ASC                                       Jeff Prosise
          Command                                     1987/No. 5

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          Purpose:  Provides a pop-up ASCII chart showing
                    decimal, hexadecimal, and character
                    equivalents for the full IBM character set.

          Format:   [d:][path]ASC

          Remarks:  ASC.COM is a memory-resident utility that is
                    normally loaded at boot-up, via your
                    AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Once loaded, pressing
                    Alt-A pops up the first page (32 ASCII codes)
                    of the display window over any currently
                    active applications program.  The Up- and
                    Down-Arrow, PgUp and PgDn, and Home and End
                    keys access the remaining ASCII display
                    pages.  Pressing Esc closes the window,
                    restoring the original screen display.

                    In operation, ASC.COM requires approximately
                    2.5K of RAM.  It is compatible with most
                    applications and TSR (terminate and stay
                    resident) programs that do not themselves
                    require the Alt-A key combination, and it may
                    be used with monochrome, color, or EGA
                    monitors.

                    Notes:

                    1.   Users familiar with using DEBUG can
                         modify the default border, text, and
                         header colors of ASC.COM.  These values,
                         initially 0Fh, 1Fh, and 1Eh,
                         respectively, are located at offsets
                         014D through 014F in the .COM file.  For
                         use with a composite monochrome display,
                         the values 70h, 07h, and 07h are
                         suggested.