SUMMARY OF ZCPR2 UTILITIES

                        THE ENVIRONMENTS THEY CAN RUN IN

        
                                 by Richard Conn


             1.   Foreword  One misconception which many people who first 
        see the ZCPR2 system have is that the programs which are provided 
        with ZCPR2 will run only under ZCPR2.  In many instances, this is 
        not the case.   All of the ZCPR2 utilities can be installed,  via 
        the ZCPR2 utility called GENINS (GENINS can even install itself), 
        and  one way to install these utilities is to ignore all  of  the 
        ZCPR2 special features.   By so installing them, these utilities, 
        in many cases, will run under CP/M 2.2 (unmodified) and CP/M Plus 
        without  any further alteration.   All such utilities are in  the 
        public domain,  so they may be used freely by everyone,  even the 
        non-ZCPR2 community.

             2.  Summary of the Utilities

                                                     Run Under CP/M
        Program Name   Function                        2.2? Plus?

        CD             Log Into New Named Directory     Yes(1) No
        COMMENT        Comment Facility                 Yes    Yes
        COMPARE        Compare Two Files                Yes    Yes
        CONFIG         Prepare Terminal Config File     Yes    Yes
        CRC            Compute CRC Values               Yes    Yes

        DEVICE         Redirected Device Driver Select  Yes(1) No
        DIFF           List File Differences            Yes    Yes
        DU2            Disk Utility 2                   Yes    Yes

        ECHO           Echo Text/Commands to Screen     Yes    Yes
                            or Printer
        ERASE          Erase Files                      Yes    Yes

        FIND           Search for Files                 Yes    Yes

        GENINS         Installation Program             Yes    Yes

        HELP2          Online Documentation System      Yes    Yes

        IOLOADER       Redirected I/O System Loader     Yes(1) No

        LD             Named Dir Loader                 Yes(1) No
        LDIRZ          LU Directory Display             Yes    Yes
        LRUNZ          LU File Execution                Yes    Yes















                                                     Run Under CP/M
        Program Name   Function                        2.2? Plus?

        MCHECK         Menu Checker                     No     No
        MCOPY          Multiple Copy Utility            Yes    Yes
        MENU           Menu Processor                   No     No
        MKDIR          Created Named Dirs               Yes(1) No

        PAGE           Extended File Lister             Yes    Yes
        PATH           Manipulate Paths                 No     No
        PHELP          Print Help Files                 Yes    Yes
        PRINT3         Extended File Printer            Yes    Yes
        PROTECT        Set File Protection              Yes    Yes
        PWD            Print Working Directory          Yes(1) No

        RECORD         Enable I/O Recorder              Yes(1) No
        RENAME         Rename Files                     Yes    Yes

        SAK            Abort Multiple Command Line      No     No
        STARTUP        Dir-Based Command Line Init      No     No
        SUB2           Disk-Based Command Files         Yes    Yes
        SYSIO          Redirected I/O System            Yes    No

        TINIT          Terminal Programmer              Yes    Yes

        UNERA          Unerase Files                    Yes    Yes

        VFILER2        File Manipulation System         Yes    Yes

        WHEEL          Wheel Byte Control               No     No

        XDIR3          Extended Directory Display       Yes    Yes

        ZEX            Memory-Based Command Files       Yes    No

             (1) Yes IF a mod to the BIOS is made to init a buffer


             3.  Notes on the ZCPR2 Utilities

                  A.  Most ZCPR2 utilities have built-in documentation so 
        that the user can ask them what the syntax of their command lines 
        is

                  B.   ALL  ZCPR2 utilities have things such as  internal 
        paths  which enable some ZCPR2 features to be realized on  simple 
        CP/M systems without any modification to the system itself

                  C.   Most  ZCPR2  utilities offer advantages  over  the 
        conventional  counterparts available;  for example,  ERASE erases 
        R/O files (with prompting), has an inspect mode (so that the user 
        can  say Y or N to each file  selected  independently),  built-in 
        help, and file lists as arguments (ie, ERASE F1,F2,F3,...)