KAMAS, an acronym for Knowledge and Mind Amplification System, from Compusophic Systems, then Kamasoft (Aloha, Oregon), was, in the 1980s the most influential outliner or outline processor, and the first for CP/M.[1][2] It was a type of word processor that edited outline elements, enabling showing, hiding, promotion, demotion, and moving (cutting and pasting) of outline trees ("branches"). Each string of text occupied a "leaf". While some modern word processing programs include limited outline capability, none has the features of KAMAS. A number of outline processors exist for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, and the AppleMac platforms.[3] None has achieved a significant market share, or the enthusiastic user base which supported KAMAS.[citation needed]
Adam Trent was president of Kamasoft and the central figure in the development of the program. The initial price was $147.
In addition to the outline processor, KAMAS was also released with a programming language, a threaded interpreter most similar to FORTH. It was found to be "complex and not easily learned," and most purchasers of KAMAS never used it.[4]
A simpler version without the programming facilities, Out-Think, was released in 1986.[5] The code was retooled for 8080 and NEC V20 and V30 compatibility (KAMAS required a Zilog Z80). The price was $69.95; the price for KAMAS had dropped to $99.95.
Some disks of auxiliary utility programs were sold.[6]
KAMAS, released in 1984, was the last important application written for the CP/M operating system.[citation needed] Its "home" computer was the Kaypro. An MS-DOS version was released, without the programming language.
The only output was print, or an untagged file image of the printed output, which required extensive editing to import into a word processing program. Except for a limited export in the MS-DOS version to other outline processors such as ThinkTank, there was no file export mechanism preserving the outline structure, nor did any third party develop a converter.
Referencesedit
^James LaRue (September 2001). "A Blast from the Past: Classic Outliners". Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^They are reviewed by Allen Kent, "Computer Programs: Outliners", Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Volume 48, Supplement 12, CRC Press, 1991, ISBN0256116997, pp. 175-220, by John Redmood, "Overview of Windows Outlining Programs," no date, but states "not updated since 2004," http://john.redmood.com/organizers.html, retrieved 2014-09-07, and the two articles of LaRue already cited.
Jonathan Price, Outline Goes Electronic, Ablex, 1999, ISBN1567503780
External linksedit
"Brochure advertising the program" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2014.
"Letters from publisher to purchaser; technical specifications" (PDF). 1985. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
"Brochure advertising Version 2, the MS-DOS version, price $69.95" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2014.
[1]80 Micro review of KAMAS running on TRS-80 Model 4 under Montezuma CP/M
[2]Byte product preview of KAMAS including short example of KAMAS program code
October 26, 2023
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