Mo'Slo Deluxe v2.1 from Dr.David's Super Crispy Software Copyright (c) David Perrell 1990,1993,1996,1997 PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE BEFORE INSTALLING MO'SLO DELUXE. ======================== SOFTWARE LICENSE =========================== The Mo'Slo Deluxe software program (subsequently referred to as the Software) is owned by David Perrell and is protected by United States copyright laws and related international treaty provisions. License to use the software is granted under the following terms and conditions: 1. License is granted to use one copy of the Software on a single terminal or workstation of a single computer so long as all of the terms and conditions of this agreement are complied with. 2. You may either (a) make one backup copy of the Software for archival purposes or (b) transfer the Software onto one hard disk, keeping the original disk for archival purposes. You may not otherwise copy or distribute the Software or the accompanying documentation in any way. 3. You may not make, or have made by another, any modification to the Software or its accompanying documentation. You may not adapt, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works based on the Software. 4. You may transfer the Software to another party PROVIDED (a) you retain no copies of the Software or its documentation, (b) the Software and documentation are transferred solely as the unaltered diskette upon which they were purchased, and (c) the recipient agrees to the terms of this License Agreement. Use of the Software implies agreement. If you do not agree to comply with these terms and conditions, return the Software to the place of purchase for a full refund and delete any copies you may have made. ===================== DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY ======================== Mo'Slo Deluxe is provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied, and the user assumes the entire risk of using it. The author will not be liable for any incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages resulting from the use of this software. In no event will the author's liability ever exceed the price paid for the license to use the software, regardless of the nature of the claim. ======================= TECHNICAL SUPPORT =========================== EMAIL: support@hpaa.com VOICE OR FAX: 1-818-884-7157 WWW: http://www.hpaa.com/moslo IBM PC, XT are trademarks of International Business Machines MS DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation MO'SLO DELUXE PAGE 2 of 4 Mo'Slo Deluxe lets you to slow the speed of your computer from 0.1-99.9% of normal in 0.1% increments. To use it, you supply the name of the program or batch file you want to run slow as a commandline argument. Slowness is adjusted with a command line switch. If a % switch is not supplied, Mo'Slo Deluxe slows your computer to approximate a 4.77MHz PC/XT. INSTALLATION To install, simply copy moslo.com into a directory that is accessible through your system path variable. To find out which directories are in your path, simply enter the word 'path' at the DOS command prompt. In DOS 6.22 and earlier, C:\DOS is almost always in the path variable. In DOS 7 (Win95), C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND is a good choice. OPERATION Mo'Slo is a program that runs programs. You execute Mo'Slo with slowdown percent and your program's filename as command line arguments. Mo'Slo then slows your computer and executes your program. If you do not provide a filename extension (COM, EXE, or BAT), Mo'Slo Deluxe first looks for a matching COM file, then an EXE file, then a BAT file in that order. If the program to be slowed is not in the current directory, you must type the complete path with the filename. For example, if the default directory at the command line is the root directory C:\, and your game 'game.com' is in a subdirectory 'mygames', the following command entered at the DOS prompt will run 'game.com' at 20.5% normal speed: C:\> moslo /20.5 c:\mygames\game.com Since many games use other files to keep high scores, bitmaps, etc., it's best to switch to the drive and directory in which the game is located before running it. For example, if the program you want to run is located on drive D: in the subdirectory 'mygames', and the default directory is currently the root of C: (i.e. your command prompt looks like 'C:\>'), then you would first switch to drive D:, then change to the '\mygames' directory, then run Mo'Slo. Example command sequence: d: cd \mygames moslo /20.5 game.com When you exit your program in the normal fashion, you also exit Mo'Slo and normal speed is restored. Mo'Slo doesn't stay resident in memory and it doesn't alter the system clock. MO'SLO DELUXE PAGE 3 of 4 PAUSE MODE -- SPEED ADJUSTMENT WHILE RUNNING Mo'Slo Deluxe now has a pause mode that allows you to suspend and restart your program while retaining its state. You enter and exit pause mode by pressing the Scroll Lock key while the Ctrl and Alt keys are being held down. While in pause mode the speed percent appears in the upper left corner of your screen. You can adjust the speed percent using either the plus (+) and minus (-) keys on your numeric keypad or the '=' and '-' keys to the right of the standard number keys. (Note that some programs will not allow the use of the numeric keypad keys -- you must use the standard '=' and '-'. Some programs may not allow pause mode at all.) STARTING FULL SPEED FOR QUICKER LOAD Mo'Slo Deluxe now lets you load programs at full speed and switch to slow mode after the program is loaded. To load fast, press the Scroll Lock key prior to running Mo'Slo. Then, when your program has loaded and you're ready to go slow, press Ctrl + Alt + Scroll Lock (hold Ctrl and Alt while you press Scroll Lock) to start the Mo'Slo slowdown engine. RUNNING IN A WINDOWS DOS BOX Mo'Slo Deluxe is designed for use in MS-DOS. It may run your program in a DOS box in Windows95, but this will often produce jerky operation. If you want to give it try, use a slightly higher percent than you use in DOS. If you try to run a program too slow, Windows may appear to 'lock up' as the slowed program attempts to load. If this happens, try entering pause mode and adjusting the percent upward. If that doesn't work, press Ctrl + Alt + Del and shut down the task. It may take a while for Windows to normalize after exiting a much-slowed program. Be patient. For best results, exit to DOS (from Windows95, 'Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode') before running Mo'Slo. MISCELLANEOUS TIPS Enter 'moslo' without arguments to display usage instructions. On a 'busy' display, the speed percent may be very difficult to see. We had to choose between legibility and keeping memory usage low. There may be a few seconds delay when starting a program and when exiting to DOS or Windows. Count slowly to ten, then start to worry. No slowdown program can be guaranteed to work with all software. Some old programs take complete control of a system at a very low level. Slowing such programs would require a custom utility. MO'SLO DELUXE PAGE 4 of 4 Other utilities from Dr.David's Super Crispy Software: Dr.David's DOS Utilities package -- includes nine programs: REND2 -- Rename and/or move files and directories anywhere, combine multi-level paths into one directory, move large directory structures onto multiple floppy disks, move by date (before and after), archive (on or off), file by file prompt, plus additional options. DCOPY -- Like REND2 but copies instead of moves. Faster, more compact and with more options than XCOPY. DED -- Delete files or entire directories with one command. Delete matching files throughout a subdirectory path. Date & attribute filters, confirmation & zero-overwrite options, and more. CATT -- Change file attributes or find files based on current attributes and/or date range in one directory or complete paths. Hide directories. Show file names, attributes, number of matching files and combined size. GO -- Give often-used DOS pathnames descriptive names of up to 63 characters (spaces OK). Transfer to named subdirectories quickly, without having to change default drive manually. For names not in its list, GO works like DOS's Change Directory command + drive support. Waitfor -- Multi-purpose batch file utility. Read keystrokes, set alarms, run programs or reboot at specified intervals, build batch file menu systems and more. KBSET -- Use in your AUTOEXEC or other batch file to set keyboard typematic rates and turn the NumLock switch on/off. MPATH -- Changes the default path (including drive). If the specified subdirectory path doesn't exist, MPATH creates it. AutoPark -- Auto-park read-write heads on up to 8 hard drives at user-defined intervals. Less than 500 bytes TSR. For older MFM and RLL drives that do not self-park. PostScript utilities for desktop publishers and service bureaus: PSqueezer(tm) -- reduces size of PostScript files containing downloaded fonts 90% and more. Plus, PSqueezed files can print more than 67% faster. PS*x(tm) Professional -- extracts any combination of pages and/or spot color overlays from multi-page and/or multi-color PostScript files. Available directly from Dr.David's Software, prepaid w/chk or MO. DOS Utilities package: all for $25. PostScript utilities: both for $95. Add $5 shipping/handling (or specify email delivery) +sales tax in CA.