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MS-DOS
Ver 6.22 & up |
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What's new:
• Wild Strange and Unknown syntax
@ ECHO OFF
:Goto here as said or not said.
PAUSE (or BREAK ON).
@: Goto School
Discovered: June 22, 2001.
@:@:Goto Work, also works.
• Finally I found something interesting, a new ERRORLEVEL
checking feature. This new feature has now been named 2
BennyLevel. Since my name is Benny, I should as Halley:
(who got Halley's Comet), be happy in our Heaven above.
William Allen and Laura Fairhead and other world-famous
programmers are currently rewriting programs using this
new feature.
Link: Laura's Homepage.
William Allen says: "This new feature should be called BENNYLEVEL
error checking in future. Do claim full credit on your website!".
Ok! You can later read much more about this new feature. If
you'll see an example now, then click on V in the above
Menu/letter-Bar, choose the VOL command and then Batch-
example, or read this:
@ Echo. Fully specified file name.| CHOICE /n /c:abcdefgh.> NUL
For %%D in (A B C D E F G H ) do if errorlevel H%%D set D=%%D
Echo. The drive letter in your Fully specified file name: %D%
i.e. as shown on page: ["avoiding freeze of choice.com"], the
CHOICE command always takes the first character in its input.
Frank has now on his script site, uploaded the description by
William Allen: [www.fpschultze.de/bsh.htm#a14]. Thanks Frank!
--b.pedersen, [http://2dos.homepage.dk]
Klostergade 28 B, 6000 Kolding (Denmark).
PS. I do not get payments for my work. It's just a hobby of mine.
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What's Updated:
• April 17 - 03. Created: [Synopsis.HTM] Almost any extension
• March 12 - 03. Created: [COUNT.???] HexCounter in the Registry
• Feb 11 - 03. Updated: [FTP.VBS] A small freeware FTP program
• Feb 03 - 03. Created: [test.hta/htm(l)] HTA; Source or Print
• Jan 10 - 03. Updated: [defragShutdown.VBS] Version5.2 in ZIP
• Dec 12 - 02. Updated: [VBSFile.txt and "FreeSpace.bat, vbs"]
• August 25 - 02. Updated: [Get input in all OS: DOS6, 9X, XP/2K]
• June 29 - 02. Updated: [Free NT tools. Get DOS help in WinXP]
If you have downloaded my whole Website (the ZIP file was updated
April 30, 2002), then you should substitute page 7 with the below
• May 17 - 02. Updated: [Most About VBS and Date]. (Template).
• Dec 04 - 01. Updated: [Mouse in batch].
• Nov 30 - 01. Created: [ASCII, Color table] Tools for DOSser.
• Aug 22 - 01. Created: [Using wildcards with the DEL command]
• Aug 17 - 01. Created: [Extract NAME.EXTension of a filename]
• Aug 04 - 01. Updated: [Information about the version] (VER).
• July 14 - 01. Updated: [CTTY, Invalid device] Found by Laura.
• June 21 - 01. Created: [Won't work and perform a test] (SET).
• June 19 - 01. Created: [Two golden lines] How about this one?
• June 16 - 01. Created: [Nest of spies] Spy when last used.bat
• May 31 - 01. Created: [Using CHOICE with special keys]
• Dec 12 - 00. Updated: [VOL--Batch Example].. (DOS6.22/Win98)
DOS/batch examples
• Oct 10 - 00. Created: [Number.bat] Number Start End Digit ::
• June 20 - 00. Created: [DKZ.BAT] Win9x. Collect all the files
DOS/batch programs
• July 21 - 02. Updated: [Equal.zip] Win9X/XP. Read the source.
• August 15 - 00. Created: [Goto Folder.] Win9x. Open your folder
• March 30 - 00. Updated: [MyTricks.] Win9x. Download size 2.1KB
DOS/batch links
• July 28 - 00. Add URL: [All the good & old PC-Magazine files]
Old / Other links is on [My old Homepage]
Other topics
• August 08 - 02. Updated: [Recover, page 1] Nvidia.bat
• August 05 - 02. Updated: [Performance, Tricks, Fixes, Security]
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General /What's old?
• Tips for Internet Explorer users: Press F11 key to continue...
If you want even much more space: Menu bar; Right-Click, Hide.
Whenever you need to enter a URL: Hit Ctrl+O (letter "O" not a
zero) or hit F11 once more. Note: F11 slowdowns copying/paste.
• A brief translation from the magazine Alt om DATA, March 2000:
In Win95; D:\Tools\Oldmsdos\.
In Win98; D:\Other\Oldmsdos\.
In both directories is Help.com but forget that.
The manual written in HTML is much better and it
contains the same as "DOS-Help" and much more...
• Links to this manual are Upper/lower case sensitive:
URL http://users.cybercity.dk/~bse26236/batutil/help/INDEX.HTM
Short Cut (slow) http://2dos.homepage.dk
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NOTES ON MS-DOS 6.22
The following major sections provides important information
not included in the MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE or in MS-DOS Help.:
1. Setup
2. MemMaker, EMM386, and Memory Management
3. Windows
4. Hardware Compatibility with MS-DOS 6.22
5. Microsoft Backup, Defrag and Anti-Virus
6. Third-Party Programs
7. DriveSpace
8. Batch (supplement)
9. ASCII table
If the subject you need information about doesn't appear in
the above files, you might find it in one of the following:
* NETWORKS.HTM, which describes how to update your network
software for use with MS-DOS 6.22.
* COUNTRY.HTM, which provides details about enhancements 2
the international keyboards and codepage (character set)
support included with MS-DOS 6.22.
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