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                       March 15, 1996 - 11:13 pm

     As Big Julie used to say "Beware the Ides of March." But being
     forewarned did not "forearm" him, and they got him anyways....

     This is a fitting program for Big Julie. REBOOT.EXE reboots your
     computer and snuffs out all the temporary files you have on your
     RAM drive as you perform a "Cold" or "Warm" reboot.

     This has not been tested inside of Windows 3.11 or higher though it
     should work there as well. I didn't test it there because I rarely
     if ever reboot from inside of Windows....

     Think it's a big, bad (very bad) idea to reboot from Windows as you
     probably have your "SmartDrv" on and -may- lose some files or parts
     of files (which is much, much worse!) if you indiscriminately use
     this program inside of Windows.

     In plain English....

              
                                                             
                     DON'T REBOOT inside of Windows!!!       
                                                             
              

     And for my little fiendish friends out there who are just dying to
     experiment with the QuickBASIC 4.5 code that comes with this
     program....

     Be advised, this worked when it left my hands. If you mess it up and
     overwrite your CMOS, don't come crying to me. If you don't know
     what a "CMOS" is, don't touch the code in REBOOT.BAS!

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         Read up about the CMOS, access it -very carefully- and       
         print the contents of what your CMOS says to the printer     
         by pressing the "PrintSCRN" key. Save that paper, it may     
         save your sanity (I put a copy of that information           
         -inside- the computer equipment box).                        
                                                                      
     

     If you =do= overwrite your CMOS, touch base with your father (not
     your mother)... both for help and for his fatherly advice. Hope he
     gives you a whack on the side of the head to reinforce the notion
     that:

    "Them's that play with fire will get a knock on the side of the head!"

     Finally.... and most of all... play safe -but- have fun!

     John De Palma on CompuServe 76076,571
