PCPLUS.BAT ·
BAT ·
3.7 KB ·
1989-06-05 ·
from PCPlus_Issue-35_Aug-1989
echo off
cd intro
SHOWCSF TITLE
SHOWCSF AUG1
:menu
cd ..\intro
SHOWCSF AUG2
if errorlevel 194 goto menu
if errorlevel 193 goto F7
if errorlevel 192 goto F6
if errorlevel 191 goto F5
if errorlevel 190 goto F4
if errorlevel 189 goto F3
if errorlevel 188 goto F2
if errorlevel 187 goto F1
if errorlevel 28 goto menu
:F1
cd ..\keytree
tutor
goto menu
:F2
cd ..\knife86
knife86
goto menu
:F3
cls
echo The demonstration file supplied on this disk for the SLIM file compressor
echo needs to be copied, with the other SLIM files, to a separate floppy disk
echo to work properly. The SLIM program itself can be run from any drive,
echo including a hard drive.
echo.
echo Return to the PC PLUS menu and exit to DOS by pressing [F7]. Prepare a
echo blank, formatted floppy. Put the SuperDisk back in drive A: and the blank
echo disk in drive B:. On a single floppy machine, just put the SuperDisk
echo in A: and DOS will ask you to swap disks as you are copying.
echo.
echo Type COPY A:\UTILS\*.* B:
echo.
echo Once the three files have been copied, put the disk from drive B: in A:
echo and type SLIMDEMO to see SLIM in operation.
echo.
echo Jot down the copy command above for reference and then
pause
goto menu
:F4
cd ..\games
cobra
goto menu
:F5
cd ..\listings
cls
echo You're in the LISTINGS sub-directory.
echo.
echo This contains a number of PC FILE+ database files supporting Ann Swinfen's
echo tutorial article from the July issue of the magazine. There was insufficient
echo space on the SuperDisk to include these last month.
echo.
pause
cls
echo Here's the directory listing...
dir
pause
goto menu
:F6
cd ..\shorties
cls
echo You're in the SHORTIES sub-directory.
echo.
echo This contains a number of smaller utilities, further details of
echo which are in the SuperDisk section of the magazine. Some may have
echo documentation in .DOC files, which you can read using the MS-DOS
echo TYPE command.
echo.
echo Here's the directory listing...
dir
echo.
pause
cls
echo Here are brief details of what they do - see PCPLUS for more:
echo.
echo CALENDAR - displays a calendar for any year between 1900 and 2099,
echo dividing each year conveniently into two six month screens.
echo Print the calendar with a quick [Shift][PrtSc].
echo.
echo PEEK - extracts and displays all printable text from any named file,
echo which may be a text file or a machine-code EXE or COM file,
echo in fact any file which includes displayable text.
echo.
echo SPEEDSCR - replaces the BIOS video driver (INT 10), thus speeding up
echo all screen access by a factor between 3 and 15! Put it in
echo your AUTOEXEC.BAT file for faster screen display.
echo.
echo Now to see each one in action. First the calendar program, which displays
echo a calendar for this year in two parts. Press any key to move from the first
echo to the second, and to finish the program.
pause
cls
calendar 1989
cls
echo PEEK sifts out all the printable text in a file and displays it.
echo.
peek peek.com
echo.
echo This is the text from the PEEK.COM file itself. To continue,
pause
cls
echo SPEEDSCR speeds up screen access. First we'll run a test program using the
echo standard screen drivers.
pause
scrntest
echo.
echo Now we'll install SPEEDSCR and run the same test again. Compare the
echo difference in number of ticks.
pause
cls
speedscr
scrntest
echo.
echo SPEEDSCR is now installed until you next restart your PC.
echo To return to the PCPLUS menu
pause
goto menu
:F7
cd ..\
cls
:end