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PC CLONES MAGAZINE START UP DISK This disk contains original utility programs that have proved useful in the operation of PC/XT/AT computers and compatibles. Many of the programs are for use with hard disks and enable the management of the large quantity of files you develop on these large drives. There are also many useful programs for those with floppy disks. All of these programs are copyright by the author and are supplied to you free, however the author does not waive any of his rights under copyright law. Neither Computer Shopper of Titusville, Inc. or the author is responsible for the quality of the programs or the condition of the disk. IN NO EVENT WILL COMPUTER SHOPPER OF TITUSVILLE, INC, OR ANDREW FRIED BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS,LOST SAVINGS, OR ANY OTHER INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE, OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE EVEN IF COMPUTER SHOPPER, OF TITUSVILLE, INC, OR ANDREW FRIED HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. We will not replace damaged disks. The purchase price of PC Clones Magazine is $3.95 without the software and disk and it is understood that receipt of this disk is not a sale of either the programs or the disk. Upon receipt of the disk, you are granted a license to use the programs for non- commerical use. You may reproduce the programs for your own use, but you may not sell or give them away to anyone. A description of the software folows: BARCODE.EXE ----------- This utility program will produce Code 39 barcode on mailing labels or regular paper. It will print up to a maximum of 12 characters. It is suggested that in order to save space you print only uppercase letters, although BARCODE will recognize and print lower case letters. For more information, type: BARCODE at the DOS prompt. A short help menu will appear describing the calling conventions. Requires an Epson compatible printer. BLANK3.COM ---------- This program will prevent CRT image burn by completely blanking the screen after three minutes of inactivity. The program is a memory resident program which should be called up by your autoexec.bat file. If you use Sidekick, be sure to load this program in memory before loading Sidekick. Every time you press a key or an application program uses DOS to update the screen timer inside BLANK3.COM is reset. If the counter reaches three minutes, the screen video driver shuts down. In order to restore the screen, depress any key (preferably Alt or Ctl) and the screen will be restored to normal. NOTE: This is not designed to work on an EGA card. One additional feature of this program is that if you press the ALT-F keys together, a formfeed will be sent to the printer. BNCHMARK -------- This program is used to benchmark the speed of various computers. It performs 100,000 calculations of each type displayed and returns the number of timer ticks it took to perform the test. Note that 18.2 timer ticks equal approximately 1 second (a timer tick occurs every 55 ms.). CLEAN.COM --------- A high speed Wordstar to ASCII conversion program. May or may not work on clones not supporting high speed DMA memory tranfers. To run, use the following syntax: CLEAN filename[.ext] CLEAN will then rename the current file to an extension of *.bak and copy the clean file back into its original name. COLORS.EXE ---------- This utility produces all of the various color attributes on the screen in their native color. Extermely useful if you write programs and want to find various color combinations. DATETIME.COM ------------ This utility will take the current system date and time and change all of the files that match the pattern given. For to set the date and time of all of the files in your DOS directory, you would type the following: DATETIME C:\DOS\*.* If you wanted to restamp only the EXE files, you would enter: DATETIME C:\DOS\*.EXE Note that the full path must be given! DIRTY.COM --------- The exact opposite of the CLEAN program. This program translates an ASCII file into Wordstar format. Once converted, however, you must go through the file and manually insert hard carriage returns at the end of a paragraph. Really nice for exchanging files with others. This program also requires a DMA capability. It is invoked with the following syntax: DIRTY filename[.ext] The new file will then have the extension of *.wsf. DISKINFO.EXE ------------ This utility will return information regarding the hard disks in an IBM PC/AT or compatible system. DOCLEN.EXE ---------- This program will accurately estimate the number of lines and pages in a document. Useful for making the decision to print or not to print. Call it up like this: DOCLEN filename[.ext] FF.COM ------ Definately one of my favority utilities. This program merely sends a form feed character to the printer. Saves you the effort of having to take the printer offline, hit the form feed key, wait for the paper to advance and then hit the onlike key. FIND.EXE -------- Helps you to find files on a hard disk. It will search a disk drive, beginning at the root, for any and all matches you present to it. The DOS wildcard characters '*' and '?' are legal. For example, 'FIND *.bat' would find all files on the default drive ending with a 'bat' prefix. FIND is case insensitive, meaning that '*.bat' and '.*.BAT' produce the same results. You could also specify a different drive. For instance, FIND C:X.BAT or FIND C:\X.BAT will cause FIND to look for all files with the name 'X.BAT' on drive C to be displayed. HDPARK.EXE ---------- This program will safely park the heads on a hard disk. It should be run whenever the disk is going to be transported. It is also suggested that you routinely park the heads just prior to shutting down the system. INT.EXE ------- This program is very useful for any programmer writing interrupt software or memory resident software. It permits you to obtain the actual memory address of any interrupt vector in the PC. Typing "INT ?" or "INT HELP" will present online help. One of the really nice features of INT is that all uninitialized interrupt vectors will be flagged with an "-" in front of them and all of the vectors pointing to an IRET instruction will be flagged with a "*" in front. You may type "INT" to receive a complete interrupt vector dump or you may type "INT num" for a single interrupt vector. "INTnum1 num2" will dump all vectors falling between the two numbers. ISPRIME.EXE ----------- This program will tell you if a number is a prime. To call it, you merely type: ISPRIME nnn where nnn is any number. MOVEFILE.EXE ------------ This program will enable you to move a single file from one directory to another without having to actually move the file. Only the directory areas are updated. In order program, you must specify the full path for the source file as well as the destinatiion file. For example: MOVEFILE C:\UTILITY\ABC.COM C:\LETTER\ABC.COM the program will move the file abc.com from the utility directory to the letter directory. PRIME.EXE --------- This is another benchmark program useful for determining the overall speed of a unit. It calculates the first 1000 prime numbers and returns the number of divisions necessary to find them. It also returns the time required to process the program. PRTSCR.COM ---------- This is another memory resident utility. When run, it loads in memory and remains dormant until you call it up. Once loaded, any time you press shift-prtscr the program will send the current screen to a disk file (non-graphics only). The program will automatically add carriage returns at the end so that the screen image can be edited with a standard text processor. Note that each screen will be saved in a file beginning at SCREEN.000 and can go up to SCREEN.999. ROMCHECK.EXE ------------ This utility will check your system for optional ROM signatures with indicate a firmware routine on an expansion card. Most PC clones, for example, will return a signature at C800:0000; that is the hard disk controllers card ROM. ROMDATE.COM ----------- Displays the date of the ROM and any copyright notice found at address F000:E000. RS232.EXE --------- This utility will cause the "TR" modem light on a Hayes modem to flash. It begins by telling you which communications port it is addressing after which it toggles the RTS and DTR lines ten times. You stop the program by depressing any key. It is useful for determining what port the modem is attached. SETCLOCK -------- This utility will enable you set the IBM PC/AT clock without having to boot the system up with the diagnostics disk. To set the time, use the command TIME' at the DOS prompt. Once you set the time, run SETCLOCK. SETCLOCK will get the time from the operating system and update the CMOS clock in the AT. SWAP.COM -------- If you have at least two printers attached to your system, this utility will swap their port addresses around. This means that LPT1: will now print to LPT2: and visa versa. It is extremely useful for those having both a letter quality and a dot matrix printer hooked up to the system using two different parallel ports. Rerunning the program will swap the ports to their initial state. TABX ---- This utility will remove all tab characters from an ASCII text file and replace the tabs with the appropriate number of spaces. It is called up by the following syntax: TABX filename[.ext] THATSALL,EXE ------------- A public domain program that will suprise you for color graphics card equipped clones only.