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#assembler and debugger
Message #21431
Would anyone like a public-domain assembler, claimed to be better and faster than MASM, and a public-domain full-screen debugger for the Rainbow? If there's not demand, I don't want to take the time to sort out and upload the files.
#delete old WUTIL?
Message #21429
Now that the new version of WUTIL is available, I think it would be desirable to delete the file WUTIL.ARC in Library 4, which is WUTIL 3.12. The DEScription of this file says that it works on MS-DOS 3.1, which is misleading and caused great grief to a number of…
#WUTIL 3.2 and Windows
Message #21428
You mentioned that you thought someone had had problems with Windows on a WUTIL-formatted disk, and suggested using alternatives. I wrote the current author of WUTIL about this, and got the following reply (letter of 28 Aug 90 from Vinzenz Esser): "I'm running Windows on my Rainbow and I'm using…
WUTIL 3.2
Message #21427
There was an earlier thread of messages regarding problems with using WUTIL 3.12 on Suitable's new MS-DOS 3.10b. I volunteered to write the author, Venzenz Esser in Germany, to convey the problems and questions we had. He promptly sent me the new WUTIL 3.2 executables, documentation and sources, which work…
Glad you've recovered. Did you try the new WUTIL (v 3.2). It works great under 3.10b, and allows those bigger partitions you were lusting for.
Pretty amazing symptoms. Before you get more sophisticated help, you DO know, don't you, that the solution that solves 75% – 85% of ALL Rainbow motherboard problems is to remove the motherboard, place it on a surface that supports the board itself (like a blotter or pad on the edge…
Thanks for the explanation and checkout, Carl. I used it to install a boot loader under 3.10b, and it worked great (I didn't totally reforamt either!).
Sorry for my unclear message. WUTIL 3.2 has now been merged into the public library, as I had originally expected. I got confused when it didn't appear, since your prior message could have been read with the meaning "I can't test it, so I can't make it public". Carl N.'s…
I've been using Norton 4.5 for multiple purposes on my Rainbow. DT works great for detecting and marking bad clusters on the hard disk, it's DOS generic. There are a few I*M specific programs, mostly duplicating the DOS generic ones but with fancier interfaces, more automation, etc.
#prior WUTIL 3.2 upload
Message #21395
I understood your message to mean that you are going to make WUTIL 3.2 available to the DEC PC forum, right?
#new upload
Message #21369
Bill – I forgot that CIS truncates uploaded file names to 6 characters without warning. When you post my first upload of this evening, could you change the name? I tried to name it "WUTIL32.ZIP". If the name has been truncated so the 32 is incomplete, please rename it "WUTL32.ZIP",…
See my new upload of Vinzenz Esser's WUTIL 3.2, which works great under Suitable Solutions' MS-DOS 3.10b and makes all this much easier. – Willett Kempton
Good. Remember that with international air mail, even if he responds immediately it would be three weeks before I heard back. And he probably won't respond immediately. Willett
Let's say $5 UPS surface. I think I paid about $600 new for MT+. That's about a 99% discount. I much rather see someone using it than heave it out. But if you want the highest quality CP/M-86 Pascal compiler available today, I'd make other recommendations. Nevertheless, MT+ is definately…
Thanks for the info. It helps me feel more secure that I've got a hard disk setup that won't suprise me later. The A B C D W T menu is in Rainbow firmware, but the partition boot menu says "WUTIL version" on it, so it's pretty clearly WUTIL's. Also,…
According to the "Rainbow Owner's Manual" (EK-R100E-OM-001), page 183, the "Reset to initial state" should do what you want, except for the following Note: "It is recommended that this not be used due to unpredictable results." Sounds like they discovered a problem just as they were about to roll it…
Roy and Len – Thanks for the advice on WUTIL and DOS 3.10B. However, I was unable to re-initialize an ST225 (20 Meg) with DEC's Winchester utility 2.0. It thought the disk was a 10Meg and gave me two 5 meg CP/M partitions. What worked was a "Format and Initialize"…
Pascal on CP/M-86
Message #21076
Is anyone interested in a FREE copy of Pascal/MT+86, for compiling Pascal programs to run on CP/M-86 and Concurrent CP/M-86? It runs great on the Rainbow, and is on Rainbow (RX50) media. It produces fairly efficient code, but compiles more slowly than Turbo Pascal. It's yours for shipping charges.
#WUTIL and MS-DOS 3.10
Message #21075
A month or so ago, there was a thread here about problems with WUTIL 3.12 and Suitable Solutions' MS-DOS 3.10b. Specifically, WUTIL hung when run under DOS 3.10. The person having the problem was advised to not use WUTIL. I was curious about this, since the documentation explicitly says it…
Dennette, I too downloaded STRTRK, and it ran well on: 100+ with DOS 2.10 wiht several TSR's (History, SwitchIt). No problems like those reported by Paul. (Make that MS-DOS 2.11-1.) – Willett
Thanks for info. Good to be able to use an 8088 in a pinch (only one 286 RB in the office now).
I rest my case.
Dennette – Adapting StarTrek for the Rainbow! Sign of a true hacker! (Hope you've tried Adventure, too, even though all the graphics are in the mind.) – Willett
Hmm. It is complicated. Does still seem they would want to do something about it, nevertheless. Most of their potential customers are running 286, not 386 machines, I would assume. Or even (gasp) 8086 (or does Windows 3.0 no longer support 286 at all?)…
Thanks. This is good to sort through the various issues. It's still theoretical for me, since I don't even have a copy of Windows yet. But I'm sure I'm not the only one who'll be trying to pick the best Windows word processor to use on the Rainbow. ….. By…
Version 2.06 is the latest I've uploaded, a major improvement over version 1. (Sysop: If version 1 is still in the library, it should probably be deleted.)
Thanks. I'll check it out.
Thanks for the comparison. Sounds like Ami Pro's the one for me.
My keyboard argument is not just relearning. It's intrinsically harder to learn, remember, find on the keybord template, and type–when you have a four-way shift rather than a two-way shift. I switch between the two constantly, so I've had ample chance to compare. (I know, Roy and Len are going…
I take it that you like Ami Pro better than Word for Windows, having made a fair comparison of Windows word processors?
I use DOG on my Rainbows all the time. It is totally MS-DOS generic and works great without needing Code Blue. It is shareware, but the author requests only a modest donation. I've uploaded it here to the Libaries. (DOG stands for Disk OrGanizer. It's not a comment on the…
(I replyed to Len Berk's message before I read yours.) Sigh. Alright, you guys are wearing me down. I was hoping there was one corner of my life I could still be an old stick-in-the-mud conservative about, and flaunt it. If this keeps up I may have to keep active…
Interesting. That does sound good for 4.2. For 5.0 it probably wouldn't work because I only use 5.0 when I need lots of features like font manipulation, generating indexes, etc. It's tempting to say "I'll look at Ami Pro", but realistically, the cost of keeping current with more than one…
Hard to find materials? If you mean public domain, there's gigabytes of stuff! Choose from CP/M-80 (most of it) CP/M-86 (a little) and RB-specific CP/M-86/80 (some here and more from Rainbow News, etc.). Read action !
Help
Message #20876
Thanks. I'm probably not looking in the right place, but a quick call to my favorite city is probably the most time-efficient way to get it.
#WordPerfect Upgrade
Message #20875
Thanks for the perspective and coparison. Ami sounds like its definately a better implementation. But I've got a lot of "baggage" already–namely, a 180-page manual to revise, hundreds of pages of academic papers under revision, and a WP-committed workplace. So I don't have the luxury of asking "whats the best…