
                                        

                                     BOOTIT
                                  VERSION 1.0









                                   WRITTEN BY
                                Michael J. Gibbs
                            Exhibit A Communications
                      110 East Avenida Palizada, Suite 201
                             San Clemente, CA 92672





 






                              
                              Program Description

     BOOTIT  was  designed to give the user of an  IBM-Compatible  computer  the 
ability  to  easily  reboot their computer with a new  configuration.   This  is 
accomplished by BOOTIT writing a new Autoexec and Config file over the  existing 
Autoexec.bat  and Config.sys and then rebooting the system.  BOOTIT can also  be 
sued  to  reboot the computer without copying any files.  As a  safety  measure, 
there  is a time delay built in to the program to allow the user to  cancel  the 
reboot if needed.









                                  Registration

     BOOTIT  is  not free, but it is inexpensive.  BOOTIT is being  released  as 
shareware,  meaning  that you can try it before you buy it.  If  you  find  that 
after  a two week period of use that you are still using the  program,  register 
it.   If you don't have a need for it, please pass the file BOOTIT.ZIP (or  .ARC 
or .LZH or .ICE, etc) to a friend or colleague.  Since a fair amount of my  time 
was  spent  on this program, I feel that $10.00 is not too much to ask  for  the 
convenience offered by BOOTIT.  By registering your program, you are entitled to 
the following:
     1) A registered version of BOOTIT that will disable the "beg-screen"
     2) The C source code to the program
     3) A phone number where you may receive technical support for BOOTIT
     4) The undying gratitude of my son, dog, wife and myself
     5) The knowledge that you have "done the right thing"

     To register you copy of BOOTIT, please send $10.00 (American) to:

                            Exhibit A Communications
                              c/o Michael J. Gibbs
                      110 East Avenida Palizada, Suite 201
                             San Clemente, CA 92672
along with the completed registration form.


                                  INSTRUCTIONS

     Since BOOTIT is a command line driven program, it is very quick and easy to 
use.  This also makes it ideally suited to use in batch files and with  programs 
that perform delayed execution.  The command line for BOOTIT is as follows:
     
     BOOTIT <ext> 
            where <ext> is optional.

     BOOTIT  entered  by  itself at the command line will  reboot  the  computer 
without  copying  any files.  A copyright notice will appear at the top  of  the 
screen  and  box in the middle of the screen will advise that  the  system  will 
reboot  can be cancelled by pressing the CTRL key and the letter C at  the  same 
time.   Pressing any other key will reboot the computer immediately.  If no  key 
is  pressed  within a period of time (which varies depending on  the  computer's 
clock speed) the system will reboot itself.

     BOOTIT   followed  by  <ext>  will  copy  the  file   Autoexec.<ext>   over 
Autoexec.bat and Config.<ext> over Config.sy.  All the files must be in the root 
directory  and BOOTIT must be executed from the root directory for the  copy  to 
work  correctly.   If  BOOTIT  cannot  find a file,  it  will  inform  you  that 
Autoexec.bat or Config.sys were not written to, depending on which file with  an 
ending <ext> it couldn't find.  The ideal setup is to make a copy of each  setup 
with an <ext> that is descriptive (or as descriptive) as you can get with  three 
letters.


EXAMPLE:
  Root                          \BIN               File
Directory                     Directory           Purpose
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              BOOTIT.EXE          Program file, c:\bin is in 
                                                  path statement in Autoexecs.
Autoexec.BAT                                      Default
Config.SYS                                        Default 
Autoexec.LAN                                      Boot with LAN operational
Config.LAN                                        Boot with LAN operational
Autoexec.RAM                                      Boot with no TSRs or drivers
Config.RAM                                        Boot with no TSRs or drivers
Autoexec.PER                                      Boot setup for PERFECT DTP
Config.PER                                        Boot setup for PERFECT DTP

To reboot computer set up for Perfect DTP, I would log onto the C: drive's  root 
directory (C:\) and type "BOOTIT PER" followed by <ENTER>.

     The  program  was initially written to ease taking a computer  off  of  the 
Local  Area  Network  in a quick manner, allowing the user  to  undelete  files, 
CHKDSK and perform other maintenance not normally allowed in a network  environ-
ment.





                                        
                           Files Included in Archive
            (If you distribute BOOTIT, it must include these files)

          BOOTIT.EXE                    The program file
          BOOTIT.DOC                    This file
          ORDER.FRM                     What it says.


                                   DISCLAIMER
     While  all precautions have been taken to assure that this program  is  bug 
free, neither Michael J. Gibbs or Exhibit A Communications may be held responsi-
ble  for damages that arise from use of this program.  This program is  designed 
to operate on any IBM-compatible computer.  Use on any computer that is not 100% 
Big Blue compatible is to be done at the user's own risk. (The worst that should 
happen in this case is that the computer will hang up rather than reboot).



