SUPERCHARGING MS-DOS by Van Wolver
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SUPERCHARGING MS-DOS
by Van Wolverton
$18.95  320 pages
ISBN: 0-914845-95-0
Pub. Date: December 1, 1986

SUPERCHARGING MS-DOS
The Microsoft Guide to High Performance Computing for the Experienced PC User

Special Companion Disk Offered

   First published in 1984, Van Wolverton's  bestselling RUNNING MS-DOS is
acknowledged as a classic:
   "...simply the definitive handbook of PC-/MS-DOS."  --  BYTE
   "RUNNING MS-DOS by Van Wolverton proves how-to books don't have to be
pedantic, ugly and full of mistakes.  A book even the PC-DOS mavens turn to,
it is written by a human being, for human beings, in a strange and wonderful
tongue: English."  --  Jim Seymour, PC Week
   "...it is the best MS-DOS user's book I've come across."  --  Jerry
Pournelle

   Now, Van Wolverton has written SUPERCHARGING MS-DOS, a guide to high
performance computing for the experienced user.  This title is set for
publication on December 1, 1986, and will be supported by a major advertising
campaign.
   Picking up where RUNNING MS-DOS leaves off, Van Wolverton shows readers
how to take advantage of the enhanced capabilities of PC-/MS-DOS (all
versions through 3.2) to use their computers more productively.  The first
section of SUPERCHARGING MS-DOS lays a foundation of techniques that are
employed in the specific examples found later in the book.  Wolverton details
the IBM extended character set, ASCII characters, hexadecimal numbers, and
how to use the ANSI.SYS device driver to control the display and keyboard.
He demonstrates the Debug program and teaches advanced batch file techniques
and how to use them when creating a menu system.
   The second section of SUPERCHARGING MS-DOS applies the methods taught in
chapters 1-7 to specific parts of a computer.  Readers will learn how to
customize their systems by creating a number of batch files and programs.
Included are examples for:
   *  Designing screens using bold, reverse video, and color to display
      menus, help information, or instructions
   *  Creating, examining, or changing any file--even a program
   *  Setting up a customized menu system that allows any program to be run
      by simply pressing one or two keys.
   These programs and batch files, taken as a whole, are a valuable library
of utilities that will be used again and again by business users,
professional programmers, and students.
   Comprehensive appendixes provide quick references to ANSI.SYS commands,
the ASCII and IBM extended character set, hexadecimal numbers, and the key
codes used with ANSI.SYS commands.  In all, SUPERCHARGING MS-DOS will help
experienced users get the maximum efficiency, productivity, and creativity
from their personal computers.
   To save readers time and effort in typing in the various files and
programs, Microsoft Press is offering a companion disk containing all the
batch files, script files, and programs included in the book.  The disk is
priced at $15.95 and is available directly from Microsoft Press.
   A professional writer since 1963, Van Wolverton has had bylines as a
newspaper reporter, editorial writer, political columnist, and technical
writer.  He wrote his first computer program--one that tabulated political
polls--for the Idaho State Journal in Pocatello, Idaho, in 1965.  His
interest in computers and writing have been intertwined ever since.  Van has
worked at IBM and Intel and has written software documentation for the major
national software companies, including Microsoft Corporation.  His book,
RUNNING MS-DOS, is a classic with more than 300,000 copies in print.  Van and
his wife, Jeanne, live in Alberton, Montana.
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1986.