CFG
Version 2.3 · Mark Treadwell
Description
The HP Palmtop Paper CFG is a program that provides multiple utilities for use during CONFIG.SYS device driver installation and from the DOS command line. The program does not remain resident and releases all memory on termination. Freeware.
Technical details
- File
cfg.zip- Size
- 61.7 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1994
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1998-12-20
- Files inside
- 4
- Author
- Mark Treadwell
- Path
anonftp/pub/cfg.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 140.3 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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CFG.COM→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 39.1 KB
No need to put
CFG.DOC, CFG.ADD, CFG.NEW:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 140.3 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy CFG.COM to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.
The author's instructions
The /I Installation switch overrides all others. All previous command line
entries are accessible via the cursor keys. All of the normal DOS editing keys
available with DOSKEY installed are accessible via this command except for F7
Redisplay Commands.
DOSKEY macros are available via this command. See the CFG.ADD file for the
nuances of DOSKEY's operation with regards to macros and this command. If a
macro name or a command with DOSKEY special parameters may be entered, the /M
Macro switch must be specified. Since DOSKEY automatically displays its string
on screen, the /Q switch is permanently in effect. Note that DOSKEY does not
append a carriage return/line feed to its string. This must be provided, if
desired, in the batch file. This command requires DOS version 5.0 or higher.
▒▒▒DOSlocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [BATCH]
Determine the location of the DOS kernel.
Command line format:
DOSlocation SubCommandName
The following are valid SubCommandNames: RAM, ROM, High, Low. Each
SubCommandName may be abbreviated as desired, but must be unique. The return
ErrorLevel is 1 if True and 0 if False.
▒▒▒DOSstartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [BATCH]
Determine the drive from which DOS was booted.
Command line format:
DOSstartup [/Q] [/@EnVar]
This command uses DOS Function 33H Subfunction 5 to determine the boot drive.
This command requires DOS version 4.0 or higher. If DOS is in ROM, the command
returns the drive CONFIG.SYS is on. The drive letter is also written.
▒▒▒DOSversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [BATCH]
Determine the DOS version.
Command line format consists of only the CommandName. Valid CommandNames are:
DOSmajor
…
Literal excerpt from CFG.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.
Package contents
Send to my palmtop
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