17 Feb 90

A lot of new things have been going on recently with the Shoebox.
Thanks to the efforts of Dave Brown and Fred Scipione we have a
new BIOS. I have been testing some of the new Z-System software
on it.  Here's a brief rundown:

BIOS - v2.9 cures the IX/IY register bug that caused any number of
       problems. It also adds a C: phantom drive, improved typeahead
       buffer scheme, and a BIOS-tick clock.  There's probably more
       but basically all known limitations and bugs have been fixed.

DOSDisk - from Plu$Perfect, adds the capability of reading/writing 
          360K MS-DOS disks complete with individual file access
          and Sub-Dirs. Unlike other seemingly similar programs, with
          DosDisk you can ignore the fact the disk is MSDOS and just
          work on it like it was CP/M. Loads as a small RSX.
          I'm working with P$P to make this available as a standard
          version.

ZSDOS - a vastly improved BDOS replacement. Adds timekeeping and date
        stamping. Works with new BIOS-tick clock.

NZCOM - the auto-install ZCPR system. Change system configs on the fly.
        All the great Z utilties work with it. When used with ZSDOS
        you can use TEX the time scheduler and have timed execution.

ZCPR34 - I have the source code for Z34 and have tested various combos
         successfully on the 'box. Many variants come with NZCOM
         including time-in-prompt if you have ZSDOS.


For more information contact me via:

Jim Lill
=>the Vector Board BBS
716-544-1863