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- BOOTIT
- VERSION 1.0
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- WRITTEN BY
- Michael J. Gibbs
- Exhibit A Communications
- 110 East Avenida Palizada, Suite 201
- San Clemente, CA 92672
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- Program Description
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- BOOTIT was designed to give the user of an IBM-Compatible computer the
- ability to easily reboot their computer with a new configuration. This is
- accomplished by BOOTIT writing a new Autoexec and Config file over the existing
- Autoexec.bat and Config.sys and then rebooting the system. BOOTIT can also be
- sued to reboot the computer without copying any files. As a safety measure,
- there is a time delay built in to the program to allow the user to cancel the
- reboot if needed.
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- Registration
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- BOOTIT is not free, but it is inexpensive. BOOTIT is being released as
- shareware, meaning that you can try it before you buy it. If you find that
- after a two week period of use that you are still using the program, register
- it. If you don't have a need for it, please pass the file BOOTIT.ZIP (or .ARC
- or .LZH or .ICE, etc) to a friend or colleague. Since a fair amount of my time
- was spent on this program, I feel that $10.00 is not too much to ask for the
- convenience offered by BOOTIT. By registering your program, you are entitled to
- the following:
- 1) A registered version of BOOTIT that will disable the "beg-screen"
- 2) The C source code to the program
- 3) A phone number where you may receive technical support for BOOTIT
- 4) The undying gratitude of my son, dog, wife and myself
- 5) The knowledge that you have "done the right thing"
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- To register you copy of BOOTIT, please send $10.00 (American) to:
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- Exhibit A Communications
- c/o Michael J. Gibbs
- 110 East Avenida Palizada, Suite 201
- San Clemente, CA 92672
- along with the completed registration form.
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- INSTRUCTIONS
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- Since BOOTIT is a command line driven program, it is very quick and easy to
- use. This also makes it ideally suited to use in batch files and with programs
- that perform delayed execution. The command line for BOOTIT is as follows:
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- BOOTIT <ext>
- where <ext> is optional.
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- BOOTIT entered by itself at the command line will reboot the computer
- without copying any files. A copyright notice will appear at the top of the
- screen and box in the middle of the screen will advise that the system will
- reboot can be cancelled by pressing the CTRL key and the letter C at the same
- time. Pressing any other key will reboot the computer immediately. If no key
- is pressed within a period of time (which varies depending on the computer's
- clock speed) the system will reboot itself.
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- BOOTIT followed by <ext> will copy the file Autoexec.<ext> over
- Autoexec.bat and Config.<ext> over Config.sy. All the files must be in the root
- directory and BOOTIT must be executed from the root directory for the copy to
- work correctly. If BOOTIT cannot find a file, it will inform you that
- Autoexec.bat or Config.sys were not written to, depending on which file with an
- ending <ext> it couldn't find. The ideal setup is to make a copy of each setup
- with an <ext> that is descriptive (or as descriptive) as you can get with three
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- EXAMPLE:
- Root \BIN File
- Directory Directory Purpose
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- BOOTIT.EXE Program file, c:\bin is in
- path statement in Autoexecs.
- Autoexec.BAT Default
- Config.SYS Default
- Autoexec.LAN Boot with LAN operational
- Config.LAN Boot with LAN operational
- Autoexec.RAM Boot with no TSRs or drivers
- Config.RAM Boot with no TSRs or drivers
- Autoexec.PER Boot setup for PERFECT DTP
- Config.PER Boot setup for PERFECT DTP
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- To reboot computer set up for Perfect DTP, I would log onto the C: drive's root
- directory (C:\) and type "BOOTIT PER" followed by <ENTER>.
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- The program was initially written to ease taking a computer off of the
- Local Area Network in a quick manner, allowing the user to undelete files,
- CHKDSK and perform other maintenance not normally allowed in a network environ-
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- Files Included in Archive
- (If you distribute BOOTIT, it must include these files)
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- BOOTIT.EXE The program file
- BOOTIT.DOC This file
- ORDER.FRM What it says.
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- DISCLAIMER
- While all precautions have been taken to assure that this program is bug
- free, neither Michael J. Gibbs or Exhibit A Communications may be held responsi-
- ble for damages that arise from use of this program. This program is designed
- to operate on any IBM-compatible computer. Use on any computer that is not 100%
- Big Blue compatible is to be done at the user's own risk. (The worst that should
- happen in this case is that the computer will hang up rather than reboot).
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