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-