        You can modify MAKEFREQ very simply to do different things.
        Here's how to do a few tricks.  You'll need a copy of A86, a
        shareware assembler.  After making a change, run
        A86 MAKEFREQ.8
        Your new copy of MAKEFREQ.COM will be created which will contain
        your changes.

1) To change the name of the output file:
          i) Open up MAKEFREQ.8 (the source code)
         ii) Look down a little ways until you see:
                freqfile    db    'FREQ.DIR', 0
        iii) Change FREQ.DIR to another MS-DOS valid filename, being
             sure not to change anything else but the text inside the ''.

2) To change the type of area to 'skip':
          i) On lines 61 and 62 you'll see:
                AND    AL, 2
                JZ     FILELOOP
         ii) If you change the JZ to JNZ then it will write the directory
             only if FILE NOT FOUND is NOT set (IE, the area is set for
             'not enough security' instead...)

3) If you have any other requests (remembering that I'm not really
   supporting this program) please let me know on Ezynet, in EZY_DEV.

Chad Robinson
