Date   : Fri, 27 May 1983 00:34:00 EDT
From   : Eliot Scott Ramey <ELIOT@mit-mc>
Subject: ZCPR2 vs. other CCP replacements

       While I have not encountered POWER yet, I can say that ZCPR2 is
very good competition for Micro Shell version 2.0.  A friend of mine with
an 8085 has not been able to use ZCPR2 (until CSTROM's conversion) on his
system, so he has been vary loyal to MicroShell.  In seeing wha he can do
(and listening to his sales pitches) I have come to the conclusion that
MicroShell has two features that ZCPR2 does not.  These are 1) previous
command editting -- if you make a mistake you can simply edit what you
typed with siply WordStar like commands; and 2) Pipes -- which as far
as I can tell only the author of MicroShell ever uses.  With ZCPR2 implemented
to its full capability one can obtain I/O redirection (and one doesn't even
need ZCPR2 for that, just follow Rick's scheme for the most part) and the
ato-execution of a .SUB file (or a file from a .LBR file, which MS won't do)
and ZCPR2 will even search more drives for a program name.  I am sure
that I have missed something for both ZCPR2 and MS, but these are the things
that I have picked up from everyday use.  In conclusion, save your $200 that
you would spend on MS, and spend a smaller portion of that obtaining ZCPR2.

                                               -Eliot at Mit-MC