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LEADING EDGE PATCH FILE
This archive includes files to correct a problem in the Leading
Edge BIOS when running programs which gave you an option to use a
Mouse. Note that the newer machines supposedly have an upgraded
ROM BIOS which corrects this problem. To quote Leading Edge:
" S W I N T 3 3 P A T C H P R O G R A M
MODEL "D" SOFTWARE PATCH PROGRAM
This patch is designed to correct possible problems when executing programs
on the Leading Edge Model "D" that have an option to permit the use of a
mouse, whether or not it is actually used. You may want to add this patch if,
upon executing a program: 1) you notice unusual patterns on the screen, 2)
you receive a message "Unexpected SW INT 33", or 3) you experience a program
malfunction when you first boot up a program which has a mouse option. You
need only execute the supplied instructions once.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PATCH IS NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK WITH EVERY PROGRAM WHICH
RECEIVES THE SW INT 33 MESSAGE. WE HAVE ONLY TESTED THE PATCH WITH MICROSOFT
WORD AND REFLEX PACKAGES."
Directions for Use:
1. Place the fixint33 command in your autoexec.bat file. (Have
the fixint33.com file in your root directory or issue a path
command to the directory where it's located before invoking it in
autoexec.bat).
2. This will immediately correct the problem with Microsoft
Word.
3. For running Reflex and Reflex2 (the report writer), first do
one above, then use the two new bat files included in this
archive, reflexh.bat and reflex2h.bat, instead of the bat files
with identical names which come with Reflex. If you compare the
two, you'll notice the bat files included in this archive have an
additional line which return the computer to the monochrome text
mode when you quit out of Reflex. Note that the bat files are
necessary for running reflex on a monochrome D, because reflex
only runs in the Hercules Graphics mode on monochrome machines.
4. If you are using a Mouse, do NOT put the Mouse command in a
CONFIG.SYS file, as the mouse documentation suggests. Instead,
place it in the autoexec.bat file AFTER the fixint33.
(I personally have tested the patch with Reflex and Word, works
fine. Since I don't have a mouse, I haven't tested that
portion.)
(Borland International also has a patch for Reflex out which
patches the program to return it from Hercules to Mono mode
automatically, making the new bat files unnecessary. I do not
have and have not tested this patch.)
(Leading Edge has changed the ROM BIOS on the newer Leading Edge
Model D's which make this fixint33 program unnecessary. According to
Leading Edge, it's available to registered owners for a nominal
shipping charge. Check your dealer first...he might have it for
free.)
CLOCKS AND PC-DOS
Also included are a programs which enable you to pick up the
time and date from Leading Edge's clock when using PC-DOS by
invoking one of these programs in you autoexec.bat. Since I
don't have PC-DOS, I have not tested any of these. D-clock.com
and d-clk.com are obviously for the Leading Edge model D, m-clk.com
is obviously for the Leading Edge model M, and I'm not sure what
datetime.com works with.
LEADING EDGE BULLETIN BOARD
Finally, Leading Edge has a bulletin board now available
from 5:30 pm to 9 am weekdays, and 24 hours on weekends. Number
is 617-821-2586, settings 1200/n/8/1. Have had problems staying
on this...the line seems quite noisy.
DAVID JACOBSON, WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 27, 1986