| CATS BBS News |
I’m not “the great telecommunicator”. I enjoy the Sysop-ing I’ve been doing, mainly because I DON’T have to do any phoning – I just yell at you guys to do that. However: I’ve been forced into the MODEM game in order to find out more about how this Kaypro works. In the process, I’ve got |
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| From the Editor |
Before we focus in on the year ahead, a look back seems in order. I don’t think that there will be much of an argument that the 1980’s were quite a decade, with the recent events being the frosting on the cake to an incredible 10 years. |
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| From Where I Sit |
Several issues ago promised that I would have some additional comments about Digital Precision’s rebuttal to my critique of their desktop publishing program, Professional Publisher. After several months of saying that it would be in the next issue, here it is. |
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| How I Use My Computer |
Several months ago it was suggested that we (CATS members) contribute to a series on how we used our computers. Herewith is my story. |
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| Potpourri |
HOW TO MAKE A BBS I’m glad to report that the Kaypro 10 (K10) is in good health. It didn’t seem that way when I first took delivery, as mentioned in last month’s installment. Since then, I’ve heard of other recently-bought K10’s with BDOS errors #92 – | think that the green crud that grows |
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| Presidential Ramblings |
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| Programming, Pascal and Other Comments |
Participation in the Pascal workshops have been good from time-to-time, but we have not been able to get the whole group past all the simple exercises that I made up to introduce the subject. I will continue to lead this effort for those interested, but I expect that we will have to change our modus |
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| Statistical Functions for Archive |
Archive, like Superbasic, is an extendable language through user defined procedures. While Archive does not have any built-in statistical functions, these can easily be added. The following procedures let you calculate the mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation for any numerical field in your data base. |
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| The Pascal Page |
In the first Pascal demonstrations and workshops we used a compiler called “QL Pascal” from Metacomco. This system provides a screen editor, a compiler, and a linker, each as a separate file. It takes two microdrive cartridges and an EPROM to run the system. |
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