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+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | (tm) | | MORTON UTILITIES | | | | | | Over forty memory resident utilities packed | | into one professional easy to use package! | | | | | | Version 1.0 - Released September 24, 1992 | | | | (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton | | | | Morton Utilities | | 81-887 Tournament Way | | Indio, California 92201 | | (619) 347-7563 | | | | Compuserve 70132,3707 | | | | All Rights Reserved | | | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Morton Utilities Features | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Video Features ============== 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 ============= 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 ================ 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 ============== 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. COPYRIGHT NOTICE This documentation and the software included with it as described in this documentation are copyrighted by Morton Utilities. Except as described in the following license agreement, this document may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced, photocopied, transmitted, transcribed, stored on a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Morton Utilities. Altering, modifying or adapting this software or documentation, including, but not limited to, translating, decompiling, disassembling, or creating derivative works is prohibited. DISCLAIMER Morton Utilities, makes no warranties or representation, either express or implied, with respect to this software or documentation, including their quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will Morton Utilities be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use this software or documentation. LICENSE AGREEMENT You are licensed to use this software on a trial basis for a period of fourteen days. If after the trial period, you wish to continue using this program, you must purchase a permanent license from Morton Utilities. (See section entitled "Purchasing Morton Utilities" for details.) You are granted a limited license to copy this program only for the trial use of others subject to the agreement described above, and also the following: o Morton Utilities must be copied in unmodified form, complete with 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. o No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted or requested by anyone without express written consent from Morton Utilities. o This program may not be distributed in conjunction with any other product or service without a specific license to do so from Morton Utilities. Electronic bulletin board operators (Sysops) may post this program for downloading by their users without written consent only when the above conditions are met. A fee may be charged for access to the BBS as long as no specific fee is charged for access to the Morton Utilities files. This program is distributed in a self-unarcing format. If your BBS uses a specific archive program for distributing programs, you may re-archive the Morton Utilities files using it. However, ONLY the files described above may be placed in the archive. Disk vendors and other Shareware distribution companies which market diskettes containing Shareware programs for profit MUST obtain written consent from Morton Utilities. Permission is usually given; please write for details. You are not allowed to modify this software under any conditions. TRADEMARKS Morton Utilities is a trademark of Morton Utilities. IBM PC, XT, AT, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. PC-DOS is a trademark of International Business Machines. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Table of Contents | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Introducing Morton Utilities ................................ 1 Morton Utilities Files ................................ 1 System Requirements ................................... 1 Microsoft Windows Compatibility ....................... 1 Purchasing Morton Utilities ................................. 2 Configuring Morton Utilities ................................ 3 Printer Port .......................................... 3 Modem Settings ........................................ 3 Port ............................................ 3 Baud Rate ....................................... 3 Data Bits ....................................... 4 Parity .......................................... 4 Stop Bits ....................................... 4 Dial Command .................................... 4 Wait For Answer ................................. 4 Use Expanded Memory ................................... 4 Loading Into Expanded Memory .................... 5 Loading Into High Memory ........................ 5 Activation Hotkey ..................................... 5 Status Color .......................................... 6 Foreground ...................................... 6 Background ...................................... 6 Running Morton Utilities .................................... 7 Command Line Parameters ............................... 7 Environment Variable .................................. 8 Using Morton Utilities ...................................... 9 Video ................................................. 9 Text Mode ....................................... 9 Scan Lines ...................................... 9 Turbo ........................................... 10 Blanker ......................................... 10 Blank Time ...................................... 10 Dimmer .......................................... 10 Dimmer Control (Ctrl-Alt-Minus/Plus/5) .......... 11 Cursor Protect .................................. 11 Cursor Start .................................... 11 Cursor End ...................................... 11 Cursor Display .................................. 11 Border Color .................................... 12 Intensity ....................................... 12 Redisplay (Ctrl-Alt-R) .......................... 12 Disk .................................................. 12 Encrypt File .................................... 12 Decrypt File .................................... 13 Clean Drive ..................................... 13 Drive ..................................... 13 Time ...................................... 13 Start ..................................... 13 Format Disk ..................................... 13 Drive ..................................... 14 Type ...................................... 14 Label ..................................... 14 When Done ................................. 14 Start ..................................... 14 Park Hard Disks (Ctrl-Alt-P) .................... 14 Protect Hard Disks .............................. 15 Disk Light ...................................... 15 Verify .......................................... 15 Printer ............................................... 15 Print Control String ............................ 15 Eject Page ...................................... 16 PRINT Queue ..................................... 16 View Queue ................................ 16 Submit File ............................... 16 Cancel File ............................... 16 Cancel ALL Files .......................... 17 Convert Box Chars ............................... 17 Alternate PrtSc ................................. 17 Eject After PrtSc ............................... 17 Keyboard .............................................. 17 Typematic Rate .................................. 18 Typematic Delay ................................. 18 Keyboard Click .................................. 18 Ctrl-C Break .................................... 18 Scroll Lock Pause ............................... 18 Keyboard Lock (Ctrl-Alt-L) ...................... 19 Keyboard Password ............................... 19 Box Characters (Ctrl-Alt-Numeric Keypad) ........ 19 Display Locks ................................... 19 Clock ................................................. 20 Display ......................................... 20 Alarm ........................................... 20 Hour Chime ...................................... 20 Date Stamp (Ctrl-Alt-D) ......................... 20 Time Stamp (Ctrl-Alt-T) ......................... 20 Other ................................................. 20 Dial Number ..................................... 21 Number .................................... 21 Start ..................................... 21 Cancel .................................... 21 Mouse ........................................... 21 Emulation ................................. 22 Left Button ............................... 22 Right Button .............................. 22 Horizontal Delay .......................... 23 Vertical Delay ............................ 23 Speaker ......................................... 23 New BELL ........................................ 23 Confirm Reboot .................................. 24 Error Handler ................................... 24 Brake Rate ...................................... 24 Load CMOS ....................................... 24 Save CMOS ....................................... 25 System ................................................ 25 Load Setup ...................................... 25 Save Setup ...................................... 25 Uninstall ....................................... 25 Appendix A: Controlling MU From The Command Line ............ 26 (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 1 +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Introducing Morton Utilities | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Morton Utilities is over forty memory resident utilities re-written and compiled into one professional easy to use package. Features are broken up into six groups: Video, Disk, Printer, Keyboard, Clock, and Other. All features are accessible through Morton Utilities' pull-down menu system. Complete information about any given feature is immediately available by highlighting the desired feature and pressing the "F1" key. In fact, you may not need the manual at all! Morton Utilities Files ====================== Morton Utilities consists of 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. System Requirements =================== To use Morton Utilities you need: o IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, or compatible computer. o PC-DOS or MS-DOS version 3.3 or later. Microsoft Windows Compatibility =============================== Morton Utilities is a well behaved TSR and can be used along side Microsoft Windows. Certain restrictions do apply however. MU should be loaded before Windows. MU and it's features are all available to DOS programs run from Windows (and DOS itself of course). MU and it's features are not available to Windows and Windows programs. The MU Video/Blanker should be disabled before running Windows. The MU Other/Dial Number feature is not affected by Windows and can be used to redial a busy modem number even when Windows or Windows programs are running. The Disk/Format Disk in background feature is not affected by Windows and can be used to format disks in the background of Windows and Windows programs. However The Format Disk/When Done option should be set to "Alarm" when formatting disks in the background of Windows and Windows programs. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 2 +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Purchasing Morton Utilities | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Morton Utilities is distributed under the Shareware marketing system. The Shareware concept allows you, the user, to use a program on a trial basis to determine if it meets your needs. If you find the program useful and wish to continue using it, you are required to pay a license or registration fee to the author. If you received Morton Utilities through a distribution service and paid a small fee (usually $3 to $5), this does not constitute payment for Morton Utilities. You have simply paid for the distribution service. The $3.00 or $5.00 or whatever pays for the diskette, duplications and handling and does NOT constitute payment for the programs contained on the diskette. Morton Utilities license and registration costs $29.95. The file "INVOICE.DOC" contains an invoice which you may print and use for this purpose. With registration you'll receive: 1. The latest version of Morton Utilities without the Shareware notice/screen. 2. A professionally printed/bound manual. 3. Six months support plus we'll notify you of any program updates and new products. The Shareware system is dependent upon honest people. If you use a Shareware program and have not registered with the author after the evaluation period, you are helping to destroy the viability of the Shareware concept. If you appreciate the ability to try software, before you buy it, then we encourage you to register EVERY Shareware program you use. Registration of Shareware products ensures the existence of quality, low-cost software. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 3 +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Configuring Morton Utilities | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Before using Morton Utilities you should run the configuration program. Log into the drive and directory containing Morton Utilities and type: MUCONFIG <Enter> A menu appears containing options you may configure: Printer Port Modem Settings Use Expanded Memory Activation Hotkey Status Color NOTE: If Morton Utilities has already been loaded into memory, any changes made to the configuration will not take effect unless Morton Utilities is uninstalled and then re-loaded. Printer Port ============ This option allows you to select the type of connection being used between the computer and the printer. Modem Settings ============== This option allows you to indicate your modem settings which are used with the "Dial Number" option. The "Dial Number" option allows you to do something else while your modem redials a busy BBS (Bulletin Board System) or some other modem number. Port ---- This option allows you to select the serial port which connects your modem to the computer. Baud Rate --------- This option allows you to select the baud rate which will be used to establish a connection with the called computer. NOTE: The called computer's modem must support the selected baud rate. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 4 Data Bits --------- This option allows you to specify the number of data bits in a character. NOTE: The called computer's modem must use the same setting. Parity ------ This option allows you to specify how the system uses the parity bit to check for transmission errors. NOTE: The called computer's modem must use the same setting. Stop Bits --------- This option allows you to specify the number of stop bits that define the end of a character. NOTE: The called computer's modem must use the same setting. Dial Command ------------ This option allows you to specify the command sent to the modem to instruct it to dial the specified telephone number. The default setting "ATD" will work with all Hayes compatible modems. Wait For Answer --------------- This option allows you to specify the number of seconds that may elapse, after dialing the number, before MU assumes it is busy and starts a redial. You may enter a value between 1 and 60. Use Expanded Memory =================== Morton Utilities normally uses approximately 60K of DOS memory. This may be too much of a sacrifice for you. Therefore, if you have expanded memory, Morton Utilities can optionally load itself into it instead of precious DOS memory. Alternatively, you can have DOS version 5.0 (or later) load Morton Utilities into high memory. At least 60K free of expanded or high memory is needed to do either of these things. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 5 Loading Into Expanded Memory ---------------------------- An expanded memory manager must be installed for Morton Utilities to be able to use this type of memory. To make this type of memory available to programs, DOS 5.0 (or later) provides the device driver "EMM386.EXE". This program or another, which makes expanded memory available, may already be installed. To find out, set the "Use Expanded Memory" option to "Yes", and then run the MU program. If expanded memory is not found, MU will indicate so and load itself into DOS memory. If this is the case, see your DOS manual for information on installing the "EMM386.EXE" program. NOTE: At least 60K of available expanded memory is required. Loading Into High Memory ------------------------ You may use DOS's "LOADHIGH" command (DOS 5.0 or later) to have Morton Utilities loaded into the high memory area. For this command to work, certain drivers must be loaded in your "CONFIG.SYS" file. Then, from the DOS prompt type: LOADHIGH MU.COM <Enter> See your DOS manual for information on setting your system up for loading programs into the high memory area. NOTE: At least 60K of available high memory is required. Set "Use Expanded Memory" option to "No". Activation Hotkey ================= This option allows you to specify the key combination needed to press to activate Morton Utilities when installed in memory. The default key combination is "Alt-/". (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 6 Status Color ============ This option allows you to select the color used for displaying the cursor location, keyboard lock keys status, and the current date/time in the upper right corner of the screen. These options can be activated using the Video/Cursor Display, Keyboard/Display Locks, and Clock/Display options respectively. NOTE: Monochrome systems should only use the colors: Black, White, and Bright White. Foreground ---------- This option allows you to select the foreground color. Background ---------- This option allows you to select the background color. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 7 +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Running Morton Utilities | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ To load Morton Utilities into memory, log into the drive and directory containing Morton Utilities and type: MU <Enter> The program will be loaded into either DOS or expanded memory and will indicate the amount of memory used and free. To have Morton Utilities loaded each time you power-on your computer, simply edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and insert a line with the above command. See your DOS manual for more information. Command Line Parameters ======================= ONCE MORTON UTILITIES IS LOADED INTO MEMORY, all features are accessible from the DOS prompt via command line parameters. This allows Morton Utilities to be controlled either in part or totally from the DOS command line. Simply enter the keystrokes you wish to have passed to the MU program on the command line. For example: MU SU <Enter> This passes two keys to the MU program: "S" and "U". The "S" causes the System menu to be selected and pulled-down. The "U" causes the Uninstall option to be selected and thereby uninstalls the program from memory. Control keys such as "Enter" and "Escape" can be entered using ^M and ^[. For example: MU SLSTART^M^[^[ The "S" brings down the system menu. The "L" selects the "Load Setup" option. The "START" specifies the setup file "START" should be loaded. The "^M" simulates the "Enter" key and confirms loading. The "^[" simulates the "Esc" key and exits the sub-menu. The "^[" simulates the "Esc" key and exits the top-menu. If you select all your favorite settings and then save them in a setup file called "START", The above command can be used to load them each time you boot up. Simply add the following two lines to your "AUTOEXEC.BAT" file: MU (loads the program into memory) MU SLSTART^M^[^[ (passes keystrokes to it) Don't type the comments in parentheses. For a more in-depth discussion on this feature, along with more examples, see Appendix A. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 8 Environment Variable ==================== Morton Utilities looks in the current directory for its data files. If MU is run from a directory other than its own, an environment variable should be set to tell MU to look in a specific directory for its data files. Example: If the MU program directory is C:\MU, set the environment variable by typing from the DOS prompt: SET MU=C:\MU <Enter> NOTE: The environment variable should be set before MU is loaded into memory. If you're loading MU from your "AUTOEXEC.BAT" file, the above command should be placed before the command to load MU. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 9 +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Using Morton Utilities | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Morton Utilities uses pull-down menus to provide access to its options. You may select options either by moving the selection bar using the arrow keys, or by typing the letter of the option that appears in high-intensity color. Options that don't have a letter appearing in high-intensity color must be selected using the arrow keys. Help is available throughout. Simply move the selection bar to an option you want more information about and press the "F1" key. In fact, you may never have to use the manual! VIDEO ===== The Video menu provides access to video control options. Text Mode ========= This option allows you to select an alternate text mode for your applications. Some applications may or may not support the text mode selected. Selecting "Default" does not change the text mode, thus keeping the text mode that was active before MU was popped up. Selecting an alternate text mode causes the screen to be cleared and the cursor to be placed in the upper left corner of the screen when the MU menu is exited. NOTE: The video mode selected is not enforced. That is, programs are allowed to change the video mode to something other than the mode selected. NOTE: Your video hardware may or may not support all text modes. Scan Lines ========== This option allows you to select the number of scan lines to be displayed in VGA text modes. By default the VGA sets all text modes to 400 scan lines. NOTE: Selecting an alternate number of scan lines causes the screen to be cleared and the cursor to be placed in the upper left corner of the screen when the MU menu is exited. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 10 Turbo ===== When set on, this option will provide a noticeable increase in certain video functions dealing with text modes. The actual increase will vary according to computer speed, video card, and video mode. Speed increases may vary from 10 to 80 percent (40x25 and 80x25 video modes average 20%, extended text modes such as 80x50 and 132x44 average 60%). Blanker ======= This option lets you protect your valuable screen from "burn-in". That's what happens when the same image is displayed on the screen for an extended period of time. The screen's phosphor becomes worn in places where characters are displayed, and after time you'll see faint after-images on the screen, even when it is turned off. After a specified time of keyboard inactivity, the screen will be blanked to protect your screen from burn-in. Press any key to restore the screen. Use the "Blank Time" option to set the number of minutes that may elapse. Blank Time ========== This option allows you to enter the number of minutes that may elapse (from the last time a key was pressed) before the screen is blanked. Range is 1 to 60 minutes. Dimmer ====== This option allows you to control the brightness of the VGA video display. Positive numbers increase the brightness while negative numbers decrease it. You may enter a number within the range of -63 and 63. Entering 0 restores the video display to its normal brightness. Alternatively, you may increase and decrease the brightness levels by using the dimmer control keys. (Read on.) (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 11 Dimmer Control (Ctrl-Alt-Minus/Plus/5) ====================================== This option allows you to turn dimmer control keys on/off. The dimmer control keys are: Ctrl-Alt-Minus (on numeric keypad) .... decrease dimmer by 1. Ctrl-Alt-Plus (on numeric keypad) .... increase dimmer by 1. Ctrl-Alt-5 (on numeric keypad) .... reset dimmer to 0. When this option is set "On", the above keys can be used. When "Off", they may not. Cursor Protect ============== This option allows you to protect the cursor size from being changed by your applications. The cursor size you specify, by using the "Cursor Start" and "Cursor End" commands, will remain the same throughout all text based programs you use. When protection is off, the cursor size specified will only remain until a program has changed it. Cursor Start ============ The "Cursor Start" and "Cursor End" commands allow you specify the desired size of your text cursor. The number of scan lines that are available for the cursor can vary based upon the type of video card you have: MDA Monochrome ........... 14 scan lines CGA Color Graphics ........ 8 scan lines EGA Enhanced Graphics ..... 14 scan lines VGA Video Graphics ........ 16 scan lines The flashing block that makes up the cursor can start or end on any one of these scan lines. Cursor End ========== See "Cursor Start". Cursor Display ============== When this option is set "On", the current cursor location is continually displayed in the upper right corner of the screen in the format: Row/Column. NOTE: Use MUCONFIG program to select the color for display. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 12 Border Color ============ This option allows you to select the text border color. The selected border color will be enforced and text mode applications will not be able to change or disable it. Setting this option to "Off" will disable its operation. Setting this option to "Black" will force a black border through all text mode applications. Intensity ========= This option allows you to select background intensity colors. When "On", blinking is disabled and results in high intensity back- ground colors for those characters blinking. This gives your programs 16 background colors to work with instead of only 8. Redisplay (Ctrl-Alt-R) ====================== This option allows you to redisplay up to 5 pages of text that has scrolled off the screen. Simply set this option "On" and then press Ctrl-Alt-R at any time to scroll back through text you may have missed. After pressing Ctrl-Alt-R, you will hear a short beep to let you know that Redisplay is now waiting for your commands. You may then use the following keys: UpArrow ..... Scroll up one line. DnArrow ..... Scroll down one line. PgUp ........ Scroll up one page. PgDn ........ Scroll down one page. Home ........ Scroll to top of text. End ......... Scroll to bottom of text. Esc ......... Exit Redisplay mode. DISK ==== The Disk menu provides access to disk control options. Encrypt File ============ This option allows you to encrypt a file thus scrambling it so no one can make use of it unless they have the password that will decrypt (unscramble) it. You are prompted for a filename and a password. The password can be up to 10 characters long and will be used to encrypt the specified file. The file will then be encrypted and a beep will confirm the completion. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 13 Decrypt File ============ This option allows you to decrypt a file thus unscrambling it so it can be used again. You are prompted for a filename and a password. The password can be up to 10 characters long and will be used to decrypt the specified file. The password entered should match the one used to encrypt the file. The file will then be decrypted and a beep will confirm the completion. If the password entered does not match the one used during encryption, the file will not be decrypted and an error message will display. Clean Drive =========== This option provides an easy way for you to engage the diskette drive motor for diskette drive cleaning systems. Cleaning systems usually require that you apply some solution to its cleaner disk, insert the disk into the drive, and then engage the drive motor for a specific number of seconds (usually 30). Instead of typing "DIR A:" at the DOS prompt a bunch of times, simply select this option, enter the drive letter, time to clean (in seconds), and select "Start". Drive ----- Enter the drive letter you wish to clean. The first diskette drive is usually "A". The second is usually "B". Time ---- Enter the time (in seconds) the diskette drive motor should be engaged. Start ----- Select this option to begin engaging the specified diskette drive motor for the specified number of seconds. Format Disk =========== This option allows you to format a floppy disk, optionally while you use your computer to do other things. A handy feature for those times when in the middle of a program, you find you need a blank disk. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 14 Drive ----- If you have two floppy disk drives, use this option to select either drive A: or B:. Type ---- Use this option to indicate which type of disk you wish to format: 5.25 Inch 360 KB (Normal Density) 5.25 Inch 1.2 MB (High Density) 3.50 Inch 720 KB (Normal Density) 3.50 Inch 1.4 MB (High Density) Label ----- Use this option to specify a disk label if desired. The disk label identifies the type of information stored on the disk. You may specify a label up to 11 characters long. When Done --------- If you decide to format the disk in the background, use this option to select whether MU pops-up or sounds an alarm when the formatting is completed. Start ----- This option will cause the formatting process to IMMEDIATELY begin. Therefore, be sure to insert the disk to format and close the drive door before selecting this option. Once the formatting begins, you can select to format the disk in the background by pressing "B". The disk will continue to be formatted in the background once the MU menu is exited from. Park Hard Disks (Ctrl-Alt-P) ============================ It's a good idea to park your hard drive(s)' heads before powering off your computer. Failing to do so could be asking for trouble. This option allows you to do just that. All hard drives will be parked and you will be prompted to power off your computer. If you wish to continue working, press "Esc" and you may return to what you were doing. NOTE: You may also press Ctrl-Alt-P at any time to do the same. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 15 Protect Hard Disks ================== Set this option "On" to have MU protect your hard disk(s) from being reformatted. Any attempt to reformat a hard disk will fail. This is a good safety measure for those of us who let others use our computers. Disk Light ========== This option provides an on-screen indication of when your disk drives are being accessed. Normally this is done by a LED indicator light on the drive itself. However, some computers are stored under the desk and out of sight. When set "On", the character in the top right corner of the screen will appear in reverse color when a drive is being accessed. Verify ====== This option allows you to specify whether disk write operations are verified. When "On", all data written to disk is verified to see if it was written correctly (a process which slows down disk write operations). When "Off", data is not verified. The "On" and "Off" settings are enforced. That is, applications will not be able to change the verify setting chosen. Selecting "Default", specifies that the current verify setting should be maintained and that applications may change the verify setting. PRINTER ======= The Printer menu provides access to printer control options. Print Control String ==================== This option allows you to enter a control string to be sent to the printer. A control string is a group of characters that instructs the printer to perform a certain function or command. The control string can be a combination of commands or can simply be a line of text to be printed. Most printer commands are preceded by an escape character. The escape character looks like an arrow pointing to the left <-. To enter the escape code, press the "Esc" key while you're editing the control string. Other special characters can be entered by typing in their decimal values on the numeric keypad while holding down the "Alt" key. (See your printer manual for a list of control strings and uses.) (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 16 Eject Page ========== This command causes any data left in the printer buffer to be printed and then ejects the page. If the printer buffer is empty, an empty page is ejected. PRINT Queue =========== This option allows you to control DOS's PRINT spooler program. However, the PRINT program must be loaded. (See your DOS manual for information on loading the PRINT program.) This option allows you to: View a list of files in the queue. Submit files to the queue. Cancel files in the queue. View Queue ---------- This option will display a list of files queue'd for printing. NOTE: To cancel an individual file in the queue without typing in its name, simply select the file here, press "Enter", and then select "Cancel File" option. The filename selected will display for cancellation. Submit File ----------- This option allows you to submit a new file for printing. Simply enter the drive, directory, and filename and press "Enter". YOU MUST ENTER A PATHNAME! Example: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT - RIGHT AUTOEXEC.BAT - WRONG! NOTE: Wildcards such as "*.*" may NOT be used. Cancel File ----------- This option allows you to cancel one or more files that are in the queue. Simply enter the filename or a wildcard and press "Enter". Example: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT NOTE: To cancel an individual file in the queue without typing in its name, select "View Queue", select the file, press "Enter", and then select "Cancel File". The filename selected will display for cancellation. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 17 Cancel ALL Files ---------------- This option will cancel all files in the queue. Convert Box Chars ================= This option allows you to print text files that contain the box characters in them. If your printer doesn't correctly print the box characters, but instead prints garble, set this option "On" when printing text files. Example: ┌───────┐ |-------| │ │ ---> is convert to ---> | | └───────┘ |-------| NOTE: Be sure to set this option "Off" when printing graphics data. Failing to do so will result in unpredictable printer output. Alternate PrtSc =============== Pressing the "PrtSc" will produce a printed copy of the text on the screen. Sometimes it might be nice to print only what you want of the screen. This option allows you to do just that. When "On", pressing "PrtSc" will display a box which you may locate and size over the information you want to print. Use the arrow keys to move the top left box corner to the top left corner of the text to print. Press Enter. Use the arrow keys to move the bottom right box corner to the bottom right corner of the text to print. Press Enter and the selected text will be printed. Press Esc to backup or exit the PrtSc operation. Use the Ctrl-LeftArrow and Ctrl-RightArrow keys to move the box 10 columns at a time left and right. To do a normal PrtSc, just press PrtSc, Enter, Enter. Eject After PrtSc ================= This option, when "On", will send a form feed character to the printer, thus ejecting the paper, after a PrtSc has been done. KEYBOARD ======== The Keyboard menu provides access to keyboard control options. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 18 Typematic Rate ============== This option allows you to specify the rate at which a character is repeated on the screen when you hold down a key. Enter a value between 1 and 32 to specify the rate. The following table illustrates the typematic rate (in characters per second): 1 = 30.0 9 = 15.0 17 = 7.5 25 = 3.7 2 = 26.7 10 = 13.3 18 = 6.7 26 = 3.3 3 = 24.0 11 = 12.0 19 = 6.0 27 = 3.0 4 = 21.8 12 = 10.9 20 = 5.5 28 = 2.7 5 = 20.0 13 = 10.0 21 = 5.0 29 = 2.5 6 = 18.5 14 = 9.2 22 = 4.6 30 = 2.3 7 = 17.1 15 = 8.6 23 = 4.3 31 = 2.1 8 = 16.0 16 = 8.0 24 = 4.0 32 = 2.0 Typematic Delay =============== This option allows you to specify the amount of time that must elapse, after you press and hold down a key, before the key is repeated. Enter a value between 1 and 4 to specify the delay factor. The following table illustrates the typematic delay value (in seconds): 1 = 0.25 2 = 0.50 3 = 0.75 4 = 1.00 Keyboard Click ============== This option provides a clicking sound when keys are pressed and depressed. This is helpful for those who have mushy keyboards and miss the clicking sound. You may select either a low, medium, or high clicking sound. Ctrl-C Break ============ This option allows you to disable Ctrl-C and Ctrl-Break when it might be necessary to keep users from breaking out of programs. Set to "Off" to disable, "On" to enable. Scroll Lock Pause ================= This option allows you to use the Scroll Lock key as a pause key to keep things from scrolling off the screen. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 19 Keyboard Lock (Ctrl-Alt-L) ========================== This option allows you to password lock the keyboard. For instance, you might want to leave the office but you don't want anyone disturbing your work. Simply set this option "On" and then press Ctrl-Alt-L at any time to lock the keyboard. The screen video will be turned off and Ctrl-Alt-Del will be disabled until the correct password is entered. Simply type in your password, press Enter, and resume your work. To define a password, use the next option "Keyboard Password". Keyboard Password ================= This option allows you to define a password for keyboard locking. The password can be up to 10 characters in length. For more information about keyboard locking, see the previous option "Keyboard Lock". Box Characters (Ctrl-Alt-Numeric Keypad) ======================================== This option allows you to easily enter box characters inside your applications. Simply select one of the available box configurations to activate this option. Then hold down the Ctrl-Alt keys and press one of the keys on the numeric keypad to enter a desired box character. Example: If the first box configuration was selected, the following keys would yield the following box characters. 7 = ┌ 8 = ─ 9 = ┐ 4 = │ 5 = n/a 6 = │ 1 = └ 2 = ─ 3 = ┘ NOTE: If you printed this documentation, the above box characters may not have printed correctly. View this document to see them correctly displayed or display help for this option in the MU program. Display Locks ============= When this option is set "On", the current status of the Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock keys is continually displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. NOTE: Use MUCONFIG program to select the color for display. CLOCK ===== The Clock menu provides access to clock control options. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 20 Display ======= When this option is set "On", the current date and time are continually displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. NOTE: Use MUCONFIG program to select the color for display. Alarm ===== This option allows you to set an alarm which will ring at the specified time. The alarm must be entered in the format: Hour:Min AM/PM Examples: 12:30 PM 1:00 AM Hour Chime ========== When this option is set "On", the speaker will produce a chime to announce a new hour. Date Stamp (Ctrl-Alt-D) ======================= This option allows you to easily insert the date into documents being created by other applications. To turn this option on, select one of the available date formats. Then press Ctrl-Alt-D at any time to have the current date automatically typed for you. Time Stamp (Ctrl-Alt-T) ======================= This option allows you to easily insert the time into documents being created by other applications. To turn this option on, select one of the available time formats. Then press Ctrl-Alt-T at any time to have the current time automatically typed for you. OTHER ===== The Other menu provides access to miscellaneous options. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 21 Dial Number =========== This option allows you to do something else while your modem redials a busy BBS (Bulletin Board System) or some other modem number. Simply enter the telephone number using the "Number" option and then select "Start". Your computer will then continually redial the number until connected. An audible alarm will signal you when/if connected. Then exit whatever you were doing and run your communications program to go online. To stop the redialing, select the "Cancel" option. NOTE: You may want to configure MU to work with your modem before using this option. To do so, run the MUCONFIG program. Number ------ Use this option to specify the number you wish to have redialed until a connection is made. Start ----- Select this option to begin the redialing process. Cancel ------ Select this option to cancel the redialing process. Mouse ===== This option allows you to turn on and setup mouse emulation. When on, you will be able to use your mouse in programs that don't directly support it. Moving the mouse left, right, up, and down will simulate the corresponding arrow keys being pressed. Each mouse button can be setup to simulate either the PgUp, PgDn, Enter or Escape key. To use mouse in editors and wordprocessors that don't support it, use the following settings: Emulation .......... On Left Button ........ PgUp Right Button ....... PgDn Horizontal Delay ... 0 Vertical Delay ..... 0 (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 22 To use mouse in programs that allow you to make menu selections using the arrow keys (such as MU itself), use the following settings: Emulation .......... On Left Button ........ Enter Right Button ....... Escape Horizontal Delay ... 4 Vertical Delay ..... 2 Emulation --------- This option allows you to turn on mouse emulation. NOTE: Programs that already support the mouse may inadvertently cause emulation to be disabled when exited from. If this happens, simply set this option back on to resume emulation. Left Button ----------- Use this option to select which key the left mouse button should simulate: PgUp PgDn Enter Escape When using the mouse to move through a document, the PgUp/PgDn keys might be desirable settings. When using the mouse to make menu selections, the Enter/Escape keys might be desirable settings. Right Button ------------ Use this option to select which key the right mouse button should simulate: PgUp PgDn Enter Escape When using the mouse to move through a document, the PgUp/PgDn keys might be desirable settings. When using the mouse to make menu selections, the Enter/Escape keys might be desirable settings. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 23 Horizontal Delay ---------------- This option allows you to set a delay on the mouse horizontal movement. The delay value may be in the range of 0 and 99. The greater the delay value, the more horizontal mouse movement needed to generate left/right arrow key presses. The Horizontal and Vertical Delay options are useful when configuring the mouse to make menu selections instead of moving through a document. When no delays are imposed it might be difficult to highlight a desired menu selection. However, when delays are set, it might be difficult to move through a document. Vertical Delay -------------- This option allows you to set a delay on the mouse vertical movement. The delay value may be in the range of 0 and 99. The greater the delay value, the more vertical mouse movement needed to generate up/down arrow key presses. The Horizontal and Vertical Delay options are useful when configuring the mouse to make menu selections instead of moving through a document. When no delays are imposed it might be difficult to highlight a desired menu selection. However, when delays are set, it might be difficult to move through a document. Speaker ======= Some programs can be noisy and they might not give you the option of turning their sounds off. This option allows you to turn the speaker off when noise might not be desirable. If it's late at night, use this option to keep things quiet. NOTE: When speaker is off, some sounds may result in short clicks. NOTE: The format done alarm, clock alarm, hour chime, and dial connected alarm are not affected by the speaker off setting. New BELL ======== This option allows you to select an alternate bell sound. When on, a soft low bell will be heard instead of the usual (and sometimes annoying) high pitched one. The BELL sound is used in DOS and other programs to bring your attention to something. To make DOS sound the BELL, from the DOS prompt type: ECHO ^G ^G means hold down the Ctrl key and press the "G" key. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 24 Confirm Reboot ============== Sometimes you get hasty and press Ctrl-Alt-Del when you don't necessarily want to. When this option is on, Ctrl-Alt-Del won't reboot until you've confirmed your decision. A window will display asking you for a Yes/No confirmation. Error Handler ============= This option provides a replacement for DOS's Abort, Retry, Fail message and also keeps programs that don't handle such errors from bombing out. When an error occurs in DOS or such a program, a window will be displayed describing the error and requesting one of the following actions: Abort .......... Terminate the DOS operation or program. Retry .......... Retry the operation. Ignore ......... Ignore the error and continue operation. Fail ........... Fail the operation. Simply type the first letter of the action desired. It's not necessary to press the Enter key as it is with DOS's handler. Brake Rate ========== This option allows you to slow your computer down. Some older game programs run very fast on newer computers. This option will give you more time to react to things that might happen in the game. In fact, there might be other uses for this too. Simply enter a rate between 1 and 99 depending upon how much brake you need. Enter 0 to return to normal speed. Load CMOS ========= This option should be used when your CMOS batteries have failed. It will restore your CMOS memory with the information stored in the "CMOS.DAT" file. The "CMOS.DAT" file can be created by the "Save CMOS" option. CMOS memory contains information about your PC's configuration including time, date, hard drives, disk drives, video etc. One or more batteries keep this information alive when you power off your PC. These batteries will give out sooner or later and will need to be replaced. After replacing the batteries you will need to restore your CMOS memory settings. To do this, simply use the "Load CMOS" option to restore them. However, you need to have saved your CMOS settings earlier using the "Save CMOS" option. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 25 Save CMOS ========= This option should be used to save your CMOS memory for a rainy day. The CMOS memory will be saved into the file "CMOS.DAT" in the MU program directory. CMOS memory contains information about your PC's configuration including time, date, hard drives, disk drives, video etc. One or more batteries keep this information alive when you power off your PC. These batteries will give out sooner or later and will need to be replaced. After replacing the batteries you will need to restore your CMOS memory settings. To do this, simply use the "Load CMOS" option to restore them. However, you need to have saved your CMOS settings earlier using the "Save CMOS" option. SYSTEM ====== The System menu provides access to system commands. Load Setup ========== This option allows you to restore all settings from a setup file. (A setup file can be created using the "Save Setup" command.) All video, disk, printer, keyboard, clock, and other settings will be restored to what they were when the specified setup was saved. All setup files will have the extension ".SET". It isn't necessary to enter the extension when specifying a setup file. Save Setup ========== This option allows you to save all video, disk, printer, keyboard, clock, and other settings to a setup file. (Settings can be restored using the "Load Setup" command.) All setup files will have the extension ".SET". It isn't necessary to enter the extension when specifying a setup file. Uninstall ========= This option allows you to uninstall MU from memory. Once done, all memory used by MU is freed for other programs to use. NOTE: If you have loaded other memory resident programs after MU, MU may not be able to uninstall itself. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 26 +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Appendix A: Controlling MU From The Command Line | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ This appendix provides instructions for controlling MU from the DOS command line or from batch files. ONCE MORTON UTILITIES IS LOADED INTO MEMORY, all features are accessible from the DOS prompt via command line parameters. This allows Morton Utilities to be controlled either in part or totally from the DOS command line. Simply enter the keystrokes you wish to have passed to the MU program on the command line. For example: MU SU <Enter> This passes two keys to the MU program: "S" and "U". The "S" causes the System menu to be selected and pulled-down. The "U" causes the Uninstall option to be selected and thereby uninstalls the program from memory. Control keys such as "Enter" and "Escape" can be entered using ^M and ^[. For example: MU SLSTART^M^[^[ The "S" brings down the system menu. The "L" selects the "Load Setup" option. The "START" specifies the setup file "START" should be loaded. The "^M" simulates the "Enter" key and confirms loading. The "^[" simulates the "Esc" key and exits the sub-menu. The "^[" simulates the "Esc" key and exits the top-menu. NOTE: ^M or ^[ does NOT mean hold down the "Ctrl" key and press "M" or "[". It means type the ^ symbol (found above the "6" key) and then type "M" or "[". If you select all your favorite settings and then save them in a setup file called "START", The above command can be used to load them each time you boot up. Simply add the following two lines to your "AUTOEXEC.BAT" file: MU (loads the program into memory) MU SLSTART^M^[^[ (passes keystrokes to it) NOTE: Do NOT type the comments in parentheses. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 27 The following table presents other codes that can be typed on the MU command line to pass special keys to MU: |-----------------------------------------------| | Control Key Command Line Code | |-----------------------------------------------| | Enter ^M | | Esc ^[ | | Backspace ^H | | F1 &; | | F3 &= | | Home &G | | End &O | | PgUp &I | | PgDn &Q | | Up Arrow &H | | Down Arrow &P | | Left Arrow &K | | Right Arrow &M | | Insert &R | | Delete &S | | ^ ^^ | | & && | |-----------------------------------------------| The following examples illustrate the versatility of controlling Morton Utilities from the command line. The following examples would be entered from the DOS command line or in a batch file: MU SU Uninstalls MU from memory. MU SLSTART^M^[^[ Loads setup file named "START". MU ODN555-1234^MS^[^[^[ Begins dialing 555-1234 in the background. MU OA^[^[ Saves CMOS data to file. MU OMEN^[^[^[ Turns mouse emulation on. MU DP Parks the heads for powering down. MU DEMY.DAT^MPASSWORD^M^[^[ Encrypts file "MY.DAT" using the password "PASSWORD". MU VUND-10^M^[^[ Turns Video Turbo on and dims the VGA screen by 10. MU VCNS1^ME16^M^[^[ Turns Cursor Protect on, sets Cursor Start to 1, and Cursor End to 16. MU DCDA^MT60^MS Cleans drive A: for 60 seconds. MU DFDAT1WPSB^[^[^[ Formats drive A: 1.2MB disk in the background and MU will popup when done. MU CA12:30 PM^M^[^[ Sets alarm to go off at 12:30 PM. (C) Copyright 1992 Robert L. Morton Page 28 If there is something specific that you would like MU to do from a batch file, do the following: Popup MU and do just what it is that you would like MU to do from the batch file. As you type, write down the keys that you press. When you press one of the special control keys (listed in the preceding table), write down the given "Command Line Code" for that key. When finished, precede everything that you have written with "MU " (no quotation marks though) and place it in your batch file. You can now just run that batch file to have MU do what you did. NOTE: When writing batch files to control MU, always press the highlighted letters of each feature to select and make changes.