OTHER PROGRAMS by the AUTHOR: These programs can all be found in the Compuserve IBMNET Forums. type: Go IBMFF and follow the instruction for a complete listing. CIS: 72230,1306 BOBCAT.EXE (FREE) Here's a program that takes Text Mode Graphics to the MAXIMUM!! Let's anyone manage their Files and Directories. With an easy press of a key you can copy, move, delete, view, mark, create edit, compress, uncompress format and many,many more options. Plus enables the user to assign up to 40 additional commands or programs to the menuing system and many more features all from within an attractive customizable window environment. Unlike all graphic mode management programs this one moves at SONIC SPEEDS! MM.EXE "MENU MAKER" (FREE) Makes it easy for anyone to create beautiful stand alone text mode shadow box window menus. Create up to 4 windows you can pop down by the press of a function key then highlight your commands or program names via menu bar/mouse to activate them. Or you can assign your commands and programs to User Assigned Descriptions highlight to activate. Creates an unlimited number of stand alone menu programs you custom design. REDEFINE.COM (FREE) Enables assigning up to 20/60 character command strings to any of the Alt + Number keys or function keys F1 / F10 plus recall your last 10 DOS commands. Also includes many utilities - View files, Copy, Delete, Rename, Show All Paths, NotePad, and many more in an easily Deactivated Pop Down TSR. GRAB4.COM (FREE) A TSR that makes it an easy task to capture text mode screens from within most any running program. Enable saving screens as executables including their color values or save as a readable text mode ASCII file. You can also edit any current or saved screen and capture or append to another file. Easily Deactivate. DIGCLK.COM (FREE) Here's a Digital Clock you can place at any corner of your monitor in 10 different color combinations. Unlike many similar clock programs this one can be easily turned ON or OFF by the press of a couple keys. Beeps on the Hour. Optional count down Alarm can be set or reset on the fly from 00 to 99 min. Also change the clock placement at anytime. User assignable Hot Keys including F11 F12 combinations. LOOK4.COM (FREE) A SUPER FAST file searcher that will search from one to all drives through all directories and with in all compressed files. They don't get any faster then this, or easier to use. SIRCH4.COM (FREE) A LIGHTNING FAST string searcher that searchs all files with in all directories for a user entered word or sentence through all drives specified. Very fast and easy to use. MYPAL.COM (FREE) Here's a FUN easy way to create your own custom VGA Palettes. Enables opening up any of 16 color jars. Each color can be adjusted to any of 256,000 values. Program will also save your color settings as a stand alone executable COM file. CBEEP.COM / DBEEP.COM (FREE) Cbeep is a TSR that intercepts the computers beep alarm and replaces it with a visual "BEEP" flash on your monitor. Dbeep will create a modified copy of most any program that is noisy and replace the beep code within the program with an interrupt call to Cbeep.com . ANSUTL.ZIP (FREE) ANSI program to easily set screen colors with option to create a stand alone COM file of settings. Also includes a program that enables easy reassignment of your function keys with an option to create a COM file of different assignment settings. An lastly a nifty little program to change the cursor to various sizes with the option of creating a stand alone COM file of size settings. MOTION.ZIP (FREE) Five text mode (80x25/40x25) animation programs to display up to a 1,000 byte message that is automatically centered. Programs can also be used as screen blankers. Great when its neccessary for you to leave your computer unattended. SPOKEN.EXE (FREE) Here's a FUN alternative to the use of DOS's "PAUSE" command. This small program will very clearly speak "Strike a key when ready" and at your option print the spoken line, just like pause. Works on any system above an XT class machine. ITALK.EXE (FREE) Here's a REAL FUN way to blank your computer screen when you find it neccessary to leave it unattended. If someone monkeys around with your computer keyboard, while your away, boy are they in for a surprise! Program displays a pair of blinking eyes that speak one of 4 alarming digitized messages. Works on any system above an XT class machine. REAL ATTENTION GETTER! COLORVUE.COM (FREE) Is a great 640 x 200 graphic mode ascii text file viewer capable of reading any size text file. The program gives good scrolling speed line by line, page by page and left to right panning. While viewing a file you can change to any of 16 color options as well as changing each of the 16 colors to inverse color for a total of 32 possible color combinations. Also option to save color setting. EZ4MAT.EXE (FREE) Was written to make it possible for even a novice user to easily and quickly format floppy disks on drives A and B in sizes 360K, 720k, 1.2M and 1.44M floppies. Hard drive users will love EZ4MAT,s unique format, you'll never be annoyed again by that "Non-System disk or disk error" message when you leave a disk in the A drive. EZ4MATted disks force the boot process to fall through to your C: drive whenever you forget and leave a disk in the A drive at boot up. Formats drives A and B ONLY! HOLDIT!.SYS (FREE) Is a dummy device driver that never actually installs in system memory (uses NO memory) but enables PAUSING between each driver your computer attempts to load. Dummy driver waits until a key is pressed then moves on to the next device driver. Program enables the displaying of a one line message before a device driver has been installed. While it is waiting for a key to be pressed it displays the next CONFIG.SYS command to be processed. Shows which device driver is to be installed next before DOS gets a hold of it. Makes it possible to determine which device driver is the cause of a systems CRASH. ---------------------- END OF DOCUMENT ----------------------