Re: WTB: Typing utility for Nibble Mag

[gareth@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

L.Jiminez (72255.727@CompuServe.COM) wrote:
: Alberto Roffe wrote:
:  
:  > I have some old issues of Nibble Magazine and I am interested in typing
:  > in the program listings.
:  >
:  > For that purpose, I would like to get the "typing checker" utility
:  > called Key Perfect 5.0. Anyone still has this oldie and is willing to
:  > sell it? E-mail me if that's the case!
:  
: Nibble stopped using Key Perfect. What you want is either Accutype or
: CheckIt. Accutype is *extremely* difficult to get. I've been trying for
: months. CheckIt is more readily available.
:  
: Typing in Nibble programs, even small ones, is a very time consuming task.
: An Applesoft editor such as PROGRAM WRITER helps. You could also use a
: text editor or word processor to write the code and then EXEC that file
: into memory. But the quickest way, if you've got QUICKIE & INWORDS, is to
: scan the code into a text file and then EXEC that file into memory.
:  
: Normally you must manually type a line of Applesoft at the BASIC prompt
: and then hit the return key before CHECKIT shows you the checksum for that
: particular line. Scott Alfter wrote a patch for CHECKIT that lets you
: develop the checksum, for each individual line, AFTER your program is in
: memory. It isn't ACCUTYPE but it is much better that the interactive
: entry/checking method of regular CHECKIT. Scott's file is in the A2PRO
: area of GEnie.
:  
: Nez

If you have a few dollars, there's an appealing alternative: with a 
Quickie Scanner (from Vitesse) and inWords software, SCAN the program in. 
You'll have to train the program to read the typeface in Nibble, but 
after you have, the data entry time becomes mere seconds.

By the way, Accutype does not produce the same sort of checksum as 
KeyPerfect. If you want to type older Nibble programs, you need keyperfect.

-Ga