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- SOFTWARE PIRATES INC.
- presents
-
- LOADIT
- A Universal Game Loader
-
- LOADIT is a utility program. LOADIT's primary function is to allow
- programs (cracked games), that have been modified to run from DOS, to
- return to DOS. Many of these programs were originally designed to run
- from boot-only disks and were never intended to operate in the DOS
- enviroment and therefore were never designed to return to DOS. Since
- these programs have been modified to run from DOS, it would be nice if
- they could return to DOS without forcing you to Reboot your system.
- LOADIT provides this capability.
-
- RUNNING LOADIT:
-
- LOADIT is designed to be executed before the game program is loaded.
- After loading itself, it then loads and runs the game you have
- specified. The following is an example of using LOADIT to run the game
- program MOONBUGS (which doesn't return to DOS).
-
- LOADIT MOONBUGS.COM
-
- The syntax for LOADIT is as follows:
-
- LOADIT [d:[\path\]]filename.ext [/options]
-
- The filename of the game (program) to be run by LOADIT. You have to
- include the extention because LOADIT will not know if you trying to
- load a COM file or an EXE file. Full DOS 2+ drive/pathnames are
- supported.
-
- LOADIT also supports options. Each option is specified by a single
- letter preceeded by a / (forward slash). Currently only one option is
- supported. This is the /B option. This tell LOADIT that it can use
- either display (Mono or Color) for this game. The default is COLOR
- only mode, where LOADIT will check to make sure that a color display is
- attached and automatically switch to it for you.
-
- RETURNING TO DOS:
-
- LOADIT has three different key sequences that will return you to DOS at
- any time. The three key sequences are Ctrl-Break, Ctrl-Alt-Del, and
- Ctrl-C. Ctrl-C is probably the easiest because it can be done using
- only one hand, while the other two require both hands.
-
- LIMITATIONS:
-
- LOADIT has been tested on a large variety of programs. It works on most
- of them, but not all. You should be able to use it on about 75% or more
- of your games.
-
- LOADIT doesn't work very will under multitasking. The technique used to
- return to DOS seems to confuse many of the popular multitaskers. It is
- recommended that you do not use it when operating under a multitasker.
- Some people have reported that they can make it work, but for most it
- crashes. You will have to experiment to see if it will work for you.
-
- REVISION HISTORY:
-
- 1.0 05/07/87 Initial Release
-
- 1.1 05/20/87
- (1) Corrected bug which randomly caused LOADIT to return to DOS
- (2) Changed initial startup up screen.
- (3) Added Stick Shift speed control.
-
- <end of loadit doc>
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- NOTE FROM K. MASON
- Aug. 9, 1991
- Toronto, Ontario
-
-
- I just discovered this lovely little gem, and I'm uploading it for all
- those inveterate game players who have to reboot from their favorite
- (often cracked) games.
-
- My configuration is as follows:
-
- Machine: AMI 386-20Mz
- Video: VGA 640x480
- Dos Shell: NORTON COMMANDER
- Command Processor: 4DOS 3.03
- Dos Version: DOS5
-
- LOADIT works just fine for me, as long as I am in the directory of
- the game that I wanted to run.
-
- LOADIT accepts redirection into NUL is accepted, and keyboard stuffers
- like KEYSTACK also work. The CTRL-C key sequence works with my setup
- to exit gracefully.
-
- Aliases in 4DOS work fine:
-
- LOAD=KEYSTACK 13^LOADIT %1 > NUL^CLS
-
- Then LOAD ATOMIX.EXE will work just fine.
-
- LOADIT works beautifully with ATOMIX (ATOMIX.ZIP enclosed), the only game
- that I presently have which requires rebooting. ATOMIX is one of the
- most enjoyable games that I have ever played, and I think you will
- like it too. Assuming that LOADIT is on your path, and that you are in
- the ATOMIX directory, run ATOMIX with the following command:
-
- LOADIT ATOMIX.EXE
-
- Please add your own comments after mine concerning your success in using
- LOADIT, and pass this file on to others.
-
-
- Enjoy!
-
- <end of k. mason note>
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