Creating FFSKIP.HEX from FFSKIP.COM:
                ------------------------------------

g:\txdn\mh>dir ffs*

 Volume in drive G is D2 SEC 3       Serial number is 343D:16FD
 Directory of  G:\txdn\mh\ffs*

 1-05-2005  16:44             271  FFSKIP.COM
 1-05-2005  11:32          13,884  FFSKIP.TXT
         14,155 bytes in 2 files and 0 dirs    65,536 bytes allocated
    417,169,408 bytes free

g:\txdn\mh>makehex FFSKIP.COM >FFSKIP.HEX
Dumping 271 ( 010F hexadecimal )  bytes from FFSKIP.COM

          FFSKIP.DSC: Script for converting FFSKIP.HEX to FFSKIP.COM:
          -----------------------------------------------------------
              (The last line with 'Q' must be terminated with
                 a carriage-return.  The line with "010F"
                 contains the hexadecimal value reported
                 above by MAKEHEX.)

NFFSKIP.HEX
L
RCX
010F
NFFSKIP.COM
W
Q


              Re-creating FFSKIP.COM from FFSKIP.HEX:
              ---------------------------------------
         (Only the command, "DEBUG <FFSKIP.DSC" is really
        needed.  The rest below are to show the results.)


g:\txdn\mh>dir ffs*

 Volume in drive G is D2 SEC 3       Serial number is 343D:16FD
 Directory of  G:\txdn\mh\ffs*

 1-05-2005  16:44             271  FFSKIP.COM
 1-05-2005  16:46             693  FFSKIP.HEX
 1-05-2005  11:32          13,884  FFSKIP.TXT
         14,848 bytes in 3 files and 0 dirs    98,304 bytes allocated
    417,136,640 bytes free

g:\txdn\mh>rem rename original to keep only for example comparison with FC.
g:\txdn\mh>ren FFSKIP.COM *.MOC
G:\txdn\mh\FFSKIP.COM -> G:\txdn\mh\FFSKIP.MOC
     1 file renamed

g:\txdn\mh>rem  I used my EKKO.COM program to create FFSKIP.DSC
g:\txdn\mh>rem  It supports the metastrings supported by PROMPT
g:\txdn\mh>rem  including $_ to echo a CRLF pair.  You can use any
g:\txdn\mh>rem  text editor including Notepad or EDLIN (or just use
g:\txdn\mh>rem  "COPY CON FFSKIP.DSC" fllowed by the text and a
g:\txdn\mh>rem  Control-Z after the final CRLF.)

g:\txdn\mh>ekko NFFSKIP.HEX$_L$_RCX$_10F$_NFFSKIP.COM$_W$_Q$_ >FFSKIP.DSC

g:\txdn\mh>type FFSKIP.DSC
NFFSKIP.HEX
L
RCX
10F
NFFSKIP.COM
W
Q

g:\txdn\mh>DEBUG <FFSKIP.DSC
-NFFSKIP.HEX
-L
-RCX
CX 020F
:10F
-NFFSKIP.COM
-W
Writing 0010F bytes
-Q

g:\txdn\mh>dir ffs*

 Volume in drive G is D2 SEC 3       Serial number is 343D:16FD
 Directory of  G:\txdn\mh\ffs*

 1-05-2005  16:50             271  FFSKIP.COM
 1-05-2005  16:49              45  FFSKIP.DSC
 1-05-2005  16:46             693  FFSKIP.HEX
 1-05-2005  16:44             271  FFSKIP.MOC
 1-05-2005  11:32          13,884  FFSKIP.TXT
         15,164 bytes in 5 files and 0 dirs    163,840 bytes allocated
    417,071,104 bytes free

g:\txdn\mh>fc /b FFSKIP.COM FFSKIP.MOC
Comparing files FFSKIP.COM and FFSKIP.MOC
FC: no differences encountered


g:\txdn\mh>