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The I BM Personal Computer Newsletter
For On-the-Job Computin~
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Document Number PCN8204

April 23, 1982



Entry Systems

IBH Corporation
2L9 j 227-2
P.O. Box 1328
Boca Raton FL 33432
VM (BCRVt--lljPCNE\vS)
ITPS(ABCB)



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PREFACE



This document is a publication of the Entry Systems (ES) organization at Boca Raton,
Florida. It is classified IBM INTERNAL USE ONLY and is not to be distributed out-
side of IBM. It may be freely copied or transmitted within IBM for business use.




Articles to be considered for publication and subscription requests for this document
should be addressed to:

Newsletter Editor -or- VH(BCRVM1/PCNEWS)
2L9 / 227-2
P.O.Box 1328
Boca Raton, FL 33432




As used within this document:

PC refers to the IBM Personal Computer.

UCSD p-System and UCSD Pascal are trademarks of the Regents of the University of
California.

VisiCalc is a registered trademark of VisiCorp, Inc.

EasyWriter is a trademark of Information Unlimited Software, Inc.

FACT TRACK is a trademark of Science Research Associates, Inc.

CP/M-86 is a trademark of Digital Research, Inc.

Time Manager is a trademark of the Image Producers, Inc.

DOW JONES is a trademark of Dow Jones, Inc.



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TABLE OF CONTENTS



Editorial Section 1

Editorial 1

Guest Editorial 1

I nternal Contributions Section 3

Letters to the Editor 3
8204-01 Letter - Local Area Networking 3
8204-02 Letter - Distributed Virtual Hemory 5
8204-03 Letter - Overprinting on the IBM 80 CPS Hatrix Printer 6

Reader Contributions 7
8204-04 IBMPC/Advent Interface Box 7
8204-05 Caution Using the COMM Program 7
8204-06 Query for PC Tools ..... . . . . . . . . 7
8204-07 East Fishkill IBtvl Personal Computer Training Underway 8
8204-08 WIP - FULIST for the IBN Personal Computer 9
8204-09 Creating COM Files with PC Assembler 9
8204-10 Scroll Routine for BASIC Programs. 10
8204-11 IBM Community Bulletin Board Proposal 11
8204-12 Query for Bisync on the IBM PC .... 12
8204-13 Work in Progress - 3277 Graphic Attachment 12
8204-14 Query for Building Layout Applications 13
8204-15 Handouts for PC Demos 13
8204-16 File Upload/Download Note ...... . 13
8204-17 Query for PC Enhancements ....... . 14
8204-18 Query for Asynchronous Communications Program Enhancement 14
8204-19 Program to Print all 12 Fonts on the IBM Matrix Printer 14
8204-20 IBM Test Community Interest in IBH PC 16

IBM Internal Use Only Programs ..... .... 18
8204-21 ESPF fPC Full Screen Editor Release 1.2.3 Now Available. 18
8204-22 Version 0.3 of ED Full Screen Editor Available 19
8204-23 PCEDIT Full Screen Editor Program ....... . 21
8204-24 UNERASE -- by Reading Diskette Sectors (in PASCAL) 23
8204-25 Sorted Directory Display (SDIR) ........ . 24
8204-26 B3101 Terminal Support Program Version 3 now Available 25
8204-27 GHL/SCRIPT/VS for the IBM PC ........ . 26
8204-28 Subset SCRIPT and GML Processor for the IBM PC 26

General I nformation Section 27
Hardware Information 27
System Unit 27
Keyboard ..... 30
Display Adapters 31
IBM 80 CPS Matrix Printer 34
Asynchronous Communications Adapter 35

Software Information . . . . . . . . . 36
From the Entry Systems Chief Programmer 36
IBM Disk Operating System Vl.00 38
BASIC VI. 05 ............. . 40


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BASIC VI. 00 ..... . 41
IBM Macro Assembler Vl.OO 45
IBM Pascal Compiler Vl.OO 46
VisiCalc VI. 00 ..... 48
Asynchronous Communications Support Vl.OO 49
EasyWriter VI. 00 50
UCSD p-System Vl.OO 51
IBM CP/M-86 Vl.OO 52

IBM Personal Computer Software Product Prerequisites 53
Accounts Payable VI. 00, by Peachtree Software, Inc. 53
Accounts Receivable VI. 00, by Peachtree Software, Inc. 53
Arithmetic Games Set 1 VI. 00 ..... . 53
Arithmetic Games Set 2 VI. 00 .. ... . 54
Asynchronous Communications Support Vl.OO 54
BASIC VI. 00 ........... . 54
CP/M-86 Operating System VI.OO 55
IBM DOS and BASIC Language Extensions Vl.OO 55
Dm~ JONES Reporter VI. 00 55
EasyWriter Vl.OO ............. . 56
FACT TRACK VI. 00 ............. . 56
General Accounting Vl.OO, by BPI Systems, Inc. 56
General Ledger VI.OO, by Peachtree Software, Inc. 57
IBM Personal Computer COBOL Compiler VI. 00 57
IBM Personal Computer FORTRAN Compiler VI. 00 57
IBM Personal Computer Macro Assembler Vl.OO 58
IBM Personal Computer Pascal Compiler VI.OO 58
Inventory Control VI. 00, by Peachtree Software, Inc. 58
Microsoft Adventure VI.OO 59
Time t-1anager VI. 00 59
Typing Tutor VI. 00 59
UCSD p-System VI.OO 60
VisiCalc VI.OO, VI.lO 60

Recent Product Announcements 61
Announcements made December 1, 1981 61
IBM Macro Assembler 61
IBM FORTRAN Compiler 61
Typing Tutor 62
UCSD p-System 62
FACT TRACK 62
Arithmetic Games 63
General Accounting, by BPI Systems, Inc. 64

Announcements made April 5, 1982 65
Inventory Control, by Peachtree Software, Inc. 65
DOW JONES Reporter ..... . 65
Time Manager . . . . . . . 65
IBN Personal Computer COBOL Compiler 66
CP /1'1-86 Operating System ..... 66

Appendix A. I BM Personal Computer Employee Purchase Update 67
Delivery Date Clarification 67
About Changing Your Order 67
Where to Write or Call .... 68
Post November 1 Order Scheduling 68
Dealer Support Services for Employees 68
Configuring for Easy\~riter ..... 69

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New Hinimum 64KB System Unit 69
Price List ...... . 70




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EDITORIAL SECTION



EDiTORIAL


With this issue of the newsletter come many significant changes. The biggest one from
my perspective is that future issues will be handled by a new editor. I am just too
busy with my new responsibilities to stay up with both jobs. However, I will continue
to be involved with the newsletter in a consulting capacity.

I have thoroughly enjoyed working with all of you and appreciate the many positive
comments I have received about the newsletter. If you give the new editor the same
level of support you gave me, it will assure the success of future issues.

With that I will close since the real editorial this month is by my manager, Joe Potts.
He is a second-line manager responsible for User Group Support, Employee Sales, and
System Support. He will describe the changes we are making and introduce the new edi-
tor to you.

Keith Eckhardt
Personal Computer Newsletter Editor,
Retired



GUEST EDITORIAL


First, I would like to extend my thanks to Keith for starting this newsletter. He de-
serves a lot of credit for taking the initiative and creating a very useful and well
received document. It filled a significant gap and allowed us to defer the time when
we would have to move into this area.

Beginning with the next issue, the chief editor will be Hike Engelberg. Hike is trans-
ferring from the General Products Division in San Jose and will be resident here soon.
It will be his responsibility to coordinate the input, validation, review, and ap-
proval aspects of the newsletter as well as to plan and implement the future direction
of the newsletter. You may submit items to Mike for publication at the address or VNET
ID shown in the preface. Mike's manager is Hal Hanesworth who is also moving east from
GPD, Santa Teresa. He replaces Dennis Andrews as manager of the User Group Support de-
partment.

I see this first "official" newsletter from Entry Systems as being just a step in an
evolutionary process. There will be more changes in the future and we welcome your
suggestions for improvement.

A major change we have already made is the addition of a general information section
which includes usage tips and techniques, publication errata, and descriptions of re-
cent product announcements. This section has been reviewed by the ES staff for accu-
racy and we hope it will be useful to you. In this issue we have also included an
appendix which describes the update to the employee sales plan.

A number of people from outside the Entry Systems organization have helped us recently
in putting this issue together. Dick Dievendorff from Los Angeles, Jim Schumacher
from Burlington, Stan Rosenfeld from Santa Teresa, and Chuck Tribolet from Santa Tere-
sa have all been "on loan" to us for 2 to 3 weeks at a time over the past two months.



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Their efforts are greatly appreciated and I thank them for coming and their management
for making them available.

I would like to also thank Stan Rosenfeld for tipping me off to the West Coast Computer
Faire. I was very impressed by the vast array of products available to the microcom-
puter user and by the amount of interest and product development concerning the IBM
Personal Computer. Because IBM did not have a booth at the Faire, I was wondering if
the IBM PC would get sufficient exposure. WOW! Our PC was the star of the show; about
50 to 60 IBH PC's were on display. Hany software and hardware products were being dis-
played and demonstrated to the crowds which seemed to congregate at every PC.

Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Larry Rosen of the Chicag.o ~1idtown Branch Office for
the suggestion he sent on improving diskette performance. Larry's branch manager pre-
sented him with a plaque recently that had a personal note of thanks on it from P. D.
Estridge, SPD Vice President and General Hanager, Entry Systems.

Thanks for your interest in the newsletter and keep your input coming.

Joe Potts
Manager, User Group and System Support
Entry Systems




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INTERNAL CONTRIBUTIONS SECTION



The articles in this section were submitted by individuals outside of the Entry Sys-
tems Organization. These articles have not been reviewed by Entry Systems for accura-
cy and are not official statements of either Entry Systems or the IBM Corporation.

IBM PC programs described in this section were developed using IBM resources and are
the property of IBM. These programs are provided to improve the capability and pro-
ductivity of IBM employees on the job. They are not be be discussed with non-IBM em-
ployees. There is no commitment to release as IBH products any programs described in
this section.

Articles for this section can be submitted by anyone within IBM. They must not be IBM
Confidential, more than two pages in length, or anonymous. They should address one of
the following areas: