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| Morton Utilities |
| !!! READ ME FIRST !!! |
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| For people (like me) who don't read manuals. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
You should have the following files:
MU.COM - Morton Utilities program.
MUCONFIG.COM - Morton Utilities configuration program.
MU.HLP - Morton Utilities program help.
MUCONFIG.HLP - Morton Utilities configuration program help.
MANUAL.DOC - Morton Utilities documentation.
INVOICE.DOC - Morton Utilities registration invoice.
README.DOC - Quick-Start instructions.
Run MUCONFIG to configure the program.
Run MU to load the program.
Highlight any feature or option you want more information about
in either program and press "F1" to receive detailed information
and instructions.
NOTE: All Morton Utilities features are accessible from the DOS
prompt and/or batch files. This allows Morton Utilities to be
controlled either in part or totally from DOS and/or batch files.
See manual for details.
NOTE: To elliminate the use of DOS memory, Morton Utilities can
be loaded into either expanded or high memory. See manual for
details.
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| Morton Utilities Features |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
Video Features
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o Video turbo increases video speed from 10 to 80 percent.
o Screen blanker protects your monitor from phosphor burn-in.
o VGA dimmer allows you to control the brightness of your VGA
display.
o Cursor protection allows you to select your favorite cursor
size and not worry about programs changing it.
o Cursor display will display the current cursor location
continually in the upper right corner of the screen.
o Border color protection allows you to select your favorite
border color and not worry about programs changing it.
o Intensity selection allows you to see 16 background colors
instead of 8.
o Redisplay up to 5 pages of text that has scrolled off the
screen.
Disk Features
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o Encrypt/Decrypt confidential files thus scrambling them from
prying eyes using up to a 10 character password.
o Easily clean your floppy disk drives (using drive cleaning
systems) without having to stop-watch them.
o Format floppy disks, optionally while you work on your
computer doing other things.
o Instantly park your hard disks to avoid unnecessary crashes.
o Protect your hard disks from being inadvertently reformatted
by others.
o On-screen disk light lets those of us who have our computers
under our desks know when our hard/floppy disks are being
accessed.
o Select whether all data written to disk/diskette is verified
and keep programs from changing your mind.
Printer Features
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o Easily send your printer control strings to turn desired
printer features on/off.
o Eject the last page of your print job when your printer is
too lazy to do the same.
o Control DOS's PRINT spooler program to view print queue,
submit files to the queue, and cancel files from printing.
o Print text files that contain the box characters when your
printer doesn't support them.
o Use the "PrtSc" key to print only what you want of the
screen.
o Have your "Print Screen" eject from the printer when done
printing.
Keyboard Features
=================
o Select your favorite keyboard typematic rate/delay and
don't worry about programs changing it.
o Keyboard click provides a clicking sound when keys are
pressed or released for those of us who suffer with mushy
keyboards.
o Disable "Ctrl-C" and "Ctrl-Break" when it might be
necessary to keep users from breaking out of programs.
o Use your "Scroll Lock" key as a pause key to keep things
from scrolling off the screen.
o Password lock your keyboard for those times when you might
want to leave the office but you don't want anyone
disturbing your work.
o Easily enter 6 types of box characters inside your
applications to draw boxes, borders, flowcharts, etc.
o Have the current status of the Caps Lock, Num Lock, and
Scroll Lock keys continually displayed in the upper right
corner of the screen.
Clock Features
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o Have the current date and time continually displayed in the
upper right corner of the screen.
o Set an alarm to go off at a specific time.
o Have an audible chime announce the new hour.
o Date Stamp allows you to easily enter the current date in
your applications.
o Time Stamp allows you to easily enter the current time in
your applications.
Other Features
==============
o Do something else while your modem redials a busy BBS or
other modem number.
o Mouse emulation allows you to use your mouse in programs
that don't directly support it.
o Turn your computer's speaker off for late quiet nights.
o Turn the noisy DOS BELL sound into a soft low one.
o Confirm reboot will confirm your hasty decision to reboot
the computer.
o Replace DOS's "Abort, Retry, Fail" prompt with one better.
o Slow your computer down for older games which run just
too fast.
o Save and load your CMOS configuration data because your
batteries ARE going to fail.
o Save all your favorite settings to a setup file which
can be loaded at any time to restore them.
o Uninstall Morton Utilities from memory.
o Control all Morton Utilities features from the DOS
command line and/or batch files.