Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!uunet!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!levels!nt!ccfac From: ccfac@nt.sait.edu.au Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: STOP that device driver screen! Message-ID: <27976.278c9612@nt.sait.edu.au> Date: 10 Jan 91 16:28:02 GMT References: Organization: Sth Australian Inst of Technology Lines: 31 In article , sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com (sophist) writes: > Unfortunately, few, if any of these status reports allow even the > fastest reader adequate time to peruse the plethora of useful > information which they provide. > > What I am seeking, then, is some "more"-like utility which will allow me > to PAUSE the execution of the config.sys file in order to examine the > information provided by these programs. Is any such config.sys utility > available? Free- or share-ware would be best, but I'd appreciate > information on banditware (commercialware) as well. > > Please! I do not want to resort to buying a Polaroid camera and > photographing the screen, but I will do so if I must. Surely, in this > age of computer technology, there must be a better way. > If you have a enhanced keyboard with a pause key, you should be able to hit the PAUSE key and the screen will freeze until you press the ENTER key There is a shareware package call boot127.exe (great program) which includes a utility call Pause.SYS which pauses the startup whenever the statement DEVICE=PAUSE.SYS is executed, and resumes when a key is pressed. You'll love boot127.exe. You should be able to pick up an older version call boot11.arc in SIMTEL20 under the directory sysutl Cheers Francis Chan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CCFAC@SAIT.EDU.AU Francis Chan University of South Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------