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[REQUEST] Jack2 integrated package

wyanwyan
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This was my first word processor for MS-DOS in the 80s, but haven't been able to find barely anything about it, let alone the actual software. I'd appreciate it if someone had the original floppy disk images to preserve.

Some links with passing mentions to this software:
https://www.inc.com/magazine/19850201/9875_pagen_5.html
https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n10/S4_Integrated_packages_a_cl.php

Comments

  • wyanwyan
    Bumping to see if anyone remembers this software. I'd love to find a copy still floating somewhere :)
  • wyanwyan
    Bumping again in the hopes that it appears somewhere...

    There was a previous version called "The Incredible Jack" for the Apple II, the manuals of which are on archive.org, but sadly not the software itself.

    Also, it seems to have been a UCSD p-System Pascal program, which makes sense, since it used its own floppy disk format for saving files, not compatible with DOS.
  • wyanwyan
    Bumping again :)
  • menagemenage
    The good news is that the Apple II version disk seems to be available on Internet Archive as The Incredible JACK! Front Side West which is a strange naming convention. The woz disk image requires showing all files.

    In theory, one might be able to extract the pcode of the application to run on other UCSD Pascal implementations using the same pcode version. Apple Pascal is derived from UCSD Pascal II so Pascal II for the IBM PC would be the most likely to work. The more common Pascal is the Softech Pascal IV which uses a different pcode and probably won't work.

    Might not work anyway if any assembler code specific to the Apple II was included. How much effort are you willing to waste on something that might not succeed?

    Note that while Jack may not have the ability to move files to MS-DOS disks, some versions of UCSD Pascal included an application to transfer files from the special UCSD formats to IBM PC formats. I don't know the exact specifics since those came out after my time using UCSD Pascal had ended.
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