Programs contained in this LZH file; LASTBOOT.PRG, LASTBOOT.TXT & MEDREZ.PRG
                                          09/11/93  GEnie Address: K.MEIERE1

LASTBOOT.PRG v1.0 is an AUTO folder program which records system information
about the last five times your computer was turned on or reset. This program
is useful because it;

* Time & date stamps when your system was turned on, rebooted, crashed, etc.
* Effectively records electrical power failures with 24 hour use (i.e. BBS)
* Calculates the total amount of computer 'up-time'
* Displays unauthorized system usage of other users

TO SETUP THE PROGRAM
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1)  Place LASTBOOT.PRG in the AUTO folder on the C:\ drive. The AUTO folder
    order should not cause any problems as long as LASTBOOT is not towards the
    very end of the order. (Use some type of a rearranging program to change
    the program order if booting problems occur. Placing LASTBOOT.PRG towards
    the beginning of the AUTO folder is usually best. (FONTGDOS v2.0 10/90/91
    interferes with this program if LASTBOOT.PRG is placed after FONTGDOS.PRG)

2)  During AUTO folder program startups, your desktop default needs to boot
    into the Medium Rez mode (If there is not already a program in the AUTO
    folder before LASTBOOT.PRG which sets the Medium Rez mode, use the
    supplied MEDREZ.PRG and put it in the AUTO folder before LASTBOOT.PRG)

3)  The very first time this program is run it will create a file called
    C:\LASTBOOT.INF. Press <Y> <RETURN> or <y> <RETURN> when prompted. This
    small data file is written to the C:\ drive root partition and is updated
    whenever; the computer is turned on (cold-boot), the reset button is
    pressed (warm-boot), a minor system crash occurs (warm-boot), or a major
    system crash occurs (cold-boot). The program will not work without this
    file.

USING THE PROGRAM AND INTERPRETING THE DISPLAY
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1) The program will automatically time-out after five seconds

2) Pressing <RETURN> will exit the program immediately

3) Pressing the <SPACEBAR> will pause the program and hold the screen for
    viewing the display. Pressing the <SPACEBAR> again acts as a toggle switch
    to turn the pause mode on/off. Pressing <RETURN> will exit the program
    during the pause mode

4) Screen Display:
                                             Hours ---ª  ©--- Minutes
                                        Days ------ª  |  |  ©-------- Seconds
                                                   |  |  |  |
 Current DATE/TIME  08/27/93  1:56am               D HH MM SS           line 0
 ____________________________________________________________
 Last System Reset  08/27/93  1:27am  |warm-boot|  0 00:29:34           line 1
 ____________________________________________________________
                    08/27/93  9:31am  |warm-boot   0 08:04:55           line 2
                    08/24/93  4:10am  |warm-boot   3 05:21:32           line 3
                    08/24/93  7:07pm  |ðððCðOðLðDððBðOðOðTððð   <---|   line 4
                    08/24/93  1:02am  |warm-boot   0 05:05:17       |   line 5
_____________________________________________________________       |
 Timeout @ 0    33    exit = <RETURN>     pause = <SPACEBAR>        |
_____________________________________________________________       |
                                                                    |
           |-----------------------------------------------------   |
           | No 'up-time' is calculated here because the computer   |
           | was turned off or a major system crash occurred        |
           |--------------------------------------------------------|

The above example displays the last five system re-boots, power-on's, etc....
line 0  -  Current date and time
line 1  -  Displays the elapsed up-time since the last warm-boot which is the
           current date of 08/27/93 1:56am minus 08/27/93 1:27am, a
           difference of 29 minutes 34 seconds
line 2  -  8 hours 4 minutes 55 seconds difference between line 1 and line 2
line 3  -  3 days 5 hrs 21 mins 32 secs difference between line 2 and line 3
line 4  -  Displays COLD BOOT message. No up-time information is available
line 5  -  Displays the up-time difference between line 4 and line 5

MISC. DETAILS
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1)  Your hard drive should boot from drive C:\
2)  Your computer should have a battery operated internal/external clock
3)  The LASTBOOT.INF file is a simple ASCII information file which consists of
    five groups of 3 lines with recorded system info (fifteen lines total).
    The format is as follows;

28.08.1993 <----- The last recorded system date in day, month, year
14:06:02   <----- The last recorded system time in hours, minutes, seconds
47671      <----- The last recorded time interval (GFA Internal Clock Timer)
                  Formula: (INTERVAL1-INTERVAL2)/200=ELAPSED TIME IN SECONDS
                  If elapsed time resultant is negative, a COLD-BOOT is
                  recorded and no elapsed 'up-time' will be displayed on the
                  screen
.
plus another 12 lines of repeating data for 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th last re-boots