2MF SHELL ver 1.1 README FILE
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2MFSHELL ver 1.1 is intended for use with Ciriaco Garcia de Celis's 2M
and 2MF ver 3.0 diskette formatting utilities - it provides a simple
graphical shell for using these programs. It doesn't replace 2M and 2MF; it
just makes it easier to use them.


2M must be loaded into memory (memory-resident) before you
can use either 2MF or 2MFSHELL.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: I make my 2MF SHELL program available as freeware. I
accept no liability whatsoever for any damage or harm caused by the
use/misuse of this program and supply it without any warranty, express
or implied, of its fitness for ANY purpose - it is supplied as is.

Before using 2M.COM, 2MF.EXE or 2MSHELL.EXE, please READ ALL OF THE
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION!

PLEASE SCAN ALL AND ANY SOFTWARE YOU DOWNLOAD, OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, FOR
THE PRESENCE OF VIRUSSES!

I do apologise for any spelling and/or other errors in this text file
and in my program - I have been writing these late at night :)
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Legal stuff aside, I have used my program under both DOS and Windows,
and haven't found any serious or dangerous bugs - still, I advise caution
when using ANY program that formats diskettes! The rule is "there is ALWAYS
one more bug".

My program is FREEWARE - since Ciriaco Garcia de Celis made his program
available at no cost, it would hardly be fair if I charged for my shell
program. Besides, I wrote it for two reasons only: (1) I'm lazy and
don't like the DOS command-line, (2) for the FUN of it ;)

Be warned that it's not much of a program - because I am not a
professional programmer. AND I don't intend to provide any support for it
whatsoever (although, maybe just for the FUN of it... :))


USING 2MFSHELL
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	1. Under DOS
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	Simply type "2MFSHELL" at the DOS prompt (without the quotes).

	2. Under Windows
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	Add the 2MFSHELL.PIF to one of your Program Manager groups and
	use the supplied icon (2MFSHELL.ICO).

	Simple, huh?

The 2MF option switches are explained in Ciriaco Garcia de Celis's
documentation. My program's on-line help (very limited) is largely 
plagiarised from his documentation.

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Some points to note:
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Since the 2MF default is for making fast, safe disks, 2MFSHELL loads with
the /F option checked. You can clear it by clicking on the "Clear"
command button.

You can override any options/ commands by editing the text window directly.
In fact, you can type almost any legal command in the text window and it
will be executed - it will simply be shelled to DOS.

The "Dir list" and "Check disk" options in 2MFSHELL do exactly what
they say they do - "Dir list" activates for DOS DIR command for the
selected drive; "Check disk" activates the DOS CHKDSK command for the
selected drive.

The /V option for automatic sequencing of diskette volume labels is a
useful feature for batch formatting operations. In 2MFSHELL, a dialog will
appear with "001" already highlighted in the text window - typing anything 
will replace the highlighted text; hitting the "home" key on your keyboard
will place the text cursor in front of the "001" highlight.

If you don't select a diskette density option, Mr de Celis's 2MF program
will attempt to auto-detect diskette density (at least, it did on my
computer).

The rest is pretty self-explanatory (I hope :)). Just play around - you can
always hit "escape" to exit or cancel before doing anything stupid.
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The 2M ver 3.0 beta release was very kindly supplied to me by Mr de Celis
and I used it to update version 1 of my shell program.

Once again, thanks to Ciriaco Garcia de Celis for a powerful and useful
utility.

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2MFSHELL.EXE was written with Microsoft Visual Basic for DOS.
MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 and Visual Basic for DOS are copyrighted to
Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark of the
Microsoft Corporation.
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'Nuff zed!

Have fun.

Grant Botes
(INTERNET: grantb@iaccess.za)

25 February 1995