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Installing MCBase from an archive file.
========== I M P O R T A N T ================
SET VALUE FOR "FILES=xxx" IN YOUR SYSTEM'S CONFIG.SYS TO A MINIMUM VALUE
OF 40, AS IN:
FILES=40
OR HIGHER! SEE "MCBASE REQUIREMENTS" IN THE DOCUMENTATION FILE "MCBASE.DOC"
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION!
===================================================
IMPORTANT NOTE: this section discribes the installation of MCBase from the
original "ZIP"-type archive file. It is very lightly that the various BBS-
sysops will convert this original archive file to a format that is standard
on their system. Two other common archivers, that you might encounter, are
ARJ (by Robert K. Jung) with the filetype "ARJ" and LHA (by Haruyasu
Yoshizaki) with the filetype "LZH".
Normally, you will have received the shareware version of MCBase as the
archive file MCBxxx.ZIP (xxx = version number). If you did NOT receive
MCBase as this archive file, then please make sure, you have at least the
following files after extraction of the archive:
MCBASE.EXE - MCBase executable file, for XT-compatibles and up.
MCBASE.DOC - MCBase documentation file (as an ASCII-text file).
ORDER.MCB - MCBase order form.
LICENSE.MCB - MCBase license agreement.
REVISION.MCB- MCBase revision history.
GENMCB.EXE - Utility to create a new (and empty) set of database
files.
INSTALL.DOC - MCBase installation guide.
README.1ST - IMPORTANT MESSAGE ON CONFIG.SYS'S "FILES=xx".
FILE_ID.DIZ - Description file.
VENDINFO.DIZ- Description file, according to VENDINFO standard.
The following files (a demonstration database set) should also be included:
MCB1.DBF MCB2.DBF MCB3.DBF
MCB1.DBT MCB2.DBT MCB3.DBT
MCB4.DBF MCB5.DBF MCB6.DBF
MCB4.DBT MCB5.DBT MCB6.DBT
(Your copy could be incomplete and you might get the wrong idea about the
performance and documentation of the MCBase system).
You will need PKWare's PKUNZIP.EXE to extract the archive. Use the follo-
wing command to extract all files:
PKUNZIP MCBxxx.ZIP
In case of an ARJ-file format, use: ARJ x MCBxxx.ARJ
In case of an LZH-file format, use: LHA e MCBxxx.LZH
Installing MCBase on your system should not be very difficult, if you
follow these steps:
- 1) Copy the original MCBxxx.ZIP archive file to a floppy disk and store
it in a safe place.
- 2) Note: Among the extracted files, should be a demonstration database
set. In case you don't want to use the demonstration database
(anymore), execute GENMCB.EXE to generate a new set of datafi-
les. DELETE GENMCB.EXE after use! It generates NEW and EMPTY
databases, so you wouldn't want to use it after you've been
entering data. (You can retrieve another copy from the
MCBxxx.ZIP archive file, should you need it).
- 3) Create a new directory for the MCBase system, place the archive file
in it and extract all files.
- 4) Start your wordprocessor, import the ASCII-document MCBASE.DOC and
print it.
- 5) Run MCBase. If missing, the program will now create the neccesary
index files (MCBxKEYx.NDX) and the configuration file MCBASE.CFG.
Note: If an MCBASE.CFG configuration file was INCLUDED in the copy of
the MCBxxx.ZIP archive file that you received, then delete this
MCBASE.CFG prior to execute MCBASE.EXE. If the contents of this
particular MCBASE.CFG configuration file does NOT match YOUR
system's configuration, MCBase may not be able to complete
initialisation.
- 6) If you have a printer which is NOT an Epson-compatible, you should
now run MCBase and check the printer configuration. See your printer-
manual for the correct commands and see section "Configuring MCBase",
topic "Printer" for assistance on printer configuration.
After these steps you'll be ready to run the shareware version of the
MCBase Music Collection DataBase system.