Re: Help with Expert +

Garland Wood (Garland@2bears.com)
Wed, 31 May 95 11:41:07 EDT

On Wed, 31 May 1995 08:01:14 -0500 (CDT) James Barr wrote:
>I managed to set up Expert+ mode without a PC connection. The key is to
>get a copy of GEOS.INI into the root (B:\) that points to NET.INI in the
>root. Once that is done, it is just a matter of editing the various
>files with the AOL editor. You cannot directly move GEOS.INI with the
>file manager because it is open and in use. File manager will not let
>you copy it. What you need to do is copy from the A: drive the
>AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, COMMAND.COM, and NET.INI files to B:\.

>That said, you next edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file with the AOL editor to copy
>the GEOS.INI file in B:\GEOWORKS to B:\

>Next, you do a soft reboot -- press the reset button in the battery
>compartment. This sould give you an editable copy of the GEOS.INI file.

Another way of doing this is to use filemanager to *copy* the active
GEOS.INI (in B:\GEOWORKS) to the root directory. Filemanager will do
this. Highlight the GEOS.INI, then click on File, Copy and nagivate
to the destination. From there, you can use the AOL editor to mangle
the copy any way you please. <grin>

To replace the active GEOS.INI, use the AOL editor to create a batch
file named ZDRIVER.BAT. In it's 'standard' configuration, the Zoomer
will recognize this as a DOS command. Within the batch file, use the
standard DOS commands to copy your edited GEOS.INI (B:\GEOS.INI) to
overwrite the standard GEOS.INI (B:\GEOWORKS). Whenever I do this, I
have commands in the batch file that also archive the existing
GEOS.INI, just in case I need to restore it.

-Garland