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- How to change the Hot Keys in Hot DOS. (Version 1.18)
- ======================================
- Does Ctrl-Left Shift conflict with another memory resident program's
- hot-keys? If so, you may want to change Hot-DOS's. The procedure is
- really quite simple -- ANYONE CAN DO IT! All you need is the copy of
- HOTDOS, and the program DEBUG.COM. Assuming that both programs are on
- the default drive, type the command below.
-
- DEBUG HOTDOS.COM [Enter]
-
- You will be greeted with a dash prompt and the cursor. If not, type Q
- [Enter] and make sure both files are on the current drive.
-
- BY THE WAY: If you ever feel that you have goofed in the
- following steps, get back to the dash prompt (Ctrl-Break
- should do the trick,) and then type Q [Enter]. That will
- return you to DOS without keeping any changes. It also
- doesn't hurt to make a copy of HOTDOS.COM on another disk,
- to be doubly safe.
-
- Thereafter, issue the following command:
-
- U 440 44B [Enter]
-
- You should see something like this:
-
-
- xxxx:0440 33C0 XOR AX,AX
- xxxx:0442 8EC0 MOV ES,AX
- xxxx:0444 26 ES:
- xxxx:0445 A01704 MOV AL,[0417]
- xxxx:0448 240F AND AL,0F
- xxxx:044A 3C0A CMP AL,06
-
- where the xxxx's are some unimportant value. If this is what you see,
- then you are in good shape.
-
- Now you need to choose the hot keys you think you want. Here is a
- table:
-
- Key Value
- ------- -----
- Alt 8
- Ctrl 4
- Left Shift 2
- Right Shift 1
-
- Choose the hot keys you want, (for an example, I'll choose Alt-Left
- Shift,) and add the values together. My example gives me 8 + 2 = 10.
-
- If your number is 10 or higher, (it can be from 1 to 15) you have to
- make a minor adjustment. Here is the table to do that:
-
- Number: 10 11 12 13 14 15
- New value: A B C D E F
-
- If your number is less than 10, you don't need to do anything at all.
-
- One way or another, remember your number! In my case it is `A'.
-
- Now we're ready to change the hot key. Issue the following command:
-
- E 44B [Enter]
-
- You should see the following:
-
- 3AD2:044B 06. (the number you see here should be the same number
- as you see in that U command above. Check to make
- sure.)
-
- When you feel you're ready, type in the number you came up with, be it
- 1 through 9, or A through F, and press the [Enter] key. You're almost
- done! Two more instructions! they are
-
- W [Enter] (the computer tells you it is writing...)
- Q [Enter] (and now you're back in DOS.)
-
- You have just made a copy of HotDOS that will activate using the hot
- keys you have chosen. Remember that this copy is not installed yet,
- so you will have to reboot the computer and issue the HOT DOS command,
- just as the instructions indicate.
-
- ...And if everything is correct, you should have Hot DOS at your
- finger tips with your new hot key combination. Have Fun.
-
- Thomas Tuerke
-