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- │Support the shareware concept! If you like the programs you try, REGISTER ! │
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- dCOM is one of the most powerful DOS utilities available today. It combines
- almost all of the commonly desired features relating to DOS utilities, in one
- easy to use program. Some of these features are:
-
- 1. A resizable print spooler. The print spooler is supported with a hot-key
- that lets you clear it and your printer's buffer at any time. The spooler
- uses expanded memory if available. The spooler is extremely sophisticated
- and fine-tunes itself to your printing device. It will keep up with an
- insatiable laser printer just as easily as a 120 cps printer. There are
- seperate spooler programs costing over $100 just because they can drive a
- laser printer, dCOM does it in its sleep as an ancillary function. Rates
- exceeding 5000 cps have been noted on font or graphics dumps to a laser
- printer. Additionally, the print system allows total redirection of any
- LPT port to any other LPT or COMM port. If the print spooler is active
- and printer output is redirected to a COMM port, baud rates as high as
- 38400 are supported with full hardware and software flow control.
-
- 2. Programmable macro keys. With the macro keys you can build your own point-
- n-shoot commands. This is handy for changing to commonly used directories,
- running your favorite programs, compiling the currently selected file, an
- auto menuing system for novice users, or whatever else your ingenuity can
- produce...
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- 3. Using the macro keys, a complete - sophisticated menuing system can be
- built that is mouse supported and provides such features as file select
- windows (also mouse supported) as a prompting mechanism before running a
- program.
-
- 4. Screen Saver, configurable from 1 to 59 minutes.
-
- 5. Keyboard and Video Security. You can disable the keyboard and blank (save)
- the screen no matter what you're doing, with a hot-key. It reactivates
- only when the same hot-key is pressed again.
-
- 6. A powerful, full-featured, multi-window, multi-buffer text editor. You
- simply select the file you want to edit and press the "E" key. No other
- text editor will load, save, or search as fast. Editing space is only
- restricted by available ram. If expanded memory is present, you can keep
- files in the editor's buffer and not impact conventional memory if you run
- another program. The editor also supports line drawing and can be con-
- figured to display Carriage Returns (indicates if there are any trailing
- spaces), Tabs (indicates if there are any leading spaces after a tab
- column), and the EOF (end of file).
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- 7. Configurable mouse support. You can change directories, change drives,
- run programs, and tag (with draging). The button definitions and motion
- sensitivity are easily adjusted.
-
- 8. TSR programs loaded after dCOM was run can be cleared.
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- 9. Search an entire drive for a particular file(s).
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- 10. Fully configurable color. On a EGA card, dCOM can be configured to use its
- extended color palette of 64 colors. Files read from the current directory
- are displayed in three different colors, one for executables, one for sub-
- directories, and another for the rest.
-
- 11. dCOM uses its own high performance video drivers which, are extremely fast,
- automatically perform snow-elimination when on CGA cards, and are multi-
- tasking aware (TopView, DESQview).
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- 12. Standard DOS utility functions are all present and usually extended:
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- a) Sorting directories with executable files first, filename-extension,
- extension-filename.
-
- b) Tagging files (indicating total tagged and bytes involved) for sub-
- sequent copying, moving, deleting, printing, or attribute changing.
- Copying checks for insufficient disk space before starting, it can
- span multiple disks, and the source file is totally read into memory
- before writing the destination file (if memory allows).
-
- c) Standard file functions include: Copy, Delete, Move, Print, Rename,
- Execute, Edit, Hide, and Read-Only. Almost all of these functions can
- also be performed on sub-directory's.
-
- d) Point-n-Shoot user interface. You run files and change directories
- simply by selecting its name and pressing Return. You copy a file(s)
- by either selecting the file or tagging the desired files and then
- press "C"...
-
- 13. Some of the extraneous capabilities are a complete alarm/event system, and
- the ability to transform the keypad plus key to a carriage return.
-
- The features listed here are more-or-less the highlights. What we can't tell
- you is how easy it is for a novice to use, or how it leaves very little wanting
- for your die-hard hacker. It covers all the bases and is a lot more than just
- what the title, "DOS Utility", implies.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Important information for our Bulletin Board Users. │
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- We currently have four telephone lines to provide support for our dCOM users as
- well as people "just looking" at dCOM. The difference is that as a registered
- user you will have the advantages of having 40 minutes of daily time as well as
- being able to down load the current BETA version of dCOM as it comes of the
- press.
-
- You will, however, have to log on first before we will be able to upgrade your
- status. So even though you have had you new dCOM for 4 weeks and then call our
- board you will not have registered user status until you let us know that you
- need you status upgraded. The same proceedure applies when you are upgrading to
- a new release of dCOM.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Information on Line and Phone Numbers │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- The dCOM Support Board currently has four operational lines. In general,
- unless you have a modem faster than 2400, you need not concern yourself
- with using any other line besides the first one because they all "hunt" if
- busy. The two faster modems are intentionally placed behind the two 2400
- baud modems so that callers also having a faster modem may direct dial them
- with better success of connecting at high speed.
-
- Line Phone Modem Baud
- ──── ─────── ─────── ──────
- 1 264-1219 Hayes 9600 V.42
- 2 264-1382 Hayes 9600 V.42
- 3 264-1383 US Robotics 9600/14400 HST
- 4 264-4986 US Robotics 9600/14400 HST
-
- I will stress again, DO NOT call any other line besides line 1 (264-1219)
- unless you have a modem faster than 9600 baud. If I catch anybody direct
- dialing on any other line besides line 1, it will be considered grounds for
- loosing your access to this board.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ General Information on Using the dCOM Support Board │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- ■ Nonregistered users are automatically deleted if inactive for 120 days.
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- ■ Messages and mail are automatically deleted after they exceed 120 days.
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- ■ All menus are "hot". This means you don't have to wait for the menu to
- finish displaying if you know the command you want.
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- ■ The "G" Goodbye and Logoff command is active at all menus, even though
- its not shown.
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- ■ The Escape key can be used to abort back to the previous menu.
-
- ■ The logon password IS CASE SENSITIVE. Don't forget whether you entered
- it in lower case or upper case. (Blame the idiot that wrote TBBS!)
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- ■ Your comments about the system and dCOM are encouraged!!!
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