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- !Help for !CMOS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- © Copyright James Hunter 1992 (written for SJPD)
-
- !CMOS is a small program that allows the loading and saving of your CMOS
- settings. It uses the standard CMOS file format so files from other CMOS
- savers can be used (though not all as some use different file formats).
-
- Public Domain
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- !CMOS is PUBLIC DOMAIN. This means you can copy it and give your friends a
- copy aslong as you keep the following rules...
-
- - Don't sell or charge for this software (PD Librarys can make a small
- charge for discs postage etc.).
-
- - No files contained are changed (apart from with virus killers to protect
- the files).
-
- - No files are removed or added ONLY the following files should be contained
- within the !CMOS directory (and that includes '?From' files)...
-
- !Boot, !Help, !HelpImage, !Run, !RunImage, !Sprites, Configs,
- HelpTemps, ReadMe, Templates
-
-
- How to use !CMOS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Clicking over the !CMOS icon once it has loaded and apeared on the iconbar
- will present you with a menu. Info and quit are the normal, Load and save
- are for working with the CMOS (loading and saving) and reset will reset the
- computer using the CMOS settings that are loaded.
-
- Saving your CMOS settings
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Once you have used the *Configure command to configure your computer as you
- require load !CMOS and click over the icon with menu (the middle mouse
- button). Now goto the "Save' option and go across th the right to the drag
- box. Now type in the file name you wish to call the file and drag the
- configs icon to a directory viewer where it will be saved or you can enter
- the full path name of a file and click on the OK icon if you want. Your CMOS
- settings are now saved.
-
- Loading your CMOS settings
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- To load your CMOS settings you just have to load !CMOS and then doubble
- click on the Configs file. You will then be asked if you are sure, clicking
- on 'Cancel' will abort the load, clicking on .Load...' will load the file
- and write the data to your CMOS. After loading it is often a good idea to
- reset as some program might be upset by the change of CMOS configuration.
-
- Resetting your computer after loading new Configs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You can either press the reset button or <Ctrl><Break> etc. or you can use
- the 'Reset' option from the iconbar menu. If you do this you will be asked
- to confirm your action incase you clicked on the option by accident.
-
- Storing your Configs files
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- So you can keep all your Config files together there is a directory inside
- !CMOS which they can all be stored in. To open this directory simply load
- !CMOS and click on the icon with menu (the middle mouse button) and choose
- the 'Load' option. The directory will be opened. Alternativly you can open
- the Configs directory by clicking with select (the left mouse button) over
- the !CMOS icon.
-
- !CMOS - History
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 1.00 (23 Apr 92) This, the first version, supported the loading and
- saving of Configs files. A directory for which could
- be opened by clicking on 'Load' or over the icon
- with select. A 'Reset' function was also added so
- the user could reset the computer but didn't have to
- like some CMOS savers.
-
- 1.01 (26 Apr 92) This version updated by Sid. Now 'Load' has been
- changed to 'Open dir' because that's what it does.
- Save is now 'Save CMOS' because it looks nicer. Now
- if you don't enter a pathname in the save box and
- just click on OK then the file is saved into the
- !CMOS.Configs directory.
-
- 1.10 (12 Sept 92) There is no longer a major bug in the program which
- puts the computer into mac emulation mode (crashes
- it) when you try to save a file. Unfortunately there
- is still no free sheep with the application but we
- are working on it ('cos we can't afford a table).
-
-
- Possible improvements comming to another version
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Below is a short list of improvements that could be added to !CMOS. If you
- have any ideas or suggestions that you would like to see in a later version
- of !CMOS please feel free to contact me at the address in the Info On SJPD
- window (from the iconbar info box).
-
- - Show the CMOS settings currently in CMOS
-
- - Change various settings (ie some of the *Configure commands)
-
- - Have a password protection on Configs files so only you can load them
-
-
- Copyright notice
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- !CMOS was written by James Hunter. Without written permission from J.Hunter
- you may not use any of the contained files in part or in whole as a base for
- another program, for commercial gain (sell them) etc. anyone found doing
- this is liable to the laws of copyright.
-
- Address
- ~~~~~~~
- In case you couldn't find the Info On SJPD window here is my address
-
- James Hunter
- 3 Westfield Lane
- Wigginton
- York YO3 3FZ
-