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Re: Batch File Question . . . HELP

#807
From: Stan Brown
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:13
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>In article <1992Apr14.132544.1@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>, nussbaum@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Nussbaum Lab, Univ. of Pa.) writes:
>> from.  I.e., I want to put the file into my AUTOEXEC.BAT.  However, I can't
>> seem to figure out how to run a batch file with a prompth in it so that you can
>> type a character (1 - n . . .) and have a specific application run.
>> 
>
In article <1992Apr15.100035.141@mble.philips.be> stern@mble.philips.be writes:
>Try XSET (version 2.12), it is available
>   at SIMTEL20 PD1:<MSDOS.BATUTL>XSET212.ZIP
>or at GARBO.UWASA.FI:/PC/BATCHUTIL/XSET212.ZIP

From articles posted on cbip.d I understand that this is crippleware,
not a full working version.  According to the articles, it imposes a
2-second delay each time it is called.
-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, USA       brown@ncoast.org
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From: brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown)
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Subject: Re: Batch File Question . . . HELP
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Date: 16 Apr 92 21:13:17 GMT
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