Table of Contents
| MS-DOS: An Overview, Part 1 | 46 |
| This first article of a two-part series gives a general overview of MS-DOS, then enhancements to V2.0, and the support programs |
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| William G. Wong |
| MSPRO: MS-DOS on the S-100 Bus | 54 |
| An adaptation of MS-DOS 2.0 for the CompuPro 8085/8088 dual processor and the Lomas LDP-72 Disk Controller boards |
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| Andrew L. Bender |
| Enhancing MP/M II, Part 2 | 62 |
| Adding a multiuser login feature and a batch processor that allows programs to interact with each other though time sharing |
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| Tom Clodfelter |
| Julian Date Conversion Functions | 80 |
| Convert dates to and from Julian format for use by application programs running under CP/M Plus, MP/M II, and TurboDOS |
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| Ron Fowler |
| Microsystems Reviews: "The Lightning One" | 94 |
| A fast 8086 CPU with 8087 math coprocessor from Lomas Data Products running CP/M-86 and MS-DOS 2.0 |
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| Bruce Ratoff |
| Fortran-80: Simple changes for I/O | 99 |
| Modifications to the disk-formatted read and write routines eliminate prolems with carriage returns and line feeds |
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| Maynard Brandsma |
| Microsystems Reviews: The Dual Systems SIO4/DMA Serial I/O Board | 103 |
| An intelligent 4-channel serial I/O processor with on-board FIFO buffer and support for XON/XOFF protocol, oriented to multiuser systems |
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| Ian F. Darwin |
| MagicBind Supercedes Mailmerge | 111 |
| A review of MagicBind, a print formatter and merge-print facility that offers true proportional spacing and more features that MailMerge at the same price |
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| Roger Schlobin |
| SAL/80 from Protools | 116 |
| A macro library providing structured assembly language facilities and useful utilities for the 8085/Z80 software developer |
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| Mike Barker |
| Mass Renaming by Filetype | 120 |
| A program that renames all files of a given filetype to a different filetype |
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| George M. Gallen |
| Editor's Page | 8 |
| Digital Research takes on UNIX |
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| Sol Libes |
| News and Views | 12 |
| DRI announces CP/M-86 version 3.1, 3M announces a new magnetic medium, S-100 product directory in works, Intel announces improved iAPX432, Adam Osborne forms software start-up venture, Personal CP/M comes to Z80 |
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| Sol Libes |
| From the Sidelines | 16 |
| Subtle differences among the new releases give you more possibilities to choose room |
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| Hank Kee |
| In the Public Domain | 22 |
| Several BIOS enhancements -- from the early, quite basic, to more sophisticated |
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| Chris Terry |
| The UNIX File | 26 |
| ÒUNIX is a well-designed, usable operating system, but it can't protect users from ill-conceived attempts to produce enhancements.Ó - Banahan & Rutter |
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| Ian F. Darwin |
| The S-100 Bus | 32 |
| Simple power failure backup systems for the S-100 |
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| Dave Hardy |
| Letters to the Editor | 41 |
| This month... problems plaguing the PIP utility, differing views on Nevada Fortran, and a closer look at memory management in older S-100 systems |
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| Software Directory | 128 |
| DataCURE: Error-correction disk backup/recovery utility, TXL: Telex link, CTL: Computer Telex Link, GINA+, Informail, Smartkey II, MICA General Ledger Package, MITE/MS |
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| New Products | 132 |
| Hard disk systems for CP/M, High-performance hard disk drives, 16-bit SBC built around Intel 80126, Disk subsystems, Stand-alone array processor for APL software, Sierra Data Sciences 8 MHz micros, ÒWatchdogÓ timer added to multipurpose Q-Bus board, S-100 modules for Intel 80286, Hard disk backup, ESDI/ESTI drives, PC bubble memory board, Monolitich Power FET Arrays |
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