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- Sept. 14,1987
-
- PC-Forth normally captures the BIOS control-break interrupt. This
- works fine with PC-DOS, but may not be appropriate for MS-DOS. If
- you have a problem with the control-break capture (crashing when
- you do a control-break from DOS), it can be disabled as follows:
-
- 0. BIOS^BREAK 2! INCLUDE SAVE-SYS.SCR (save new copy)
-
- This should be done to both PC-FORTH.COM and FED.COM (re-boot
- DOS after this step).
-
- Another difference between PC-DOS and some versions of MS-DOS is
- in DISKCOPY and DEBUG. The PC-DOS versions work fine with my
- stand-alone diskettes but not all MS-DOS versions work. For some
- reason the MS-DOS versions seem to want a standard boot-sector.
- Why DISKCOPY and DEBUG (in the direct-sector read/write mode)
- should care is a question for Microsoft! In any case, the
- stand-alone diskette can be copied by using the DUPLICATE command
- in the stand-alone PC-Forth.
-
- Syntax: 1st-blk# #blks DUPLICATE (copies from A: to B:).
-
- The programs FED.COM and FED.OVL are commercial products, please
- treat them as such. Thanks!
-
- The current versions (V1.55) of the Forth programs are being
- placed in the public domain. Anyone interested in the source
- code for them can obtain it by sending a check for $25.00 to the
- author.
-
- Guy M. Kelly
- 2507 Caminito La Paz
- La Jolla, CA 92037
-
- (619) 454-1307