Morro Owner News Thi i th firs o wha w hop wil b man Micr Decisio owner newsletters I yo lik wha i containe herein an wis t receiv an futur issue o th newsletter b sur t sen i th questionnair i th bac o thi newsletter Whe w receiv th questionnaire w wil pu yo o ou mailin lis fo futur issues Pleas tak th tim t answe al th applicabl questions a thi i ou wa o findin ou wha you ou customers want. grea man change hav occurre a Morro sinc w shippe ou firs Micr Decisio i Sept 1982 Becaus o th overwhelmin succes o th Micr Decision Morro ha grow fro compan employin 4 people t on employin ove 13 people W hav move fro 12,00 squar foo manufacturin plan t plan wit 60,00 squar feet Throughou thes an man othe changes w hav trie t expan an improv th functionalit o th Micr Decision. Becaus eac an ever on o ou customer ha contribute t ou success w though yo migh lik t kno what' bee writte abou th Micr Decisio i th variou review tha hav bee printed s we'v include smal poste fo yo t loo at. excerpt fro reviews] Wh Newsletter? Thi newslette ha bee provide b Morro t serv a foru fo Micr Decisio users Ther ar grea numbe o question an hint tha w ca shar wit eac othe t hel u al ge mor us fro th machines Morro ca le yo kno wha ne product ar o th shelve o ou dealers an wha specia application ou user hav foun fo th machine. Som o th column tha w wis t hav i th newslette are: Why What How - colum i whic question fro M user ar answered. What' New - sectio i whic ne product ar presented. Hint fro Morrow - colum i whic way t perfor no s obviou jo ar given. Grou Aler - lis o ne M user groups .pa Weir Processin - Presentin uniqu application Micr Decisio user hav foun fo thei machines User submi article describin th uniqu use an w wil selec on articl fo eac issue wit th autho gettin fre Morro T-shirt. Also loo fo specia coupons announcements an rumor i eac issue. I orde fo thi newslette t work w nee hel fro you W nee yo t submi you questions hints uniqu uses an anythin els yo wan t share to: MORROW 60 McCormic St. Sa Leandro Calif 94577 ATTN Newslette Dept. Note al submissios becom propert o Morrow....... DISCLAIME ] WHAT' NEW? Morro ha bee quit bus designin ne products Thi month w wil highligh tw products: th ne MD11 har dis base MD an th MM300 Mode an softwar packag speciall designe fo th MD. MD11 DESCRIPTIO O MD1 ] MM300 DESCRIPTIO O MM30 ] GROU ALERT Ther ar numbe o M user group aroun th country The wer starte b M user wh fel tha stron suppor grou coul hel the ge mor us fro thei machine User group provid th perfec plac fo discussions gues speakers an fo gettin advice I addition man user group hav collecte diskette o softwar tha ca b give awa fo jus th cos o th diskette O thes "Librar Volumes" ther ar som specia purpos programs bu als grea man gem tha everyon wil fin fun and useful. Curren User Groups lis o user group ] I yo kno o an user group tha ar no i thi list le u know s tha w ma announc the i th nex newsletter. I ther i no user grou i you area as you deale t contac u concernin th User Grou Start-U Kit Th ki contain sampl by-laws lis o othe M owner nea you and???????? Hint fro Morrow How to change WordStar to work with a different kind of printer Man Micr Decisio user hav reporte problem i gettin thei WordSta t wor wit thei printer The wan t b abl t perfor su an super-scripts alternat pitch etc..... Well smile Followin i th procedur use t chang th typ o printe tha WordSta think it' talkin to I th description al use inpu i underlined I i VERY importan tha yo ente exactl wha appear i th procedure Failur t d s ma no yiel th result desired. Ste 1 Mak cop o you WordSta Workin diskette usin th BACKU selectio fro th Micr Menus. Ste 2 Plac you cop o th WordSta workin diskett i Driv A an plac you WordSta distributio diskett th on wit the Micro-pro label on it) in drive B. Ste 3 Rese you system I yo g directl t th W "No-File menu typ X t ge ou o WS You should now be looking at the "A>" on your screen. Step 4. Type: A>B:[RETURN] You should now have the B> on your screen. Type B>INSTWS[RETURN] Now, we are in the WordStar installation program.  COPYRIGHT (C) 1981 MicroPro International Corporation INSTALL version 4.2 for MicroPro WordStar release 3.00 Do you want a normal first-time INSTALLation of WordStar? (Y = yes; N = display other options): N answe n here sinc yo alread hav WordSta workin o you system.  ***** WordStar INSTALLATION OPTIONS MENU ***** A INSTALLation of a distributed WordStar, INSTALLing WSU.COM, producing WS.COM, and then running the INSTALLed WordStar. B INSTALLation or re-INSTALLation of a WordStar COM file of your choice, placing the newly INSTALLed WordStar in a file of your choice, and then exiting to the operating system. C Same as B except run the INSTALLed WordStar. D Modification of the INSTALLation of a WordStar COM file of your choice. The modified WordStar replaces the original file. The modified WordStar is then run. PLEASE ENTER SELECTION (A, B, C, or D): B Selec optio   here sinc yo ar re-installin workin version of WordStar. Filename of WordStar to be INSTALLed? A:WS.COM WS.CO͠ i th nam o th existin cop o WordSta yo ar modifying, and it is on the diskette in drive A. Filenam fo savin INSTALLe WordStar A:WS.COM You want to put the new version back where it was.  MicroPro WordStar release 3.00 serial # WU55604K ***** WordStar TERMINAL MENU #1 ***** A Lear-Siegler ADM-3A C Lear-Siegler ADM-31 D Hazeltine 1500 E Microterm ACT-IV F Beehive 150/Cromemco 3100 G Imsai VIO H Hewlett-Packard 2621 A/P I Infoton I-100 J Processor Tech Sol / VDM K Soroc IQ-120/140 L Perkin-Elmer 550 (Bantam) 2 Terminal Menu #2 3 Terminal Menu #3 Z none of the above U no change PLEASE ENTER SELECTION (1 LETTER): U I i ver importan tha yo d no chang this D no b alarme i yo d no hav th typ o termina tha thi say you do. The MD is smart enough to know how to trick WS. Previous selection kept unchanged: Lear-Siegler ADM-31 Thi ma sa Lea Seigle ADM-31 ADM-3A o Soro IQ-120/140 just ignore this, and answer yes below. OK (Y/N): Y  ***** PRINTER MENU ***** (More specific info is displayed after choice is entered) A Any "Teletype-like" printer (ie almost any printer) C "Teletype-like" printer that can BACKSPACE D DIABLO 1610/1620 daisy wheel printer E DIABLO 1640/1650/630/Xerox 1700 series daisy wheel printer F QUME Sprint 5 daisy wheel printer G NEC Spinwriter 5510/5520 thimble printer I "Half-Line-Feed" Printers M I/O Master / O.E.M. Printer Combination R C. Itoh/TEC Starwriter Printer U no change Z none of the above PLEASE ENTER SELECTION (1 LETTER): A THIS IS IT!!!!!! When you get to this point, select your printer. Some hints on what to select if your printer is not listed: You have a: Select: Morrow printer D TELETEX (TTX) D Transtar D Dot-Matrix probably A The text that follows will vary on what choice you made above Teletype-like printer This selection will drive almost any printer. The printer must be capable of responding to ASCII printing characters, carriage return, and line feed only. Make sure any AUTO LF or LOCAL LF switch is OFF. If your printer is capable of backspacing, use CHOICE C instead for faster output. If you have a DAISY WHEEL or thimble printer shown on the menu, use the appropriate choice in order to obtain "Micro- justified" output and additional formatting capabilities. Refer to manual for instructions on patching in optional control sequences for ribbon color change, character pitch change, and half-line roll (for subscripts and superscripts) if your printer has these capabilities. OK (Y/N): Y Most Teletype-like printers use no communications protocol. ***** COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL MENU ***** A "Communications Protocol" is necessary with some printers to prevent printer buffer overflow and character loss. E "ETX/ACK" Protocol X "X-ON/X-OFF" Protocol N NONE required (or handled outside of WordStar) U no change PLEASE ENTER SELECTION (E, X, N, B, or U): U D no specif an protoco here Th Micro-Decisio handle it outside of WordStar. Previous selection kept unchanged: No communications protocol OK (Y/N): Y With no protocol, the usual driver selection (below) is L ***** DRIVER MENU ***** Or, how should WordStar send characters to your printer? L CP/M "List" device (LST:) T CP/M primary console device (TTY:) C CP/M secondary console device (CRT:) P Port Driver (direct I/O to 8-bit ports) N Parallel Centronics Printer Driver Q Serial Driver on TRS-80 Model-2 S User-installed driver subroutines U no change PLEASE ENTER SELECTION (L,T,C,P,N,P,S,B or U): U DO NOT SPECIFY ANYTHING OTHER THAN U HERE!!!! I you Micr Decisio i equippe wit Paralle printer yo mus us th SETUP.CO progra an se th printe por t b Centronics Thi wil assig th Centronic por t b th LS device.  Previous selection kept unchanged: CP/M List Output driver (LST:) OK (Y/N): Y ARE THE MODIFICATIONS TO WORDSTAR NOW COMPLETE? IF THEY ARE ANSWER YES TO THE NEXT QUESTION. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE ADDITIONAL PATCHES TO WORDSTAR'S USER AREAS, ANSWER NO TO THE NEXT QUESTION. OK (Y/N): Y CONFIRM TERMINAL AND PRINTER SELECTIONS: Lear-Siegler ADM-31 Teletype-like printer No communications protocol CP/M List Output driver (LST:) OK (Y/N): Y That's all there is to it! The possible terminal and printer selection shown above are: For Terminal: Lear-Seigler ADM-3A Soroc IQ-120/140 Lear-Seigler ADM-31 For Printer: Depends on what you have. For Communications protocol: No communication protocol For output driver: CP/M List Output Driver I yo d no hav thi setup yo shoul answe n whe aske t confirm selections at the last question above.  MD SPEEDUР -- HOנ TϠ CHANGŠ THŠ STEР RATŠ OƠ TH DRIVES?????????? Weir Processing W nee you hel fo thi one. Why What How? usin question fro custome servic ] MDT2 graphics wh d hav t pa fo Quest Wh i Micr Men curren driv se t a first? addin dis drive insid m cabinet STAԠ DEV: SETUP BAZIC,BASIC,MBASIà what th difference... COUPO CORNER Coupo fo functio ke progra fro 1s principle softwar fo hal of th program Coupo fo Brin Friend hav frien sen i th coupo wit hi warrant card whe h buy MD an send th coupo i wit hi warrant card yo wil bot b sen fre cop o Smar Checkbook. .PA MICRO DECISION OWNERS NEWS QUESTIONNAIRE AND SIGNUP FORM ___ Yes, I wish to receive further issues of the Morrow Owners News __ߠ No ɠ hav enoug stuf t rea everyda withou gettin ye anothe publication. I thi newslette wa no addresse correctly pleas mak an necessar correction o th addres labe an tape glue o cemen i here. ____________________________________________ | | | | | CORRECTED ADDRESS LABEL | | | |____________________________________________| Pleas tak fe minute t answe th question tha follow Onl b knowin ho ar machine ar used ca Morro effectivel continu t improv an expan ou produc line. You Profession: _______ A Student B Writer C Small business owner D Professional not involved in computer field E Professional in computer field Your Annual Income ________ Your Age _________ A Less than $10,000 A under 20 B $10,001 - $20,000 B 20 to 30 C $20,001 - $30,000 C 30 to 40 D $30,001 - $40,000 D 40 to 60 E $40,001 and up E over 60 Wha othe computer(s di yo conside buying (Chec al tha apply) ___ IBM ___ Apple ___ Hewlett-Packard ___ Osborne ___ Kaypro ___ Televideo ___ Xerox ___ North Star ___ Radio Shack ___ Other (please list) _____________________________________ Where did you first here about the Micro Decision? ___ From a friend ___ Computer store ___ Newspaper Ad ___ Magazine (give name) ______________________ Why did you decide to buy the Micro Decision? (check all that apply) ___ Price ___ Performance ___ Reputation ___ Software ___ Other (please list) _____________________________________ .pa Which computer was your second choice? ___ IBM ___ Apple ___ Hewlett-Packard ___ Osborne ___ Kaypro ___ Televideo ___ Xerox ___ North Star ___ Radio Shack ___ Other (please list) _____________________________________ What did you buy your computer for? (rank with 1 being main use) ___ Wordprocessing ___ Accounting ___ Record keeping (data base) ___ Financial Modeling ___ Education ___ Games ___ Laboratory analysis ___ Other (please list) __________________________ What do you use your computer for? (rank with 1 being main use) ___ Wordprocessing ___ Accounting ___ Record keeping (data base) ___ Financial Modeling ___ Education ___ Games ___ Laboratory analysis ___ Other (please list) __________________________ Do you belong to a Micro Decision users group? ___ Yes ___ No Do you want to belong to a Micro Decision users group? ___ Yes ___ No What model Micro Decision do you have? ___ MD1 ___ MD2 ___ MD3 What kind of terminal do you have? ___ Morrow MDT20 ___ Morrow MDT50 ___ Televideo ___ Qume ___ Other (give type) ______________________ What kind of printer do you have? ___ Morrow ___ Star Gemini ___ Epson ___ NEC ___ Diablo ___ Transtar ___ TTX ___ Mannesman-Tally ___ Qume ___ Toshiba ___ Other (give type) ____________ Do you have a MODEM? ___ Yes ___ No Please list any additional software you have bought for your Micro Decision. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Please rate the supplied software on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being exceptional. If you have not used a particular program rate it as a 0. ___ Micro Menus ___ WordStar ___ LogiCalc ___ Personal Pearl ___ Quest ___ Correct-It ___ MBASIC ___ BAZIC ___ Pilot What changes would you recommend be made to the supplied software? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ What changes would you recommend be made to the hardware? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ .pa What publications do you read? Computer Publications: Regularly Occasionally Rarely Never ___ ___ ___ ___ BYTE ___ ___ ___ ___ INFOWORLD ___ ___ ___ ___ MICROSYSTEMS ___ ___ ___ ___ MICROCOMPUTING ___ ___ ___ ___ POPULAR COMPUTER ___ ___ ___ ___ PERSONA COMPUTING Business Publications: ___ ___ ___ ___ FORTUNE ___ ___ ___ ___ FORBES ___ ___ ___ ___ WALL STREET JOURNAL ___ ___ ___ ___ INC. ___ ___ ___ ___ MONEY ___ ___ ___ ___ VENTURE Other Publications: ___ ___ ___ ___ TIME ___ ___ ___ ___ NEWSWEEK ___ ___ ___ ___ PEOPLE ___ ___ ___ ___ ATLANTIC MONTHLY ___ ___ ___ ___ NEW YORKER Please list here, any magazines you read that are not on the above list _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Would you buy a Micro Decision again? ___ Yes ___ No Check here if you never got a Pilot Manual. ___ Than yo fo takin th tim t answe thes questions I yo hav an othe comment o suggestion t mak concernin you Micr Decision pleas make them in the space provided below. Comments about your Micro Decision _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________