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from: Kenn Yuill
date: 2005-09-16 20:36:46
subject: DELAY.SYS & PAUSE.SYS [Was: [OS2HW] Re: Cant install eCS-solution]

Hi Mike,

Mike O'Connor wrote as follows on 16/09/05 23:08:

> ** from delay.doc in delay.zip:
>
> The DELAY driver - version 1.7
> ------------------------------
>
> This is a simple OS/2 device driver for providing a timed delay during
> system startup from CONFIG.SYS.  ... [Edited] ...

>    Usage
>    =====
>    To insert a delay of up to 30 minutes in a CONFIG.SYS file for OS/2,
>    insert the following statement in CONFIG.SYS and reboot the system
>    (optional parts are shown here in square brackets):
>
>            DEVICE=d:\path\DELAY.SYS [/K] mm:ss [message]
>
>THE [/K] means continue if a keystroke is entered at the keyboard - 
>primarily when there would otherwise be a significant wait until it 
>timed-out. Also the minutes can be omitted - is understood then to be 
>just seconds.
>
>like:
>
>BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
>DEVICE=:\os2\boot\pause.sys /K 05 that was OS2DASD.DMD that just loaded
>... [Edited] ...
>  
>

I am confused.  Are there 2 utilities, DELAY.SYS & PAUSE.SYS or has one 
been renamed?
I knew about PAUSE.SYS, but have not used it for a very long time.

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      Kenn
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