                       CMOSTOOL V1.0

Disclaimer:

This software comes with NO warrenty, either expressed 
or implied. The author of this software will not be held
responsible for any damages that may result due to the 
use of this software.

Licensing:

This software is shareware. You may evaluate it for
thirty days free of charge. You may also redistribute
CMOSTOOL providing that it is not changed and is 
distributed with this readme file. If you like CMOSTOOL
and wish to use it after the evaluation period I ask 
that you please register. Registering will entitle you 
to notification of updates, a nice paper explaining CMOS
memory and what all of those hex numbers mean, bug fixes
, peace of mind, salvation from eternal damnation, etc.
and also encourage me to make further developments.

Registeration:

Please send $10 U.S. check or money order made payable
to "Joseph Watkins" to:

J. Watkins
209 7TH AVE
Carnegie, PA 15106   

Also include your Name and E-mail address. Thank you.

What it does:

CMOSTOOL has five functions; delete CMOS, save CMOS to
a file, load CMOS from a file, hex dump CMOS values, 
and write to a specific CMOS address. I think these are
all pretty self explanatory. It is suggested that
you save your current CMOS to a file before you play
with anything, so you can restore it if you break 
something. One of the main reasons for this program
is to remove CMOS passwords. By deleting the CMOS
you will effectively kill the password and on the next
boot be prompted to enter the CMOS setup. When writing
a value to CMOS you must enter it in hed 0x???? format
or it won't work right. Also, please know what you're
doing if you're going to be writing stuff to CMOS. Have 
fun. 

BUGS:
I don't know of any, however I haven't been able to test 
CMOSTOOL on very many bios's, especially the older ones.
If you find any bugs, please E-mail me at nerull@lm.com.
 