MESSAGES FROM MICRO STAR 
            
                             Good Advice! 
            
             -  Make  copies of your Micro Star diskettes! 

             -  Read your DOS and BASIC manuals

             -  If you do not have manuals buy or borrow them 

             -  We suggest that you purchase 1301-DOS Tutorial or 1302-DOS Help

   *  Computers are very exacting 

   *  Reference books can be helpful; There are many available at bookstores or
             libraries  

   *  Book study can save you hours of frustration, confusion and embarassment 

   *  Especially read up on DIR, TYPE, COPY, DISKCOPY, and 'How to load BASIC
             programs'       
        
                        *   FOR THE NEW USER * 

1. ˙˙LOADING ˙THE DISKETTE: ˙After booting up with DOS, ˙put the Micro Star
             diskette ˙in ˙drive ˙A

2. ˙DIRECTORY LISTING: ˙At the A>prompt type DIR/W and press enter. ˙DIR/W ˙will 
             provide you with ˙a ˙listing ˙of the ˙files ˙on ˙the ˙diskette.

3. ˙INFORMATION HELP FILES: Look for Help.doc, Read.me, ˙Execute.txt or any file 
             with an .txt ˙or ˙.doc ˙extension(e.g. ˙˙manual.txt or readme.doc). 
             These files will provide information on how to run the programs.

4. VIEWING THE DOCUMENTATION: ˙To read the .txt,.doc, ˙or read.me files you have 
             chosen, ˙enter: ˙TYPE <filename>.txt at ˙the ˙DOS prompt. (e.g.TYPE 
             manual.txt). The text will start scolling on the  screen for you to 
             read. TO STOP THE SCOLLING: Hit the 'Ctrl' and 's' keys at the same 
             time. ˙˙To˙begin ˙scolling ˙again, ˙hit any key.

5. ˙TO PRINT A DOCUMENTATION FILE: Hit the 'ctrl' and 'p' keys at the same time. 
             Enter 'Type <filename>.ext'.  At the completion of the printing     
             hit 'ctrl and 'p' keys again to disengage the printer 
              
                        STARTING THE PROGRAMS               

      ***  If there are documentation or text files on your diskettes *** 
                        we suggest that you read them, 
      ***        you will save yourself much time and effort          *** 

1. ˙˙EXECUTABLE FILES have an .com or .exe extension. ˙They can be run from the
             DOS ˙prompt ˙by entering the filename (e.g., ˙run ˙Startrek.exe ˙or 
             Startrek.com by entering: Startrek)  

2. BATCH FILES have a .bat extension and can be run from the DOS prompt the same 
             way that you run an executable program.  

3. ˙BASIC FILES have a .bas extension. They are written in the BASIC programming 
             language. You need the BASIC  interpreter to run the program files. 
             The interpreter ˙usually comes with you DOS.(BASIC is also known as 
             BASICA ˙or GWBASIC) ˙BASIC is commercial software. ˙Micro Star does 
             not sell ˙commercial software. ˙Please ˙see ˙your computer software 
             dealer. 

4.TO RUN BASIC PROGRAMS:To run PAC-MAN.bas, first boot up with DOS then on a....        

      * Hard disk system:  a. insert the PAC-MAN diskette into drive A 
                           b. enter BASICA PAC-MAN, or GWBASIC PAC-MAN at the DOS
                              prompt if you defined your PATH to BASIC or 
                              GWBASIC 
                           c. OR  at bootup time, locate GWBASIC or BASIC  on 
                              your hard-drive 
                            - then, from the directory that contains BASIC 
                              or GWBASIC enter 'A:' at the prompt with the 
                              basic program diskette in drive A 
                            - then at the A prompt enter 'C:GWBASIC <filename>  
      * Floppy disk drive system: a.insert your BASICA or GWBASICA into drive A
                                  b.enter BASICA or  GWBASIC at the A prompt 
                                  c.remove the BASICA disk and insert the PAC-MAN
                                    disk                                  
                                  d.at the OK prompt hit the F3 ˙key (load"),
                                  e.enter PAC-MAN(load"PAC-MAN)   
                                  f.hit F2 ˙to run the program

       *  Another alternative would be to copy the GWBASIC.exe or BASICA.exe
          to the game or program diskette and enter GWBASIC <FILENAME>
          or BASICA <FILENAME> at the DOS prompt.

5. ARCHIVED FILES have been compressed for storage purposes, and can not be
        executed in compressed format. These files 
        have an extension of ARC, LBR, ZOO, or an extension with a Q in the 
        middle(PCCHESS.EQE)          

     a. For information on how to uncompress enter the unarchiving utility name
        (e.g.XARC, PKXARC, OR PKARC) or read XARC.DOC, PKXARC.DOC, PKARC.DOC, or 
        any other documentation on the diskette.