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From: klieb@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Kurt Liebezeit)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: survey
Message-ID: <4099@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 26 Jan 89 03:30:19 GMT
Sender: klieb@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM
Reply-To: klieb@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Kurt Liebezeit)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Vancouver,  WA.
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In an earlier posting I put forth a call for comp.os.os9 readers to post
some information about their interests. Here is my own entry for the survey:


Name, and path to your site.
  Kurt Liebezeit      klieb@tekigm2.TEK.COM      ...!tektronix!tekigm2!klieb

Type of system you run OS-9 on.
  Uniquad 2 (QT-plus) w/ OSK 2.1 & c68 2.1, 40 track DSDD & 10MB HD, QVT-101,
  OKI ML92, C. Itoh F-10

What do you use OS-9 for? (Software development, word processing, etc.)
  My interests are primarily in creating software in C and 68k assembly.
  I do this as a form of self-education. I also use Stylograph and Dynacalc
  for correspondence and personal financial analysis.

Significant programs you've contributed to public or private domain.
  YASE, a Wordst*r-like screen editor with multiple windows written in 68k
  assembly (public domain).
  TESTHD, a program to test and exercise a hard disk under a Uniquad/QT type
  of system (public domain).
  DES, a 68k assembly language implementation of the Data Encryption Standard
  (public domain).
  I did some minor hacking to get XLISP working under OSK (later version than
  what the UG had at the time).
  XMODEM, my own version, 'cause it was the easiest way to get files off CP/M.

How others might obtain the fruit of your work.
  YASE and XLISP were submitted to the OS-9 UG in May 87; neither has appeared
  on any listings of UG holdings.
  TESTHD and DES will be submitted to the UG in the very near future; I'm 
  waiting for an operating system upgrade before I recompile for the last time.
  I did some minor hacking to get XLISP working OSK (later version than what
  the UG had at the time).
  Haven't done a thing with XMODEM on the assumption that no one would be
  interested.

Current and future projects you're working on.
  KDUMP, a hard disk backup program. It will probably be slower than either
  fsave or fbu because it saves files as separate files rather than treating
  the disk as a tape, but it will be friendlier in operation (allows on the
  fly formatting, for instance) and the data files may be inspected without
  special tools. (80% complete)
  TISON, a program for digital hardware design engineers. TISON finds minimal
  implementations of switching functions; it replaces the Karnaugh map
  minimization procedure. (40% complete)
  I wrote a program for CP/M called HPLOT that emulated an HPGL plotter on a
  dot matrix printer. Someday I plan to redo it for OS-9 as a filter.
  DDOC, a program to view and edit raw disk sectors. (98% complete)
  I wouldn't object to taking on some medium-size porting projects if I was
  sure that folks saw a need for the programs.

What programs would you hope to find and/or buy in the near future?
  What I'd like most would be a good implementation of a communications
  program. I'm planning to look into C-Kermit, but am unsure of how to get
  the latest version on a disk (you can't get something over a modem until
  you have a communication program!).
  I'd also like to get some Un*x-like utilities (preferably in source): csh,
  awk, lex, and yacc.

Other electronic forums you frequent (CIS, Delphi, etc.)
  None now. Perhaps CIS after I get a communications program.

Kurt Liebezeit      klieb@tekigm2.TEK.COM      ...!tektronix!tekigm2!klieb