Softpaq Solution:  SP1629
File Name:  EX_BOX.EXE
Title:  Utility for Laptop Expansion Base Users
Version:  1.11

CATEGORY:  Software Solutions / Laptop

EFFECTIVE DATE:  10 Apr 1996

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq SLT/286, SLT 386s/20, LTE 386s/20, LTE Lite Family, LTE Elite Family, Contura 400 Family, and LTE 5000 Family

OPERATING SYSTEM:  MS-DOS 6.0 or greater

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  Compaq notebook or laptop connecting to an expansion base.
NOTE: Contura 400 family will only identify bases with an integrated Ethernet controller.

SUPERSEDES:  SP1169, SP0832, SP0384

DESCRIPTION:  Allows users of Compaq notebook and  laptop computers to detect whether or not they are plugged into their expansion base and use that information to branch to a batch file.

The Desktop Expansion Base provides two full length Industry Standard expansion slots.

The laptops are unlike desktop computers in that their expansion  slots (and peripherals in those slots) MAY or MAY NOT be present at any given time.  Users have requested a method of detecting the presence of their peripherals in the expansion slots in order to have their batch files branch accordingly.  EX_BOX.EXE provides this capability by using the DOS ERRORLEVEL to branch to the batch files.

HOW TO USE:

1.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory.  The file that is downloaded is SP1629.EXE.

2.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP1629 [ENTER]
The following two files are created:
EX_BOX.DOC
EX_BOX.EXE

3.  You may delete the downloaded file SP1629.EXE if you wish.

4.  Refer to EX_BOX.DOC for specific installation instructions and additional help.

Copyright 1996, Compaq Computer Corporation.  All rights reserved.

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