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- MultiColored-Prompt v1.0 for 4DOS/4OS2 By Aaron Tiensivu [01/15/94]
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-
- The 4DOS DOS prompt included in this package has existed for a good year
- and a half. I was sick of the "monocrome" C:\> prompt and wanted something
- a little more informative, yet, non-intrusive. This prompt provides
- a top-line display, of free conventional memory, XMS, EMS, disk space
- of current drive, time & date. Quite a feat to fit on one line. :)
-
- The prompt is not dependent on 80-columns either, so it will operate correctly
- under 132-columns or any other non-standard screen size, by use of 4DOS's
- "columns" function. [ATI VGA Wonder's undocumented 100x30 screen mode looks
- VERY nice]
-
- I highly recommend using the NNANSI ansi driver, since the driver supports
- more of the ANSI subset than the default ANSI.SYS driver. MCPrompt takes
- advantage of this fact. Using the standard ANSI.SYS driver, the prompt will be
- in all high intensity colors. Using NNANSI, the prompt will be more
- eye-appealing, since it's a combination of high intensity and low intensity
- colors. I could have adapted the prompt to use more standard ANSI codes, but
- doing so would have doubled it's size. Since I use NNANSI exclusively and never
- planned on releasing this to the public, it wasn't much of a concern to me.
-
- About a half year ago, I wanted to adapt my prompt to use under OS/2, so
- also provided in this package is my OS/2 prompt for 4OS2. Since more
- information is available under OS/2, the date is not included on the top-line.
- This prompt provides a top-line display of free memory, disk space of current
- drive, file system type of the current drive [FAT, HPFS, CDFS, etc], Session
- mode [AVIO - windowed, or FS - Full screen], Session ID [SID], Process ID [PID],
- and the time. Since OS/2's ANSI driver doesn't provide support for the
- [ESC][2m ANSI code, the prompt is in all high-intensity, except the actual
- C:\ยป portion.
-
- Both prompts are provided in one batch file, for ease of use. Using 4DOS/4OS2
- variables, it determines which prompt to use automagically. :)
-
- Both prompts have been tested under 4DOS v5.0c/4OS/2 v2.0, and
- 4DOS v4.02/4OS2 v1.1.
-
- If prompt does not seem to work, increase your environment space.
-
- All I ask is that if you modify this prompt, either distribute it under
- a different name with credit given to the original, or do not distribute it
- at all.
-
- This prompt is distributed under the MailWare theme. If you like the prompt,
- write me a little note saying that you've enjoyed it. You are then a registered
- user of this prompt. [snicker]
-
- How to reach me, listed in order of ease/most used:
-
- Internet - tiensivu@student.msu.edu
- BBS: Black Horizon - 211 MB of OS/2 support, 14.4k Dual Standard, 24 hrs.
- (616)-866-3717, no ratio for LD callers, FREQable 23.5hrs a day, including
- full file-list with request of "FILES".
-
- FidoNet - 1:228/74
- ITCNet - 85:871/207
- PowerNet - 616:1/1
- HellNet - 6950:1/1
- NetherNet- 17:1/3
-
- US SnailMail:
- Aaron Tiensivu
- 522 West Holmes Hall
- East Lansing, Michigan USA 48825-1115
-