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Ham-Digital Digest Fri, 9 Jun 2000 Volume 2000 : Issue 160
Today's Topics:
FlexDigi and Win98 (MsDos Mode) (2 msgs)
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Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 22:18:22 -0500
From: "Charles Brabham" <n5pvl@texoma.net>
Subject: FlexDigi and Win98 (MsDos Mode)
Yesterday the old 386 PS/2 that I had been running my FlexNet node on was
affected by lightning, leaving me with a sudden need for a temporary node
computer.
What I had available was an old Pentium 100 with Win98 installed on it,
which is not the best deal. It's well known that the node version of FlexNet
(FlexDigi) will not work under any version of Windoze.
Faced by the mother of invention, (necessity) I decided to try the Win98
MsDos mode, and it worked fine. To keep the machine in MsDos mode through
power fluctuations and the rebooting that follows, I first put the computer
in MsDos mode, then from the C:\ prompt, I formatted a 1.44MB system floppy.
Then I copied AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS from the hard drive onto the
floppy, eliminating commands needed for Windows, and for the CD-ROM drive.
(The node doesn't use it) Mainly I wanted the PATH statement intact, and to
load HIMEM, etc.. While I'm using that computer to keep my node up, I'll
just leave that floppy disk in the drive. When I get a replacement, I'll
just yank out the floppy and let it go back to being a WinDoze computer
again.
- So I guess you can use a Win9x computer to run FlexDigi after all, just as
long as you don't actually run Windows!
73 DE Charles Brabham, N5PVL
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Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:04:28 GMT
From: "Casey \(KC\)" <casey@techie.com>
Subject: FlexDigi and Win98 (MsDos Mode)
Charles hit on the fact that Win9x is really a GUI (Graphical User
Interface) running on DOS. Any commands that you enter in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file are executed before Win9x starts. There are other simple things you can
do to have a DOS program run each time a computer boots, without the need to
use the floppy disk.
Win9x does not require any AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files but some
programs still do. If they do not exist, Win9x just starts up by default.
If there is an AUTOEXEC.BAT file, it is executed before starting windows. If
you just put your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files that are setup to run
your DOS program in the root of drive C:, your program would start the same
as with the floppy. Anytime the computer boots (reboots) your DOS program
will run. One minor problem is when you exit the DOS program, the Win9x
startup part continues and starts Windows. :-) One way to handle this is to
put the "PAUSE" command on the next line after the line that starts your DOS
program. Then when you exit the DOS program, the computer is haulted and you
get "Press any key to continue . . ." . You can then either turn off the
computer or press any key to start Windows.
Another way that is very useful for people who use their computer for a
combination of Windows, DOS and special requirements, the old DOS CHOICE
command (similar to norton ASK) is still around. With this you can setup a
boot options menu that will automatically start the application of your
choice after waiting a set length of time. When using Winpack with BayCom
type modem, you must first start BPQ, before running Windows and Intercom
(multi-mode digital program) will not run in windows. In the example below,
"Load BPQ for Packet Support" starts after 15 sec if no key is pressed. Here
is the AUTOEXEC.BAT file I use:
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@ECHO OFF
CLS
ECHO DOS Boot Load Options
ECHO =======================
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO (1) - Load BPQ for Packet Support
ECHO.
ECHO (2) - Start Windows without BPQ
ECHO.
ECHO (3) - Run Intercom (DOS)
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\CHOICE /C:123 /N /T:1,15" Which would you like?"
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO ICOM
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO WIN
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO BPQ
:BPQ
CLS
cd winpack
cd bpq
go.bat
pause
goto end
:WIN
cls
goto end
:ICOM
cls
c:\intercom.bat
pause
goto end
:END
cls
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I hope this will be of some interest/help to some..
DOS still lives and for some applications is still a good way to go.
73 . . . Ken - VE5KC
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KC's Amateur Radio Site - http://www.qsl.net/ve5kc/
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FELDHELL modes with BayCom modem, sound card or homebred interface.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pa3byz/rttymade.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Brabham" <n5pvl@texoma.net>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 9:18 PM
Subject: FlexDigi and Win98 (MsDos Mode)
> Yesterday the old 386 PS/2 that I had been running my FlexNet node on was
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