+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Morton Utilities | | !!! READ ME FIRST !!! | | | | For people (like me) who don't read manuals. | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ You should have the following files: MU.COM - Morton Utilities program. MUCONFIG.COM - Morton Utilities configuration program. MU.HLP - Morton Utilities program help. MUCONFIG.HLP - Morton Utilities configuration program help. MANUAL.DOC - Morton Utilities documentation. INVOICE.DOC - Morton Utilities registration invoice. README.DOC - Quick-Start instructions. Run MUCONFIG to configure the program. Run MU to load the program. Highlight any feature or option you want more information about in either program and press "F1" to receive detailed information and instructions. NOTE: All Morton Utilities features are accessible from the DOS prompt and/or batch files. This allows Morton Utilities to be controlled either in part or totally from DOS and/or batch files. See manual for details. NOTE: To elliminate the use of DOS memory, Morton Utilities can be loaded into either expanded or high memory. See manual for details. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Morton Utilities Features | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Video Features ============== o Video turbo increases video speed from 10 to 80 percent. o Screen blanker protects your monitor from phosphor burn-in. o VGA dimmer allows you to control the brightness of your VGA display. o Cursor protection allows you to select your favorite cursor size and not worry about programs changing it. o Cursor display will display the current cursor location continually in the upper right corner of the screen. o Border color protection allows you to select your favorite border color and not worry about programs changing it. o Intensity selection allows you to see 16 background colors instead of 8. o Redisplay up to 5 pages of text that has scrolled off the screen. Disk Features ============= o Encrypt/Decrypt confidential files thus scrambling them from prying eyes using up to a 10 character password. o Easily clean your floppy disk drives (using drive cleaning systems) without having to stop-watch them. o Format floppy disks, optionally while you work on your computer doing other things. o Instantly park your hard disks to avoid unnecessary crashes. o Protect your hard disks from being inadvertently reformatted by others. o On-screen disk light lets those of us who have our computers under our desks know when our hard/floppy disks are being accessed. o Select whether all data written to disk/diskette is verified and keep programs from changing your mind. Printer Features ================ o Easily send your printer control strings to turn desired printer features on/off. o Eject the last page of your print job when your printer is too lazy to do the same. o Control DOS's PRINT spooler program to view print queue, submit files to the queue, and cancel files from printing. o Print text files that contain the box characters when your printer doesn't support them. o Use the "PrtSc" key to print only what you want of the screen. o Have your "Print Screen" eject from the printer when done printing. Keyboard Features ================= o Select your favorite keyboard typematic rate/delay and don't worry about programs changing it. o Keyboard click provides a clicking sound when keys are pressed or released for those of us who suffer with mushy keyboards. o Disable "Ctrl-C" and "Ctrl-Break" when it might be necessary to keep users from breaking out of programs. o Use your "Scroll Lock" key as a pause key to keep things from scrolling off the screen. o Password lock your keyboard for those times when you might want to leave the office but you don't want anyone disturbing your work. o Easily enter 6 types of box characters inside your applications to draw boxes, borders, flowcharts, etc. o Have the current status of the Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock keys continually displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. Clock Features ============== o Have the current date and time continually displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. o Set an alarm to go off at a specific time. o Have an audible chime announce the new hour. o Date Stamp allows you to easily enter the current date in your applications. o Time Stamp allows you to easily enter the current time in your applications. Other Features ============== o Do something else while your modem redials a busy BBS or other modem number. o Mouse emulation allows you to use your mouse in programs that don't directly support it. o Turn your computer's speaker off for late quiet nights. o Turn the noisy DOS BELL sound into a soft low one. o Confirm reboot will confirm your hasty decision to reboot the computer. o Replace DOS's "Abort, Retry, Fail" prompt with one better. o Slow your computer down for older games which run just too fast. o Save and load your CMOS configuration data because your batteries ARE going to fail. o Save all your favorite settings to a setup file which can be loaded at any time to restore them. o Uninstall Morton Utilities from memory. o Control all Morton Utilities features from the DOS command line and/or batch files.