Msg: 85 *Conference*

06-15-91 08:50:11

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : RICK LOPES

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #84 (TS-DOS RESIDENT PORTION)

Rick:
        The Ultimate ROM II and TS-DOS work fine together, except for one,
obscure feature, i.e., View-80 and the resident portion of TS-DOS will not work
together.
 
        Under normal use, TS-DOS does not install its resident portion.  The
resident portion becomes resident when, and only if, you turn the DOS-ON by
pressing the <f5> function key while in the TS-DOS menu.  If you have turned
your DOS-ON then you MUST turn it off before using View-80 from within the
Ulitmate ROM II.
 
        There are two ways to remove the resident portion of TS-DOS from your
computer.  1) From within the TS-DOS menu, select <f5> function key to turn the
display to DOS-OFF.  2) Use the CALL and CLEAR commands presented on page 6-2
of the manual.  Again, you MUST turn the DOS-OFF if you turned it on, before
using View-80.  If you DID NOT turn your DOS-ON then you DO NOT have to turn it
off.
 
        If you like using the DOS-ON features of TS-DOS, and you want to be
able to make sure you turn it off before using View-80, you can build a little
utility that will do the trick for you.  Here's just one idea:
 
Enter BASIC and key and save the following program:
 
 1 CLS
 2 CALL32454
 3 CLEAR256,MAXRAM
 4 PRINT@130,CHR$(27)"p DOS-OFF "CHR$(27)"q"
 5 BEEP:BEEP
 6 MENU
 
You may save this as...  SAVE"DOSOFF"
 
        The program does EXACTLY what is written in the manual on page 6-2 for
a Model 100/102.  Model 200 and NEC8201 users must substitute the proper
figures into lines 2 and 3 of this example program.
 
Hope this helps... -Rick-