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- The Best of PC Tech Journal Diskette
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- Table of Contents -- UTILITY directory
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- ASKDEMO.BAT
- ASKKEY.COM
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- "Batch File Interaction"
- Ed Volkstorf
- June 1987, page 51
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- Provides a method for batch files to interact with the
- keyboard. The batch file is a demonstration.
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- Command line: ASKDEMO (for a demonstration)
- ASKKEY prompt-string (from batch files)
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- ATBIOS.COM
- ATPERF.EXE
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- "Out from the Shadow of IBM..."
- Steven Armbrust, Ted Forgeron, and Paul Pierce
- August 1986, page 52
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- ATBIOS and ATPERF are part of PC Tech Journal's suite of AT
- compatibility and performance metrics. They are intended for
- use with 80286, 8086, and 8088 processors.
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- Command line: ATBIOS
- ATPERF
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- BUSPERF.EXE
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- "Speed Infusion"
- Ted Mirecki
- February 1987, page 126
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- Analyzes the performance of the PC bus
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- Command line: BUSPERF
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- CPUID.COM
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- "Chips in Transition"
- Bob Smith
- April 1986, page 56
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- Identifies the type of CPU chip installed in the computer.
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- Command line: CPUID
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- DISKTEST.EXE
- AUTOTEST.EXE
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- "Fixed-Disk Benchmarks"
- William Hunt
- November 1984, page 64
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- Two programs to analyze hard disk performance.
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- Command line: DISKTEST
- AUTOTEST
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- DUMBTERM.EXE
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- "Interrupts and the IBM PC, Part II"
- Chris Dunford
- January 1984, page 144
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- A simple dumb terminal emulator.
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- Command line: DUMBTERM
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- EMMSTAT.EXE
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- "Reaching into Expanded Memory"
- John A. Lefor and Karen Lund
- May 1987, page 100
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- Determines and reports the state of expanded memory and the
- status of the installed EMS driver.
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- Command line: EMMSTAT
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- EPSON.COM
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- "The DOS Command IBM Forgot"
- Douglas Ritari
- September 1984, page 79
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- Initializes the Epson MX series printers as specified by the
- optional parameter.
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- Command line: EPSON parameter
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- Parameters: E - emphasized
- D - double-strike
- I - italics
- W - wide characters
- C - compressed
- T - top-of-form
- R - resets printer
- U - unidirectional printing
- /xx/ - hexadecimal input mode
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- FIXCURS.COM
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- "The Dashed Cursor"
- Paul Pierce
- December 1985, page 47
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- Restores the cursor to an underline.
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- Command line: FIXCURS
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- KEYBECHO.COM
- KEYBINFO.COM
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- "Keying on a Standard"
- Bob Smith
- July 1987, page 134
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- KEYBECHO returns the ASCII value, key scan code, and key name
- values as you press the key. KEYBINFO returns information
- about the enhanced keyboard.
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- Command line: KEYBECHO
- KEYBINFO
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- MACHINE.COM
- MATHCHIP.COM
- MATHSWIT.COM
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- "Machine Specifics"
- Ted Forgeron
- June 1985, page 181
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- MACHINE displays the type of system. MATHCHIP determines the
- presence of a math coprocessor. MATHSWIT checks to see if
- the system board switch for the math coprocessor has been
- properly set.
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- Command line: MACHINE
- MATHCHIP
- MATHSWIT
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- NDPTYPE.COM
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- "Which Math Coprocessor?"
- Ted Forgeron
- August 1987, page 43
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- Checks for the presence of a math coprocessor and displays
- its type.
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- Command line: NDPTYPE
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- PRTSC.COM
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- "A Print Screen Switch"
- Tom Swan
- July 1985, page 162
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- Toggles the print screen key on and off.
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- Command line: PRTSC
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- SETALARM.COM
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- "An Alarm for the AT"
- Leo J. Scanlon
- ApriL 1986, page 179
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- An alarm clock for AT machines.
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- Command line: SETALARM
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- SETKEY.COM
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- "Rev Up the AT Keyboard"
- Kevin M. Crenshaw
- May 1985, page 39
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- Controls the typamatic repeat rate of the AT keyboard.
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- Command line: SETKEY repeat-rate delay-rate
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- repeat-rate values: A..Z
- delay-rate values: 1..4
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- SETRTC.BAT
- TAD.COM
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- "Setting the AT's Clock"
- Will Fastie
- December 1984, page 57
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- Sets the AT's hardware clock from DOS.
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- Command line: SETRTC [date [time]]
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- SUPEREN.COM
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- "Replacing RENAME"
- Ted Mirecki
- April 1985, page 41
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- Renames a subdirectory.
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- Command line: SUPEREN oldname newname
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- UNDRLN.COM
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- "Underline Fix for the EGA"
- Gerry Kaplan
- September 1987, page 49
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- Restores the underlining capability in color with EGA
- subsystems.
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- Command line: UNDRLN
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- VDEL.COM
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- "Are You Sure (Y/N)?"
- Jeff Garbers
- February 1984, page 44
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- Conditionally deletes files one-by-one after user
- verification.
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- Command line: VDEL template
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- WHERE.COM
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- "A Good Find"
- Mark S. Ackerman
- October 1985, page 85
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- Locates the specified file anywhere in the directory
- structure.
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- Command line: WHERE filename
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- XMEM.COM
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- "Tracing Expanded Memory"
- Ted Mirecki
- February 1986, page 45
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- Displays the total amount of expanded memory in your system,
- the amount allocated, and the amount free.
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- Command line: XMEM