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ExtraDOS Toolbox (tm)
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Users Manual
Copyright (c) 1985-93 Foley Hi-Tech Systems (ASP) All Rights Reserved
Introduction
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ExtraDOS Toolbox is a compilation of tools useful to Microsoft DOS
users. I originally wrote the first version of ExtraDOS under MS-DOS
because I found a need for them and there were no commercially
available products that provided these functions. Some ExtraDOS tools
were designed to enhance programs already found in MS-DOS. Other
tools were familiar to the Unix world, but were not available in
MS-DOS. Over the years this collection has grown into large group of
very useful tools. Some of these utilities are duplicates of those
found elsewhere, but often provide much better features or reduced
memory overhead than similar utilities found elsewhere. In addition,
ExtraDOS complements PC-Tools and Norton Utilities with added tools
these programs do not provide.
Over thirty of the ExtraDOS Toolbox utilities have been selected by
Paul Somerson, former Executive Editor of PC Magazine, for Bantam
Books', DOS Power Tools, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded for DOS
5.0. Many of the ExtraDOS Toolbox utilities are now appearing in many
popular DOS books that feature shareware enhancements for DOS.
I hope you find these tools useful and convienent. Any suggestions
for enhancements, improvements or additions are welcome. Please
contact use with your comments.
David R. Foley
License Agreement
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This software is protected by both United States' copyright law and
international treaty provisions. Therefore, you must treat this
software "just like a book," with the following single exception.
Foley Hi-Tech Systems authorizes you to make archival copies of the
software for the sole purpose of backing up our software and
protecting your investment from loss. By saying, "just like a book,"
Foley Hi-Tech Systems means that this software may be used by any
number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location
to another, provided there is absolutely no possibility of it being
used at one location while it is being used at another. Just as a
book cannot be read by two different people in two different places
simultaneously, the software may not be used by two different people
in two different places simultaneously.
You may not make copies of the software documentation or disk,
except as described above. You may not distribute, rent, sublicense,
or lease the software or the documentation. You may not alter,
modify, or adapt the software or documentation, including but not
limited to translating, decompiling, reverse assembling, or creating
derivative works. You may not use the software in a network,
timeshareing, multiple CPU, or multi- user environment unless each
user is licensed by Foley Hi-Tech Systems.
EXTRADOS TOOLBOX
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LIMITED WARRANTY
Upon notification of defects in material or workmanship,
within the warranty period of 45 days from the date of purchase,
Foley Hi-Tech Systems will, at its option, replace the defective
diskette or refund the license fee. If you need to return a product,
call the Foley Hi-Tech Systems Technical Support Service Department
to obtain a return authorization number. The remedy for breach of
this warranty shall be limited to replacement or refund and shall
not encompass any other damages, including but not limited to loss
of profit, and special, incidental, consequential, or other similar
claims.
Foley Hi-Tech Systems specifically disclaims all other warranties,
expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
with respect to defects in the diskette and documentation, and the
program license granted herein in particular, and without limiting
operation of the program license with respect to any particular
application, use, or purpose. In no event shall Foley Hi-Tech
Systems be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial
damage, including but not limited to special, incidental,
consequential, or other damages. This statement shall be construed,
interpreted, and governed by the laws of the State of California.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
ExtraDOS Toolbox, TurboBAT, SpeedRAM, Screen Manager, Profiler,
WizLabel, CDBS, Press Gate Manager, ExtraWindows Toolbox and Safety
Disk are trademarks of Foley Hi-Tech Systems.
MS-DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Norton Utilities are a trademark of Symantec.
PC-Tools is a trademark of Central Point Software.
ALARMCLK - DOS Alarm Clock
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DESCRIPTION
ALARMCLK provides multiple alarm clocks and gong/chime function
into a single program.
Four alarms are available. The music for each is fully
configurable. The program MAKETUNE.EXE is provided to create
new music files.
VERSION
4.00 04/04/94
RESIDENT MEMORY USAGE
4,000 Bytes
COMMAND FORMAT
ALARMCLK [/S[r][s][n]=hh:mm] [/An±] [/Dn] [/U] [/M] [/V±] [/Cn] [/G] [/NOH]
/S[r][s][n]=hh:mm
Sets an alarm.
r time is relative to the current time, e.g.
/Sr1=00:05 sets the alarm 5 minutes from now.
n Alarm number (1, 2, 3, or 4). If omitted, the first unused alarm
is set.
hh:mm Time of the alarm in 24 hour format. If a 'r' was specified then
the hours and minutes from now for the alarm.
/A#± Enable or disable alarms, '#' is the alarm number or * to suspend
all alarms. + enables the alarm - disables the alarm.
/D# Delete an alarm, '#' is the alarm number or * to delete all alarms.
/U Unload AlarmClk from memory, if possible.
/M Use monochrome attributes. Oddball systems (especially laptops may
fool AlarmClk into using color on a monochrome system. Use this
switch to force black and white mode.
/V± Enable or disable snow supression. If you have an old style CGA
monitor (are these still around?) you may need to use /V+ to supress
video snow.
/Cn Freqency of chiming. Where n=
1, hourly
2, half hour
4, quarter hour
/G± Enable or disable hour gonging. When enabled, the hour will be
'gonged', e.g. 10 gongs at 10 o'clock.
/NOH Supress display of the header. Registered version only.
To specify the music to play for each alarm modify the file ALARMCLK.CFG.
The file must contain four files, one to a line, with no blank lines. The
first filename is the music file for alarm 1, the second for alarm 2, and
so on. The extension .ACF is used if not specified. ALARMCLK.CFG and all
speficied music files must be in the current directory when ALARMCLK is
initially installed.
MAKETUNE Compiler
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DESCRIPTION
MAKETUNE is a small utility that will allow you to make tunes that can be
used in the ALARMCLK utility.
COMMAND FORMAT
MAKETUNE [/P] filename[.ext]
/P indicates to play the tune after compiling it. You can press ESC to
halt the playback. If the filename extension is omitted ".TUN" will
be used. The output file will have the same name with the extension
of ".ACF".
TUNE FORMAT
frequency duration [intr]
FREQUENCY is the self explanitory. It is the frequency of the note to
play. If you wish to have a rest you can specify SILENCE as the
frequency.
DURATION is the length of the note in clock ticks (can be modified by the
TEMPO command, see below).
INTRA is the the amount of rest (in ticks) between notes. If omitted the
default of 1 will be used or the value set by the INTRA command (see
below).
SPECIAL COMMANDS
REPEAT n
Sets the number of times the tune is played by ALARMCLK.
If not specified the default of 1 will be used. You
should only use this command once.
TEMPO n
Adjusts the tempo of the tune. The "duration" will be
multiplied by this integer. For example, if the tempo is
set to 4 then all durations from that point on will be
multiplied by four. The default tempo is 1. You may use
this command as often as you wish.
INTRA n
Sets the default intranote rest for notes that do not
specify it. The default, if this command is omitted, is
1. You may use this command as often as you wish.
Example:
REPEAT 5
INTRA 0
600 1
700 1
800 1
900 1
800 1
700 1
SILENCE 4
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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Often we get calls from people asking questions that can be
solved easily by checking through the manual before calling tech
support. We ask that you browse the manual and look for information
pertaining to your particular problem before calling. This can often
save you time, as we take a collection of our most common questions
and try to address them in this manual.
We offer alternative methods besides the conventional phone
support, such as a multi-line 24-hour BBS system. We also monitor
most technical conferences in the BBS Interlink and RelayNet
networks as well as many conferences on the CompuServe
Information System. You may send messages and questions via any of
these services.
Currently our Tech Support office is staffed Monday through Friday
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. There is a chance,
however, that someone is in the office outside this time frame.
If so, we will gladly answer your questions outside the normal
business hours. Registered users are given unlimited technical
support.
Foley Hi-Tech Systems
Technical Support Department
185 Berry Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 882-1730
(415) 882-1733 FAX
(415) 882-1735 BBS
PCVENB CONF. 13 CompuServe
CREDITS
_____________________________________________________________________
This collection of utilities started out as a small set of home
grown tools that I just could not stand to live without. Many times
someone would see me using them and ask for a copy. This was a big
mistake. All of the sudden I had to debug my code. Someone would
call me up and remind me of some problem with a utility that I had
written or asked me to just add this one little feature. Six years
later the package has evolved to its current state. Along the way I
have had the help of many people in testing and ideas for products.
I would like to thank all of those people who have of course
registered these utilities as this is now a new incentive for
continuing to expand them. More specifically I'd like to thank the
following:
Kathy Smith
Jay Wessel
Roger Cross
Brian & Tess for Channel 1
Paul Somerson & Bantam Books
PC Tech Journal (A Great Loss)
PC Magazine
Byte Magazine
Jerry Pournelle
Association of Shareware Professionals
PROGRAMMING
The ExtraDOS Toolbox utilties use a wide variety of programming
tools including:
Borland Turbo Pascal 7.0
Borland Turbo Assembler 3.0
Borland Turbo C++ 1.0
Borland Turbo Debugger 2.0
Turbo Power Software Object Professional 1.0
Phil Katz' PKLite Professional 1.13
Unity Programmers Editor 3.33
Ralph Browns' Interrupt List
Programming by:
Mike Blaszczak
David Foley
Joe Halpin
Bill McKee
Mike Molloy
Mike Viens
Ross Wentworth
Randall Woodman
CREDITS
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ART
Artwork for the ExtraDOS Toolbox was created using:
Ian Davis' TheDraw 4.01
Aldus Freehand 2.0
Electronic Arts Studio/8 2.0
Art by:
David Foley
Noel Gamboa
Moses Gates
Shahasp Herardian
Pat McSween
Ross Wentworth
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation for the ExtraDOS Toolbox was written using:
FHTS SuperEdit 3.04
Word Perfect 5.1
MS Word for Windows 2.0
Grammatik for Windows 1.0
Aldus Pagemaker 4.0
Unity Programmers Editor 3.33
Documentation by:
Mike Blaszczak
David Foley
Mike Viens
Ross Wentworth
Printed Manuals by:
BindCo, Brisbane, CA.
LICENSE INFORMATION
CHIMES, EVAL and RAMDRIVE are derivatives of the Nifty James
utilties by Mike Blaszczak.
FILEATTR, NAMEDIR and SWAPFILE are derivatives of the Fantastic
Utilities by Mike Viens.
FHTS Products
_____________________________________________________________________
Safety Disk (tm)
Safety Disk saves all of your systems vital information and will
solve most problems due to: Loss of battery power, Loss of CMOS
information, accidental deletion of boot files, virus damage to boot
disk.
"Use Safety Disk and your PC is Safe.", Computer Shopper, March 1992
"Used in Conjuntion with a conventional backup utility, Safety Disk,
for $59.95 will provide as bulletproof a backup as you're likely to
find in the PC marketplace.", InfoWorld, February 10, 1992
"Safety Disk is so deceptively easy to use that it makes hard-drive
and computer maintenance seem impossibly easy.", PCM Magazine, May
1992
"I have discovered the most unique and useful system maintenance
utility since Spinrite came along.", MBUG PC Newsletter, December,
1991
ExtraDOS Toolbox (tm)
A large collection of over 50 utilities that DOS forgot. Includes
many helpful utilities that enhance MS-DOS machines. Featured in the
DOS Power Tools, 2nd Edition, Revised for DOS 5.0 book by Bantam
Books.
WizLabel (tm)
Print Sharp Wizard phone listings directly to your SLP Printer
without having to convert your data.
Coach Database System■.
CDBS provides a method for tracking and evaluating NBA teams, NBA
players, and college players. It supplies a comprehensive report
generator for building decision support reports on scouted players.
FHTS Products
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Press Gate Manager■.
Software for event organizers. Creates and maintains a database of
events and guests with the ability to track seating by type,
location, and person. Produces seating charts and labels for press
passes.
FINDB■.
Financial Database System for tracking shareholders in a company.
Allows the instant retrieval of information based on any part of a
persons account id, ss#, zip code etc. Has support for completely
customized HP Laserjet tax forms. Ideal for generating K1 tax
reports for limited partnerships.
EXTRADOS TOOLBOX UPCOMING ADDITIONS
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We are constantly adding new utilities to the ExtraDOS Toolbox
collection. Some are developments of ideas from our customers. If
you know of a utility that you would find handy or updates to
existing utilities please let us know about them.
BATPLUS Collection of enhancements for DOS Batch files. BATPLUS
enhancements will also be supported by TurboBAT.
BOOTMGR Boot Manager will allow you to choose from many different
boot up configurations by displaying a menu of choices
at boot time. Each configuration can have a seperate
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS associated with it.
DIALIT Small TSR that allows you to pop up over any text screen
and capture a phone number and then dialing with your
modem.
DIFF Full screen file comparison utility. Will display the
differences between two different files.
DIRSORT Sort directories by Name, Extension, Date, Time or Size.
DISKTEST Command line utility to perform testing functions on disk
drives looking for bad sectors or clusters.
EMSX86 EMS 4.0 Memory Manager that converts Extended Memory into
LIM EMS 4.0 Expanded memory.
FKEYSET Allows you to assign customized values for all the function
keys.
LQPRINT Allows 9 pin dot matrix printers to print near letter
quality output by converting text into high resolution
graphics.
NBSTIME Will set your PC clock to National Atomic Clock time by
calling NBS with your modem.
PRMPTMGR Prompt Manager gives you access to a library of DOS prompts
and allows you to create your own DOS prompts.
PRINTCTL Print Controller is a multiple printer spool and configuration
utility. Supports EMS or DISK spooling and up to three
printer ports.
EXTRADOS TOOLBOX UPCOMING ADDITIONS
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SORT Advanced SORT utilty for DOS. Features many enhancements o
over the DOS version.
SPEEDFL Increase access to some floppy disk drives.
SPLITFL Split files into multiples for modem or diskette transfers.
STOPWTCH Stop Watch allows you to time programs at the DOS prompt.
SWAPFILE Swap to file names with the associated files.
XCD Smart CHDIR command. Will accept partial names.
XDEL Advanced delete command. Allows many options and exclusions.
XDIR Updated DIR command with sort options.
ZIPCODE TSR to allow the searching of US Postal Zip Code Database.
The latest versions of the ExtraDOS Toolbox utilities can be found on:
FHTS PC GURU III BBS, San Francisco, CA (415) 882-1735
CHANNEL 1 BBS, Cambridge, MA (617) 354-8873
COMPUSERVE INFORMATION SERVICE PCVENB CONF. 13