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- Documentation for the files:
- LETTER.ASM
- LETTER.COM
- NAMES.DAT
- MYMAC.LIB
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-
- Robert C. Minnick
- Box 306
- Ouray, Colorado 81427
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-
-
- These files are used to create a "null" letter file and
- an envelope file for processing by the TEX program. Required
- for reassembly are the MAC macro-assembler and the MACRO.LIB
- (User's Group 24.4). If MAC is not available, LETTER.COM should
- run (in about 4K). If MACRO.LIB is not available, the MOVE and
- PRINT macros used in LETTER.ASM should be obvious, and can be
- re-written.
-
- First, the NAMES.DAT file should be prepared. Header
- data allow several alternative return addresses as shown in the
- sample. Headers [0] through [4] left-justify this information,
- while headers [5] through [9] use [n-5] and center the
- information. The body information includes the to-addresses
- and the salutations--the latter are in brackets. Indices to
- the bodies are two letters and a digit. The tail information
- allows the choice of 10 possible terminations, with indices [0]
- through [9]. Notice that the last body index is the dummy
- [ZZ9] and that the last datum in the file is "[".
-
- Next, create the letter and envelope files by the
- command:
- LETTER <parm1>,<parm2>,<parm3>
- where the three parameters are the head, body and tail,
- respectively. Files EE<parm2>.TEX and LL<parm2>.TEX will be
- formed. The EE file can be used to prepare the envelope (legal
- sized) directly with TEX EE<parm2> $L. The LL file is to be
- further processed using the EDitor. Note that "XX" and "YY"
- appear in LL for easy ED searching, using for instance the N, F
- or S commands.
-
- By having certain standard paragraphs ( .LIB) available,
- the R command in the EDitor becomes useful for quick assembly
- of at least a portion of the letter text.
-
- The system is set up for 8.5" x 11" paper; on my
- Selectric I align the typeball with the left edge of the paper,
- and start with the top of the paper just under the hold-down
- bail. The envelope is started with the top even with the top
- of the ribbon.
-
- One comment regarding the LETTER.ASM is that there appear
- some jumps which could have been avoided by additional levels
- of WHENs. These were put in simply because I ran out of symbol
- table space in my 36K system. I'd be interested in hearing if
- someone with a larger system can eliminate them successfully.
-