Presentation - Commanderie new generation - DOS v1.9, Turbo Assembler v4.0, Rock Disk Service v3.1.

PRESENTATION

New section did not go unnoticed. There were several
responses. Basically, tossed a few glitches that are available
in STS v4.1, especially a lot of moans were about the fact that
the new STS "keeps part of himself in another memory page. But
let's not worry so. I have reliable information that a firm
Inforkom "already is version 4.2 ... Unfortunately, no one no
offense to my "attack" on the ZX TASM (I will not hide, I count
on it, to answer the letters perturbed authors - my favorite
pastime (polushuchu. ..)). Moreover, on this program in general
no one paid much attention. And what the guys tried to ...

Today I have prepared for you, dear readers, their
opinion on a couple more programs that I think are worthy of
mention. They long ago came on the market, but then after all
is not was in the ON-LINE appropriate place ...

COMMANDER DOS v1.9
(C) TISHKOV PETER
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In my opinion, this can be called Commander Commander new
generation. Expanding opportunities, including missing earlier
in similar programs, but has long been needed, for example,
update file (COPY BODY), view compressed screens (in other
words, realized the possibility of launching relotsiruemoy
program with the return of Commander), copying files with test
recording (thank God, turned off), support for extended memory
up to 256K (the original version was designed for SCORPION, but
I have already released COM DOS under PROFI) and many more
other useful and useless functions ... Commander differs
concise appearance, you can certainly say - the poor, but I was
just pleased it's against indiscriminate introduction of
WINDOS-like interface to all that appears in the latest time
(that's Bill Gates is not naradiya), because of what some
programs evoke associations with candy-pacifier ...

On the most pesky shortcomings must say this:
support for the mouse - that's fine, joystick support - is
doubtful, though not prevent, but to introduce for this purpose
huge menu in two lines ... I think this place has not prevented
would provide information about the drive and files, but needed
it there! Call the necessary information in an additional
window - the extremely unfortunate thought. Finally I will say
that lately I've been using Only this Commander and glitches
did not notice ...

ROK DISK SERVICE v3.1
(C) MINSK ELITE HACKERS CLUB
"GENERAL CODERS"
GROUP "WE"
ROK SOFTWARE
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Previous versions were so RDS'a zaglyucheny that a long time
I did not creeping into v3.1, and used for the purpose of good
old ADS'koy. But life is made ... In one fine day I'm tired of
"Restaurant" whole disk because of one spoiled file and
calculate on a calculator spoiled by various "novelties
SOFTWARE" directory drive. I do not want to say that such
functions was not there before, but they were scattered in many
programs, and the latter were as old as SPECCY and stuffed into
the most distant archives ...

In short, crossed, I wrote RDS on their working discs
and began frantically to use it. And what do you think? Do not
regret! Perfect, in my view, the interface; good performance
characteristics (QUICK - my second favorite word after CHEAT);
high reliability (I still dwell on this below ...); enough
carefree environment for formatting and that not less than
pleased the ability to record SETUP'a into the body of the
program. I was particularly surprised by the number of small
glitches. So far I've only noticed Two: if the operation
analysis and restore the directory is not corrected by the
number of free sectors and yet I do not advise to do sort of
empty disk, if such an idea will come to you head.

By the way, the sorting ... After the onset of RDS 3.1 on
the network there were rumors of another one sad that the sort
operation the ports priceless SisOpovy drives. Guys, as you
drive ever "movirovali? And that never spoil? The trouble only
occurs when one of the transferred files can not be read from
disk and to blame only the disc and its owner. Advise to such
global shuffles the contents of a floppy to check the
readability (do CHECK). But in fact, programs that perform
similar operations, would not prevent disabled (!) Verification
of processed tracks before you start, in fact, to seal or
sorting disc.

I think you guessed that I already forgot how to use
ADS'koy or, God forbid, DCU'shkoy ...

TURBO ASSEMBLER v4.0 (XLD)
(C) RST 7
* AIG *
SPARKER
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I do not know, criticize or praise this program ... TASM 4.0
better TASM 3.0, but in general, worse than MASM 1.1, well, why
some Our programmers are doing what is already worse than the
existing one. Want to prove that they "may also"? Yes, do not
have "too" should be "better"! No, TASM 4.0 is not bad:
Supports 4 drives (nakonetsto!), the cache directory for
INCLUDE and operations INCBIN, disabling sound, really fast
moving cursor in editor opportunity to use quite a lot of
arithmetic (although, in my opinion, half of them there is no
need). That's all its advantages MASM'om. And that's what he
lose: again, can not crawl the cursor on the catalog to
download the file (oh God, is it really so hard to do ???), no
macros or macro (extended team DEFS - an original idea, but ...
for a hacker, sets itself minimally processed target program,
and PUSH AF, BC, DE - generally a trifle, though, of course,
and nice), two kilobytes smaller memory for text, still
miserable in the information line editor, input string in a
strange and irritating flicker the cache directory will clog
the last 7 remained free additional page of memory (just do not
have to say that before there sat STS, the latter could not
call, but download the file, as I understood, without the cache
directory will not work) there is no possibility to switch to a
random string (well, I have already carp ...) In general, does
not heat ...

And now I turn to the very contrary. Everybody remembers
any campaign staged Piterskie programmers and users of
Eradication teams OUT (# FD), A. However, the campaign has not
ended yet, at every opportunity, they do not forget to mention
that this unfortunate command DO NOT APPLY, she de

is not going to SCORPION'ah, and do not describe in any
Programming Guide (stupid argument I have not heard ... to
books, therefore, programming). I will not defend this today
command, if readers will be interested, I will bring a lot of
arguments about it indispensable in some cases, although not
campaign for it widespread use, because it really does not go
on many machines ... I must say that the rest of the world,
too, regret SCORPION'ov owners and trying to get into their
plight. For example, STALKER in the last STS'e not use OUT (#
FD), A. Well now it's not about her, but about one of the teams
entered in the number of undocumented in TASM 4.0.
Interestingly, in which guide the authors have read about the
team OUT (C), 0? How do I either ashamed to admit it, my PROFI
this command is also not goes, and not only on my ...
Nevertheless, Petersburgers immediately announced this command
simply necessary (see the ZX-FORMAT N3) and Now apply it to the
left and right ... You can be funny, but I had to break the
ZX-FORMAT 3 and 1 only WELCOM PRESS to read their contents, and
I easily managed to turn OUT (C), 0 XOR A; OUT (C), A (even a
few NOP'ov left). I must say that I am not in any way blame the
programmers here entirely blame the developers of my car, yet
appeal to the fans to save a single byte and 4-stroke on the
compatibility: can we quietly-peacefully forget about the
existence OUT (C), 0? And I, in turn, pledged not only to use
OUT (# FD), A (or applied correctly) in their future programs,
but other otsovetuyu ... Well Okay, let's hope we will agree as
reasonable people.

And that's what thought came my light head: maybe
readers need not only mine, perhaps nebesspornye, estimates of
the or other programs from the system, but HELP'y to them? Send

application and, if their number is quite convincing, I
pleased to publish in the ON-LINE necessary information from
available in my descriptions, or, if no ... too
somehow vykruchus.

Dmitry (OLDMAN)
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