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From: uhclem@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Model 16 SCRIPSIT
Message-ID: <193300188@trsvax>
Date: 13 Nov 89 16:00:00 GMT
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B> I can format the drive on the Model II TRSDOS 4.1 and run SCRIPSIT HD.
B> However, would it be beneficial to run a Model 16 operating system and
B> Model 16 SCRIPSIT to take advantage of the Model 16 features?
B> Is SCRIPSIT 16 significantly more powerful or easier to use than Model II
B> SCRIPSIT?  Should I use XENIX?

R1>As someone who worked on the national support lines let me tell you to
R1>burn any *16 programs and 4.1.  Any TRSDOS programs that ran in on the
R1>68000 were pure garbage.

I agree with the statement about the TRSDOS-16 mode, BUT SCRIPSIT-16 RAN
UNDER XENIX, not under TRSDOS-16.  Don't burn it!  It's a pretty good
word processor.  Yeah, it can't do the kinds of things that are the norm
in word processors today, but for "no-fancy stuff" it will be fine.

If you decide to stick with SCRIPSIT-HD, locate TRSDOS 4.2.x.  It will
be a lot more reliable than 4.1.  Be sure you get the 4.2.x version that
is correct for the hard disk you own.  Back then the versions were matched
to specific hardware.  Just run it in Z80 mode, don't bother with the
TRSDOS-16 subsystem (TRSDOS-II is still running!)

<My opinion, and not that of the Army who preferred TRSDOS-16 over XENIX
 because XENIX took too long to boot after a power failure (it ran fsck),
 whereas TRSDOS-16 let them use their clobbered ISAM files immediately.>

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