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From: hilmera@CS.ORST.EDU (Andrew Hilmer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: OS/2, TE/2 & Zmodem
Date: 12 Sep 92 02:39:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Sep12.023915.1289
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept
Originator: hilmera@storm.CS.ORST.EDU

>< All the problems with TE/2 downloads deleted>

I had the same problem, I could not do ANYTHING else while downloading.

The new COMMPAK.DLL 1.01 solved the problem. Downloading is flawless.

I got the file from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in the /pub/downloads directory,
but that was a while ago, it might have been moved to a more
appropriate directory.

andy

-- 
hilmera@mist.cs.orst.edu

"I'd love to dance on the spot where... George Bush lies...
George Bush lies... George Bush lies... George Bush lies..."
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Templates for OS/2 2.0
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 05:08:14 GMT

Two special keyboard templates are available in one from Charles
Hatvany and Associates (800-676-4199, FAX 617-643-1210) per their ad
in the OS/2 Solutions Coupon Book.  On one side are 36 basic OS/2
Workplace Shell functions, and on the other side are 38 Windows 3.1
functions expressed in their OS/2 2.0 equivalents.  Learn how to use
OS/2 2.0 faster.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: kole@convex.com (John P. Kole)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: OS/2 BBS Software
Keywords: BBS Software
Date: 11 Sep 92 01:58:16 GMT
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In article <1992Sep10.071152.18132@midway.uchicago.edu> silveanu@uhuru.uchicago.edu (Adrian Silveanu) writes:
>I am planning to start a bbs soon. I would like to a BBS Software which is meant for OS/2 instead of a Dos BBS Software.
>I have already looked at Simplex and find it weak. Maximus is good, but gets complex. I tryed to call OmegaPoint/2 BBS. I have already read the FAQ document.
>I a OS/2 BBS software with more security. Some like Telegard or Renegade, but for OS/2. I hope somebody can help me out there. The OS/2 BBS Software program can be shareware or commercial. 
>The BBS Software should beable to do handles, Password, BBS Password and/or phone number input.
>Thanks!
>



Have you tried Elite-IMS. Looks interesting. I found it on hobbes.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: lai@seas.gwu.edu (William Y. Lai)
Subject: Can someone give me a hand on GNUPLOT docs?
Originator: lai@seas.gwu.edu
Organization: George Washington University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 16:44:55 GMT

Not being a TeX user, I am having trouble generating the documentation that
comes with Gnuplot.  Can someone point me to a "TeX'ed" version of the docs?
Much appreciated!


William Lai

-- 
email: lai@seas.gwu.edu | "I want to do everything.  I want to have everything.
Dept. of Electrical Eng.|  I have a wonderful, wonderful life.  But there's so
George Washington Univ. |  much more out there.  Do I have it all?  Yes.  Do I
Washington, D.C.        |  want more?  Yeah, sure."     -Demi Moore
From: Alykhan_Virani@mindlink.bc.ca (Alykhan Virani)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Installing Powerpoint 3.0 under WINOS2
Date: 12 Sep 92 22:53:04 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

Powerpoint 3.0 requires Windows 3.1 to work.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
From: rfm@access.digex.com (Bob Myrick)
Subject: Tape Drive Software
Summary: Wanted: OS/2 Tape Drive Software for Archive Drive
Keywords: Tape OS2 Archive
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 18:50:54 GMT

I have an Archive Viper Series 150e tape drive and am searching for an OS/2
based program to support it. This drive has a QIC-02 controller.

I've talked to Archive, and they have no plans for OS/2 based support of
this drive.

Does anyone have any information about software to support this drive?

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: PSF/2 with OS/2 2.0
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:21:26 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.213810.19386@tware.com> bash@tware.com (Paul Bash) writes:
>I'm trying to find anyone who has experience with PSF/2 running with OS/2 2.0.
>All of the information I have on PSF/2 only indicates it working with 
>OS/2 1.3 EE. I would like to hear any experiences anyone has with making it
>work under OS/2 2.0. 
>Our needs are simple. We have an IBM 4028 NS1 laser printer we would like
>to attach to a small network to print IPDS data streams. _Hopefully_ we can
>do this across the network using TCP/IP 1.2.1.
>Any help, advice, etc offered would be much appreciated.

According to Lexmark an OS/2 2.0 update will be available any day now.
I'd check the Lexmark BBS to see if they've made progress -- see the
FAQ List for the number if you don't have it.

If you don't need to switch between printer description languages,
then you really don't need PSF/2, however.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: mle@owlnet.rice.edu (Mark Louis Engelberg)
Subject: Mechanica
Organization: Rice University
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 01:15:42 GMT

I'm trying to run a program called Applied Structure from Rasna's
Mechanica Software Line.  It uses substantial
amounts of extended memory in order to run.  When I try to run it in a
DOS session in OS/2, I get the following message from Mechanica:

The 386 chip is currently executing in virtual 8086 mode under the
control of another program.  You must turn off this other program in
order to use 386|DOS Extender to run in protected mode.

Question:  How I can I alter the session settings to get the program
to run?  I've tried increasing both DPMI and XMS settings.

--Mark Engelberg
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: REXXShip 1.0 Released: Self-Extracting UUEncode!
Date: 6 Sep 92 02:56:45 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

I have just sent the file rxship10.cmd to ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  It is in
directory /pub/downloads at present, and it may be retrieved via
anonymous ftp.

The file rxship10.cmd is a self extracting REXX script which, when
run, produces REXXShip.Cmd.  REXXShip 1.0 is a REXX program which will
take any binary file as input and produce an ASCII text version which
is self extracting.  Run the resulting ASCII text version through any
REXX interpreter, including OS/2 2.0's, and you get the binary file
back.

The "wrapper" extraction code is extremely tiny, adding very little
overhead.  At present REXXShip encoded files are more than double the
size of the original binary file, but I hope to reduce that increase
substantially in a forthcoming update.

What is REXXShip useful for?  Like UUEncode, XXEncode, ABE, and BOO,
REXXShip can allow you to send any binary file through a 7-bit ASCII
text mailing system or online service.  However, the advantage is that
the recipient (if an OS/2 user, in particular) will be able to decode
the file without any additional utilities.

What about errors?  REXXShip encoded files are protected in two ways.
First, a 16-bit checksum for the file is calculated and compared with
the recorded checksum when decoding.  This error detection is
reasonably robust.  Second, REXXShip encoded files that come up
"short" simply will not decode properly -- the decoder "wrapper"
appears, for the most part, at the end of the data, so you know that
when you get the "Done" message your file is whole.

I look forward to your suggestions for enhancements to this utility.
Read the documentation accompanying REXXShip for details on where this
utility is headed.  However, I think it will prove useful even in its
first version.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: fly@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Neil)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: error in xlist archive
Date: 9 Sep 92 05:26:03 GMT
Reply-To: fly@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Neil)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: fly@happy.cc.utexas.edu


 I think the archive for xlist on hobbes.nmsu.edu is invalid.
The archive name is  xl227c.zoo.

Please tell me if anyone has a valid copy of this program.

Thank you.
From: stacyl@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Stacy Brad Lacy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: gmake file for ZOO
Date: 12 Sep 92 20:51:41 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu


Has anyone out there created a make file to use in recompiling  ZOO using
gmake and gcc?  I have heard several people mention that recompiling zoo
can give tremendous speed increases, but I don't really want to start
hacking at the makefile provided for microsoft C and hope it works.

If  someone has already done this, I would appreciate a copy, I am just
starting with gcc and gmake and haven't learned enough yet to tackle a
makefile as large as the one for zoo.

Thanks for the help.

Stacy Lacy
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: REXXShip 2.0: Self-Extrac
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:23:34 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Distribution: na
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Sep8.152118.10166@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>Tried running it per instructions and all I got was a file of binary
>>garbage after running it.  I assume that if I got the messages:  Decoding
>>and then "Done" it had created the correct file.  Perhaps it was corrupted
>>enroute.
>>A lot of people are now getting this conference via UUPCB, which splits
>>messages up into 100 line segments as that is what PC Board is expecting.
>>If you are going to send this out in the future, you might want to keep
>>that in mind.  Perhaps REXXShip might reasonably be expected to have a
>>count on each line which is checked to see if the sections got put together
>>wrong...
>Interesting.  Perhaps the parts were put together in the wrong order.
>Did you get some readable material at the start of the file?

Incidently, there are a couple ways to combat this problem.  One way
is to use CRC error checking (which catches more errors than simple
checksum).  Anyone have a _tiny_ routine to generate a 16-bit CRC?

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens)
Subject: Re: W4W question
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 21:33:56 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <dkm2.716105058@Ra.MsState.Edu> dkm2@Ra.MsState.Edu (David K. Magee) writes:

>Has anyone successfully printed an envelope in Word for Windows 2.0a ?

Yes.

Get the newer win-os2 laserjet driver from software.watson.ibm.com.

With the new driver, you can print envelopes on my IIP.  With the
old one, you could not.

Luc B

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Self-Extracting Binaries dangerous? (Was: REXXShip: Self-Extracting UUEncode!)
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 22:49:09 GMT

In article <67843@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1610c@prism.gatech.EDU (MCGAUGH,MICHAEL KENNETH) writes:
>>It would be terrific, but, unless I'm mistaken, I'm forced to use
>>QUEUE statements, which prevents true xx-compatibility.  If anyone has
>>any ideas on this, I'll be glad to do it for the next release.
>Doesn't REXX have a command for reading its own source code?
>If it does, why not use that and then keep the xx-compatibility.
>Since REXX isn't compiled, you can put any garbage you want in
>the source and it doesn't matter as long as the interpreter never
>sees the junk.  Have the first line of REXX code jump to the end
>of the file, where the uncompress code is.  Then have the uncompress
>code read the source code in between, which happens to be the
>xx-compatible encoded information.

This sort of feature is under very active consideration for the next
version of REXXShip, although the precise method of implementation is
still up in the air.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: WIN-OS2: installing fonts for WPW safe?
Date: 10 Sep 92 17:41:05 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <ignacij.716141022@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu> ignacij@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu (Ignacy Misztal) writes:
>I am running WordPerfect for Windows in WINOS2. It is working fine, but the
>VGA resulution is too poor. I would like to install drivers for at
>least 800x600. There are 2 problems:
>1. OS/2 Help warns agains installing WINOS2 drivers not included with OS/2,

Really?  I don't remember seeing this.  Oh well.  My 800x600x256
desktop seems to work fine.

>2. The drivers I know have no update instructions. For sure,
>the WINOS2 desktop does not provide any automated any procedure.
>Summarizing, do third-party SVGA drivers work reliably in WINOS2, and how
>to install them? 

Some work and some don't.  ATI has some new drivers out.  They are
available where ATI drivers are normally found.  I thought they were
at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, but I couldn't locate them in teh obvious places.

If you must, you can download them from the ATI BBS.
-- 
   |)  David Charlap           "LECTURER, n.  One with his hand in your pocket,
  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   his tongue in your ear, and his faith in your
 ((|,)                          patience."
  ~|~                              --- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Self-Extracting Binaries dangerous? (Was: REXXShip: Self-Extracting UUEncode!)
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 01:02:49 GMT

In article <DENS.92Sep8192745@flammulated.owlnet.rice.edu> dens@flammulated.owlnet.rice.edu (Dennis Allen Schmitz) writes:
>How about inncluding the xxencoded file in a comment at the top of the
>file then having the file process itself with linein. Might even be
>faster than using queue.

It will be done -- it looks like I can do it with a minimum of fuss.

Stay tuned.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: silveanu@uhuru.uchicago.edu (Adrian Silveanu)
Subject: OS/2 BBS Software
Summary: OS/2 BBS Software
Keywords: BBS Software
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 07:11:52 GMT

I am planning to start a bbs soon. I would like to a BBS Software which is meant for OS/2 instead of a Dos BBS Software.
I have already looked at Simplex and find it weak. Maximus is good, but gets complex. I tryed to call OmegaPoint/2 BBS. I have already read the FAQ document.
I a OS/2 BBS software with more security. Some like Telegard or Renegade, but for OS/2. I hope somebody can help me out there. The OS/2 BBS Software program can be shareware or commercial. 
The BBS Software should beable to do handles, Password, BBS Password and/or phone number input.
Thanks!

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: tcf9033@venus.tamu.edu (FREY, TONY C)
Subject: Need cash: Os/2 C Developers Workset/2 for sale
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 19:27:00 GMT

 Seems that I'm a little shorter on cash this semester than I had
originally thought when I bought the C Developers Workset/2 last
month. I need to sell this soon. I'll pay shipping (UPS). I'd like to
get $250.00. Reply e-mail TCF9033@venus.tamu.edu or call me at
409-696-5701

Thanks.
Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:28:32 -0400 
From: "Stephen M. Lacy" <sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: PMGLOBE-32 on hobbes!


Hey there PMGLOBE fans:

I was poking around software.watson.ibm.com and I stumbled across the 32
bit version of PM globe.  I've taken the liberty of uploading it to
hobbes, right now its in the /pub/downloads directory.  Have fun!

Steve

"Eight o'clock in the morning and the daylight makes me look and feel
like hell" -OMD
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Netware requester for OS 2 2.0
From: T.M. RAJKUMAR <RAJKUMAR@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Date: Saturday, 12 Sep 1992 09:09:05 EDT
Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service

I saw the netware requester for OS/2 1.X at hobbes.  Is there a
ftp site that has the novell netware requester for OS/2 2.0.
Thanks
Rajkumar
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: ant@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Anthony Murdoch)
Subject: CKermit for OS/2
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:00:30 GMT


Hi,

I was wondering where I could find a copy of ckermit for OS/2.  I've
looked on local mirrors and checked archie, but to no avail.  any pointers
appreciated.

Thanx in advance
ant
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
From: quicker@access.digex.com (Paul Quicker)
Subject: Disk Caching??
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:14:29 GMT


	I was wondering if anyone knows of an OS2 app which 
	can do disk caching for DOS processes. I had been running
	MulitSoft's Super PC-Kwik under DOS, and not suprisingly
	this does not work in an OS2 compatibilty window. While
	OS2 might be "a better DOS than DOS" when it comes to 
	DOS I/O, Super PCKwik blows OS2 out of the water. 
	I am dealing with large records and a finite budget so
	a caching controller is out of the question. Any ideas???

	Please e-mail to quicker@digex.com
From: hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: OS/2's memory management
Date: 15 Sep 92 23:28:57 GMT
Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

ghdai@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>I have encountered the 'Not enough memory' many times. Even after closing
>almost everything when you see the message, I still can not start another
>or the app I wanted to start.

>A very quick example is to try to manipulate many icon objects. I d/l'ed
>planty of very colorful icons (>1000) from the IBM-NSC-BBS.  Each icon
>file occupies about 888 bytes on disk.  I tried to put all of them in a
>folder naturally called 'Icons' under the desktop folder, but cannot see
>all of them at the same time when opening the folder.  The system is running
>out of memory.  OK, I gave up.  But then you cannot do other things freely
>because the occupied memory seems not released after closing the icons folder.
>I suppose there is something really wrong with OS/2's memory management!

Well known problem - seems to stem from 16-bit WPS/GRE which only allows a
limited number of graphic items on-screen (64k stack limit?) at any
time (includes objects in a window, but not visible). The new kernel
seems particularly prone to this, at leat from rate of comments here 
and elsewhere.

This all goes away with the 32-bit update coming Real Soon Now (but 
in any case, sooner than NT <wickedgrin>).

Tom
Organization: European Academic Research Network (EARN)
Date: Friday, 11 Sep 1992 09:19:21 GMT
From: Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Any X11 server and/or client for OS/2?
 <1992Sep4.152441.1363@midway.uchicago.edu> <92254.143928TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET>

> Btw, TCPIP for OS/2 comes with a great socket library, I just printed its
> online info which made a THICK book on TCPIP programming..

I forgot to include: The product is IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2.. The book
is in in BookMaster format (*.BOO) which is a separate product from IBM.
Unfortunately you need BookMaster to 'read' the .BOO format. I wish they
had the same thing in .INF format in the package.

Regards, -turgut
From: jlw5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOHN LESLIE WILLIAMS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Maple V Under OS/2 2.0
Date: 9 Sep 92 19:27:49 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Has anyone gotten Maple V to work well under OS/2 v2.0?  I can get it to run,
but it seems to have problems deallocating memory.  (IE: when I do a big 3-D
graph, things work the first time, but the next thing fails because I'm "out
of memeory.")  After every command, Maple's memory usage just goes up and up,
until it hits like 700k and then nothing works.  Anyone have any luck with
this one?  (This is Maple V 386 with the January 1992 update.)

Thanks!
-- 

     .,;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,.
     ::'   John Williams  -  Lehigh University - Bethlehell, PA    '::
     ::,     jlw5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu - "James Brown is dead."       ,::
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From: gt1610c@prism.gatech.EDU (MCGAUGH,MICHAEL KENNETH)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.security.misc
Subject: Re: Self-Extracting Binaries dangerous? (Was: REXXShip: Self-Extracting UUEncode!)
Date: 8 Sep 92 21:44:18 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.apps
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Sep8.151847.10060@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>
>It would be terrific, but, unless I'm mistaken, I'm forced to use
>QUEUE statements, which prevents true xx-compatibility.  If anyone has
>any ideas on this, I'll be glad to do it for the next release.
>

Doesn't REXX have a command for reading its own source code?
If it does, why not use that and then keep the xx-compatibility.
Since REXX isn't compiled, you can put any garbage you want in
the source and it doesn't matter as long as the interpreter never
sees the junk.  Have the first line of REXX code jump to the end
of the file, where the uncompress code is.  Then have the uncompress
code read the source code in between, which happens to be the
xx-compatible encoded information.

Hope this works.

Ken.

-- 
M. Ken McGaugh
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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