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[arachne] Bart's startup files

From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <sheywood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:47:37 -0500 (EST)


Hello:

Someone here asked about startup options which would
permit the operator to choose whether to boot up directly
into DOS or to start Window$.

I do that by using the attached startup files which were
sent to me several years ago by an Arachne list member named
Bart.  Forgot his last name.  He included his email address
in his autoexec.bat file, but I have removed it for this
public posting.

I have renamed autoexec.bat and config.sys to autoexec.txt and
config.txt respectively.  You will have to edit them as appropriate
to suit your system.  Also you will have to rename their file
extensions again in order to use them as startup files.

Enjoy!

BTW, would somebody here please provide an English translation for
the text message that Bart included in his autoexec.bat file?

Sam Heywood
-- Message handled by Alpine, version 0.999

@echo off

goto %config% end

:MS-DOS

SET TEMP=C:\TEMP

loadhigh C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001

path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\util

prompt $d $t$_$p$g

cls

echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

echo + Deze modus is min of meer optimaal voor de meeste dos programma's.  +

echo + de CDrom en de Modem werken helaas niet.                            +

echo +                                                                     +

echo + Om in windows verder te werken:                                     +

echo + druk ctrl+alt+del om de computer te herstarten.                     +

echo +                                                                     +

echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

loadhigh %comspec%

:end

WIN



















































































AUTOEXEC.TXT

        0 file(s) copied

[menu]

menuitem=MS-DOS

menuitem=WINDOWS-98

menudefault=MS-DOS,5



[MS-DOS]

DOS=HIGH,UMB

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems

files=30

buffers=30



[common]

devicehigh = c:\windows\command\ansi.sys

devicehigh=c:\cdrom\oakcdrom.sys /D:MSCD001



[WINDOWS-98]

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