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DISPLAYING YOUR OWN CP/M SIGN-ON MESSAGE
by Kevin Carr
┴á couplσ oµ meeting≤ ago¼á someonσ askeΣ ho≈ t∩ g∩ abou⌠ changinτ thσ ì
CP/═á sign-oεá messagσá afte≥ ß colΣá boot«á Thσá followinτá explain≤á thσ ì
procedurσ a≤ simpl∙ a≤ possible.
Firstly¼áá yo⌡áá wil∞á neeΣá ßá systeφá disδá containinτá DDT.CO═á anΣ ì
SYSGEN.COM«á Boo⌠á thσ systeφ witΦ thi≤ disδ anΣ theε ruεá SYSGEN«á T∩á thσ ì
source-drivσ promp⌠ ente≥ A« T∩ thσ destination-drivσ promp⌠ ente≥ RETURN« ì
Thσá CP/═ systeφ wil∞ no≈ bσ iε memory«á Typσ SAV┼ 4░ CPM.COM¼á whicΦ wil∞ ì
savσ thσ firs⌠ 4░ page≤ oµ memory« Thi≤ contain≤ thσ CP/═ system.
Thσ nex⌠ ste≡ i≤ t∩ typσ DD╘ CPM.COM¼á theε ente≥ D2440«á Yo⌡ shoulΣ ì
seσá thσ sigε oε messagσ iε hexadecima∞ form«á T∩ changσ this¼á usσ thσá ╙ ì
SubcommanΣ oµ DDT.
Aε examplσ woulΣ be¼á t∩ say¼ placσ "MICROBUGó abovσ thσ origina∞ linσ ì
statinτ Microbeσ 56δ CP/═ Ver≤ 2.2« T∩ d∩ thi≤ typσ D24C8.
Thσ followinτ shoulΣ appear:-
24C8║ 2╧ 7├ 7├ 7├ 7├ 7├ 7├ 2╧ etc.
Thesσ wσ wan⌠ t∩ changσ t∩ thσ he° code≤ fo≥ MICROBUG«á Thi≤ i≤á donσ ì
b∙ typinτ S24C╕ anΣ theε thσ following¼ eacΦ followeΣ b∙ ß carriagσ return;
4─ 4╣ 4│ 5▓ 4╞ 4▓ 5╡ 4╖ anΣ theε ß fullstop¼ return.
Wσ no≈ contro∞ ├ t∩ warmboo⌠ bacδ t∩ CP/M.
Thσá modifieΣá systeφá i≤ iε memor∙ anΣ t∩ savσ i⌠ ruεá SYSGE╬á again« ì
Ente≥á RETUR╬á t∩ thσ source-drivσ promp⌠ anΣ ┴á t∩á thσá destination-drivσ ì
prompt« No≈ iµ yo⌡ reboo⌠ thσ systeφ thσ ne≈ sign-oε shoulΣ appear.
Yo⌡á coulΣá als∩á removσ thσ largσ CP/═ symbo∞ b∙á replacinτá thσá he° ì
number≤ 7├ 2╞ anΣ 5├ witΦ 2O╗á bu⌠ iµ yo⌡ d∩ this¼á leavσ thσ linσ feeΣ anΣ ì
carriagσ return≤ (O─ anΣ OA⌐ a≤ the∙ are.