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- echo ║ THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING A DISK FROM THE Budget Software Shareware Library ║
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- echo ║ Budget Software Shareware Library - BATCH FILES on this disk ║
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- echo Some programs use batch files to print their documentation or to setup
- echo special functions prior to executing the program. You can run a BATCH
- echo file by just (at your DOS prompt) type the file name and press enter.
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- echo ────────── List of Batch File ──────────
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- echo ║ Budget Software Shareware Library - DOCUMENTATION FILES on this disk ║
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- echo File-names ending with DOC or starting with READ are most often used as
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- echo ────────── List of DOC Files ──────────
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- echo ────────── List of TXT Files ──────────
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- echo ║ Budget Software Shareware Library - EXE and COM FILES on this disk ║
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- echo ────────── List of COM Files ──────────
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- echo there are filename.bas files on this disk.
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