Category : Alternate Operating Systems - Quarterdeck DesqView, CP/M, etc
Archive   : DESQ_RB.ZIP
Filename : REBOOT.DOC
Output of file : REBOOT.DOC contained in archive : DESQ_RB.ZIP
DESQview windows (closing them). You need about 48K free memory,
and you also need DVEXEC written by George Stanislav.
In your BATCH file, all you need to do is Execute DVEXEC with the
included RB (Reboot Windows program) as follows:
DVEXEC C:\DV\RB-PIF.DVP
The program has been written to close 3 windows. It can be easily
modified using QuarterDecks CONVSCR program to do more or less.
The best way to use this in a BATCH file is to create a flag to look
for while processing.
DV.BAT
CD \DV
DV
If Exist C:\ShutDown.Day goto REBOOT
Goto End
:REBOOT
Del C:\ShutDown.Day
REBOOT ; Reboot.Com file to reboot the system...
:End
In your normal batch file, you would create the Flag file (zero
length by redirection):
RUNBBS.BAT
rem ** Shutdown System
DTR COM1: ON
AT COM1: M0H1
DTR COM1: OFF
REM > C:\ShutDown.Day
DVEXEC C:\DV\RB-PIF.DVP
EXIT
Have fun!
Dean Lachan
Sysop of the Southern Crossroads 14.4K HST 1:124/4115.0
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/