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R E C O N F I G
version 2.3
by
Michael L. Wilson
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│ Copyright (C) 1990 │
│ │
│ Compufax Computer Systems │
│ 1840 41st Avenue │
│ Suite 102-124 │
│ Capitola, CA 95010 │
│ 1-800-350-2333 │
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
I. INTRODUCTION
What is RECONFIG................................1
The Need For System Reconfiguration.............1
II. USING RECONFIG
Installation....................................2
The Opening Menu................................3
Command Line Operation..........................6
BOOT.DAT........................................7
III. GENERAL INFORMATION
Revision History................................8
Acknowledgements................................9
License........................................10
Disclaimer.....................................11
Ordering Information...........................12
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RECONFIG page 1
I. Introduction
What is RECONFIG?
RECONFIG is a program that will allow you to easily and quickly
change your system configuration. This will not change your
hardware setup, but will change your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
files so that your system will boot-up into a different
configuration.
RECONFIG does this by keeping an "archive" of your various
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files in a subdirectory. By using
RECONFIG's menu driven system, you can easily copy these files
to your root directory of drive C:.
These archived AUTOEXEC/CONFIG files have different extensions
placed on them to tell what they are for. AUTOEXEC.TEL might
be used for your telecommunications setup. There is a CONFIG
and AUTOEXEC pair for each extension in the subdirectory.
RECONFIG uses a file called BOOT.DAT which is created by the
installation procedure. This file contains the name of your
editor and listing program. It also contains a list of the
extensions in the subdirectory and descriptions explaining
what they are for. These extensions and descriptions are
in a menu during reconfiguration.
There are many programs such as this on BBSs, but none offer the
ease of use and options that RECONFIG does.
The Need For System Reconfiguration:
The PC Power-User might have many pieces of software on his
system. Memory Resident calculators, notebooks and the like
can really eat up memory. If he wants to run a compiler that
requires a great deal of memory, it might be a difficult task
removing all these from memory. With RECONFIG, you can
easily (one keystroke), copy the modified AUTOEXEC and CONFIG
to your root directory and reboot.
With RECONFIG, you have control over your system. Have a custom
setup for each major application. Easily add or remove memory
resident programs from your setup. You are in control with
RECONFIG.
RECONFIG page 2
II. Using RECONFIG
Installation
To install RECONFIG, do the following:
1. Copy all files to the directory you wish to use
for your RECONFIG files. If you received RECONFIG
in an archive, un-arc all the files in the subdirectory.
2. At the DOS prompt, with the above directory being current,
type RINSTALL <return>.
3. The following window is displayed:
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║ R E C O N F I G I N S T A L L A T I O N ║
║ ║
║ Create BOOT.DAT in D:\C\RECON ║
║ ║
║ Editor Name: Q.EXE ║
║ ║
║ Lister Name: LIST.COM ║
║ ║
║ Boot Drive: C: ║
║ ║
║ Auto Boot Status(on/off): OFF ║
║ ║
║ Default Extension: STD ║
║ ║
║ Default Description: Standard Boot Configuration ║
║ ║
║ Modify AUTOEXEC.BAT: YES ║
║ ║
║ To Edit, use cursor keys, PgUp, PgDn, Tab, Shift Tab, Ins, Del and Enter.║
║ Alt-D and Ctrl-Y deletes line, ESC abandons, F10 Saves and Creates BOOT.DAT║
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You may edit the 6 fields:
Where to create BOOT.DAT
Editor Name
Lister Name
Your Boot Drive
Auto Boot Status
Default Extension
Default Description
Modify Autoexec
The fields may be edited using the keys listed:
Left and Right Cursor Keys move within a field
Up and Down Cursor Keys move between fields
PageUp and PageDown move between fields
TAB and Shift-TAB move between fields
Ins inserts toggles insert mode
Del deletes the cursor character
Enter move down one field
Alt-D and Ctrl-Y deletes a field's contents
ESC abandons the installation
F10 accepts the fields and continues installation
RECONFIG page 3
THE FIELDS:
Where to create BOOT.DAT:
This is the complete drive and subdirectory path of where
you want BOOT.DAT created. BOOT.DAT is the data file that
RECONFIG uses for the editor name, lister name, etc.
If the specified subdirectory does not exist, it will be
created. The default is your current directory.
Editor Name:
This is the name of the program that you will use to
edit your files. Enter the complete filename and extension.
This program must be in your path for RECONFIG to find it.
Qedit is the default editor.
Lister Name:
This is the name of the