MAKEREAD
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
- Not to be confused with READMAKE.
MAKEREAD is a DOS utility that converts a text file to a COM file that, when executed, displays the text in a viewer. It is credited to Ronald Gans and Ronald Gans Software.
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Identification
v1.4: Files start with bytes e9 93 00. At offset 25 is the string:
< Press Home PgDn PgUp Down Arrow Esc >
v1.5: Files start with bytes e9 93 00. At offset 25 is:
< Press Home PgDn PgUp Down Arrow End >
v1.8: Files start with bytes e9 07 01. At offset 18 is:
<Press Home PgDn PgUp Down Arrow End Q=Print>
v1.8a: Files start with bytes e9 0c 01. At offset 19 is:
< H=Home D=PgDn U=PgUp L=Down Arrow E=End Q=Print >
See also
Software
- MAKEREAD v1.4: makere14.zip
- MAKEREAD v1.5: makeread.com (bare executable)
- MAKEREAD v1.8 and 1.8a: Master Technician CD-ROM → MTECH/LIBRARY/OFFLINE/MISC/MKEX.ZIP
- "MAKEREAD" (no version number): MAKEREAD.ZIP (Suspect this is a third-party mod of v1.5. Format is very different.)
- Deark
Sample files
- ASME's Mechanical Engineering Toolkit 1997 December → FLUID/B31G.ZIP → README.COM (v1.4)
- KWS39E.ZIP → README.COM (v1.5)
- G_PAFV82.ZIP → README.COM (v1.5)
- DP386_1.LZH → README.COM (v1.5)
- CHRNET12.ZIP → ARTICLE.COM (v1.8)
- The Wildcat Files 2 → SCRFILE/NEWYRSCR.ZIP → README.COM (v1.8)
- The Wildcat Files 2 → DOORGAME/IS20.ZIP → INFO.COM (v1.8)
- lpm.zip → Most .COM files (v1.8a)
- dexvert samples — document/doc2comDKN
