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GREETINGS version 1.6
<c> 1992, Jerry Wilson
Version 1.1 fixes a bug in version 1.0 which prevented the entire
database of 50 quotations from being read into memory. Version 1.2
enhances the display slightly, and version 1.3 adds 25 more quotations.
Version 1.4 adds display enhancements. Version 1.5 adds some more
quotations. Version 1.6 increases the number of quotations by another
33%, to bring the total to about 150.
This program was designed to be ran from the autoexec.bat file
when booting up. It provides the current time and date and a greeting
to you with "Good Morning", "Good Afternoon", etc. -- depending on the
time of day it is. It also uses your own name providing you supply it
to the command line when running the program:
greet <name>
Where <name> is any ASCII string but should be someones name and must
be limited to less than 60 characters. Include the above command line
in your autoexec.bat file to run this greeting automatically upon boot-
up.
The program also includes 100 quotations that are randomly
selected and shown on the screen along with the greeting whenever the
program is run. Adding more quotations than the 100 that are now in
the database would cause the program to load too slowly, especially
those who still use 8MHz machines.
A small .COM file called HOLD.COM is included. It causes
the autoexec.bat file to pause momentarily to give you time to read
the greeting and the quotation. The number of seconds you wish to
"hold" is given when invoking the hold.com program as an integer
that represents the number of seconds to pause:
hold <n>
Where <n> is an integer representing seconds. For example, typing:
greet jerry
hold 3
as two separate lines in your autoexec.bat file will greet JERRY and
pause the execution of the remainder of the autoexec.bat file for
3 seconds.
SHAREWARE
This program is Shareware. If you use it, send $10 plus
$1.50 P & H to:
Wilstar Software
Jerry Wilson
P.O. Box 73
Edinburgh, IN 46124
Registered users receive a software package that includes the upgrade
of this program plus additional programs.