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- NOTES ON SHELL.COM
-
- Version 1.00
-
- Matt Roberts
- 3 Cedar St., # 8
- Montpelier, Vt 05602-3006
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- 08-02-91
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- This program is designed to be used from within ASIC. I found it a pain to
- exit to DOS, do whatever little job, I had to do, and reload ASIC. Although
- there may be more steps, for some reason I found it simpler to use this
- method. I'm sharing it with you in case you might find it useful as well.
-
- It'll require approximately an additional 68K to run.
-
- First, you'll need to have the compiled SHELL.COM and the SHELL.ASI source,
- both of which are included. They should be on the disk or in the directory
- you're using, or in the path set from DOS or your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
-
- Now, let's say you've loaded ASIC, and are in the editor doing some work. You
- decide to go to DOS to do a couple of things. You'll save your file with the
- Alt-F and S combination, then use Alt-F and <O>pen SHELL.ASI. Now you choose
- to run your program, with Alt-R and R, or with the F5 key. You type the
- letter of the drive on which COMMAND.COM can be found, and there you are.
- When finished, you type EXIT, and reload your original program, using the Open
- feature on the File menu. That's it.
-
- To tell the truth, I'm not sure why I find this method easier, but I do. If
- you disagree, you can always just exit the editor and reload ASIC when you're
- finished.
-
-
- TESTS
-
- Version numbers exist for the purpose of testing this disk's utilities on
- other computers. This version has been tested on the following:
-
- Amstrad PC1512 SD: This system has an 8086 CPU, a composite monochrome
- monitor, and CGA which can access 16 shades of gray (or color with a color
- monitor) with a resolution of up to 640 X 200. The system originally came
- with 512K RAM, which I've upgraded to 640K. It came with a single 5.25", 360K
- drive. A second internal drive of the same type was later added, and I've
- installed a 49Mb hard disk card. Operating system is MS-DOS 3.20. This line
- has been discontinued. This utility had no problems running on the Amstrad.
-
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- Packard Bell Pack-Mate: This system has an 80286 CPU and a color VGA monitor.
- Drives are one 40Mb internal hard disk, one 5.25", 1.2Mb drive, and one 3.5",
- 1.44 Mb drive. Operating system is MS-DOS 3.30. This utility had no problems
- running on the Packard Bell.
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