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SOFTWARE PIRATES INC. presents LOADIT A Universal Game Loader LOADIT is a utility program. LOADIT's primary function is to allow programs (cracked games), that have been modified to run from DOS, to return to DOS. Many of these programs were originally designed to run from boot-only disks and were never intended to operate in the DOS enviroment and therefore were never designed to return to DOS. Since these programs have been modified to run from DOS, it would be nice if they could return to DOS without forcing you to Reboot your system. LOADIT provides this capability. RUNNING LOADIT: LOADIT is designed to be executed before the game program is loaded. After loading itself, it then loads and runs the game you have specified. The following is an example of using LOADIT to run the game program MOONBUGS (which doesn't return to DOS). LOADIT MOONBUGS.COM The syntax for LOADIT is as follows: LOADIT [d:[\path\]]filename.ext [/options] The filename of the game (program) to be run by LOADIT. You have to include the extention because LOADIT will not know if you trying to load a COM file or an EXE file. Full DOS 2+ drive/pathnames are supported. LOADIT also supports options. Each option is specified by a single letter preceeded by a / (forward slash). Currently only one option is supported. This is the /B option. This tell LOADIT that it can use either display (Mono or Color) for this game. The default is COLOR only mode, where LOADIT will check to make sure that a color display is attached and automatically switch to it for you. RETURNING TO DOS: LOADIT has three different key sequences that will return you to DOS at any time. The three key sequences are Ctrl-Break, Ctrl-Alt-Del, and Ctrl-C. Ctrl-C is probably the easiest because it can be done using only one hand, while the other two require both hands. LIMITATIONS: LOADIT has been tested on a large variety of programs. It works on most of them, but not all. You should be able to use it on about 75% or more of your games. LOADIT doesn't work very will under multitasking. The technique used to return to DOS seems to confuse many of the popular multitaskers. It is recommended that you do not use it when operating under a multitasker. Some people have reported that they can make it work, but for most it crashes. You will have to experiment to see if it will work for you. REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 05/07/87 Initial Release 1.1 05/20/87 (1) Corrected bug which randomly caused LOADIT to return to DOS (2) Changed initial startup up screen. (3) Added Stick Shift speed control. <end of loadit doc> ============================================================================== NOTE FROM K. MASON Aug. 9, 1991 Toronto, Ontario I just discovered this lovely little gem, and I'm uploading it for all those inveterate game players who have to reboot from their favorite (often cracked) games. My configuration is as follows: Machine: AMI 386-20Mz Video: VGA 640x480 Dos Shell: NORTON COMMANDER Command Processor: 4DOS 3.03 Dos Version: DOS5 LOADIT works just fine for me, as long as I am in the directory of the game that I wanted to run. LOADIT accepts redirection into NUL is accepted, and keyboard stuffers like KEYSTACK also work. The CTRL-C key sequence works with my setup to exit gracefully. Aliases in 4DOS work fine: LOAD=KEYSTACK 13^LOADIT %1 > NUL^CLS Then LOAD ATOMIX.EXE will work just fine. LOADIT works beautifully with ATOMIX (ATOMIX.ZIP enclosed), the only game that I presently have which requires rebooting. ATOMIX is one of the most enjoyable games that I have ever played, and I think you will like it too. Assuming that LOADIT is on your path, and that you are in the ATOMIX directory, run ATOMIX with the following command: LOADIT ATOMIX.EXE Please add your own comments after mine concerning your success in using LOADIT, and pass this file on to others. Enjoy! <end of k. mason note> ==============================================================================
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