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  2.    ║                                                                          ║
  3.    ║     The program MENULINE.COM is released into the Public Domain as of    ║
  4.    ║     version 3.02.                                                        ║
  5.    ║                                                                          ║
  6.    ║     The program is designed to provide a line of useful information      ║
  7.    ║     for menus generated by batch files.                                  ║
  8.    ║                                                                          ║
  9.    ║     The line contains the version of DOS, the total memory reported by   ║
  10.    ║     DOS, the free memory, the day of the week and date.  Optionally if   ║
  11.    ║     a C: and/or D: drive are/is present their/its percentage full        ║
  12.    ║     figure(s) are displayed.                                             ║
  13.    ║                                                                          ║
  14.    ║     Usage:-         MENULINE [aa] [ll]                                   ║
  15.    ║                                                                          ║
  16.    ║     [aa]  -  Hex no. setting the video attributes for the line.          ║
  17.    ║     [ll]  -  Hex no. of the screen line to use for display (1 - 19).     ║
  18.    ║              Bit 7 set switches off disk information.                    ║
  19.    ║                                                                          ║
  20.    ║     The defaults are yellow on blue (1E) and line 25 (19).               ║
  21.    ║                                                                          ║
  22.    ║     The attribute bits are arranged as follows:-                         ║
  23.    ║                                                                          ║
  24.    ║     Bit     7  Blink         )                                           ║
  25.    ║             6  Red           }                                           ║
  26.    ║             5  Green         }   Background                              ║
  27.    ║             4  Blue          }                                           ║
  28.    ║             3  Intensity     )                                           ║
  29.    ║             2  Red           )   Foreground                              ║
  30.    ║             1  Green         )                                           ║
  31.    ║             0  Blue          )                                           ║
  32.    ║                                                                          ║
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