Date   : Thu, 28 Apr 1983 20:24:00 EDT
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@mit-mc.arpa>
Subject: CP/M public-domain programs

I think if your budget will allow it you should order all 7 volumes of
the NY Club's catalogs.  I bought them at the computer fest and wasn't
sorry.  It's amazing to look through them and see the wide diversity
of things in the public domain.  After you get the catalogs and decide
on some things you want, check the MIT-MC CPM; directory first for
more recent versions, then order.  One nice thing about public-domain
programs is that if they're good ones they seem to be well-maintained
(i.e., updates/fixes/features added, etc.).  For instance, MDM7xx
(a.k.a. MODEM7xx) has gone through MANY revisions (most for the
better) and some people have taken the attitude that they're tired of
getting the newest versions of that program.  I don't see it that way
at all - personally I would want to make sure I ALWAYS had the latest
version, just to make sure I didn't miss out on some nice new feature.
You'd be amazed at how many people don't know, for instance, that
there's a very large printer buffer available in the terminal mode.
That feature has been in there for a number of revisions, but some
users are so far behind they don't have it.
--Keith