********************************************************************* * WARNING -> Always use a backup when patching any program ! * * These patches are for IBM PC-DOS 3.2 only !!! * ********************************************************************* 5/3/86 I have converted the 2 patches I used in DOS 3.1 to work with DOS 3.2. The first patch will change the default enviroment space to be about 1K in size. For an enviroment of 512bytes use 1E instead of 3C for the first Edit in debug. The second patch will change the default ECHO to OFF. Both patches are included in the file DOS32PAT.PAT. To use this file you can just enter the following commands : COPY COMMAND.COM OLDCMD.COM DEBUG COMMAND.COM (reboot DOS) The above assumes that the patch file is on the same drive as command.com and that both are on the default drive. Add drive and path specifiers as needed. Alternatively you can follow the patch sequence by hand as outlined in the file DOS32PAT.LOG. This file was created by using DOS32PAT.PAT as above but redirecting the output to a file instead of letting it come to the screen. This file was then editted to indicate what is to be typed by the user. Use of [A] means to type the character A. {CR} is used to indicate the use of the carriage return key. These patches were converted from the patches for DOS 3.1 by Compuserve IBMSIG. Bob Morse gave the enviroment patch for DOS 3.1 and Ted Eyrick gave the ECHO OFF default patch for DOS 3.1. If you have any questions or problems with these patches I can be reached on Gene Plantz's BBS at (312) 882-4227 . Rick Eversole [ID1864] Thanks to those who have preceeded me. By popular demand the patches that were in the file DOS32PAT.PAT have been separated into 2 separate files: DOS32P1.PAT will allow you to ONLY change the default enviroment. DOS32P2.PAT will allow you to ONLY change the default for echo to ECHO OFF. Note that with this patch you will still have to use ECHO OFF in the first line of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file as DOS will still use ECHO ON dispite this patch for the AUTOEXEC.BAT file during boot only. Rick Eversole 5/4/86 ======================== version 3 ======================== SCREEN Scrolling Ward Christensen's patches for DOS 3.1 version of ANSI.SYS to disable wait for retrace and screen blanking works for DOS 3.2. Using DEBUG proceed as follows: DEBUG ANSI.SYS -E 02E3 {CR} xxxx:02E3 74.90 FB.90{CR} -E 02EA{CR} xxxx:02EA EE.90{CR} -W{CR} -Q{CR} Alternatively the file DOS32P3.PAT can be redirected as input to DEBUG as follows : DEBUG ANSI.SYS