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  1. GridLock 1.00
  2. Copyright (c) Marc Ache' 1990. All Rights Reserved.
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  5. Note: Gridlock ONLY works with OS/2 1.2 and later...
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  9. What is Gridlock?
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  12. Gridlock is an OS/2 system extension.  Once Gridlock is installed, it will 
  13. automatically be activated anytime you boot your machine.  This program will 
  14. allow you to specify how OS/2 should place your icons on the screen.  Icons 
  15. can be placed along any axis, starting at any corner.  Gridlock can cause
  16. your icons to do any one of the following...
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  51. ...and many more configurations are possible.
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  54. Installation
  55. ============
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  57. Place GRIDLOCK.DLL any where within your LIBPATH (eg. In C:\OS2\DLL).  Once 
  58. that has been done, type "gridlock -i" <CR>, to install gridlock.  Now reboot
  59. your computer and Gridlock should noe be installed.
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  62. Setting Gridlock options
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  65. To set Gridlock options, select the Desktop manager, select the menuitem 
  66. "DeskTop" and then select the subitem "Gridlock Options...".  A dialog will 
  67. then be presented with a number of configurable options.
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