Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!RCONN@SIMTEL20.ARPA From: RCONN@SIMTEL20.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: ZCPR3 Intro Message-ID: <1375@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Jun-84 13:08:34 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1375 Posted: Thu Jun 28 13:08:34 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Jul-84 05:11:58 EDT Lines: 69 From: Rick Conn Some time ago, I sent out a rather lengthy intro to ZCPR3 to INFO-CPM. I am including the first of 10 messages which made up that intro here in response to your question. This is carboned to INFO-CPM in case there are others with the same question. If you would like more detail than what this provides, I will send all ten messages to you at your request. Re your specific questions, ZCPR3 is CP/M 2.2 compatible, as ZCPR1 and ZCPR2 were. Since full source code is provided, the potential exists for adapting it to CP/M 3.0. In order to take advantage of the extended capabilities of ZCPR3, a BIOS modification (which is optional) is required. If you do no chose to make the BIOS modification, most of the features are lost and you may as well use ZCPR1. AN INTRODUCTION TO ZCPR3 FROM THE USER'S PERSPECTIVE by Richard Conn The ZCPR3 System is a collection of programs based around the ZCPR3 Command Processor. Forming an integrated system of tools, the ZCPR3 System offers a number of convenient and sometimes more user-friendly features to the CP/M 2.2 user. Maintaining CP/M 2.2 compatibility at all times (all known commercial CP/M 2.2 programs run under ZCPR3 without modification), the ZCPR3 System brings to its users a variety of tools which conceptually implement features found in other operating systems, including TOPS-20 (1), UNIX (2), NOS (3), MULTICS (4), and VMS (5), and tools which implement features unique to the ZCPR3 System (to my knowledge). This Introduction is intended to outline some of the key features of the ZCPR3 System from the user's perspective. More complete technical details of implementation and use will follow later. Knowledge of CP/M 2.2 is assumed, and some experience with ZCPR2 is useful, in order to understand the following presentation in detail. The major features of the ZCPR3 System which are described in this Introduction include: o Directories o Wheel Users and Passwords o Command Lines o Command Processing o Resident Command Packages o Flow Command Packages o ZEX Command Files o Error Handlers o Aliases o Shells o Z3TCAP o Variable o Screen-Oriented Terminal o MENU Configuration o VFILER o "Secure" Systems ---- Trademarks ---- (1) TOPS-20 - Digital Equipment Corporation (2) UNIX - Bell Laboratories (3) NOS - Control Data Corporation (4) MULTICS - Honeywell (5) VMS - Digital Equipment Corporation Rick -------