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I have a CPMUG #5 disk image - PIP source code???

Ragnarock

Ragnarock

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My understanding is that there are some CPMUG #5 diskettes out in the wild that possibly have erased PIP.PLM source code
that would contribute to CP/M historic archives.

I have an old CPMUG #5 diskette in a batch of disks bought on ebay a few years ago.

Here is a .img of that disk if anyone knows what to look for.

http://rogerarrick.com/cpmug5/
 
There is no PIP in the directory of the disk, deleted or otherwise. However, there were copies of BDOS.PLM, CCP.PLM, and LOAD.PLM on the disk.

PIP was mentioned in VOLUME5.DOC:

BASIC-E

THIS DISKETTE CONTAINS 2 VERSIONS OF THE BASIC-E COMPILER
BAS2-0 AND BAS2-1, AND THREE VERSIONS OF THE RUN-TIME
INTERPRETER RUNK2-0, RUN2-2 AND RUN2-3. THE BUGS AND
RELATIVE MERITS ARE UNKNOWN. TRY THEM. NOTE THAT IN
THESE VERSIONS, THE COMPILE TIME OPTIONS ARE PLACED IN
THE COMMAND NOT IN THE FILE - EG "BAS2-1 WUMPUS $B"

OTHELLO IS OVERFLOW BASIC-E PROGRAM FROM VOLUME 5



MICROSOFT BASIC (AND SIMILAR)

THE FILES ???????.ASC ARE ASCII SOURCES OF PROGRAMS WRITTEN
IN MICROSOFT - TYPE BASIC. PROBABLY NEEDS LITTLE PATCHING
FOR DEC PDP11 EXTENDED BASIC, TDL AND OTHERS. THE SUFFIX
ASC IS USED TO DISTINGUISH THEM FROM THE TOKEN FILES WITH
BINARY LINE NUMBERS, WHICH HAVE .BAS SUFFICES.



CP/M SOURCE FILES

THE JUNE 1975 RELEASE OF CP/M IS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN. THE PLM
AND ASSEMBLY FILES HERE ARE PART OF THAT RELEASE.

THE FULL RELEASE WAS:

CCP.PLM
BDOS.PLM
PIP.PLM
LOAD.PLM
DUMP.ASM
IOLIB.PLM

THESE ARE CERTIFIED BY GARY KILDALL TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT RESTRICTION
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My understanding from Allen/Larry Green is there is possibly a copy of PIP source code that had been deleted and possibly recoverable.
My understanding is that the sources found so far had gaps that had to be filled by larry and others.
 
The early PIP.PLM printout discovered had a gap which I filled in about 6 years ago. I see after reading some comp.os.cpm discussion it was the SIG/M #5 disk that had some Z-PIP.PLM fragments.
The PLM source code on CPMUG #5 had been reconstructed from deleted files (not PIP) but this is the first disk to show them in the directory and they are intact. Whatever was considered Z-PIP.PLM
is still a mystery.

Larry G
 
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