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- MAXMENU
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- by Peter Strisik
- Compuserve 76556,2651
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- A Menu for the
- 386MAX and the 386MAX Professional
- System Information Display Utilities
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- 386MAX and 386MAX Professional
- are copyrighted programs of Qualitas, Inc.
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- Purpose
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- MAXMENU is a front-end menu program for the utilities supplied with
- 386MAX and 386MAX Professional which are products of Qualitas, Inc.
- You must have one of these products for this program to operate or
- to be useful.
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- 386MAX is supplied with utilities which display various tables of
- information about your system memory. Display of these tables
- requires command line calls of up to three different programs
- (depending on which version of 386MAX you have) each requiring
- various parameters. If you are more menu oriented than command-line
- oriented (like me), you will probably appreciate this program.
-
- In addition to providing a list of tables to choose from, MAXMENU
- offers a choice for redirection of output.
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- Simple.
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- Installation & Execution
- ------------------------
-
- The most logical place to keep MAXMENU is in your 386MAX directory.
- Once executed, it will require access to 386MAX.COM and, if you have
- the professional version, 386LOAD.COM and 386DDD.COM. If you execute
- from this directory, all will work fine. If you want to keep it on
- you path, you will have to do one of two things:
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- 1) You can use the 386MAX drive and directory as MAXMENU parameters.
- For example, if 386MAX is kept in C:\386MAX, the following would
- be used:
- MAXMENU C: \386MAX
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- The space between the drive and directory must be preserved.
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- 2) You could write a batch file that would execute MAXMENU with the
- 386MAX drive and directory as parameters. This batch program
- could be executed from anywhere in your system if you place it
- on your path. For example, you might call the batch program
- SCREENS.BAT and include the following:
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- @echo off
- MAXMENU C: \386MAX
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- You can bypass the opening screen by executing MAXMENU with the /x
- switch.
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- MAXMENU /x
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- You can combine drive and directory parameters with the switch as
- follows:
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- MAXMENU /x C: \386MAX
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- Again, spaces must be preserved.
-
- You can get simple help with the /h or /? switch. It must be the
- only switch specified.
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- MAXMENU /h or MAXMENU /?
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- Operation
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- Operation is self-explanatory (the nature of menus). Simply execute
- MAXMENU and make menu choices. It will first ask for your desired
- output destination. Choose Screen, File or Printer.
-
- Screen will display the chosen table as the 386MAX utilities were
- designed to do.
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- File will send output to MAXMENU.TXT which will be located in the
- current directory. Tables are appended to this file. You will
- have the option of erasing the existing MAXMENU.TXT file before
- continuing. If you never choose to erase the file, it will
- continue to accumulate tables written to it.
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- If printed, each table will occupy its own page. You will be
- prompted to insure that your printer is ready.
-
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- The Egoware concept
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-
- As a psychologist, I appreciate the motivating properties of
- positive reinforcement (warm fuzzies if there are any TA people out
- there). I ask no monetary renumeration for this work. I would
- appreciate a pat on the back by Compuserve EPlex if you like it.
- This is my first programming effort and am proud of it despite its
- simplicity and modest ambition.
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- Technical Info
- --------------
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- MAXMENU was written in an enhanced batch language and compiled using
- BATCOM by Wenham Software.
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- Copyright/License/Warranty
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- The MAXMENU software and documentation are Copyright (c) 1989 by
- Peter Strisik. It is free to all who wish to use it. You may not,
- however, distribute this program in exchange for money whether this
- be by fee, donation, barter or other means. Neither may you
- distribute the software and/or documentation with commercial
- products without prior permission. Also note that the Qualitas
- programs are not free and cannot be distributed as such with MAXMENU.
-
- No copy of the software may be distributed or given away without
- this document and this notice must not be removed.
-
- There is no warranty of any kind, and the author is not liable for
- damages of any kind. By using this free software, you agree to
- these terms.
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- MAXMENU has been tested on one computer- a Northgate 386/20 running
- MSDOS 3.3. I know of no reason for incompatibilities with other
- systems, but you never know.
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- Credits
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- 386MAX, 386MAX Professional, 386MAX.COM, 386LOAD.COM, and 386DDD.COM
- are all copyrighted products of:
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- Qualitas, Inc.
- 7101 Wisconsin Ave.
- Bethesda, MD 20814
- (301) 907-6700
-
- BATCOM is a product of:
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- Wenham Software
- 5 Burley Street
- Wenham, MA 01984
- (508) 774-7036
-
- Thanks to all of the software authors who have made countless
- utilities available free of charge or on a shareware basis. I'm
- glad I can give something back, however small.
-