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Requirements
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DOS 2.0 or later.
Screen mode is assumed to be 80 X 25 characters.
A hard disk and an AT or PS/2 compatible computer is required for the
alarm feature.
Installation
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To install on a hard disk system make a directory for the
files on your hard disk with the "md" command (see DOS
manual).
e.g. type "md c:\boondog" and press Enter.
Then copy the files from the floppy disk to the hard disk.
e.g. type "copy a:\*.* c:\boondog" and press Enter.
This assumes that your floppy drive is a: and your hard
disk is c:. Change these parameters as appropriate.
No installation needed for a floppy disk system.
Loading
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CLOCK Change to the drive and directory containing
clock.exe and type "CLOCK" and press Enter.
The date and time should then appear and be
continuously updated in the upper right corner
of the screen.
ALARM Change to the drive and directory containing
alarm.com and type "ALARM c:\dir" and press Enter.
The command line parameter "c:\dir" specifies
the drive and directory where the appointment
files created by the BOONDOG program can be found.
See BOONDOG below. The drive specified must be
a permanantly mounted drive (e.g. a hard disk).
These commands should be put in an "autoexec.bat" file so that
they are automatically loaded. This is especially true of the
ALARM routine since this will insure that alarms set on future
days will be displayed.
BOONDOG Change to the drive and directory containing
boondog.exe and type "BOONDOG" and press Enter.
The calendar for the currently set DOS date should
then appear.
Execution
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CLOCK runs continuously in the background and requires no
user input. It is updated every second as long as
the DOS idle interrupt (28h) is being called. In
other words it is not updated when DOS is busy.
ALARM is invoke when the DOS real time clock alarm interrupt
(4Ah) is called. The alarm time is set when ALARM is
loaded or by the BOONDOG program when an appointment
file is saved. The ALARM program searches the path
specified during installation for a file of the form:
APPmm-dd.yy where mm-dd.yy is the month, day and
year set in DOS.
This file must be available when the alarm time is
reached. When ALARM is invoked the proper message
from the file is displayed. When the user presses
TAB the next alarm (if any) is set.
The program will only set alarms for the current day.
BOONDOG is run from the DOS command prompt. The following
keys may be used when the calendar for the current
date is displayed.
TAB to highlight the next day in the calendar.
SHIFT TAB to highlight the previous day in the
calendar.
ARROW keys are used to move around within a day block.
Characters may be typed into the day blocks.
F3 is used to save the calendar to disk. It
is saved in a file with the name
'CALmm-dd.yy'. Where mm-dd.yy is the month,
day and year, respectively. It is placed in
the current directory.
ESC is used to exit without saving the calendar.
PAGE DOWN is used to pull up the appointment file for
the currently highlighted day. The file is
assumed to be in the current directory and
has a name of the form 'APPmm-dd.yy'. Where
mm-dd.yy is the month, day and year,
respectively. If no appointment file is
found then the blank appointment file is
read ('MODEL.APT').
CTRL RIGHT arrow is used to pull up the next months
calendar.
CTRL LEFT arrow is used to pull up the previous months
calendar.
When the appointment screen is displayed the following
keys may be used.
ARROW keys are used to move around the screen.
TIME is entered in a 12 hour format (not 24 hour).
A leading space is placed before single digit
hours. Single digit minutes are entered with
a leading '0'. Lower case 'a' or 'p' must be
entered for am or pm.
E.G. 12:01 am, 1:35 pm
ALARMS are set by putting a 'y' for a quiet alarm
or a 'Y' for a loud alarm. If anything else
is placed in this field no alarm will sound.
The text in the appointment field is displayed
when the alarm sounds.
NOTE: the alarms MUST be in chronological order.
F3 is used to save the appointment file to disk.
It is saved in a file with the name
'APPmm-dd.yy'. Where mm-dd.yy is the month,
day and year, respectively. It is placed in
the current directory.
ESC is used to exit without saving the calendar.
PAGE UP is the same as ESC.
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