Msg: 59 *Conference*
06-04-91 23:29:05
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : CORY HAWKINS
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #58 (TS-ETC...)
TS-RANDOM is, indeed, a neat program. I allows for random access to files on a TPDD (not the TPDD2). The disk must be formatted with TS-RANDOM for it to work. TS-RANDOM is available from us, on disk or ROM, for the same price as our regular TS-DOS. TS-RANDOM included TS-DOS. Both TS-DOS and TS-RANDOM manuals are included. When you save files directly to disk from within TEXT the file is complete overwritten by the new file--not appended. However, when saving files within the TS-DOS menu, you are prompted to R)eplace A)ppend or C)ancel. Yes, if you use the append feature, you can, indeed, make a file too large to bring back into the computer. Large .DO files may be broken up by reading part of them back in, via a BASIC program that simply reads and appends bytes or strings and counts the bytes it reads in. Do this a few times, each time skipping past the size (in bytes) of the file you just read in, until you have read the larger file into several smaller files. Of course, you must use the TS-DOS DOS-ON function. Although I have not tried it, I believe that a preformatted file, with control codes, is sent "as is" to the printer when printed directly within TS-DOS. The result is that the codes and format of the file pass directly to the printer--thus controlling the printer. -Rick-