Msg: 4291 *Conference*
05-01-93 22:37:48
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : GLENN LEAVITT
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #4288 (IDEA! AND LAPDOS)
---- Hmmmm.... your response about your PRFILE.DO file is interesting. First off, it doesn't matter how you saved your file--via TS-DOS menu or via the DOS-ON function. Regardless, it's the same file. And, either method used for retrieval method does not alter the file when it comes back into your laptop. Thus, how you save or retrieve a file has nothing to do with its structure. So, the reason you can not see PRFILE.DO in the Idea! menu has probably something to do with the first few bytes in the file. I suggest you compare the opening bytes of your TEST.DO file with your PRFILE.DO file. It's been a very long time since I used URII programming; and Idea! specifically. I do not recall the structure of an Idea! data file. However, I do know that there is nothing "different" about an Idea! data file over any other .DO file. So, again, it's not showing up for some internal reason. I fell--by your comments regarding Lapdos operations--that you understand the situation completely. Sorry to hear that your DOS-owning friend lives so far away. Lapdos II is almost a reason for Model 100/102/200/NEC8201 owners to buy DOS machines. Almost! And yes, you are correct that the Lapdos II distribution disk is not TPDD compatible. It's MS-DOS formatted, and thus can only be read by a MS-DOS based computer. Yes sir, with online library access you have an entire world of Model 100 programming awaits you.