Date : Mon, 21 Aug 1989 16:50:27 GMT
From : ubvax!ardent!peck!rap@lll-winken.llnl.gov (Rob Peck)
Subject: Morrow Computers, WordStar, etc.
>From: osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu!phillips-e@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (earl)
>Subject: MORROW DESIGNS CPM SYSTEM
>
>Can anyone out there help me in trying to figure out my
>Morrow Designs CPM system? I have recently entered the
>world of computers new, and acquired the system
>serendipitously. I have down most of the basic machine
>commands, but am having trouble with the "Wordstar"
>software; specifically, how to retain newly-made files
>on another disk for future data entry. Any suggestions?
CP/M normally tries to prevent you from writing to a disk that was not
in the drive the most recent time that the drive was accessed. However,
Wordstar does have a command called "Log A New Disk". Look on the
Control-K menu (press and hold the control Key, and then press and
release the K key) and wait for the menus to come up. I think the
correct combination is ^KL. You can then remove the disk from drive
B, and insert a new disk for reading and writing files. I don't believe
that this can be done in the middle of an edit session, (WHILE you are
actually editing a file), but you can do this in between file edits.
You cannot remove the "A" disk while editing because the Wordstar messages
are coming from it while you are editing.
If you want to move a file from one disk onto a new disk to that you can
edit it there (where it is less crowded), use the PIP command as follows:
1. Make sure you know which file name you wish to copy on the source disk.
2. Reset your system, (^C) with your master CP/M disk in the A: drive and the
destination (freshly formatted/initialized disk in drive B:
3. Issue the command PIP
4. The PIP prompt appears on the screen. When your disk activity light
goes out, remove the A (master) disk and insert your source disk.
5. Type: b:=a:filename.ext[v]
The file gets copied to the new disk. Notice that this does not violate
CP/M's disk-change rules because the new disk you inserted is read-only
and that is all you are doing to it. The B disk was in the drive when the
system was reset, so as long as it is not itself write protected, you can
copy to it.
6. Reinsert your master disk into the A drive, and type ^C (Control-C)
to exit PIP.
How much (if any) Morrow documentation did you get with the system?
I don't have a Morrow, but did buy SOME of its docs at a computer swap
meet because I have a Kaypro and it runs most Morrow software.
For a small fee I may be willing to part with some of the docs that
I do have.
Rob Peck