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- From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
- Subject: Re: Just what IS Alt-F1 (was Re: Multiple Desktops....)
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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 18:02:50 GMT
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- References: <1992Sep2.014133.211380@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <60052@mimsy.umd.edu> <JEFF.92Sep3163618@claw.clearpoint.com> <jdecarlo.240.716128041@mitre.org>
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- In <jdecarlo.240.716128041@mitre.org> jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo) writes:
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- >And this is exactly what IBM recommends in the applicable Red Book. They
- >recommend that the first line of CONFIG.SYS be an XCOPY of the *.ini files
- >into the INSTALL directory. Then they recommend that STARTUP.CMD copy
- >the .INI files into .1, .2, and .3 versions so you have several versions
- >back, in case the most recent one is corrupted.
-
- As an alternative, this idea came up in a discussion on a local BBS.
- (Note that I haven't tested this yet, but I cannot think of any reason
- it wouldn't work...)
-
- Add to your CONFIG.SYS:
-
- CALL=C:\BIN\ZOO.EXE uh+ C:\INIBAK.ZOO C:\OS2\OS2.INI C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
-
- This will save the INI files *if* they have changed, and will keep older
- versions (Zoo allows you to have several versions of a file in an
- archive). Of course, this means that you must have a copy of zoo, but I
- suspect that most people reading this do.
-
- Just thought I'd pass this idea along. Comments and criticism are welcome.
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