Re: COMMAND.COM for ProDOS 8

[jmaes@sonycsce.com (Jan A. J. Maes)]

In article <ga02411@pro-palmtree.cts.com>, rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com
(Richard Der) wrote:

>  
> Does anyone know where COMMAND.COM for P8 can be found? This was a
> neat little shareware shell that replaced BASIC.SYSTEM and works
> exactly like MS-DOS. It was later released by the authors as
> freeware.
>  
> The package also includes some 100 DOS style utilities that does
> things that BASIC.SYSTEM does not, such as format disks and drive
> a modem.
> 
> 
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Command.com wasn't a shareware program but a commercial product published
by Pinpoint Publishing.
Exactly what happened to Pinpoint I can't remember but I am pretty sure
they are no longer around.
Whether Command.com turned into a shaware or freeware/public domain
program I really do not know but I doubt it.  None of the other Pinpoint
products have, as far as I know.
I could be wrong of course.

I have Command.com myself and I like it.  In fact I liked it so much I
wanted to write some more commands for it.
Unfortunately, for this you need the book "Inside Command.com" which I
have been trying to find for years now and have been unable to do so.
So, if anybody out there has this book, please contact me.  I would be
most interested.

Anyway, if the status of Command.com does indeed turn out to be freeware,
I can send it to you.

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