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- MSG.COM is a TSR that intercepts incoming Novell "SEND" messages from
- the NetWare DOS Shell (NETx version 3.01 and newer).
-
- The goal of MSG is to keep incoming Novell broadcast messages from
- locking up the DOS workstation until the user presses Ctrl-Enter. MSG
- uses very little CPU time, even while displaying the message, and always
- polls the keyboard and INT 28 to try to give back as much time as possible.
- MSG won't try to popup when the screen is not in 80-column text mode.
-
- MSG announces the arrival of a message with a chime (optional), and begins
- to flash the message window on the screen at 1 second intervals. The user
- can press the Ctrl-RghtShft hotkey to hold the window on the screen to read
- the queued messages, at which time pressing a "character" key (like Space)
- will cycle through the buffered messages. (MSG currently holds up to 10)
-
- When resident, MSG uses only 3k of RAM. Invoking MSG after it's resident
- allows the user to change the alarm mode, flash duration and period times.
- The greeting banner from MSG explains the command-line parameters.
-
- MSG will only stay resident (install) if a valid command-line parameter
- is given, otherwise it just displays its greeting/banner explaining the
- proper syntax.
-
- As might be expected, no warranty of any kind is either expressed or
- implied, and no responsibility is assumed for any side-effects caused by
- MSG.COM. All rights to the software remain with me, and users are hereby
- granted the right to use it. I am not putting any part of MSG in the
- Public Domain.
-
- Questions, comments, suggenstions, donations to offset my time and sweat
- may be directed to the author at:
-
- Gary Dobbins, Tucson, AZ
- Internet: Dobbins@Arizona.Edu
- BITnet: Dobbins@ARIZVMS
-
- Planned enhancements include the ability to specify the popup hotkey
- on the command line; maybe a time/date stamp on each message.
-