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NOTES ON SHELL.COM
Version 1.00
Matt Roberts
3 Cedar St., # 8
Montpelier, Vt 05602-3006
08-02-91
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This program is designed to be used from within ASIC. I found it a pain to
exit to DOS, do whatever little job, I had to do, and reload ASIC. Although
there may be more steps, for some reason I found it simpler to use this
method. I'm sharing it with you in case you might find it useful as well.
It'll require approximately an additional 68K to run.
First, you'll need to have the compiled SHELL.COM and the SHELL.ASI source,
both of which are included. They should be on the disk or in the directory
you're using, or in the path set from DOS or your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Now, let's say you've loaded ASIC, and are in the editor doing some work. You
decide to go to DOS to do a couple of things. You'll save your file with the
Alt-F and S combination, then use Alt-F and <O>pen SHELL.ASI. Now you choose
to run your program, with Alt-R and R, or with the F5 key. You type the
letter of the drive on which COMMAND.COM can be found, and there you are.
When finished, you type EXIT, and reload your original program, using the Open
feature on the File menu. That's it.
To tell the truth, I'm not sure why I find this method easier, but I do. If
you disagree, you can always just exit the editor and reload ASIC when you're
finished.
TESTS
Version numbers exist for the purpose of testing this disk's utilities on
other computers. This version has been tested on the following:
Amstrad PC1512 SD: This system has an 8086 CPU, a composite monochrome
monitor, and CGA which can access 16 shades of gray (or color with a color
monitor) with a resolution of up to 640 X 200. The system originally came
with 512K RAM, which I've upgraded to 640K. It came with a single 5.25", 360K
drive. A second internal drive of the same type was later added, and I've
installed a 49Mb hard disk card. Operating system is MS-DOS 3.20. This line
has been discontinued. This utility had no problems running on the Amstrad.
Packard Bell Pack-Mate: This system has an 80286 CPU and a color VGA monitor.
Drives are one 40Mb internal hard disk, one 5.25", 1.2Mb drive, and one 3.5",
1.44 Mb drive. Operating system is MS-DOS 3.30. This utility had no problems
running on the Packard Bell.