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...user can instruct the computer to take its commands from a pre-arranged file. For example, when the Happy Hacker wants to use DBASE, he simply types in db at the A prompt. This instructs the computer to execute all of the commands in the file DB.BAT stored on disk. Upon looking at the Hacker's DB.BAT file, the IBM compatible then knows to do the following things. Load in Sidekick (a handy calculator/notepad utility), create a ramdisk, activate a print spooling utility, switch to the Dbase subdirectory of the hard disk and start the DBASE program running...
...first turned on, or when it is reset, it will always look for a file called autoexec.bat. This is an ASCII file (constructed like any other batch file) which tells a computer what to do before leaving the user at the A prompt. For users without a hard disk, the autoexec.bat file can be used to start up specific applications. For example, the Happy Hacker has a wordprocessing disk that will always load a spelling checker program and then start the word processor anytime the computer is reset with the disk in drive...
Although ResEdit means no harm, it can sometimes destroy disks unintentionally. Apparently, the program has a few bugs which can really muck things up, not just for the file being edited but for the whole disk. As a precaution, always use ResEdit on a backup of a file which is on a disk with nothing important...
...station's disk jockeys come up with their own ideas for the orgies and then submit the ideas for approval to theprogram director. Occasionally listeners will alsosend in suggestions for the orgies...
This type of programming also gives thestation's disk jockeys a chance to play somethingdifferent. Last year, the rock department produceda Bruce Springsteen orgy, even though the stationrarely plays the Boss...