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- LEADING EDGE PATCH FILE
-
- This archive includes files to correct a problem in the Leading
- Edge BIOS when running programs which gave you an option to use a
- Mouse. Note that the newer machines supposedly have an upgraded
- ROM BIOS which corrects this problem. To quote Leading Edge:
-
- " S W I N T 3 3 P A T C H P R O G R A M
-
- MODEL "D" SOFTWARE PATCH PROGRAM
-
- This patch is designed to correct possible problems when executing programs
- on the Leading Edge Model "D" that have an option to permit the use of a
- mouse, whether or not it is actually used. You may want to add this patch if,
- upon executing a program: 1) you notice unusual patterns on the screen, 2)
- you receive a message "Unexpected SW INT 33", or 3) you experience a program
- malfunction when you first boot up a program which has a mouse option. You
- need only execute the supplied instructions once.
-
- PLEASE NOTE: THIS PATCH IS NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK WITH EVERY PROGRAM WHICH
- RECEIVES THE SW INT 33 MESSAGE. WE HAVE ONLY TESTED THE PATCH WITH MICROSOFT
- WORD AND REFLEX PACKAGES."
-
-
- Directions for Use:
-
- 1. Place the fixint33 command in your autoexec.bat file. (Have
- the fixint33.com file in your root directory or issue a path
- command to the directory where it's located before invoking it in
- autoexec.bat).
-
- 2. This will immediately correct the problem with Microsoft
- Word.
-
- 3. For running Reflex and Reflex2 (the report writer), first do
- one above, then use the two new bat files included in this
- archive, reflexh.bat and reflex2h.bat, instead of the bat files
- with identical names which come with Reflex. If you compare the
- two, you'll notice the bat files included in this archive have an
- additional line which return the computer to the monochrome text
- mode when you quit out of Reflex. Note that the bat files are
- necessary for running reflex on a monochrome D, because reflex
- only runs in the Hercules Graphics mode on monochrome machines.
-
- 4. If you are using a Mouse, do NOT put the Mouse command in a
- CONFIG.SYS file, as the mouse documentation suggests. Instead,
- place it in the autoexec.bat file AFTER the fixint33.
-
- (I personally have tested the patch with Reflex and Word, works
- fine. Since I don't have a mouse, I haven't tested that
- portion.)
-
- (Borland International also has a patch for Reflex out which
- patches the program to return it from Hercules to Mono mode
- automatically, making the new bat files unnecessary. I do not
- have and have not tested this patch.)
-
- (Leading Edge has changed the ROM BIOS on the newer Leading Edge
- Model D's which make this fixint33 program unnecessary. According to
- Leading Edge, it's available to registered owners for a nominal
- shipping charge. Check your dealer first...he might have it for
- free.)
-
- CLOCKS AND PC-DOS
-
- Also included are a programs which enable you to pick up the
- time and date from Leading Edge's clock when using PC-DOS by
- invoking one of these programs in you autoexec.bat. Since I
- don't have PC-DOS, I have not tested any of these. D-clock.com
- and d-clk.com are obviously for the Leading Edge model D, m-clk.com
- is obviously for the Leading Edge model M, and I'm not sure what
- datetime.com works with.
-
-
- LEADING EDGE BULLETIN BOARD
-
- Finally, Leading Edge has a bulletin board now available
- from 5:30 pm to 9 am weekdays, and 24 hours on weekends. Number
- is 617-821-2586, settings 1200/n/8/1. Have had problems staying
- on this...the line seems quite noisy.
-
-
- DAVID JACOBSON, WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 27, 1986