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From: slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: XEP80 & DOS XE
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Date: 9 Feb 90 16:06:59 GMT
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In article <9002080810.AA12038@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> CURRENTM@CARLETON.EDU (Michael Current) writes:
>Is there anyone out there that uses both DOS XE and the XEP80 80-column screen?
>This is a fairly technical question.  Under DOS 2.5, it is possible to flip
>between the Antic and the XEP80 displays using XIO commands 24 and 25.  What I
>have done is created a DOS XE disk that automatically runs the XEP80.DRV
>program.

I used DOS XE until it interacted with SUPER ARC in an "unfavorable"
way.  I switched to MYDOS - it has everything I need and more.  Well,
(re my previous posting) it had problems with the XEP80 too.  Now you
see why I like MYDOS - I have the sources, and can fix problems
myself!  MYDOS is also compatible with 2.5.  Really the only thing it
doesn't have is time/date stamping, which I have a way to deal with.
I also may fix it at some point; the directories on DD use only half
of the sector, which leaves the other half available for more 
information.
-Stan
(OK, I will concede that DOS XE's file map rather than linked sectors
is better, especially when you delete a large file.)