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- AUTOEXEC SELECT UTILITY
- V 2.3
- COPYRIGHT 1989
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- General Elecrtonics
- P O Box 79
- Lyons, IL 60534
- 312-447-2797 voice
- 312-447-8175 BBS
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- COPYRIGHT 1989
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- The purpose of this program is to allow you to have many AUTOEXEC files
- and to be able to use any one of them without the hassle of renaming and
- then re-booting the system to use it. It also allows for un-attended
- operation by allowing you 15 seconds to select a file or default to
- a specific one if you are not there or want the DEFAULT.
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- The process to use this utility is to create an AUTOEXEC file for each
- different function you require. An example is one that contains LAN
- startups, one without LAN's, another with a different PATH, or just about
- anything else that requires a different AUTOEXEC at startup.
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- The way this is done is to make up the AUTOEXEC bat files using different
- extentions. You can use anything you want to describe the function it
- will perform. The only restriction is that it can not have an extention
- of EXE, COM, or BAT. The DEFAULT file extention is .ONE
- If you do nothing at BOOT time, the system will COPY AUTOEXEC.ONE to
- DEFAULT.BAT and then transfer control to DEFAULT.BAT.
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- If you press ANY KEY before the 15 second limit, you will be asked for
- the EXTENTION of the AUTOEXEC file you want to use. For example, if you
- wanted to startup without loading the LAN software, you might have the
- file named AUTOEXEC.NLN so at the prompt, you would reply NLN
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- The file is then COPIED to DEFAULT.BAT and then run. If you specify an
- extention that does not exist, the system will just insert a blank line
- in DEFAULT.BAT. The result will be as if you did not have an
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file except that you will not get any prompt for DATE or
- TIME.
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- Files used;
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- AUTOEXEC.BAT
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- contains;
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- @ECHO OFF optional
- AUTOEXEC.EXE this program
- DEFAULT.BAT BAT file created by this program
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- AUTOEXEC.???
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- contains anything that you want in a startup bat file
- for ease of use, the ??? should indicate its use
- such as NLN for no LAN, TAP for tape backup, etc.
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- AUTOEXEC.ONE
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- This file contains the startup file that you want to use as
- a default that will run if you do nothing.
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- Now the normal registration pitch.
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- This program is distributed as TRIALWARE. It is not Public Domain, or
- SHAREWARE.
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- TRIALWARE is copyright by General Electronics, and refers to software that
- is made available for TRIAL without cost. After 2 weeks of continued use
- registration is REQUIRED. If it is worth continued use, it is worth the
- small fee requested.
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- This is not a real biggie in the way software goes but it did take quite
- a bit of time to get it right and it is handy.
- If you find it of value and continue to use it, Please register it.
- Suggested registration is $5. Again no biggie. Suggestions from
- registered users will be considered. Suggestions from non-registered
- users will be put in the round file for future reference.....
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- Registered users will get access on a private number into the
- RIVERSIDE PREMIUM BBS. This system consists of 4 nodes with over 500 meg
- running PCBoard and using US Robotics HST 9600 baud modems. It is
- available thru the PCPursuits network node ILCHI.
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- If you do not feel it is worth the $5, then please delete it and write
- one yourself. See if you can do it for that amount. Be sure to count
- your time as well as the cost of the machine, and compiler.
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- Thanks for your support.
-
- Don Marquardt
- P O Box 79
- Lyons, IL 60534