here's a chance for us to compile sort _____ What Do I Know? - up to
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of a pseudo-survey of the most popular an hour a year
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communications programs. Please let us Exclusivity: ____ Only program used.
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know what is your choice. Drop us a ____ Program most used.
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line by mail or through one of the Home ____ Just picked this one.
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Boards listed on page A.9. Continued on page B.5-See NON-REVIEW.
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PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.5
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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NON-REVIEW °°°°° °°°°° °°° ° °°°°°
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Continued from page B.4. °°° ° °°° °°° ° °°°
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Features: Best Feature:________________ °°° ° °°°°° °°° °°°
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_______________________________________ °°° ° °°° °°° ° °°°
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Worst Feature:_______________ °°° ° °°°°° °°° ° °°° ° ° °
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_______________________________________
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In our next issue we plan to have:
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Modes: Transfer rate:300/1200/2400
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Protocol: ____ ASCII The results of our Non-Review survey.
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____ Xmodem
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____ Xmodem CRC Commentary by some willing Sysop.
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____ Ymodem
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____ More speculation by Syntax. If you
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have heard some interesting tidbit,
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Overall Impression:____________________ please pass it along.
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_______________________________________
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Better graphics and layout. By then
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Other programs used in order of choice: the Platypus Patrol will have gotten
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2.___________________________ their act together.
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3.___________________________
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4.___________________________ That's basically what we said the last
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5.___________________________ time. Well, we say it again.
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PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.6
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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PC-DOS 3.2 should be out and supporting There is a "pocket modem" from a
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the 3 1/2 inch standard disk. MS-DOS company called Migent Software Corp.
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4.0 is supposed to be available in This two inch by two inch wonder is one
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Europe. Don't expect it here in the of a number of 1200bps modems that are
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U.S., though. Many companies are about to be released. It is designed
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waiting for 5.0 to come out. 5.0 is for those who have laptop computers and
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reported to be able to access up to 16 need to communicate but don't want to
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megabytes of random-access memory in lug around a bulky modem.
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addition to multi-tasking. -Syntax
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PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.7
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²²² ²² ²²²²² ²²²²² ²²²²² ²²²²² ²²² ² ²²² ²²²²² ²²²²² ²²² ²²
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Even if one has never tried to learn a 1.ANSI-American National Standard
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computer language, the regular computer Institude.
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user has added a whole subset of words 2.APL-A Programming Language.
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to his vocabulary. The following is a 3.ASCII-American Standard Code for In-
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list of abbreviations and acronyms that formation Interchange.
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a regular user will probably come in 4.BASIC-Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic
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contact with a one time or another. See Instruction Code.
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if you can identify what each stand 5.COBOL-COmmon Business Oriented Lan-
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for. guage.
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6.CPU-Central Processing Unit.
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1.ANSI 6.CPU 11.FORTRAN 7.CRC-Cyclic Redundancy Check.
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2.APL 7.CRC 8.CRT-Cathode Ray Tube.
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3.ASCII 8.CRT 9.DTR-Data Terminal Ready.
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4.BASIC 9.DTR 10.EOF-End Of File.
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5.COBOL 10.EOF 11.FORTRAN-FORmula TRANslation.
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