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ExtraDOS Toolbox (tm)
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Users Manual
Copyright (c) 1985-92 Foley Hi-Tech Systems (ASP) All Rights Reserved
Introduction
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ExtraDOS Toolbox is a compilation of tools useful to Microsoft DOS
users. I originally wrote the first version of ExtraDOS under MS-DOS
because I found a need for them and there were no commercially
available products that provided these functions. Some ExtraDOS tools
were designed to enhance programs already found in MS-DOS. Other
tools were familiar to the Unix world, but were not available in
MS-DOS. Over the years this collection has grown into large group of
very useful tools. Some of these utilities are duplicates of those
found elsewhere, but often provide much better features or reduced
memory overhead than similar utilities found elsewhere. In addition,
ExtraDOS complements PC-Tools and Norton Utilities with added tools
these programs do not provide.
Over thirty of the ExtraDOS Toolbox utilities have been selected by
Paul Somerson, former Executive Editor of PC Magazine, for Bantam
Books', DOS Power Tools, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded for DOS
5.0.
I hope you find these tools useful and convienent. Any suggestions
for enhancements, improvements or additions are welcome. Please
contact use with your comments.
David R. Foley
License Agreement
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This software is protected by both United States' copyright law and
international treaty provisions. Therefore, you must treat this
software "just like a book," with the following single exception.
Foley Hi-Tech Systems authorizes you to make archival copies of the
software for the sole purpose of backing up our software and
protecting your investment from loss. By saying, "just like a book,"
Foley Hi-Tech Systems means that this software may be used by any
number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location
to another, provided there is absolutely no possibility of it being
used at one location while it is being used at another. Just as a
book cannot be read by two different people in two different places
simultaneously, the software may not be used by two different people
in two different places simultaneously.
You may not make copies of the software documentation or disk,
except as described above. You may not distribute, rent, sublicense,
or lease the software or the documentation. You may not alter,
modify, or adapt the software or documentation, including but not
limited to translating, decompiling, reverse assembling, or creating
derivative works. You may not use the software in a network,
timeshareing, multiple CPU, or multi- user environment unless each
user is licensed by Foley Hi-Tech Systems.
EXTRADOS TOOLBOX
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LIMITED WARRANTY
Upon notification of defects in material or workmanship,
within the warranty period of 45 days from the date of purchase,
Foley Hi-Tech Systems will, at its option, replace the defective
diskette or refund the license fee. If you need to return a product,
call the Foley Hi-Tech Systems Technical Support Service Department
to obtain a return authorization number. The remedy for breach of
this warranty shall be limited to replacement or refund and shall
not encompass any other damages, including but not limited to loss
of profit, and special, incidental, consequential, or other similar
claims.
Foley Hi-Tech Systems specifically disclaims all other warranties,
expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
with respect to defects in the diskette and documentation, and the
program license granted herein in particular, and without limiting
operation of the program license with respect to any particular
application, use, or purpose. In no event shall Foley Hi-Tech
Systems be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial
damage, including but not limited to special, incidental,
consequential, or other damages. This statement shall be construed,
interpreted, and governed by the laws of the State of California.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
ExtraDOS Toolbox, TurboBAT, SpeedRAM, Screen Manager, Profiler,
WizLabel, CDBS, Press Gate Manager, ExtraWindows Toolbox and Safety
Disk are trademarks of Foley Hi-Tech Systems.
MS-DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Norton Utilities are a trademark of Symantec.
PC-Tools is a trademark of Central Point Software.
TURBOTXT - Text File Compiler
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DESCRIPTION
TurboTxt will convert a standard text file into a self displaying
COM program, containing both text and the necessary code to display
the text.
VERSION
1.11 11/10/92
COMMAND FORMAT
TURBOTXT [/Axx] [/Fxx] source [destination]
/Axx Sets the video attributes for the text being displayed.
xx is the attribute value. Use the chart below to
calculate the attribute value you wish to use.
/Fxx Sets the video attributes for the help line at the
bottom of the screen being displayed. xx is the
attribute value. Use the chart below to calculate the
attribute value you wish to use.
source the source text file to be compiled. Can be any
standard DOS text file up to 63k bytes.
destination can be any valid dos filename. If no destination is
entered the file created will be called README.COM.
TURBOTXT - Text file Compiler
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COLORS
TurboTXT allows you to choose the video attributes that will be used
to display the text in the compiled README.COM program. The number
used to set the attribute is calculated by choosing the background
color and then the near ground color. The formula to use to get this
number is:
A = BACKGROUND COLOR x 16
B = NEARGROUND COLOR
xx = A + B;
BACKGROUND COLORS NEARGROUND COLORS
BLACK 0 BLACK 0
BLUE 1 BLUE 1
GREEN 2 GREEN 2
CYAN 3 CYAN 3
RED 4 RED 4
MAGENTA 5 MAGENTA 5
BROWN 6 BROWN 6
LIGHTGRAY 7 LIGHTGRAY 7
DARKGRAY 8
LIGHTBLUE 9
LIGHTGREEN 10
LIGHTCYAN 11
LIGHTRED 12
LIGHTMAGENTA 13
YELLOW 14
WHITE 15
so to display LIGHTRED text on a BLUE background you would use
the following calclation:
A = 1 x 16 = 16
B = 12
xx = 16 + 12 = 28
TURBOTXT /A28 README.TXT
NOTES
The code overhead is slightly more than 1k bytes. When this program
is executed, the displayed text can be scrolled with the cursor
keys. Direct screen writing is used so the display is extremely
fast. Snow supression will occur if a CGA monitor is detected.
The text file must be less than 63k in size and any lines exceeding
the width of the screen will be truncated. It is possible for the
resultant COM program to be smaller than the original text file.
Most text files use a two byte sequence of a carriage return and
line feed (0Ch and 0Ah) to terminate each line. When the text is
converted the two bytes are replaced by a single null byte (00h).
Needless to say, the larger the text file the better the chance of a
size savings.
If the output file is not specified README.COM will be used. If the
extension is omitted from the output filename, COM will be used.
The following keys are available when the created program is
executed:
Up Arrow Scroll up one line
Down Arrow Scroll down one line
Page Up Scroll up one page
Page Down Scroll down one page
Left Arrow Scroll Left one character
Right Arrow Scroll Right one character
Home Go to start of text
End Go to end of text
ESC Exit program
Alt-X Exit program
The .COM program produced automatically supports screen sizes other
than 80x25. As long as the proper screen values are in the BIOS data
area and the screen width is at least 80 columns and no greater than
255 columns it will work with the detected mode automatically.
EXAMPLES
TurboTxt help.txt help
The text in HELP.TXT is used to create HELP.COM.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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Often we get calls from people asking questions that can be
solved easily by checking through the manual before calling tech
support. We ask that you browse the manual and look for information
pertaining to your particular problem before calling. This can often
save you time, as we take a collection of our most common questions
and try to address them in this manual.
We offer alternative methods besides the conventional phone
support, such as a multi-line 24-hour BBS system. We also monitor
most technical conferences in the BBS Interlink and RelayNet
networks as well as many conferences on the CompuServe
Information System. You may send messages and questions via any of
these services.
Currently our Tech Support office is staffed Monday through Friday
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. There is a chance,
however, that someone is in the office outside this time frame.
If so, we will gladly answer your questions outside the normal
business hours. Registered users are given unlimited technical
support.
Foley Hi-Tech Systems
Technical Support Department
185 Berry Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 882-1730
(415) 882-1733 FAX
(415) 882-1735 BBS
70262,1463 CompuServe
CREDITS
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This collection of utilities started out as a small set of home
grown tools that I just could not stand to live without. Many times
someone would see me using them and ask for a copy. This was a big
mistake. All of the sudden I had to debug my code. Someone would
call me up and remind me of some problem with a utility that I had
written or asked me to just add this one little feature. Six years
later the package has evolved to its current state. Along the way I
have had the help of many people in testing and ideas for products.
I would like to thank all of those people who have of course
registered these utilities as this is now a new incentive for
continuing to expand them. More specifically I'd like to thank the
following:
Kathy Smith
Jay Wessel
Roger Cross
Brian & Tess for Channel 1
Paul Somerson & Bantam Books
PC Tech Journal (A Great Loss)
PC Magazine
Byte Magazine
Jerry Pournelle
Association of Shareware Professionals
PROGRAMMING
The ExtraDOS Toolbox utilties use a wide variety of programming
tools including:
Borland Turbo Pascal 6.0
Borland Turbo Assembler 3.0
Borland Turbo C++ 1.0
Borland Turbo Debugger 2.0
Turbo Power Software Object Professional 1.0
Phil Katz' PKLite Professional 1.13
Unity Programmers Editor 3.33
Ralph Browns' Interrupt List
Programming by:
Mike Blaszczak
David Foley
Joe Halpin
Bill McKee
Mike Molloy
Mike Viens
Ross Wentworth
Randall Woodman
CREDITS
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ART
Artwork for the ExtraDOS Toolbox was created using:
Ian Davis' TheDraw 4.01
Aldus Freehand 2.0
Electronic Arts Studio/8 2.0
Art by:
David Foley
Noel Gamboa
Moses Gates
Shahasp Herardian
Pat McSween
Ross Wentworth
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation for the ExtraDOS Toolbox was written using:
FHTS SuperEdit 3.04
Word Perfect 5.1
MS Word for Windows 2.0
Grammatik for Windows 1.0
Aldus Pagemaker 4.0
Unity Programmers Editor 3.33
Documentation by:
Mike Blaszczak
David Foley
Mike Viens
Ross Wentworth
Printed Manuals by:
BindCo, Brisbane, CA.
LICENSE INFORMATION
CHIMES, EVAL and RAMDRIVE are derivatives of the Nifty James
utilties by Mike Blaszczak.
FILEATTR, NAMEDIR and SWAPFILE are derivatives of the Fantastic
Utilities by Mike Viens.
FHTS Products
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Safety Disk (tm)
Safety Disk saves all of your systems vital information and will
solve most problems due to: Loss of battery power, Loss of CMOS
information, accidental deletion of boot files, virus damage to boot
disk.
"Use Safety Disk and your PC is Safe.", Computer Shopper, March 1992
"Used in Conjuntion with a conventional backup utility, Safety Disk,
for $59.95 will provide as bulletproof a backup as you're likely to
find in the PC marketplace.", InfoWorld, February 10, 1992
"Safety Disk is so deceptively easy to use that it makes hard-drive
and computer maintenance seem impossibly easy.", PCM Magazine, May
1992
"I have discovered the most unique and useful system maintenance
utility since Spinrite came along.", MBUG PC Newsletter, December,
1991
ExtraDOS Toolbox (tm)
A large collection of over 50 utilities that DOS forgot. Includes
many helpful utilities that enhance MS-DOS machines. Featured in the
DOS Power Tools, 2nd Edition, Revised for DOS 5.0 book by Bantam
Books.
WizLabel (tm)
Print Sharp Wizard phone listings directly to your SLP Printer
without having to convert your data.
Coach Database System■.
CDBS provides a method for tracking and evaluating NBA teams, NBA
players, and college players. It supplies a comprehensive report
generator for building decision support reports on scouted players.
FHTS Products
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Press Gate Manager■.
Software for event organizers. Creates and maintains a database of
events and guests with the ability to track seating by type,
location, and person. Produces seating charts and labels for press
passes.
FINDB■.
Financial Database System for tracking shareholders in a company.
Allows the instant retrieval of information based on any part of a
persons account id, ss#, zip code etc. Has support for completely
customized HP Laserjet tax forms. Ideal for generating K1 tax
reports for limited partnerships.
EXTRADOS TOOLBOX UPCOMING ADDITIONS
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We are constantly adding new utilities to the ExtraDOS Toolbox
collection. Some are developments of ideas from our customers. If
you know of a utility that you would find handy or updates to
existing utilities please let us know about them.
BATPLUS Collection of enhancements for DOS Batch files. BATPLUS
enhancements will also be supported by TurboBAT.
BOOTLOCK Updates to BootLock to make it a Device Driver or TSR.
BOOTMGR Boot Manager will allow you to choose from many different
boot up configurations by displaying a menu of choices
at boot time. Each configuration can have a seperate
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS associated with it.
DIALIT Small TSR that allows you to pop up over any text screen
and capture a phone number and then dialing with your
modem.
DIFF Full screen file comparison utility. Will display the
differences between two different files.
DIRSORT Sort directories by Name, Extension, Date, Time or Size.
DISKTEST Command line utility to perform testing functions on disk
drives looking for bad sectors or clusters.
EMSX86 EMS 4.0 Memory Manager that converts Extended Memory into
LIM EMS 4.0 Expanded memory.
FKEYSET Allows you to assign customized values for all the function
keys.
KBDMGR Keyboard Manager allows you to customize the repeat rate
of keys as well as expanding the typeahead buffer. Also
features custom key clicking options.
LQPRINT Allows 9 pin dot matrix printers to print near letter
quality output by converting text into high resolution
graphics.
NBSTIME Will set your PC clock to National Atomic Clock time by
calling NBS with your modem.
PRMPTMGR Prompt Manager gives you access to a library of DOS prompts
and allows you to create your own DOS prompts.
PRINTCTL Print Controller is a multiple printer spool and configuration
utility. Supports EMS or DISK spooling and up to three
printer ports.
EXTRADOS TOOLBOX UPCOMING ADDITIONS
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SORT Advanced SORT utilty for DOS. Features many enhancements o
over the DOS version.
SPEEDFL Increase access to some floppy disk drives.
SPLITFL Split files into multiples for modem or diskette transfers.
STOPWTCH Stop Watch allows you to time programs at the DOS prompt.
SWAPFILE Swap to file names with the associated files.
XCD Smart CHDIR command. Will accept partial names.
XDEL Advanced delete command. Allows many options and exclusions.
XDIR Updated DIR command with sort options.
ZIPCODE TSR to allow the searching of US Postal Zip Code Database.
The latest versions of the ExtraDOS Toolbox utilities can be found on:
FHTS PC GURU III BBS, San Francisco, CA (415) 882-1735
CHANNEL 1 BBS, Cambridge, MA (617) 354-8873
COMPUSERVE INFORMATION SERVICE See CIS Listings