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MSG.COM is a TSR that intercepts incoming Novell "SEND" messages from
the NetWare DOS Shell (NETx version 3.01 and newer).
The goal of MSG is to keep incoming Novell broadcast messages from
locking up the DOS workstation until the user presses Ctrl-Enter. MSG
uses very little CPU time, even while displaying the message, and always
polls the keyboard and INT 28 to try to give back as much time as possible.
MSG won't try to popup when the screen is not in 80-column text mode.
MSG announces the arrival of a message with a chime (optional), and begins
to flash the message window on the screen at 1 second intervals. The user
can press the Ctrl-RghtShft hotkey to hold the window on the screen to read
the queued messages, at which time pressing a "character" key (like Space)
will cycle through the buffered messages. (MSG currently holds up to 10)
When resident, MSG uses only 3k of RAM. Invoking MSG after it's resident
allows the user to change the alarm mode, flash duration and period times.
The greeting banner from MSG explains the command-line parameters.
MSG will only stay resident (install) if a valid command-line parameter
is given, otherwise it just displays its greeting/banner explaining the
proper syntax.
As might be expected, no warranty of any kind is either expressed or
implied, and no responsibility is assumed for any side-effects caused by
MSG.COM. All rights to the software remain with me, and users are hereby
granted the right to use it. I am not putting any part of MSG in the
Public Domain.
Questions, comments, suggenstions, donations to offset my time and sweat
may be directed to the author at:
Gary Dobbins, Tucson, AZ
Internet: Dobbins@Arizona.Edu
BITnet: Dobbins@ARIZVMS
Planned enhancements include the ability to specify the popup hotkey
on the command line; maybe a time/date stamp on each message.