FROM THE BORLAND TECHFAX SERVICE:

Using BRIEF with a Gateway 2000 DX/2 66MHz.
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The following patch is a workaround for the problem of running BRIEF
on a Gateway 2000 486DX/2 66MHz computer.  There is a conflict over
use of the DOS Interprocess Communication Area.  The patch will disable
Brief's use of this area.

It should be noted that this will disable BRIEF's ability to notify the
user he has multiple copies of BRIEF loaded.  Also the inq_level() macro
and anything using it will not function correctly.  The inq_level macro
is not used by any of BRIEF's default macros.  All other areas of BRIEF
will still function as designed.

To apply this patch you will need a copy of the DOS DEBUG program.  Be
sure to back up your B.EXE file.

The debug patch is as follows:

1.  Copy B.EXE to something without a .EXE extension (i.e. B.DAT).  This
    is so DEBUG will treat B.EXE as a data file and not as a program.

2.  Load DEBUG with the file to patch (i.e. B.DAT).

3.  Search the code segment for the word sequence F0 04 00 00 using the
    following debug command:
        -s cs:0 ffff F0 04 00 00<cr>

4.  DEBUG will respond with an offset, for example:  12A4:0FB4.
    The offset is the last four digits after the colon (0FB4 in the
    example above).

5.  Modify the first two bytes (F0,04) at the offset returned to 
    NULL.  With the example of 0FB4 as offset (use the value you
    received in step 4), use the following DEBUG commands:
        -e 0FB4<cr>0<cr>
        -e 0FB5<cr>0<cr>

6.  Save the patched file using the DEBUG commands:
        -w
        -q

7.  Rename the file to something with a .EXE extension and test.

8.  If everything tests OK, copy your patch file to B.EXE.  If you
    had any difficulties running your patched copy of BRIEF delete
    it and try again.  If you still have difficulties, contact
    Borland Technical Support (408/461-9144 8am-noon Pacific Time).

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