REMOVING THE dBASE LOGOS FROM VERSION 1.1 OF dBASE III PLUS =========================================================== First of all, make copies of the following (installed) files from your dBASE disks or your hard disk: DBASE.MSG DBASEINL.OVL DBASE.EXE Do NOT use the original files for the following procedures!!! Place the COPIES of the above files on a floppy disk or in a subdirectory with the DOS DEBUG.COM file. 1. DBASE.MSG ========= a. Enter the following command: DEBUG DBASE.MSG You should now see a dash followed by a blinking cursor. b. Enter the following exactly as shown: You Enter Screen Responds You Enter --------- --------------- --------- E CS:176D [RETURN] 22CE:176D 50. 00 [RETURN] E CS:1787 [RETURN] 22CE:1787 44. 00 [RETURN] E CS:17A1 [RETURN] 22CE:17A1 33. 00 [RETURN] E CS:17B3 [RETURN] 22CE:17B3 54. 00 [RETURN] E CS:2D8D [RETURN] 22CE:2D8D 54. 00 [RETURN] E CS:2DFE [RETURN] 22CE:2DFE 50. 00 [RETURN] W [RETURN] Writing 3084 bytes Q 2. DBASEINL.OVL ============ a. Enter the command: DEBUG DBASEINL.OVL and the dash followed by a blinking cursor should appear. b. Enter the following commands exactly as given: You Enter Screen Responds You Enter --------- --------------- --------- E CS:14B2 [RETURN] 22CE:14B2 20. 00 [RETURN] E CS:1503 [RETURN] 22CE:1503 20. 00 [RETURN] E CS:67CE [RETURN] 22CE:67CE 64. 00 [RETURN] E CS:6E9 [RETURN] 22CE:06E9 9A EB [SPACE BAR] E2 03 [RETURN] E CS:72B [RETURN] 22CE:072B 9A EB [SPACE BAR] 0F 03 [RETURN] E CS:5755 [RETURN] 22CE:5755 2A 00 [RETURN] E CS:67CE [RETURN] 22CE:67CE ??* 00 [RETURN] W [RETURN] Writing 6C00 bytes Q 3. DBASE.EXE ========= a. RENAME DBASE.EXE DBASE.TMP b. Enter the command DEBUG DBASE.TMP E CS:8A35 [RETURN] 22CE:8A35 75. 90 [SPACE BAR] E3 90 [RETURN] W Writing 20A00 bytes Q c. RENAME DBASE.TMP DBASE.EXE This has worked very well for me and release 1.1 of dBASE III PLUS runs with no problems - and without the opening logo or the ending logo. pa