VOLUME 34

SAM76.  An interesting macro / text processing language.
Also contains (*) some utilities that the author found
useful, and which were therefore left on the disk.

"SAM76 The First Language Manual" is available, $15 postpaid,
from:   SAM76 Inc.
        Box 257 RR1
        Pennington, N. J., 08534

See Dr. Dobbs Journal #26 (Volume 3, Issue 1) for a look
at SAM76, but consider the above book as the "real" reference.

NUMBER	SIZE	NAME		COMMENTS

		-CATALOG.034	CONTENTS OF CP/M VOL. 34
34.1	1K	ABSTRACT.034	Quick look at SAM76
34.2	8K	ASTRO.FNT	Astrological signs for graphics
34.3	1K	BONUS.DOC	Function documentation
34.4	1K	BOOK.DOC	How to order SAM76 manual
34.5	1K	COPY.COM	* Disk copy program
34.6	1K	CPMSETL.COM	Part of SAM76 setup procedure
34.7	3K	DEMO.SAM	Some interesting demo programs
34.8	1K	DIRFIX.SAM	Disk directory routines
34.9	19K	EXTF.ASM	Various routines, including
34.10	1K	EXTF.DOC	..a clock driver.
34.11	1K	FRIEND.DOC	oops!! Applies to something
				not supplied on disk: a vers
				of SAM76 that runs at 8000H
34.12	2K	G.SAM		Sets up SAM for load-and-go
34.13	1K	HOOH.SAM	Hex to octal to hex
34.14	1K	IDUMP.COM	Interpreted file dump (**)
34.15	13K	ILRAW.COM	Raw copy of SAM76.  See
				READ-ME.DOC and S.DOC
34.16	10K	INFO.SAM	Creates following .DOC files
34.17	1K	INFO1.DOC	<<Empty>> ??
34.18	1K	INFO2.DOC	Misc. DOC
34.19	2K	INFO3.DOC	Misc. DOC
34.20	1K	INFO4.DOC	<<Empty>> ??
34.21	2K	INFO5.DOC	Misc. DOC
34.22	1K	KSAP.COM	* Sort and pack directory
34.23	3K	LABEL.SAM	Demo prog.
34.24	1K	LOOP.SAM	Demo prog.
34.25	1K	MOVE2.SAM	Demo prog.
34.26	1K	MULT.SAM	Multiplies long decimal #'s
34.27	5K	NEWS.SAM	Random news story generator.
34.28	10K	P1UR.FNT	Used with graphics
34.29	15K	PLOT.ASM	For graphics on Poly/TRS-80
34.30	1K	PLOT.DOC	..type board, or plotter.
34.31	7K	PRINT.SAM	Print SAM files
34.32	3K	READ-ME.DOC	One user's experiences.
34.33	2K	S.DOC		Doc on creating S.COM
34.34	1K	SIZE.SAM	Demo
34.35	1K	SIZLST.SAM	Demo
34.36	4K	SLED.SAM	Demo
34.37	4K	THREED.SAM	Demo
34.38	7K	UPD051.TXT	???
34.39	7K	UPD052.TXT	???
34.40	1K	VERIFY.SAM	Demo
34.41	6K	VOLSAM.DOC	Volume documentation
				("extended abstract")
34.42	3K	X$UTIL.SAM	Demo
34.43	4K	XD.COM		* directory lister
34.44	1K	XDIR.COM	* directory lister
34.45	1K	XM.COM		* directory lister (seems like
				an old copy of "FMAP")

**   .SAM files are not printable due to control-Z at their
start, so IDUMP was included on this disk "for the curious".
It is an hex-ascii interpreted file dump program.



     The SAM76 language deals mainly with the manipulation of
text, which contain expressions, scripts and procedures written
by the user.  They can contain both character strings and
program instructions.  SAM76 is an interactive, surprisingly
powerful language, which appears to be good for gaming and
artificial intelligence applications.  Powerful, recursive
macros or procedures may be constructed. It is a language
which encourages intellectual juggling. 
                reviewed by Stan Ericson, Rockford, Il.