In <[log in to unmask]> Stan Sieler
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>
>John writes:
>
>...
>> > When we were on version 4.0 I used LOADTAPE. It was from the
Interex CSL.
>> > However, this pgm doesn't work with version 5.0 and I don't have
the source
>>
>> Unfortunately, when the HPDEVCONTROL intrinsic was introduced,
>> the definition was incorrect in the splinter file, so the
programmers
>> had to work around the problem.  Now HP fixed the problem, but
>> it broke all the ONLINE programs.  The fix is to recompile
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Ahem.
>
>Not *all* the ONLINE programs.
>
>Mine works fine, as before, naturally.  :)
>
>I gave it to the CSL (first version at the San Diego Interex
conference),
>and it is available in LZW or RYDER form via:
>        http://www.allegro.com/software/
>
>BTW, <PLUG>, programmers who used our CSEQ Nugget were aware of the
>problem, and the correct definition of hpdevcontrol...here's the
>CSEQ report for HPDEVCONTROL (using SYSINTR.PUB.SYS on 5.0):
 
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Equally <PLUG>able and <ahem>able is MPEX from VESOFT.  Version 25 has
a new command, %DEVCONTROL, that does the same thing as the
aformentioned programs.  In addition, VESOFT goes to great lengths to
ensure that all new and existing commands continue to work on new
versions of the operating system as they are released, saving you the
hassle of maintaining your own code or the worry that an older program
may become obsolete.
End <ahem>
End <plug>
 
[egad!  I'm beginning to sound as bad as Dan!  I MUST be spending too
much time on the local newsgroups]
 
 
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