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- THE ECHOO PROGRAM - WRITTEN BY JOSHUA W. WERTHEIM 10/24/91
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- The ECHOO program is designed to provide additional levels of control
- over the placement of text in batch files. The program allows text
- centering, placing text in boxes, setting background and/or foreground
- colors, displaying either a single line of text or the contents of a
- file of up to 23 lines, automatic rebooting of the system, errorlevels
- based upon a yes/no response, and clearing the screen prior to displaying
- the text (including clearing the screen to a selected background color).
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- The program also provides hardware-specific errorlevel setting, including
- setting errorlevels based upon the CPU, the presence of extended or
- expanded memory, the DOS version installed, the presence of a color
- monitor, mouse, game port or CD-ROM player, or the presence of a math
- co-processor. These errorlevel settings can be queried in the batch file
- and processing in the batch file can be based upon that errorlevel.
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- Last, the program provides (1) System Information on the installed
- hardware and software; (2) an ASCII codes table; (3) a color table;
- and a help screen showing the options and parameters.
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