Date   : Sat, 31 Jan 1981109:06:00-MST
From   : Frank J. Wancho <FJW@MIT-MC>
Subject: File Update

Updated:

        MC:CPM;MLIST HEX  Version 4.2 as of 1/21/81
        MC:CPM;MLIST ASM

        MC:CPM;BBSNOS BYNAME as of 1/24/81
        MC:CPM;BBSNOS BYAREA

New: (with abstracts)

        MC:CPM;FILTER ASM
        MC:CPM;FILTER HEX

    This program copies any ASCII file and filters out (ignores)
    all control characters except CR, LF, and TAB.  It also sets
    the high order bit of all characters to zero so that files
    created with WordStar or other text processing programs can
    be read by MBASIC.  The filtered copy of the of the file is
    created as 'FILTER.FIL' on the default drive.  The source
    file is left intact.  If the original file's EOF (1AH) is
    not at the physical end of the last sector, this program
    will pad the last sector with EOF's.  This is useful for
    'cleaning up' a file which was originally created by MBASIC
    or text editors which do not pad the last sector with EOF's.

    Command - FILTER [drive]<filename.filetype>

        MC:CPM;D DOC
        MC:CPM;D ASM
        MC:CPM;D HEX

    D.COM is a directory list program, which writes
    5 entries on a line, separated by commas.

    The command contains an internal table of file
    names, which are not to be shown when just "D" is typed.
    (NOTE typing "D *.*" always shows all files)

    Why is this useful:  A typical CP/M disk contains many
    utility files: ed.com, asm.com, submit.com, etc.  When
    you do a directory listing, you typically aren't interested
    in seeing all those files, but rather just the "current"
    or "active" files.  This is what "D.COM" can do.

        MC:CPM;MONEY TALKS

     VCC Newsletter Submital, "Saving Your Software Dollars", by 
    Kelly Smith (Vice-president, Valley Computer Club).

     It  occured  to me that a considerable amount of  money  is 
    being  spent by micro-computer user's on software,  that  is 
    similar  and equivalent to software that is available in the 
    public  domain,  and (in most cases) is absolutely  FREE!  I 
    have listed a number of software vendors,  the program being 
    sold,  and it's price...with the equivalent source,  program 
    name,  and price (if any) following. 

        MC:CPM;TELNET C

Whoever put this in the CPM directory didn't make their own
announcement.  This is a sample BDS C version of a terminal program
normally found on the BDS C distribution disks from Lifeboat.
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