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- TBOX (V1.3) by The Binary Toolshed REGISTRATION ($30.00)
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- The ToolBOX program provides an improved interface to DOS facilities.
- Applicable to the novice DOS user and to the power programmer, ToolBOX
- improves visibility to the file system and simplifies most DOS activities.
- The many features of ToolBOX 1.2 include:
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- * a full screen directory display, with user control of display format and
- sort technique.
- * point-and-shoot operations to initiate programs or directory changes.
- * direct (pass through) execution of DOS command lines, including the
- ability to reference files that have been selected within the directory
- display.
- * memory requirement that can be reduced to less than 2KB.
- * multiple windows which provide simultaneous views of the directory
- display and the DOS command output data.
- * keyboard command stack of most recent command lines. Commands can be
- recalled for editing or reuse.
- * stack of most recently entered directories. A single keystroke can be
- used to cycle through these directories.
- * designated batch files invoked for files selected with specific match
- strings.
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- Additional commands are available to provide help, delete files or directory
- branches, change number of screen lines, and much more. ToolBOX can be set
- up to display your GIF files, process your archive files, or start your word
- processor or spreadsheet application. ToolBOX is not a replacement for DOS,
- but rather a tool that augments the normal DOS operations.
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- Like most DOS shells, ToolBOX can be used to COPY and DELETE files, and
- generally assist in normal file operations. ToolBOX's strength though is
- being able to go beyond what it is designed to do. Rather than being a
- utility used to carry out a particular operation, ToolBOX can operate as a
- permanent shell through which all your DOS activities can be performed.
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- Several other utility programs accompany the ToolBOX program:
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- TBOXCFG With ToolBOX, virtually everything is configurable - the colors,
- display formats, key bindings, and so on. The TBOXCFG program
- creates configuration files that are used by ToolBOX.
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- BTSPATCH A utility to quickly set the default command line arguments for
- all Binary Toolshed programs.
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- TOASCII Utility to convert text files that use the extended IBM PC
- character set (such as The Binary Toolshed documents) to use the
- standard 95 printable ASCII characters.
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- TREE Provides a graphic display of the directory tree structure. The
- user can cursor through this structure to change directories or
- examine file contents.
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- VIEW Text viewer, or browser, for displaying the contents of text
- files.
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- With registration, a number of additional utilities will be provided to you
- that should prove useful during normal activities with DOS:
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- DIRS Ever need to know where all your disk space is allocated or how
- much space is really being used by each of your applications -
- then use DIRS. It displays cumulative disk space totals for a
- directory and all of its descendants.
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- DRIVES Do you always know which logical drives are assigned and the space
- allocation on each. If not, DRIVES can help. It displays disk
- drive parameters for all assigned drives including drive types,
- volume names, capacities, and the available free space.
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- MAKEBAT Do you find it necessary to perform repetitive DOS operations on
- multiple files within a directory. Use MAKEBAT. It can eliminate
- the need to manually create such batch files.
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- ONPATH Need to know if a file is accessible on the DOS PATH, or which one
- has precedence if multiple such files exist - ONPATH will tell
- you.
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- WI A WHEREIS program. Like most such programs, WI finds files
- anywhere on the disk drive(s) that correspond to a match
- specification. WI, however, has a powerful additional feature -
- it can perform any desired DOS operation on the selected file(s).
- You can copy it, delete it, view it, change directories to it,
- start an application with it, or whatever. And the match
- specification can involve file types, date ranges, file sizes, or
- multiple file specifications (with include or exclude lists).
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- All of these programs are detailed in the accompanying documentation (*.DOC)
- files:
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- GENERAL Provides an overview of all of The Binary Toolshed programs along
- a packing list, system requirement specification, installation
- instructions, sample file usage, glossary, and a brief Q&A
- session.
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- ORDRINFO Warranty, support, and order information.
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- TBOX The ToolBOX program description.
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- TBOXCFG ToolBOX Configuration program description.
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- UTILS Descriptions of all utility programs.
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- These programs will run on any IBM PC compatible with at least 256KB, and
- DOS 3.0 or higher. Proceed now to the GENERAL.DOC file to get up and
- running as quickly as possible.
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- If you are now using VIEW for the first time (such as when starting with the
- STRTHERE.BAT file), then enter the <ESC> key to stop or <ALT m> to specify a
- match specification for new files to examine. As for all Binary Toolshed
- programs, use <F1> for help information.
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- We hope that you enjoy all that we have to offer.
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- The Binary Toolshed
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