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- ASSIGN.SYS Selector Program
- by Tom Hudson
-
- Here's a little program that should help those people who use
- GDOS with multiple ASSIGN.SYS files on an autobooting hard
- drive. This program will allow you to select the ASSIGN.SYS
- file you want from up to ten at start-up time, and will set
- up the file you select as the ASSIGN.SYS file in the root
- directory of drive C.
-
- To use this program, first clear out your AUTO folder on
- drive C of your hard disk by copying the files to another
- disk (or a RAMdisk) and deleting all the files in it. Next,
- copy the ASSIGNER.PRG program into the AUTO folder. This
- insures that the ASSIGNER program is the first program to run
- -- it must run before the GDOS program runs so that the
- ASSIGN.SYS file will be ready for GDOS to use.
-
- Next, copy in all the other files that you want in the AUTO
- folder, such as your RAMdisk installer, 40 Folder Limit
- fixers, etc., and GDOS.PRG.
-
- Once you have your main files in the AUTO folder, you should
- place all the ASSIGN.SYS files you normally use in the AUTO
- folder as well. There can be up to ten different ASSIGN
- files here, with a filename of ASSIGN*.SYS. That is, the
- filename could be:
-
- ASSIGN1.SYS -- First ASSIGN file
- ASSIGNDE.SYS -- DEGAS Elite ASSIGN file
- ASSIGNED.SYS -- Easy Draw ASSIGN file
- ASSIGN1W.SYS -- First Word ASSIGN file
-
- and so on. Use your imagination and use meaningful
- two-letter codes. Remember, though, the first six letters
- must be ASSIGN and the extension must be .SYS.
-
- When the ASSIGN files are installed, you're ready to roll!
- Re-boot your computer and the ASSIGNER program will display a
- list of the available ASSIGNn.SYS files on your disk, with a
- number to the left, from 0-9. To pick the ASSIGN file you
- want, press the number key corresponding to the number to the
- left of the filename, and this file will be automatically
- copied into the root directory of drive C as ASSIGN.SYS. To
- leave the ASSIGN.SYS file the way it is, press the ESC key.
-
- This program is fully error-trapped, and will tell you if
- your ASSIGNn.SYS file is empty (a null file), or if the
- creation of the AUTORUN.SYS file was unsuccessful.
-
- Hopefully, this program will make life easier for many hard
- disk users who also use GDOS.
-
- Please send any questions or comments to Tom Hudson,
- 76703,4224.
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