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                          T H E   S U P E R   O N E !

                    ┌────────────────────────────────────┐
          ┌─────────┘           Compliments of           └─────────┐
          │              Winchester Computer Systems               │
          │                  802 N. Federal Blvd.                  │
          │                Riverton, Wyoming  82501                │
          └─────────┐           [phone]           ┌─────────┘
                    └────────────────────────────────────┘

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                          and the Winchester BBS at
                                [phone]


                                   N O T E !


               This collection of utilities has been compiled by
           Elmer Robinson of Winchester Computer Systems. Please make
            note of the word compiled. I actually wrote only four of
           the utilities included here. The others are simply little
                 goodies that I have found and used to add some
              functionality and usefulness to my own batch files.

                  These utilities are pretty straight forward.
               Instructions (as far as they go), are as follows:

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                               ┌──────────────┐
                               │ ANSI     SYS │
                               └──────────────┘

              This is a replacement for the DOS ansi.sys device
          driver. It will speed up your screen displays quite a bit.
          I have used it with many versions of DOS (even on
          networks), and found no compatibility problems at all.


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                               │ TRYBEBE  COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              This is very complex and is explained in detail at the
          end of this document.










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                               │ BEEP     EXE │
                               └──────────────┘

              This one is as easy as it gets. It will sound a tone
          on the speaker of your computer.


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                               │ BRK       ???│
                               └──────────────┘

              This will allow you to disable the CTRL-BREAK, CTRL-C
         key combination, thus preventing anyone from terminating the
         execution of your batch files. To use this utility you must
         install BRK.DRV in your CONFIG.SYS file with the line:

              DEVICE=BRK.DRV

         At this point CTRL-BREAK is disabled. Use the BRK.COM to
         toggle break status on or off with the following syntax:

              BRK ON or BRK OFF


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                               │ CNTDN    COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              Simply displays a countdown on the screen. Syntax is as
         follows:

         CNTDN xxx

              Where xxx is a number from 1-999


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                               │ NO       COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              This utility is handy to use outside of batch files
          also. It allows you to include exceptions to DOS commands.
          For example, if I wanted to delete all files from my
          current location except COMMAND.COM, I would type:

          no command.com del *.*


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                               │ NOCURS   COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              This is pretty self explanatory. It will eliminate the
          cursor. Useful for when you want to clean up the display
          of your screens.










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                               │ NORMAL   COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              This one restores the cursor that you eliminated with
          NOCURS.COM.

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                               │ NO-RESET COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              This is a handy utility that will disable the
         CTRL-ALT-DEL keystroke.


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                               │ RAW      COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              This utility will set you screen in direct write mode.
          If you use this in your autoexec.bat file and the ansi.sys
          replacement in your config.sys file, even a PC will look
          like an AT. Type    raw on


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                               │ REBEEP   COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              Sounds a continual alarm and displays a press any key to
         continue prompt. Like a noisy pause command, handy for
         summoning an operator to the keyboard.


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                               │ RESET    COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              This utility will perform a warm boot on your
          computer. Since I use a RAM drive, I wrote a batch file
          that invokes a secondary config.sys file then resets my
          computer so that I can run my spreadsheet program.



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                               │ SOUND    COM │
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              Produces one of three sounds. Syntax is as follows:

              SOUND y

              Where y is A,B, or T. A is an alarm sound, B is a short
         beep, and T is a takeoff sound.











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                               │ TASK     COM │
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              Timed ASK utility will display a prompt and wait for the
         given amount of time for a yes or no response. Returns the
         following DOS errorlevels:

              1 = YES
              2 = NO
              3 = NO RESPONSE (TIMEOUT)


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                               │ TOGGLE   COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              This will allow you to control the status of the
          CAPSLOCK, NUMLOCK, and SCROLL LOCK keys. The syntax is:

          toggle +c

              This sets CAPSLOCK on. Valid switches are: +c -c +n -n
          +s -s
              This is useful to be sure what case letter is being
          typed when you check for scan codes with REPLY.COM.


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                               │ TUNE     COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              Another noise maker. This one will play one of
         five tunes at the specified speed. Syntax is:

              TUNE t.s

              Where t is a number 1-5 for the tune you want
         and s is a number 1-9 for the speed at which to
         play the tune, (1=fast 9=slow).


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                               │ VCOPY    COM │
                               └──────────────┘

              Virtual Copy will copy a group of files to floppy disks,
         prompting you for new disks as the target gets full. Can take
         the place of the DOS backup command unless you have a single