MICROFORUM  MFG. INC.

                              CD VOLUME I

  This CD is a collection of many programs.  In order to be able to fit
  more programs on the disc, each program is compressed into a ZIP file.
  Therefore each zip file really contains many files.

  In order to run a program in your computer, you must first UNZIP it,
  we have provided a small utility program to help you do this.  REMEMBER you 
  can only unzip, or run programs that have a .ZIP extension.  If you see
  other files with other extensions such as .GIF, they are usually picture
  files that you can only bring up with programs that support that particular
  extension.  The description file included in each CD, gives you a good idea
  of what the file is.

  TO READ the description for each program on this CD, go to the DOS prompt
  and type READ (press Enter).

  Once you read the description of the programs and you have decided which
  ones to try, write down their names and go out from the description file,
  (by pressing ESCAPE) to the DOS prompt, and type INSTALL (press Enter).

  Once you have typed install, the computer will ask under which letter is
  your CD configured under.

  Answer by simply entering the letter of your CD drive. 

  You will then see a menu. Select option # 2 to go to the main menu.

  From the main menu, select option # 1 to install a program.

  The computer will then ask you for the program name, answer by simply 
  entering the name of the file that you want to install onto your hard
  drive. Example: TEST.ZIP (remember to enter the name of the file with
  the *.ZIP extension)

  At this point the program will ask you for the name of directory where 
  you want to copy the program under. EXAMPLE: C:\TEST
  Once you have entered the name of the directory (remember the hard drive
  letter has to proceed the name of the directory) the program will
  automatically unzip the program into that directory  and show you which
  files were uncompressed and automatically display all the files with
  extension .EXE, .COM, or .BAT.

  (If only the name of the directory appears, that means that the particular
  program that you have just installed has no executable files, therefore
  you should read the documentation files)

  You will then have the option to go out to the DOS prompt and  try to run
  the program by typing the name of one of the files that end with one of
  these three extensions : .EXE, .COM,  or .BAT. Usually the file to run is
  the one that has a similar name of the program, or they usually have a file
  name such as GO.BAT or START.BAT, etc.

  Most programs also have text files with documentation for the software.
  Most documentation files end with the .TXT or .DOC extension.
  To access those files simply call the DOS edit program with the name of the
  file, or you can use the browse program found on this disc.

  Example:
  Edit DOC.TXT (will allow you to read the DOC.TXT file)
  or by copying BROWSE.COM from the CD into the program directory, and by 
  typing BROWSE DOC.TXT.

  NOTE : In order to bring you, virus free software a small number of programs
  in the description file may not actually be on the CD disc.

  To go back to the DOS prompt press ESCAPE.