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- DOCUMENTATION FILE FOR BOOST.EXE and CRAWL.EXE
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- (C) Copyright 1986 by The Skunk Works
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-
- Most of the "Turbo clones" I've seen include some form or another
- of the ERSO Bios. The predominant feature of this Bios, is that it
- allows you to toggle the CPU speed from 4.77 Mhz to 8 Mhz by hitting
- <CTRL> <ALT> <Grey - >. Great feature.... Unfortunately, it turns the
- cursor into an ugly little block. BOOST can be executed (ideally in
- an AUTOEXEC.BAT file) to enable the Turbo mode, without affecting the
- cursor. (CRAWL will slow the speed back to 4.77 Mhz.)
- BOOST & CRAWL have no effect on Turbo motherboards hard-wired to the
- higher speed via the J5 & J6 jumpers; in other words, if your motherboard
- uses the J6 option, it can't be slowed down via software. BOOST seems to
- have no effect on non-turbo boards, although we don't recommend its use
- on anything but your basic Taiwanese Turbo-clone.
-
- BOOST is independent of the ERSO bios. In fact, the main reason
- we wrote it is two-fold: 1) we wanted to replace the ERSO bios with a
- better bios (but one without the ( <CTRL><ALT><-> feature), and 2) we had
- an old multifunction board whose real-time clock wouldn't update the Date &
- Time correctly, if booted in Turbo mode. Rather than have to fiddle with
- a hardware switch, we use BOOST in our AUTOEXEC file AFTER the GETTIME
- command.
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- BOOST & CRAWL are "Beggarware"....and are completely public domain.
- Copy them, give em away, flush em down your toilet if you like. However,
- if you feel so inclined as to donate 6 bucks to an unworthy cause, mail
- a check to the people & address below. They'll send you a disk of
- public domain utilities targeted for clone & turbo clone users. Included
- will be versions of BOOST & CRAWL without our disgusting advertisement...
-
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- Missing Link Computers
- P.O. Box 9865, San Jose, Ca, 95157