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The Best of PC Tech Journal Diskette

Table of Contents -- UTILITY directory
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ASKDEMO.BAT
ASKKEY.COM

"Batch File Interaction"
Ed Volkstorf
June 1987, page 51

Provides a method for batch files to interact with the
keyboard. The batch file is a demonstration.

Command line: ASKDEMO (for a demonstration)
ASKKEY prompt-string (from batch files)

ATBIOS.COM
ATPERF.EXE

"Out from the Shadow of IBM..."
Steven Armbrust, Ted Forgeron, and Paul Pierce
August 1986, page 52

ATBIOS and ATPERF are part of PC Tech Journal's suite of AT
compatibility and performance metrics. They are intended for
use with 80286, 8086, and 8088 processors.

Command line: ATBIOS
ATPERF

BUSPERF.EXE

"Speed Infusion"
Ted Mirecki
February 1987, page 126

Analyzes the performance of the PC bus

Command line: BUSPERF

CPUID.COM

"Chips in Transition"
Bob Smith
April 1986, page 56

Identifies the type of CPU chip installed in the computer.

Command line: CPUID

DISKTEST.EXE
AUTOTEST.EXE

"Fixed-Disk Benchmarks"
William Hunt
November 1984, page 64

Two programs to analyze hard disk performance.

Command line: DISKTEST
AUTOTEST

DUMBTERM.EXE

"Interrupts and the IBM PC, Part II"
Chris Dunford
January 1984, page 144

A simple dumb terminal emulator.

Command line: DUMBTERM

EMMSTAT.EXE

"Reaching into Expanded Memory"
John A. Lefor and Karen Lund
May 1987, page 100

Determines and reports the state of expanded memory and the
status of the installed EMS driver.

Command line: EMMSTAT

EPSON.COM

"The DOS Command IBM Forgot"
Douglas Ritari
September 1984, page 79

Initializes the Epson MX series printers as specified by the
optional parameter.

Command line: EPSON parameter

Parameters: E - emphasized
D - double-strike
I - italics
W - wide characters
C - compressed
T - top-of-form
R - resets printer
U - unidirectional printing
/xx/ - hexadecimal input mode

FIXCURS.COM

"The Dashed Cursor"
Paul Pierce
December 1985, page 47

Restores the cursor to an underline.

Command line: FIXCURS

KEYBECHO.COM
KEYBINFO.COM

"Keying on a Standard"
Bob Smith
July 1987, page 134

KEYBECHO returns the ASCII value, key scan code, and key name
values as you press the key. KEYBINFO returns information
about the enhanced keyboard.

Command line: KEYBECHO
KEYBINFO

MACHINE.COM
MATHCHIP.COM
MATHSWIT.COM

"Machine Specifics"
Ted Forgeron
June 1985, page 181

MACHINE displays the type of system. MATHCHIP determines the
presence of a math coprocessor. MATHSWIT checks to see if
the system board switch for the math coprocessor has been
properly set.

Command line: MACHINE
MATHCHIP
MATHSWIT

NDPTYPE.COM

"Which Math Coprocessor?"
Ted Forgeron
August 1987, page 43

Checks for the presence of a math coprocessor and displays
its type.

Command line: NDPTYPE

PRTSC.COM

"A Print Screen Switch"
Tom Swan
July 1985, page 162

Toggles the print screen key on and off.

Command line: PRTSC

SETALARM.COM

"An Alarm for the AT"
Leo J. Scanlon
ApriL 1986, page 179

An alarm clock for AT machines.

Command line: SETALARM

SETKEY.COM

"Rev Up the AT Keyboard"
Kevin M. Crenshaw
May 1985, page 39

Controls the typamatic repeat rate of the AT keyboard.

Command line: SETKEY repeat-rate delay-rate

repeat-rate values: A..Z
delay-rate values: 1..4

SETRTC.BAT
TAD.COM

"Setting the AT's Clock"
Will Fastie
December 1984, page 57

Sets the AT's hardware clock from DOS.

Command line: SETRTC [date [time]]

SUPEREN.COM

"Replacing RENAME"
Ted Mirecki
April 1985, page 41

Renames a subdirectory.

Command line: SUPEREN oldname newname

UNDRLN.COM

"Underline Fix for the EGA"
Gerry Kaplan
September 1987, page 49

Restores the underlining capability in color with EGA
subsystems.

Command line: UNDRLN

VDEL.COM

"Are You Sure (Y/N)?"
Jeff Garbers
February 1984, page 44

Conditionally deletes files one-by-one after user
verification.

Command line: VDEL template

WHERE.COM

"A Good Find"
Mark S. Ackerman
October 1985, page 85

Locates the specified file anywhere in the directory
structure.

Command line: WHERE filename

XMEM.COM

"Tracing Expanded Memory"
Ted Mirecki
February 1986, page 45

Displays the total amount of expanded memory in your system,
the amount allocated, and the amount free.

Command line: XMEM