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From: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 00:32:37 -0500 (EST)
To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Cc: David Poehlman <poehlman AT clark DOT net>,
"Paul J. Thompson" <thomppj AT okstate DOT edu>, dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk,
opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] TASKMGR problems, memory management
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I do listen to install.exe with speech synthesizer software as
install.exe
runs for as long as the software will talk.  typea.com will work on
anyone's
computer, it's just that
it writes out to the screen in a speech-friendly fashion so when I want
to inspect the contents of binary files I use that as part of my reader.
On
Tue, 4 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Feb 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote:
> 
> > I have a little utility called typea.com which is freeware I could
> > send anyone who needed it.  It displays text strings in binary files,
> > and displays periods for the binary in the file.  With filtering
> > through find.exe and more.com it's useable.
> > If a line has only periods on it you don't want to read it,
> > and more is needed since without it you're using control-q and control-s
> > to stop and start screen output.
> 
> Boy do *I* feel dumb now!  And I thought you manually listened to
> INSTALL.EXE with speech software!!!  Duh!  
> 
> <red face>
> 
> TTYL
> 
> Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
> Computer Consultant   |    My webpage has moved and my address has changed.
> My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html
> mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
> 
> URL of the day: http://www.digital.com
> 
> 


jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>

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