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4DOS

Version 7.50a build 130 · J.P. Software

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Description

4DOS is a COMMAND.COM replacement (also runs on top of command.com on the HPLX), bringing many of the latest command line extensions found in current DOS versions (and even Windows NT) to those, who are bound to a particular DOS version such as the outdated MS-ROMDOS 5.0 built into the pallmtops. Similar JP Software command processors exist for Windows NT/2000/XP and OS/2 making it possible to write platform-independent batchjobs. Shareware. J.P. Software Homepage Some 4DOS.INI directives, provided by Matthias Paul, which are useful for the palmtop: [4DOS] HelpOptions = /M /F /X (so the help comes up in monochrom color set) Swapping = EMS,c:\tmp,a:\tmp,None EditMode = Insert Printer = AUX UpperCase = Yes OutputBIOS = Yes SDFlush = Yes FullInt2E = Yes MessageServer = Yes UniqueSwapName = Yes SwapReOpen = No

Technical details

File
4dos750.zip
Size
773.5 KB
Format
.zip
Year
2003
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
2005-09-08
Files inside
22
Author
J.P. Software
Path
anonftp/pub/4dos750.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 1.0 MB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • 4dos.com → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 267.6 KB
  • 4help.exe → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 58.4 KB
  • batcomp.exe → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 10.9 KB
  • br4dos.exe → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 13.7 KB
  • csclean.bat → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.2 KB
  • examples.btm → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 20.6 KB
  • helpcfg.exe → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 11.3 KB
  • kstack.com → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 565 B
  • option.exe → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 178.3 KB

No need to put 4dos.hlp, 4dos.ico, descript.ion, intro.txt, license.txt, orders.txt, files.sfv, readme.txt and 5 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 1.0 MB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy 4dos.com, 4help.exe, batcomp.exe, br4dos.exe 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
Installation and "Branding" Notes
      Files Included with this Version
      Technical Support and Downloads
      Legal Notices

Other information is available in other files:

      Complete list of new features          WHATSNEW.TXT
      Introduction and Installation Guide    INTRO.TXT
      Product and upgrade information        PRODUCTS.TXT
      Support plan information               SUPPORT.TXT
      New customer order form                ORDERS.TXT
      Current customer upgrade order form    UPGRADES.TXT
      Trial version information              TRIAL.TXT
      License agreement                      LICENSE.TXT


INSTALLATION AND "BRANDING" NOTES

   Our products are generally distributed as EXE files which install the
   product when run.  The EXE files are "ZIP-compatible" (i.e., they can
   also be read as .ZIP files).  Products distributed on CD are shipped
   with individual files visible; the files are not compressed into a
   single .EXE file.

   If you have unzipped a distribution .EXE file yourself, or are using
   a CD copy, and prefer to perform the installation manually, see the
   Introduction and Installation Guide in the file INTRO.TXT.  The
   detailed instructions for 4DOS are in Chapter 5.

   If you unzip the distribution EXE file manually, you will find many \
   extra files which are used by the installer and are not part of the
   product itself.  You can use a command similar to the following in the
   product directory to get rid of the extra files (this assumes you have
   not installed other non-JP Software files in the product directory
   which this command would delete):

      *del /qe *.dat p*.dll *wise*.*

   If you are installing a purchased copy of 4DOS from a CD, you can
…

Literal excerpt from readme.txt, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

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