Date   : Fri, 12 Apr 1991 15:41:11 GMT
From   : agate!monsoon.Berkeley.EDU!calvinc@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Calvin Cheng)
Subject: Essentials

The last time I've handled CP/M was many years back on the Apple II so I'm
kinda rusty and outdated about current developments.  Now that I have this
beast called an Apple /// with a Z80 card, I'm thinking of getting it
something decent to run.  I was looking at wsmr-simtel20.army.mil which has
a huge collection of CP/M stuff but which is extremely slow (any alternatives
closer to the Bay Area and fast?)

Well I'm interested in the following:

1)   A terminal program that provides for VT100 emulation.
2)   What is ZCPR and what does it really provide?  I vaguely remember it as
     a kind CCP replacement with extensive abilities but was kinda bloated for
     my needs then.  How about an improved CCP?  I like one of those that
     don't require you to restart from a system disk (I mean warm boot).
3)   A decent screen-oriented text editor.

The problem with the Apple /// is that it is next to impossible to find
support for it.  It is therefore important that the programs are fairly
machine independent (not even the Apple II ones will help).  Preferably, if
necessary, there's a simple means for me to hack up some connection with
standard Apple /// SOS device drivers.

My current setup has the Apple /// directly connected to the Mac on a serial
port.  So presumably I download stuff using the Mac, how do I get it to
Apple /// CP/M because I dont even have a single program that can do binary
file transfers on the ///.

I also notice a lot of .?Z? files and .LBR files.  Where do I get the
files to extract these?

Thanx
Calvin Cheng
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