"A2Pro"  wrote in message 
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>The "ReadMe.txt" file in the archive
"AppleShellDisks.zip" states that the 
>archive contains a file named "SHELL65A.PDF".  It does not.

Hi Willi,

The release notes are as follows (previously posted):

The Aztec C Shells for DOS 3.3 and ProDOS are now up for download from the
following links:

Diskimages and text-docs only (very small)

http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/AppleShellDisks.zip

Diskimages and text-docs and fairly large 41 page scanned manual

http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/AppleShell.zip

The rationale here is that given a choice between downloading 274K and 4.39 
MB for the same zip file including the scanned pdf manual I considered that 
I would also make a light version. However, I intend to add to this 
collection and categorically refuse to maintain 2 ReadMe's for a WIP (Work 
In Progress).

Was there something you liked about this or are you just being helpful?:)

The alternative of course is to remove the small file and leave the ReadMe 
as is in the large file (just kidding), but since the links were offered 
with the release notes above and haven't been posted without them, I think 
you might be pulling my leg and letting me know that someone is actually 
spotting my deliberate error.

Anyway, I have a number of filters to complete before I call it day on this 
one, and one in particular is a variation of Soundex and Metaphone which was 
born in the International C Echo from Fido in one of its latest incarnations 
back at the turn of the Millenia, with help from the late Charles Angelich 
(Ghost in the Machine).

When you see this addition completed, you will forgive me for making the zip 
you downloaded too small. Either that or you can jump right in and help me 
expand the documentation on this. I would really like to split the shell 
commands for ProDOS from Phoenyx's Phade Software manpages into a standalone 
shell command reference and also reformat these so they don't need to be 
magnified in a browser to be read by old eyes. A Pdf version might be nice 
but HTML is still the smallest method of dealing with a manual outside of 
plain text or manpages.

Did you try the native mode compiler for the shell? I put a shell script in 
place that takes command line arguments and will build the filters and the 
example programs.

Another cool thing that I want to do with the native mode ProDOS compiler 
which I didn't bother with this go-around is to make a distribution that 
loads the essential tools into the RAM disk for building SHELL programs.

My use of the CG65 compiler from here (the gmail version) was to see what 
its differences are from the version that I based AppleX on. I have yet to 
try this with a C64 but it has some intructions on how to modify zero page 
settings for that platform as well. For ROMable code I doubt if I will do 
much but someone building a 6502 based device-thingy of some kind might want 
to give this a whirl for a ROM based controller.

When I talked to Harry Suckow about a big japanese company who shall for the 
time being go nameless, they redistributed the ROM compiler with their 
embedded systems to countless developers after only purchasing 2 licences. 
Harry didn't have the ways and means to stop the Kamikaze Kompilers. I 
suspect this might be the same compiler and I will be asking Harry the next 
time we talk.

Anyway, again thanks for taking the time to actually read the docs.

Going now,

Bill
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