Msg: 4523 *Conference*
07-16-93 09:04:45
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : CARROLL LEWIS
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #4522 (ORDER)
I knew you'd like the "tagging" function of TS-DOS; and the print-from-disk function. Have you tried the DOS-ON functions, yet? They're so cool. A long time ago, I used to sell our mail order library on tape, as one of the media choices. The only way to get a clean duplication using available resources was to copy each program onto the tape, separately. Well, a 90 minute tape filled with programming took... 90 minutes!! For $8.95!? I'm a bit crazy but I'm not stupid. So, using the DOS-ON feaure of TS-DOS, I wrote a read-from-TPDD and write-to-tape routine for each library issue. It worked great! I'd put the issue master disk into the TPDD, a blank tape into the tape drive (CCR-82), and load up the correct LOAD##.BA file into a Model 100 with TS-DOS and the DOS-ON. I'd simply run the program and walk away. TS-DOS is cool. -Rick-