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Re: DEBE?

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On 01/02/2021 18:50, Peter Flass wrote:
> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Sorry to be obtuse, but what is DEBE and what does it do?
>>>
>>> There's some discussion about it's origin upon googling
>>> but nothing to satisfy one's curiosity!
>>>
>>
>> Of course, it “Does Everything but Eat.”
>>
>
> DEBE was a “do everything” program, like DITTO. one was for OS and one for
> DOS, but I can’t recall  which was which. They were both invaluable
> programs for things like media conversion - tape to print, etc., but, as I
> recall, they did a lot more.  Every shop probably had a copy.
>

A bit like DEC's PIP then?

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DEBE? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-01 14:33 +0000
  Re: DEBE? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-01 11:45 -0700
    Re: DEBE? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-01 11:50 -0700
      Re: DEBE? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-01 19:40 +0000
      Re: DEBE? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-02-02 10:06 -1000
        Re: DEBE? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-02-02 14:13 -1000
  Re: DEBE? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-02-02 02:52 +0000
    Re: DEBE? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-02 14:59 -0700
      Re: DEBE? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-02-02 22:33 +0000
      Re: DEBE? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-02-03 18:30 +0000
        Re: DEBE? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-03 12:34 -0700

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