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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ProDOS 8 help
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Date: 10 May 88 22:13:47 GMT
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>    I've begun to explore unix and UUCP from the comfort
>of my own home. I was wondering if there is a way to convert
>a binary file to a executable .system file. Specifically, I'm
>running kermit and I'm tired of typing brun kermit from basic.

Kermit requires Applesoft for file handling.  Maybe some ProDOS wizard
knows a trick I'm not aware of, but I don't believe it's possible
to make Kermit-65 work as a SYS file.

You can, however, 1) rename KERMIT3xx to "STARTUP" and it will BRUN
as soon as BASIC.SYSTEM is invoked, or 2) make a TXT file named K
containing the line: BRUN KERMIT3xx, which can be EXEC'd from the BASIC
prompt as: -K

You do know that you don't need to type BRUN, -KERMIT3xx will do it,
how would making Kermit into a SYS file make it any easier?

>    While I'm at it, is there a way of disabling mousetext?
>Sometimes when I run vi in vt100 emulation, I get mousetext
>rather than inverse characters.

Kermit-ESC, C (return to the KERMIT-65 prompt) followed by CONNect
will do it.  Clumsy ain't it?  I thought so too; so I asked Ted to
add an Erase screen command to Kermit (K-ESC, E), which I believe
will fix the mousetext problem as well as clean up phone garbage
(I've experienced the same mousetext problem, though not recently).

That feature and (tah, tah) XModem (!) are in Version 3.83 - I just
sent a beta copy to APPLE2-L, and within a day or so, Paul Nakada will
pass it along to comp.binaries.apple2.  Watch for it in an email
box near you (if you got a version of 3.83 before 5/7/88 it doesn't
have the Erase screen command; you can check with k-ESC, ?).

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