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Tune FOR

Version 6.05 · Bruce Guthrie

Programming
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Description

The HP Palmtop Paper FORTUNE.EXE (6.05): A tuner-upper forthe DOS FOR command. Generates a batchfile which does all those wildcard things you wished FOR could do (like"FORTUNE IN (*.BAS) DO RENAME %A %2*.*" to remove parts of file names). Freeware.

Technical details

File
fortn605.zip
Size
67.7 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1996
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-12-20
Files inside
5
Author
Bruce Guthrie
Path
anonftp/pub/fortn605.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 51.5 KB

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

  • FORTUNE.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 48.5 KB

No need to put BRUCE605.DOC, FORTUNE.DOC, FILE_ID.DIZ, BRUCEINI.DOC: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 51.5 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy FORTUNE.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.

It also needs 2

The manual mentions these files, which are in the archive:

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.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →

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