memory if it finds enough available. This tells the
program to ignore EMS.
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/I Ignore PCFDial configuration files. PCFDial is geared
to hunt for its configuration file. This option tells
the program to use its internal defaults.
/INSTALL Create PCFDial configuration file. The program runs in
standalone (non-TSR) mode and creates a configuration
file to your specifications.
/Kcfg-file
PCFDial configuration filename. See below for detailed
information.
/N Noiseless operation. Toggles the program into total
silence at startup.
/Prrr:ccc[:lll]
Highlight bar row, column, & length. The first time you
use PCFDial after loading, its highlight bar positions
itself on row 17, line 17, covering a length of 17
characters. This option lets you initialize to
different values. NOTE: if you use this option, the
high igh ba co tin ous y r set it elf to his
def ult O her ise it rem mbe s i s l st osi ion &
l ngt be wee po ups
/ nin tal pr gra fr m T R s atu . ee elo fo
de ail d i for ati n.
Syn ax: You mus pu a pac be wee ea h o tio . CFD al a cep s p ram ter in any ord r b t y u s oul pu th /K opt on f rst if ou pec fy t. And fin lly yo ma us "- " i ste d
of "/x if you wis .
ee ppe dix B f r v sua ai s o st rti g P FDi l a th DO
pro pt.
.2 Pro ram ini ial zat on
Whe PC Dia st rts up, it ook fo th co fig rat on ile
CFD AL. FG f y u d dn' sp cif on on the com and lin . t
se rch s: 1. he efa lt ire tor ;
. T e d rec ory whe e t e P FDi l p ogr m i ke t; nd,
3. The dir cto ies lis ed n t e D S P TH con ult you DO
ma ual if ou re nfa ili r w th his .
4. T R i for ati n
her ar so e s eci l c nsi era ion yo mu t f llo if you wis
to se CFD al:
1 CFD al 1.0 Use Ma ual
4. .1 Loa ing con ide ati ns
Net ork use s m st oad PCF ial aft r a y n two k s ell .
ult tas er ser mu t l ad CFD al fte an sy tem man ger
lik DE QVi w, mni iew Ta kVi w, r W ndo s. Loa ing it n a
art tio is fin if the par iti n i at lea t 1 0k. (P FDi l
ta es nly 7k f r gul r m mor wh n d rma t.)
4. .2 Siz co sid rat ons
PC Dia is a l rge pro ram yet it nly tak s 7 wh n l ade as a
TS . n s mpl te ms, the pro ram wri es tse f t di k o EM
mem ry nd eav s b hin a mal "k rne ." Thi ke nel wai s f r
yo to pre s t e h tke (A T-J by efa lt) at hic po nt t
re ds he rog am ack int me ory W en ou' e d ne, the
rog am wap ba k o t a d t e k rne wa ts or ou o p ess the
otk y a ain
N te: PCF ial s s app ng roc ss pee s u if it ses EMS mem ry o a AMd sk.
Yo mu t h ve 80k of ree dis sp ce, EMS mem ry, or AMd sk s ace to oad PCF ial ( ons lt our DOS man al f y u'r
unf mil ar ith EMS mem ry r R Mdi ks. I PC Dia do sn' fi d
en ugh EMS mem ry, it ill all cat ab ut 80k of pac fo tw
hid en ile in the roo di ect ry n t e d fau t d ive I yo
wan to use a s eci ic riv -- say a R Mdi k o a pee y h rd d sk - y u c n a com lis it a f w d ffe ent way :
. G ner te co fig rat on ile in hic yo ex lic tly set
the "De aul TS dr ve" opt on; or,
2. Use PCF ial s / co man li e o tio to spe ify the dri e
y u w nt o u e; r, 3. ake the tar et riv th DO de aul an th n i vok
PC Dia .
f y u h ve xte ded mem ry nst ad f L M E S e pan ed emo y, w en our ge ou o c eat a AMd sk arg en ugh for PCF ial to u e. Or, use any of he ari us ree uti iti s d sig ed o m ke e ten ed emo y a t l ke IM MS emo y.
