S#@> I'd like to just be ABLE to decode these to know it is possible.

Try this one. It is a date and time program custom written just for you!

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n HI.COM
e100 8C C8 8E D8 BA 73 1 E8 64 0 B4 2A CD 21 8A C6 B3 2D E8 3A 0
e115 8A C2 E8 35 0 8B C1 B3 64 F6 F3 8A C4 B3 0 E8 28 0 BA 8A 1 E8
e12B 41 0 B4 2C CD 21 B3 3A 8A C5 E8 17 0 8A C1 E8 12 0 B3 20 8A
e140 C6 E8 B 0 BA 9C 1 E8 24 0 B8 0 4C CD 21 52 B2 A 32 E4 F6 F2 D
e157 30 30 8B D0 B4 2 CD 21 8A D6 CD 21 80 FB 21 7C 4 8A D3 CD 21
e16C 5A C3 B4 9 CD 21 C3 48 69 20 53 70 6F 72 74 2C 20 74 68 65 20
e181 64 61 74 65 20 69 73 20 24 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 74 69
e195 6D 65 20 69 73 20 24 D A 24 0 0 0 0 0
rCX
A4
w
q  CRC32=45240F46
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 Save the script between the hash marks to an ASCII file.
 At the DOS prompt enter,  "DEBUG < filename"
 where "filename" is the name of the saved ASCII file.

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