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The I BM Personal Computer Newsletter
For Internal Business Computing



I BM I nternal Use Only




Document Number PCN8205


Hay 18, 1982



Entry Systems

IBM Corporation
219 / 227-2
P.O. Box 1328
Boca Raton F1 33432
VM (BCRVMl/PCNE\-JS)
ITPS(ABCB)



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PREFACE



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




Articles to be considered for publication and subscription requests for this do-
cument should be addressed to:

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

The editor prefers to receive articles in machine-readable form, sent to
VH(BCRVN1jPCNEWS). Specifically, articles should be sent as FILES, via either
DISK DUMP or XMIT.

If it is not possible to send machine-readable articles, then hard-copy articles
will be accepted.




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 Universi-
ty of California.

VisiCalc is a registered trademark of VisiCorp, Inc.

EasyWriter is a trademark of Information Unlimited Software, Inc.



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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
Guest Editorial 2

Internal Business Section 3
Symposium on Internal Applications of the IBM Personal Computer 3

Letters to the Editor ..................... . 5
8205 -01 Accolades, or Don't Break Arm Patting Self on Back 5
8205-02 Letter: Suggested Newsletter Improvement 6
8205-03 Letter: Musical Notation is Correct 6
8205-04 Letter: Correction in VNET I.D. 6

Reader Contributions 7
8205-05 PC 3277/ANR Card Information Update 7
8205-06 ASCII Communications Support Problem 7
8205-07 Query for Copy Utility Program 8
8205-08 Search a BASIC Program File for a User-Specified String 8
8205-09 User-Programmable Terminal Function 12
8205-10 Query for FORTRAN-Callable Plot Routines 12
8205-11 Projecting Video Images from the IBM PC 13
8205-12 PCLIB -- The PC Program Library on VM 14
8205-13 Query: Industrial Engineering Use of the Personal Computer 15
8205-14 Query for VisiCalc Data Files and ADRS/II 15
8205-15 Speech Synthes izer ... . 15
8205-16 Document: PC By Example ...... . 16
8205-17 Status Update: 3277 Emulator ... . 16
8205-18 VIDEOTEX Services for the IBM Personal Computer 17
8205-19 Query: Two Open Communication Files 17
8205-20 QUERY for 'MENU' software for the IBM PC 17
8205-21 Color/Graphics Adapter Signal Attenuation 18
8205-22 Query for Information 19
IBM Internal Use Only Programs 19
8205-23 B3101 Terminal Support Program, Release 4 19
8205-24 PCEDIT Full Screen Editor Version 2.0 21
8205-25 Pascal-Callable Graphics Routines for the PC 22

Site Coordinators and Technical Liaisons 22
General I nformation Section 27
Product Announcements, May 17, 1982 27
5-1/4 Inch 320KB Diskette Drive (1503810) 27
System Unit (5150064) ......... . 27
IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System (DOS) Version 1.1
(6024001) .................... . 28
IBM Personal Computer BASIC Compiler (6024027) 28
Accounts Receivable by BPI Systems, Inc. (6024027) 29
Inventory Control by BPI Systems, Inc. (6024030) 30
Software Prerequisites 31
Software Information 33
IBM BASIC Tips 33

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Software Submission Plans Update .......... . 36
Getting Your IBM Personal Computer Software Published 36
IBM Employee Software Submission Plan 36
IBM Internal Software Submission Plan 36
Ready to Submit? .......... . 36

Software Submission Guide Table of Contents 38

Softwa re I nformation Section 40
Appendix A. IBM Personal Computer Employee Purchase Update 41
Price List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 41




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EDITORIAL SECTION



It is a pleasure for me to join the Entry Systems organization and be working
with one of the most exciting products in IBM. I am looking forward to working
not only with the team here, but also with each of you.

Many of the articles in the past contained questions that were in large part an-
swered personally by Keith. I am not yet as knowledgeable regarding the Per-
sonal Computer, and it will be some time until I attain sufficient level of
expertise to address the kinds of questions Keith answered. However, I will do
my best to find answers to the questions I receive.

There is another way you can get answers to your questions too. At most major
IBM locations in the U.S., Entry Systems has established persons called Site Co-
ordinators. These people have many responsibilities, including the procuring
and distribution of Personal Computers at their locations, and acting as inter-
faces between their locations and Entry Systems in Boca Raton.

Assisting the Site Coordinators are people called Technical Liaisons, who ad-
dress technical inquiries about the Personal Computer. Stated another way, your
Site Coordinator's Technical Liaison is your technical interface for the IBM
Personal Computer at your location. Your Technical Liaison will either be able
to handle your question directly, or will contact Entry Systems for assistance.

By having Site Coordinators and Technical Liaisons, we are able to satisfy se-
veral things. We relieve Entry Systems in Boca Raton of excessive contact with
Personal Computer users; we establish local experts at all major locations; our
experts become even more expert as a result of handling many inquiries and prob-
lems; and, through our communications with Site Coordinators and Technical Liai-
sons, we in Entry Systems are able to get a handle on the kinds of concerns our
internal Personal Computer users have. A bit later in this issue you will find
an up-to-date list of Site Coordinators and their Technical Liaisons.

The newsletter will continue to handle newsy items. If you have developed a
neat internal Personal Computer program that you want to share with others, by
all means send in your information for publication. If you have a response to an
earlier article, please send it in. If yours is a query for help or information
from other readers, please submit it.

Finally, I personally will be out of the office for most of the time between May
17 and June 2, so it is likely that PCN8206 will be published in mid-June. I
hope that, beginning with PCN8207, we will once again return to a normal publi-
cation schedule, the first business day of every month.


Mike Engelberg




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GUEST EDITORIAL


Through the Personal Computer News letter and through other communications we re-
ceive, there have been many requests with the same recurring theme: how do IBM
employees submit internally-developed Personal Computer programs for possible
marketing?

11m pleased to announce that there is now a way to submit Personal Computer pro-
grams you developed on the job. We call it the IBM Internal Software Submission
Plan. It was announced on IBN bulletin boards April 30. This issue of the news-
letter contains further details.

The Internal Software Submission Plan will naturally evolve over time. If there
are ways you feel we can improve the process, please send us your comments and
suggestions.

I thank those of you who planted the seed that helped lead to the new Internal
Software Submission Plan. Your support is very much appreciated.

Now that the plan is in place, I encourage all of you to give thorough consider-
ation to the market potential of your internally-developed Personal Computer
software. If you determine your programs make good candidates for marketing,
then please submit them to us under the new Internal Software Submission Plan
for our evaluation.

Thank you.



Joyce M. Wrenn
Director, Software Publishing
Entry Systems, Boca Raton




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INTERNAL BUSINESS SECTION



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

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

Articles for this section can be submitted by anyone within IBM. The articles
should be brief and not more than two pages in length. The author must be identi-
fied and the article can not be confidential. Responsibility for clearance of
material submitted is the responsibility of the author.

Articles should address one of the following areas: