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- Hard-Drive Poofer
- v1.00
- (C) 1992 Ed T. Toton III
-
- OVERVIEW:
-
- Warning! Requires VGA/MCGA or better!!
-
- This is a nasty and scary gag, but is absolutley harmless. At first it
- seems almost non-functional. It allows the victim to enter 3 dos commands
- without hindering them, and it WILL execute them! After that, the fun
- begins! It will give all sorts of hard-drive errors that get progressively
- worse. Eventually the system reboots, has some more errors, and starts
- "formatting" the hard drive. NOTE- IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING. After
- about 100 cylinders, it gives some more errors, but then everything starts
- getting silly, until the grand finale, where the whole screen goes snowy!
- Note that for the snow you must have a VGA or MCGA or better.
-
- THE STUFF:
-
- Included in this zip file are two EXE's, SNOW_SCR and HDPOOF. Snow_scr
- is the program that turns the screen snowy. If you give it a command-line
- parameter it will even make the white-noise out of your speaker (ANY
- parameter at all!). HDpoof is the main program, and as the grand finale it
- runs an internal version of snow_scr. I included the external version so
- that you may use it seperately if you wish.
- Remember that HDpoof DOES execute up to three dos commands. In order to do
- this, it needs to know where command.com is. So when you run it, tell it the
- directory in which command.com can be found, WITHOUT a slash on the end.
- Example: HDPOOF c:\dos
-
- And that's it!! Happy hunting!!!
-
-
- NOTICE:
-
- This program is being distributed on the "shareware" concept. It is by
- no means completely free. If you think the program is of use to you, please
- send a registration fee of $5. If you think that is rediculous, then send
- less (or more for that matter). If you hate the program or found too many
- bugs, write me and tell me, and include a graphic explanation (but don't
- be too harsh!! Heheheh). In any event, write to:
-
- Ed T. Toton III
- 7101 Talisman Lane
- Columbia Md 21045
-
-
- And WHY should you register it?
- 1. To support my continuing efforts to bring you some level of
- functional programs. If I get no cash, you get no improvements
- in these programs, and I won't be encouraged to make new and
- better software!
- 2. To get that warm glow for knowing that you supported the author
- of at least one of the many shareware programs you probably use.
- 3. To find out if there is a newer version. All you need to do is
- ask! But letters with money take priority!
- 4. You could be sick and demented and thus register everything you
- get your hands on.
-
-
-
- DISCLAIMER:
-
- This program is provided "AS IS" and I make no gauruntees about it's
- performance. I will not be and can not be held responsible for any damages
- incurred during it's use. It's on a "use at your own risk" basis. Nothing
- at all should happen, the program is harmless, but I have to say it anyway.
- Remember, if YOU use it, YOU take the responsibility, and YOU suffer any
- and all consequences!!
-
-
-
- COPYRIGHT:
-
- This program may be freely distributed (which is actually encouraged)
- AS IS. No one may modify this program in ANY way. ESPECIALLY where names
- and credit is given, and INCLUDING all the documentation and data files.
- It may NOT be used for comercial or profit-turning ventures of any kind,
- including sale by disk vendors, without the written consent by ME, with
- ONE exception. Disk vendors MAY sell it without my written consent ONLY
- if they charge no more than $4 higher then the cost of the disk, AND they
- register it first. NOTHING may be added to it either. NO BBS ads are
- allowed EXCEPT as zip comments, or as a single SEPERATE text file.
-
-
- OTHER SOFTWARE:
-
- I have made several programs (not including the 7 or so games I made
- in quick-basic a while back) that may be of interest to you. Here is
- a list of some of them: (as of 2/21/92)
-
- Blaze v2.6 : =VGA screen-saver. Supports password security,
- and a customization system (config file). Has
- been known to travel quickly through BBS's.
-
- CompWar v2.6 : =Latest release of CompWar, the on-line game for
- use with WWIV BBS systems.
-
- Date-Matcher v1.2 : =On-line match-maker program for BBS's that support
- DOS interrupt driven door programs (such as WWIV).
-
- T-Robots v2.0 : =(one of my masterpeices) T-Robots is a system in
- which you program robots to fight one another. It
- uses a simple programming language, and you create
- the programs with your favorite text-editor. Great
- for competitions! Supports VGA, EGA, CGA, MCGA,
- Hercules, and many more graphics devices.
-
- AT-Robots v1.0 : =Advanced T-robots. Extremely similar to T-Robots 2.0
- except the system has been improved. It supports most
- graphics adapters in existance (CGA, EGA, VGA, MCGA,
- Hercules, etc). In this one you program the robots
- using ATR assembly (Advanced T-Robots Assembly). Now
- you design your own subroutines, and access specific
- device ports and memory locations. The ultimate in
- competions of logical thought.
-
- StratSys v2.0 : =A 2-player VGA combat strategy game. VERY flexible.
- Comes with 4 game scenarios (Cival War, Naval Battle,
- Robot Conquest, and a medieval scenario). Expansion
- packs are available (at the moment one with 12
- scenarios). Comes with an editor for the images and
- maps, so you can make your own scenarios!
-
- My-Gags set 2.1 : =A set of small gag programs that I have made. They
- are designed to be placed in the autoexec.bat file.
- Over Half of them are TSR's, including one that
- creates "line-noise" through the keyboard buffer,
- one that beeps occasionally, and one that keeps
- changing you caps-lock/numlock/scroll-lock.
-
- Toton Utilities 1.0 =A set of 8 SMALL but potentially useful utilities.
- Most are TSR's. Several of them make alternate
- drive-lights out of other peripherals. You can make
- a drive LED on your screen in the corner, or make
- your scroll-lock act as a drive light. Included
- is also a program to make clicking sounds as you
- press keys, and a program to turn your num-lock
- off during boot-up (for those of you that hate your
- num-lock staying on after boot-up).
-
-
-
- FINAL NOTE:
-
- If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, criticisms, donations,
- remarks, praise or opinions, please write! I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!
- (the address is listed above).
-
- Also- write me if you have any neat prank stories to tell! Even if they
- weren't done with my programs!!
-
-
- Ed T. Toton III
- "Necromancer"
- -1992
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