Title: FOGHORN Index for Best of Volume II (compilation from Oct 82 - Sep 83)
Date: Updated April 25, 1991
Version: 1.02
?Foghorn Best of II%
^Subject Area Categories#$
@Each entry in this database falls into one or more of the
following categories (continued on the next screen):

*[Beginner]* *[Book]* *[BugReport]* *[Chameleon]*
*[Communications]* *[Correction]* *[CP/M]* *[Database]*
*[Education]* *[FromFog]* *[Games/Sports]* *[General]*
*[Hacking]* *[Hardware]* *[Letters]* *[Library]* *[Modem]*
?Foghorn Best of II%
^Subject Area Categories#$
@Each entry in this database falls into one or more of the
following categories (continued from the previous screen):

*[Monitor]* *[O-1]* *[Osb]* *[Plotter]* *[Printer]*
*[Programming]* *[Review]* *[Science/Engineering]*
*[Spreadsheet]* *[System]* *[UserGroup]* *[Util]*
*[WordProcessing]* *[Workbench]* *[Zorba]*
?Bill Franklin%Best II
^E.T. Comes To Fog (With a Little Help from Fancy Font)#Oct 1985$9
@Epson, Fancy Font printer printing

*[FromFog]* *[WordProcessing]*
?Frank Morton%Best II
^Good News!#Oct 1985$10
@Fog gets formal approval of the nonprofit status with
citations from the IRS letter. Also requirements for AMO
affiliation - it hasn't changed very much

*[FromFog]* *[UserGroup]*
?Frank Morton%Best II
^The Executive is Here!#Oct 1985$15
@The Fog "privacy" policy (non-disclosure of member names &
addresses) revised by the Board: "Fog will release the name,
telephone number, address, and membership number of local
members to officially chartered AMO upon request of an
officer of that group UNLESS the member has specifically
requested the address no be so released." The policy of not
releasing addresses to other requestors remains as before.

*[FromFog]* *[UserGroup]*
?Frank Morton%Best II
^HELP! (Yourself)#Oct 1985$19
@Book review and sources of information

*[Beginner]*
?Frank Morton%Best II
^Regarding Piracy!#Oct 1985$21
@CP/M Power, aka POWER!, is not public domain software. Also
discussion of copyrights, piracy and the need for Fog members
to fight piracy

*[FromFog]* *[BugReport]* *[Util]*
?Pavel Breder%Best II
^Regarding POWER!#Oct 1985$22
@CP/M Power, aka POWER!, is not public domain software.
Address for publisher is included (may be out of business)

*[FromFog]* *[BugReport]* *[Util]*
?David Oates%Best II
^Notice to Members#Oct 1985$23
@Only member may specify which AMO receives a rebate for that
member; unless member says otherwise, the member's name,
address and/or phone will be given to AMO group. Note: this
policy later modified to permit release of names to groups
just forming if organizer is a Fog member

*[FromFog]* *[UserGroup]*
?John Scott%Best II
^An Answer - Some Questions#Oct 1985$23
@MBasic Cursor addressing & problems; see Sept & Jun/Oct 1985

*[Letters]* *[Programming]*
?Doug Hurst%Best II
^An SOP for Documentation#Oct 1985$24
@Proposed guidelines for submissions to Foghorn

*[Letters]* *[General]*
?Dal Allan%Best II
^Disk Storage Case#Oct 1985$24
@"Egg crate" helps get disks out of Osborne pockets

*[Letters]* *[General]*
?Nathan Schor%Best II
^Helpline for dBASE II Users#Oct 1985$25
@dBASE II, National list of users: Standard Software Co,
10 Mazzeo Dr., Randolph, MA 02368 - if still exists

*[Letters]* *[Database]* *[UserGroup]*
?Robert Bollini%Best II
^WordStar, Superfile, Prism 80#Oct 1985$25
@Comments on Superfile from FYI & IDS Prism 80 printer

*[Letters]* *[Database]* *[Printer]*
?Dick Ezzard%Best II
^Undocumented Osborne 1 - CP/M Feature#Oct 1985$27
@Curiosity keystrokes reverse the order of entry (DELete key)

*[Letters]* *[CP/M]* *[O-1]*
?Michael Kaufman%Best II
^MBASIC Problems#Oct 1985$27
@MBasic hints, files, random access, record size, number of
files, tutorial, /F and /S functions in BASIC

*[Letters]* *[Programming]*
?John V. Schmitz%Best II
^OCC-1 and Smith-Corona TP-1 Printer#Oct 1985$28
@Hooking up the TP-1 to the Osborne

*[Letters]* *[WordProcessing]* *[O-1]* *[Printer]*
?Jim Woolley%Best II
^Response to November (82) Letters#Oct 1985$28
@XDIR *.* NAME --> yields a file 'NAME' with copy of XDIR's
output; WordStar Find & Replace special characters and
wildcard options ^A, ^S, ^O; PIP string search routine if
typed at command line converts string to uppercase, use it
from the asterisk * prompt for lower-case; MBasic functions
/F:x, /S:y, /M:z where x,y,z represent numbers to change open
files, record length and highest memory usage

*[WordProcessing]* *[Programming]* *[CP/M]* *[Util]*
?T.C.%Best II
^More Help For November Letters#Oct 1985$30
@Patch for WordStar 2.26 hyphen help and justification (398);
ASM language program to control Radio Shack printer; hints

*[WordProcessing]* *[Printer]* *[Programming]*
?Patrick Scott%Best II
^BASIC and Non-Document Files#Oct 1985$30
@MBasic will read ASCII comma-delimited files if file is
defined as sequential (not random)

*[Letters]* *[Programming]*
?Jim Schenkel%Best II
^PIP's [S] and [Q]#Oct 1985$31
@PIP string search stumbles on upper/lower case and WordStar
high bits so strip using [z] option

*[Letters]* *[CP/M]* *[Util]*
?David Schaf%Best II
^More on WordStar and the Epson#Oct 1985$31
@WordStar, printer, Epson install errata Portable Companion;
see also page 9 for general setup of WordStar install

*[Letters]* *[WordProcessing]* *[Correction]* *[Printer]*
?John C. Klassen%Best II
^Disable That Line Feed#Oct 1985$32
@Changing WordStar's PSCRLF to eliminate LF, Patching CP/M
and MBasic to modify the printer driver section to disable
linefeeds sent to the printer (Correction from Dave Lorrimore
on page 38)

*[Letters]* *[Printer]* *[Hacking]* *[WordProcessing]*
*[Programming]*
?Jack P. Byrd%Best II
^Solution to Radio Shack Printer Problems#Oct 1985$33
@Patch WordStar & SuperCalc to suppress extra linefeeds

*[Letters]* *[Printer]* *[Hacking]* *[WordProcessing]*
*[Spreadsheet]*
?Neil McCubbin%Best II
^Save and Print Simultaneously#Oct 1985$34
@Modem, serial port - simultaneous use with printer, maybe

*[Letters]* *[Communications]*
?Mark Spohr%Best II
^More Help for Jim Dearth's Radio Shack Daisy Wheel II#Oct 1985$34
@WordStar, Radio Shack printer installation and
initialization also SuperCalc

*[Letters]* *[WordProcessing]* *[Printer]* *[Spreadsheet]*
?C.W. Bollinger%Best II
^What Your Printer Will Do#Oct 1985$35
@MBasic, daisy wheel characters all printed, printers, hints,
:line 30 - FOR x=0 to 255 : IF x=12 THEN 70 : LPRINT CHR$(x)
: IF INT(x/6)=x THEN LPRINT : NEXT : END

*[Letters]* *[Programming]* *[Printer]*
?Bernard E. Jensen%Best II
^Screen Print#Oct 1985$35
@MBasic: screen dump program, and hints

*[Letters]* *[Programming]*
?Carl J. Warner%Best II
^MBASIC /F:, /M:, and /S:#Oct 1985$36
@MBasic: /F, /S, /M functions

*[Letters]* *[Programming]*
?Fred Klarmeyer%Best II
^Method to PRINT @(X,Y) to Osborne MBASIC#Oct 1985$36
@MBasic cursor direct addressing positioning hints, routine

*[Letters]* *[Programming]*
?Geoffrey Sinclair%Best II
^Update on Telecommunications#Oct 1985$37
@Modem, Microlink review

*[Letters]* *[Communications]*
?Lee Morehead%Best II
^Some Answers#Oct 1985$37
@SuperCalc installing printer for, also skip perforation,
continuous form; Sanyo monitor problems and fix

*[Letters]* *[Spreadsheet]* *[Monitor]*
?Milt Shanklin%Best II
^A Modem With No Message#Oct 1985$38
@Problem with MFJ battery-powered modem

*[Letters]* *[Communications]* *[Modem]*
?Bob Scott%Best II
^Help Offered#Oct 1985$39
@Radio Shack printers, serial and centronics; modification to
give Osborne 1 baud selection

*[Letters]* *[Printer]* *[O-1]* *[Workbench]* *[Library]*
?C.W. Bollinger%Best II
^Re: System Tips for Tyros#Oct 1985$39
@Minumum utility disk suggestions, discussion of need to
SYSGEN each disk

*[Letters]* *[System]* *[Util]*
?Warren A. Welsh%Best II
^The Elephant, Word Plus, Olympia & ZIP#Oct 1985$40
@Olympia printer codes and patches

*[Letters]* *[Printer]*
?Dick Savage%Best II
^Re: Saving & Printing Simultaneously#Oct 1985$41
@Exit Amcall the reload it with ^P (only works with
centronics, aka parallel, printers!)

*[Letters]* *[Communications]* *[Printer]*
?Robert Alan Ross%Best II
^Osmos 1#Oct 1985$41
@Positive review for Osmosis boards and products although no
more advertising is accepted

*[Letters]* *[O-1]*
?Glenn Borchardt%Best II
^Diablo 630 Users#Oct 1985$42
@If you get buffer overflows and improper super/sub-scripts,
at 1200 baud, have dealer check the "HPRO5 board"

*[Letters]* *[Printer]*
?Lew Merrick%Best II
^Chartech#Oct 1985$42
@Agrees with good CHARTECH review; very happy with Techware

*[Letters]* *[WordProcessing]* *[Science/Engineering]*
?Pamela Nemeth%Best II
^More Gemini Help#Oct 1985$43
@Gemini printers and setup routines, codes

*[Letters]* *[Printer]*
?Jonathan Angel%Best II
^UNSPOOL and Tips#Oct 1985$44
@Question about UNSPOOL WordStar immediate editing on command
line, alternate drive backup A>WS Filename B:

*[Letters]* *[WordProcessing]*
?Art Prack%Best II
^Gemini Help#Oct 1985$44
@Gemini printers and setup routines, codes

*[Letters]* *[Printer]*
?Janet Goldenberg%Best II
^Dear Paul Pease#Oct 1985$44
@Use SORT from Library to alphabetize names

*[Letters]* *[WordProcessing]* *[Database]*
?Cleve P. Garvin%Best II
^BDOS/Bad Sector#Oct 1985$45
@Hardware problems, BDOS errors and fixes

*[Letters]* *[O-1]* *[CP/M]*
?Bob Scott%Best II
^Answers, Notes and Comments#Oct 1985$45
@Serial port can't use both modem and printer at same time

*[Letters]* *[O-1]* *[Communications]*
?Derek Rhodes%Best II
^Printing Assembly Language Files#Oct 1985$47
@WordStar to print ASM language code

*[Programming]* *[Printer]*
?John V. Schmitz%Best II
^Telecommunications with the OCC1#Oct 1985$47
@Modem, General info eh! pins 2 and 3 reversed

*[Beginner]* *[Communications]*
?Diana Goodwin%Best II
^Osborne 1, WordStar and Your Parallel Smith-Corona TP-1#Oct 1985$47
@WordStar, printer, Smith Corona TP-1

*[WordProcessing]* *[Beginner]* *[Printer]* *[O-1]*
?Diana Goodwin%Best II
^Osborne 1, SuperCalc and Your Parallel Smith-Corona TP-1#Oct 1985$48
@SuperCalc - installation for printer

*[Beginner]* *[Spreadsheet]* *[Printer]*
?Patricia Watters%Best II
^System Tips for Tyros#Oct 1985$49
@Minumum utility disk suggestions; modify WordStar defaults

*[Letters]* *[System]* *[Util]* *[WordProcessing]*
?John Gaudio%Best II
^From the Doghouse#Oct 1985$49
@How to open and close Osbornes easily & safely

*[Osb]*
?Jim Woolley%Best II
^Tips for Tyros#Oct 1985$50
@MBasic hints: how to RUN, LOAD, and SAVE, RESET command to
change logged drive, WIDTH default is 72 characters per line

*[Beginner]* *[Programming]*
?Jim Woolley%Best II
^Tips for Tyros#Oct 1985$51
@Removing hard WordStar carriage returns; use CTRL-H for
backspace instead of CTRL-S to avoid problems with function
key set up; write protect tab will give BDOS Bad Sector error
Remove tape to write to the disk - often no error results;
MBasic: use control-J (^J) to end physical line but not
logical line so screen and type does not scroll, separate
lines read as one program line

*[Beginner]* *[WordProcessing]* *[Util]* *[Programming]*
?Jim Woolley%Best II
^Tips for Tyros#Oct 1985$52
@PIP OLDFILE=NEWFILE,CON: sends console typing directly to a
disk file (^Z to end, ^J for line feed); Semi-colon begins
note at system prompt, use for SUBMIT (batch) files, also
send note to printer without question mark ? in response;
to toggle printer in AMCALL, on use <ESC> F and the ^P and
the filename; Epson printer skip perforation is <ESC> N ^C

*[Beginner]* *[Util]* *[Communications]* *[Hacking]*
*[Printer]*
?Jim Woolley%Best II
^Tips for Tyros#Oct 1985$53
@MBasic: general info, NAME command renames a file; Tilde,
curly brackets and other keys and how to get them on the O-1

*[Programming]* *[Beginner]* *[O-1]*
?Alan H. Nelson%Best II
^More (Tips) on WordStar#Oct 1985$54
@WordStar: ^QQ^L to Find and Replace in rest of document but
not from top, period(.) start sentence use ^P^H

*[WordProcessing]* *[Beginner]*
?John Gaudio%Best II
^How To make a Single Purpose Disk#Oct 1985$55
@General organization of disks and files

*[Beginner]* *[General]*
?Alan H. Nelson%Best II
^Reading Your Old SD Disks After DD#Oct 1985$55
@General organization of disks and files; single density to
double conversion problems

*[Beginner]* *[O-1]* *[Workbench]*
?John Gaudio%Best II
^Just Starting#Oct 1985$56
@General information on how to use computer and Osborne

*[Beginner]* *[O-1]* *[General]*
?Ralph Gallagher%Best II
^Comm-Pac and The Source#Oct 1985$58
@Corrections to the Comm-Pac User's Manual's instructions
for getting on The Source; tutorial for both Tymnet and
Telenet phone numbers

*[BugReport]* *[Beginner]* *[Communications]*
?Gale Rhoades%Best II
^Bits & Pieces#Oct 1985$59
@dBASE II, bugs in MODIFY COMMAND mode, system crashes garbage
characters, also some macros must be enclosed in quotes

*[Beginner]* *[Database]* *[BugReport]*
?Bradley Albom%Best II
^HELP (or That's Not a Bug, It's a Feature)#Oct 1985$59
@Idea for unwanted screen scrolling; C.Itoh Proprinter;
Mbasic bugs

*[O-1]* *[Printer]* *[Programming]*
?Bradley Albom%Best II
^HELP (or That's Not a Bug, It's a Feature)#Oct 1985$60
@Hit any key to speed up off-screen replacement during
WordStar's Find & Replace (^QA); creative solution to Disk
Full error during ^Ks or ^Kd; Mbasic hints (/F /M /S)

*[WordProcessing]* *[Programming]*
?Bradley Albom%Best II
^HELP (or That's Not a Bug It's a Feature)#Oct 1985$62
@MBasic: how to on error handling routine, hints; CPMPOWER

*[Programming]* *[Util]*
?Bradley S. Albom%Best II
^HELP (or That's Not a Bug It's a Feature)#Oct 1985$63
@Location in memory of special function keys, E56b E592;
MBasic: redirecting output from screen to printer PEEK and
POKEs may actually toggle between parallel and serial ports;
closing PIP file using ^Z

*[CP/M]* *[Programming]* *[O-1]* *[Util]*
?Bradley S. Albom%Best II
^HELP (or That's Not a Bug It's a Feature)#Oct 1985$65
@SuperCalc when disk is full, it allows changing disks to
recover; Small C compiler and routines to enhance it, review
of C/80 from Software Toolworks

*[Spreadsheet]* *[Programming]* *[Review]*
?Bradley S. Albom%Best II
^HELP (or That's Not a Bug It's a Feature)#Oct 1985$66
@MBasic: how to change a line number using ^A; how to get at
the inp/out serial port functions by PEEKs and POKEs

*[Programming]*
?Bradley S. Albom%Best II
^HELP (That's Not a BUG It's a Feature)#Oct 1985$68
@Wordstar: try CRT instead of LST when installing to get
proportional spacing! MailMerge: is .av limited to 52 char
screen - peek in

*[WordProcessing]*
?Bill Houk%Best II
^Osborne Computers and Dedicated Word Processors#Oct 1985$69
@The portability and flexibility of the Osborne puts it in a
different class than single purpose machines. (like Wang)

*[WordProcessing]* *[O-1]*
?Rory Donaldson%Best II
^Osborne Sets World Altitude Record#Oct 1985$71
@General articles on high altitude use

*[General]* *[O-1]*
?John Gaudio%Best II
^Osborne 1 Goodies#Oct 1985$71
@Comm-Pac modem general review, not much here

*[Modem]* *[O-1]* *[Review]*
?John Gaudio%Best II
^From the Doghouse#Oct 1985$72
@<CR><CR>MF<CR>M to run automatically on special function key
(SFK) plus general review of Double Density on the Osborne 1

*[Review]* *[O-1]* *[Util]* *[CP/M]*
?William E. McCoy III%Best II
^Software Documentation#Oct 1985$74
@Programming; discussion of techniques, need of documentation

*[General]* *[Programming]*
?David M. Oates%Best II
^Three days in San Francisco#Oct 1985$76
@Review Drive C ramdisk, Sweet P plotter graphics, Zorba,
Chameleon, and JONOS microcomputers

*[Review]* *[O-1]* *[Zorba]* *[Chameleon]*
?Bob Briggs%Best II
^The C Programming Language#Oct 1985$78
@C programming language, hints, tutorial, books on how to

*[Book]* *[Review]* *[Programming]*
?Bob Briggs%Best II
^Structured Flowcharts#Oct 1985$80
@Flow charts, programming

*[Programming]*
?Donald W. Smith%Best II
^A Foglight for the Mist of Modems#Oct 1985$81
@Modem, general review and tutorial of various programs

*[Communications]*
?John Gaudio%Best II
^From the Doghouse#Oct 1985$82
@MBasic PEEK and POKE to send output to printer instead of
screen, POKE 57613,63 for double density to get back to
screen POKE 57613,56,sample (this is corrected version)

*[O-1]* *[Programming]*
?Kevin Markey%Best II
^Programming in DBASE#Oct 1985$83
@dBASE II tutorial and sample programming command file,
accept "today is (mm/dd/yy)" to today (cr) set date to &today
similarly macro for indexing file

*[Database]*
?Milt Shanklin%Best II
^On Using dBASE II#Oct 1985$85
@dBASE II hints, programming defaults, menu & date routine

*[Database]*
?Kevin Markey%Best II
^Mbasic vs dBASE II - Part II The Advantages of MBasic#Oct 1985$86
@dBASE II and programming, comparison with MBasic

*[Database]* *[Programming]*
?Kennie L. Smith%Best II
^A Report: Dirty Electrical Power and Micro-Computer Systems#Oct 1985$87
@Electrical problems, dirty power, and fixes including
addresses of device manufacturers to suppress spikes and
surges etc

*[General]* *[Hardware]*
?Bob Briggs%Best II
^Program to Download to EPROM Programmer#Oct 1985$89
@Download to EPROM programmer; patch DUMP.COM utility by DDT

*[Util]* *[Hardware]* *[Hacking]*
?Mark Scaramella%Best II
^Designer Software#Oct 1985$90
@A little humor about software names. It all started with a
Pierre Cardin calculator

*[General]*
?Jim Crowell%Best II
^Changing Screen Size Without Using Extra Disk Space#Oct 1985$90
@CP/M patches, jump routines in empty holes in system tracks,
screen width program etc. using ZCPR, program how to's

*[CP/M]* *[O-1]*
?Bob Scott%Best II
^I'm an Osborne Fan#Oct 1985$91
@First in the fan series to cool the Osborne, problems and
fix (yup it works)

*[O-1]*
?D.M. Hurst%Best II
^Using DU-V77.COM (DU)#Oct 1985$92
@Details of this fine file examiner and manipulator as well
as on physical layout of a disk

*[Library]* *[Hacking]* *[Util]*
?Craig R. Chun%Best II
^A Book Review#Oct 1985$95
@CP/M Assembly Language, Functions & Applications by Jon
Lindsay: tutorial on writing assembly language code

*[Book]* *[Review]* *[Programming]*
?Doug Hurst%Best II
^BITS Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)#Oct 1985$95
@BITS uninterruptible power supply review with address

*[Hardware]* *[Review]*
?Chris Russell%Best II
^A Typewriter Becomes a Printer#Oct 1985$96
@Review of Silver Reed EX55 printer and its setup with
Wilker Daisy Typeface installed with WordStar

*[WordProcessing]* *[Printer]* *[Review]*
?George K.Weir, Jr.%Best II
^Small C on the Osborne 1#Oct 1985$96
@Small C compiler from library and Doctor Dobbs Journal

*[Programming]*
?Jim McCue%Best II
^Peeking at Pearl#Oct 1985$97
@Personal Pearl data base review and how to

*[Review]* *[Database]*
?Bob Briggs%Best II
^CP/M Operating System Manual by Digital Research#Oct 1985$99
@Actual Digital Research manual, DDT, etc

*[CP/M]* *[Util]*
?Jay Siegel%Best II
^The AJ830 Series of Printer - Terminal - Typewriter#Oct 1985$100
@Anderson Jacobson AJ830 printer - favorable review

*[Printer]* *[Review]*
?Warren Hamblet%Best II
^CATALOG from SRX Systems#Oct 1985$102
@Review of cataloging program

*[Review]* *[Util]*
?Stephen Kline%Best II
^Adventure and LISP/80 from the Software Toolworks#Oct 1985$102
@Review of a catalog system and LISP language

*[Review]* *[Programming]* *[Games/Sports]*
?Bob Scott%Best II
^Osborne-1 Hi-Res Graphics#Oct 1985$103
@A review of the Radio Shack CGP-115 Printer/Plotter

*[Review]* *[Plotter]* *[Printer]* *[O-1]*
?Thomas J. Mitchell%Best II
^HexPrintR#Oct 1985$104
@WordStar, HexPrintR special codes for printers; also hint on
counting in Hexadecimal (use fingers & knuckles, no thumbs)

*[WordProcessing]* *[Review]* *[Programming]* *[Printer]*
?David S. DeShon%Best II
^The Elephant, Word Plus, Olympia & ZIP: Review of My System#Oct 1985$105
@Review of Elephant disks, The Word Plus, Olympia printer and
how to install dBASE II's ZIP

*[WordProcessing]* *[Review]* *[Database]*
?William E. McCoy%Best II
^A Review of a POWERful Tool#Oct 1985$106
@Review of (CPM)POWER, a group of CP/M Utilities

*[Review]* *[Util]*
?Stephen Frederick%Best II
^Review of KIDMATH 1.2#Oct 1985$106
@Help your kids learn their multiplication tables

*[Review]* *[Education]* *[Library]*
?William E. McCoy III%Best II
^A Review of the ADA Compiler#Oct 1985$107
@Review of language ADA

*[Review]* *[Programming]*
?Jeff Lund%Best II
^SPELL Review#Oct 1985$108
@Review of SPELL (from Software Toolworks) with WordStar

*[WordProcessing]* *[Review]*
?Ronald D. Scharfer%Best II
^The Word Plus#Oct 1985$108
@Review of the best CP/M spelling checker (now in WS 4.0)

*[WordProcessing]* *[Review]*
?Doug Hurst%Best II
^Osbaud#Oct 1985$109
@Review of OSBAUD baud rate generator board

*[O-1]* *[Review]* *[Communications]*
?D.M. Hurst%Best II
^Osmosis I Double Density#Oct 1985$109
@Review of Double Density upgrade and Screen Pac addition

*[O-1]* *[Review]*
?Jeff Lund%Best II
^CHARTECH#Oct 1985$111
@Allows insertion into text of special technical symbols
(with response from Joel McClue of Techware)

*[Review]* *[Science/Engineering]*
?Alan H. Nelson%Best II
^POWER!#Oct 1985$112
@CP/M enhancer

*[Review]* *[Util]*
?David C. Goodfellow%Best II
^Osmos 1 Review - A Rebuttal#Oct 1985$114
@Osmosis rebuttal article and review

*[O-1]* *[Review]*
?Ian Kitching%Best II
^Every Which Way But Loose#Oct 1985$114
@Osmosis rebuttal article and review,

*[O-1]* *[Review]*
?Peter Barnett%Best II
^Personal Pearl#Oct 1985$116
@Personal Pearl review and how to's

*[Review]* *[Database]*
?Benjamin H. Cohen%Best II
^SuperCalc: The Book#Oct 1985$117
@Getting started and more advanced applications

*[Book]* *[Review]* *[Spreadsheet]*
?Benjamin H. Cohen%Best II
^Transtar 130 Printer#Oct 1985$117
@Transtar printer setup codes, installation (=Silver Reed)

*[Printer]* *[Review]*
?Bob McDowell%Best II
^Olive 80 (Olive Branch Association Ltd.)#Oct 1985$120
@Some details of Olivetti printer

*[Printer]* *[Review]*
?Donald W. Smith%Best II
^The Terminal Emulation Program#Oct 1985$120
@OTERM (Comm-Pac) tutorial and configuration to send to
mainframe, good

*[Review]* *[Communications]*

?Byron McKay%Best II
^The Proper Use of RCPMs#Oct 1985$123
@Modem, BBS RCP/M how to other info, hints

*[Communications]*
?Doug Hurst%Best II
^Autostarting One More Time#Oct 1985$124
@Modifying autostart graphics, DDT, hints

*[Hacking]* *[O-1]* *[Util]*
?Bob Briggs%Best II
^Monitor 1.3 Special SFK's#Oct 1985$125
@Special Function Key (SFK) modification of non-key board
entry strings using DDT, could use DU or SZAP

*[O-1]* *[Util]* *[Library]*
?Rich Weiss%Best II
^Two dBASE II Eccentricities#Oct 1985$125
@dBASE II bugs i.e. store a+(b*c)+d to z may error; try extra
(): like store (a+(b*c)+d) to z, hints, variables with long
names sometimes get lost

*[Database]*
?John Olson%Best II
^How to Pick Your Osborne's Pocket#Oct 1985$126
@Use cloth ribbon to ease getting items out of disk pocket

*[General]*
?Paul Pease%Best II
^WS Tips & Tricks#Oct 1985$126
@WordStar - Series of general hints on BDOS saves, scrolling
^QQ^Z, replace ^QA, place markers, ^QP return to place, etc

*[WordProcessing]*
?Tony Pope & Doug Hurst%Best II
^Direct Cursor Positioning Exercise#Oct 1985$127
@MBasic: direct cursor addressing positioning, hints

*[O-1]* *[Programming]*
?Doug Hurst%Best II
^Using CP/M's "IOBYTE" to Save Memory in BASIC#Oct 1985$128
@MBasic: IOBYTE info and program to print out program PEEK and POKEs

*[O-1]* *[Programming]*
?Howard C. Starkey%Best II
^Patch WordStar to Delete the Epson Paper-out Alarm#Oct 1985$128
@Patching WordStar to turn off Epson printer paper-out alarm,
start address 6E7 04,0D,1B,38,0D

*[WordProcessing]* *[Printer]* *[Hacking]*
?Doug Hurst%Best II
^Auto Start (Last Time!! I Promise)#Oct 1985$128
@DUU to change system track to autostart anything, changing
code number immediately in front changes booting process

*[Hacking]* *[Util]* *[Library]*
?Doug Hurst%Best II
^SWAP vs Shell Sort#Oct 1985$129
@MBasic sort routine, hints, programming

*[Programming]*
?Brian Dugle%Best II
^Talking to a Prism Printer with WordStar and the Osborne 1#Oct 1985$130
@WordStar & Prism printer installation & patches; ruler line
off; MBasic program to send special codes to Prism printer

*[WordProcessing]* *[Hacking]* *[Programming]*
?Charles Goodman%Best II
^Subscripts & Superscripts in WordStar With NEC 8023 Printer#Oct 1985$137
@WordStar, NEC printer installation

*[WordProcessing]* *[Hacking]* *[Printer]*
?Dal Allan%Best II
^Notes for Fine Tuning Your System#Oct 1985$138
@Using DDT, hints for SETUP modifications

*[Hacking]* *[Util]*
?Charles Goodman%Best II
^Note on Sending Control Codes to a Printer#Oct 1985$139
@WordStar: send any control code to printer, create file
then PIP LST:=FILE[z

*[WordProcessing]* *[Util]*
?Byron Davies%Best II
^12 Volts (DC) = 120 Volts (AC)#Oct 1985$140
@Battery system converter from Heathkit

*[Hardware]*
?Alan H. Nelson%Best II
^Parallel Printer Cable#Oct 1985$140
@Proper printer cable connections for Epson Centronics and
Osborne's 1 IEEE port

*[O-1]* *[Workbench]*
?Doug Hurst%Best II
^Square Roots With dBASE II#Oct 1985$141
@dBASE II, square roots routine, hints

*[Database]*
?David Whorf%Best II
^DataStar Patch#Oct 1985$141
@Patching DataStar with DDT to get multi-records on one page

*[Hacking]* *[Database]*
?Chris Hill%Best II
^Using CP/M's "IOBYTE" to Help Debug BASIC#Oct 1985$142
@MBasic directing TRON trace output to printer POKE &H03,&H82
for parallel; &H41 for serial, to undo &H80 & 40 respectively

*[Programming]* *[Util]*
?Mel Hulse%Best II
^Ol' Yella's Back!#Oct 1985$142
@Comments on the 80-column, double-density upgrade to the O-1

*[Review]* *[O-1]*
?D.M. Hurst%Best II
^Random Number Generation in MBASIC#Oct 1985$144
@MBasic actual random number generation, (1.) PRINT "Hit key"
 (2.) IF INKEY$=" " THEN S=S+1:GOTO 2
 (3.) S=S-32767*(INT(S/32767))
 (4.) RANDOMIZE S (where S = seed)

*[Programming]*
?D.M. Hurst%Best II
^Installing WordStar 3.0 for the Osborne 1 + a Trick#Oct 1985$144
@WordStar, patches for 3.0 version via SUBMIT file, half and
full intensity addresses

*[WordProcessing]* *[Hacking]* *[O-1]*
?Charles Goodman%Best II
^Arrow Keys in WordStar vs CP/M#Oct 1985$146
@Using DU-V77.COM to look around

*[Library]* *[Hacking]*
?Mike Marzalek%Best II
^Hi-Resolution Graphics#Oct 1985$147
@MBasic routine to display Osborne graphics

*[O-1]* *[Programming]*
?Patricia Watters%Best II
^Subroutine for PRINT to Printer#Oct 1985$148
@MBasic routine to send screen to printer PEEK and POKEs,
hints and programming,

*[Programming]* *[O-1]*
?Howard Starkey%Best II
^More Epson#Oct 1985$148
@MBasic control codes for Epson printer

*[Programming]* *[Printer]*
?Donald W. Smith%Best II
^Caught Speeding in the Fog#Oct 1985$149
@19,200 baud may not work on Osborne 1

*[O-1]* *[Communications]*
?Arto Kytohonka%Best II
^Installation of WordStar With Olympia ESW 103#Oct 1985$149
@WordStar, Olympia printer setup and installation codes

*[WordProcessing]* *[Printer]*
?Wm.J. Sellards%Best II
^Install WordStar for the Star Gemini 10 Printer#Oct 1985$150
@WordStar, setup and installation codes for Gemini printer

*[WordProcessing]* *[Printer]*
?Jim Crowell%Best II
^Osborne 1 Hint#Oct 1985$150
@Toggle printer in both CP/M and MBasic by patching

*[Hacking]* *[O-1]* *[Programming]*
?G.S. Khalsa%Best II
^Graphics Screen Dump#Oct 1985$150
@MBasic graphic screen dump program and hints; programming
Epson MX-80 with Graftrax

*[Programming]* *[Printer]*
?Lew Merrick%Best II
^How to Double-Side Your Floppy Disks#Oct 1985$152
@Flipping a floppy disk

*[Workbench]*
?Michael Alan Bermant%Best II
^A User-Defined Key for MailMerge#Oct 1985$153
@WordStar: dot command addressing system, special function key
(This is the corrected version; the MarOct 1985, version was
omitted from this compilation volume.)

*[WordProcessing]* *[Util]*
?Jeffrey Evans%Best II
^Using the Osborne as a Typewriter#Oct 1985$154
@WordStar - use MailMerge as typewriter by .AV dot commands

*[WordProcessing]*
?Paul Pease%Best II
^Tips and Tricks With MailMerge#Oct 1985$154
@WordStar handles data entry: MailMerge file to enter data
for address book

*[WordProcessing]* *[Database]*
?John Gaudio%Best II
^DBASE II Anyone#Oct 1985$155
@

*[Database]*
?James Tower%Best II
^dBASE II Experiences#Oct 1985$156
@Essential dBASE II overlays and what their purposes are

*[Database]*
?D.M. Hurst%Best II
^ZORBA#Oct 1985$158
@A transportable microcomputer

*[Zorba]* *[Review]*