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CLS,1,25,7,0
18,0,15,0,"DAY 7:  DREW SOFTWARE HARD DISK MENU SYSTEM"
MAIN,NULL
CLS,1,25,3,1
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,1
3,0,7,1, "MAIN ──┬─SUBDIR1──┬─SUBDIR11──FILE.S1──FILE.S3             "
4,0,7,1, "       │          │                                        "
5,0,7,1, "       │          └─FILE.S4──FILE.S5──FILE.S6              "
6,0,7,1, "       ├─SUBDIR2──┬─SUBDIR21──FILE.S6──FILE.S7             "
7,0,7,1, "       │          └─FILE.S8──FILE.S9                       "
8,0,7,1, "       ├─SUBDIR3──FILE.S10──FILE.S11──FILE.S12──FILE.S13   "
9,0,7,1, "       │                                                   "
10,0,7,1,"       └─SUBDIR4─┬─SUBDIR41──FILE.S14──FILE.S15──FILE.S16  "
11,0,7,1,"                 └─SUBDIR42─┬─FILE.S17──FILE.S18──FILE.S19 "
12,0,7,1,"                            │                              "
13,0,7,1,"                            └─SUBDIR421──FILE.S20──FILE.S21"
15,0,18,1,"HARD DISK LAYOUTS CAN BE CONFUSING!!!"
15,60,2,1,""
SPACE,1,2
15,0,2,1,"HARD DISK LAYOUTS CAN BE CONFUSING!!!"
17,8,3,1,"Not only that, but it can be bothersome to enter the same commands"
18,8,3,1,"over and over, especially long ones.  For example, if we wanted to"
19,8,3,1,"edit the FILE.S21 file, and the EDLIN command was in SUBDIR2,"
20,8,3,1,"we would have to enter:"
22,0,7,1,"\SUBDIR2\EDLIN \SUBDIR4\SUBDIR42\SUBDIR421\FILE.S21"
SPACE,1,7
CLS,1,25,3,2
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,2
3,8,0,2,"Drew Software uses a system to enhance computer access by"
4,8,0,2,"means of a MENU system.  This menu is prepared by means of the"
5,8,0,2,"BATCH FILE ability of the Disk Operating System.  While the method"
6,8,0,2,"we use here works only on MS-DOS type computers, the theory and"
7,8,0,2,"principles should work on any computer that allows the use of an"
8,8,0,2,"automatic logon sequence and the use of batch files."
SPACE,2,0
10,8,1,2,"The THEORY involved is this:  BATCH files have two main advantages:"
11,8,1,2,"  1- They allow things to be done automatically."
12,8,1,2,"  2- They can have very short file names."
14,8,1,2,"Because of this, we are going to prepare a TEXT file with a listing"
15,8,1,2,"of ALL of our computer functions, and matching BATCH FILES to perform"
16,8,1,2,"all of the options listed in the text file.  For example...."
SPACE,2,1
CLS,1,25,3,0
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,0
3,0,3,0,"DREW SOFTWARE HARD DISK MENU OPTIONS"
5,0,3,0,"WP  Word Processing  "
6,0,3,0,"SP  Spreadsheet      "
7,0,3,0,"DB  Database         "
8,0,3,0,"X   Exit to THIS menu"
10,0,3,0,"Please enter your choice."
12,8,3,0,"C:\>"
15,8,2,0,"Shown above is a sample menu screen.  When you turn on your computer,"
16,8,2,0,"the system would search for the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and upon finding"
17,8,2,0,"it, would perform the steps contained therein and wind up at this"
18,8,2,0,"menu."
SPACE,0,2
20,8,4,0,"The nice thing here is that you are STILL IN DOS, even though the"
21,8,4,0,"menu is showing on the screen!  Stick with us... this gets even"
22,8,4,0,"more interesting!"
SPACE,0,4
CLS,1,25,3,1
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,1
3,8,2,1,"But how do we do this amazing thing?  The answer is through BATCH"
4,8,2,1,"file magic.  The execution of a menu is really rather simple once"
5,8,2,1,"you look at it.  Let's list the menu once again and discuss it:"
SPACE,1,2
6,0,7,1,"WP  Word Processing  "
7,0,7,1,"SP  Spreadsheet      "
8,0,7,1,"DB  Database         "
9,0,7,1,"X   Exit to THIS menu"
SPACE,1,7
BOX,11,1,25,80,1,14,1
12,8,3,1,"The first batch file is AUTOEXEC.BAT.  Here's what it does:"
14,8,7,1,"ECHO OFF"
15,8,7,1,"CLS"
16,8,7,1,"PROMPT $P$G"
17,8,7,1,"PATH C:\;C:\DOS"
18,8,7,1,"X"
14,40,3,1,"Turns off screen echo"
15,40,3,1,"Clears the screen"
16,40,3,1,"Sets the prompt line"
17,40,3,1,"Where to look for files"
18,40,3,1,"Execute another batch file called X"
SPACE,1,3
20,0,2,1,"Now you wonder what the X.BAT file does..."
SPACE,1,3
CLS,12,25,3,1
BOX,11,1,25,80,1,14,1
12,8,3,1,"The X.BAT file is used to return to the main directory from ANYWHERE,"
13,8,3,1,"and once at the main directory, display the main menu:"
15,8,7,1,"ECHO OFF"
16,8,7,1,"CLS"
17,8,7,1,"CD C:\"
18,8,7,1,"TYPE MENU"
15,40,3,1,"Turns off screen echo"
16,40,3,1,"Clears the screen"
17,40,3,1,"Returns to main directory"
18,40,3,1,"Displays a file called MENU"
SPACE,1,7
20,0,2,1,"Uh oh... now what is MENU?"
SPACE,1,2
CLS,12,25,3,1
BOX,11,1,25,80,1,14,1
12,8,3,1,"MENU is a simple text file that contains our program listing.  It"
13,8,3,1,"looks like this:"
15,0,7,1,"DREW SOFTWARE HARD DISK MENU OPTIONS"
16,0,7,1,"WP  Word Processing  "
17,0,7,1,"SP  Spreadsheet      "
18,0,7,1,"DB  Database         "
19,0,7,1,"X   Exit to THIS menu"
21,0,7,1,"Please enter your choice."
SPACE,1,7
CLS,12,25,3,1
BOX,11,1,25,80,1,14,1
12,8,3,1,"The WP.BAT file, SP.BAT FILE, and DB.BAT files are used to access"
13,8,3,1,"those particular functions.  The WP.BAT file does this:"
15,8,7,1,"ECHO OFF"
16,8,7,1,"CLS"
17,8,7,1,"CD C:\WORDPROC"
18,8,7,1,"WORDPROG"
19,8,7,1,"X"
15,40,3,1,"Turns off screen echo"
16,40,3,1,"Clears the screen"
17,40,3,1,"Switches to the WORDPROC subdirectory"
18,40,3,1,"Executes the WORDPROG.EXE program"
19,40,3,1,"Calls on the X.BAT file (go to menu)"
SPACE,1,7
21,8,7,1,"To make the SP.BAT file or DB.BAT file, only two lines need to be"
22,8,7,1,"altered..."
SPACE,1,7
17,8,3,1,"CD C:\SPRDSHET   "
18,8,3,1,"SPREDPRG    "
17,40,7,1,"Switches to the SPRDSHET subdirectory"
18,40,7,1,"Executes the SPREDPRG.COM program"
SPACE,1,7
21,8,7,1,"And now the database program called from DB.BAT...               "
22,8,7,1,"          "
SPACE,1,7
17,8,3,1,"CD C:\DATABASE"
18,8,3,1,"DATAPROG"
17,40,7,1,"Switches to the DATABASE subdirectory"
18,40,7,1,"Executes the DATAPROG.EXE program"
21,8,7,1,"That seems easy enough, doesn't it?  Nothing but interactive batch"
22,8,7,1,"files.  Now let's see how they work together."
SPACE,1,7
CLS,1,25,3,2
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,2
3,0,4,2,"████    ███    ███   █████"
4,0,4,2,"█   █  █   █  █   █    █  "
5,0,4,2,"████   █   █  █   █    █  "
6,0,4,2,"█   █  █   █  █   █    █  "
7,0,4,2,"████    ███    ███     █  "
9,8,0,2,"We're going to ~pseudo~-boot your computer.  NO... DON'T REALLY BOOT"
10,8,0,2,"THE SYSTEM!!!  To pseudo-boot it, press the space bar and we'll"
11,8,0,2,"just pretend you just turned your computer on.  We will interrupt"
12,8,0,2,"the boot process from time to time and make a comment."
SPACE,2,0
CLS,1,25,3,3
3,8,0,3,"BOOTING..."
20,8,1,3,"The computer is now turning on"
SPACE,3,1
5,8,0,3,"CHECKING MEMORY...."
20,8,1,3,"Now it's checking its RAM memory to make sure everything is okay."
21,8,1,3,"Unseen to you, the computer will also execute the CONFIG.SYS program."
SPACE,3,1
7,8,0,3,"ECHO OFF"
20,8,1,3,"AUTOEXEC.BAT is now being executed.  You'll normally only see this"
21,8,1,3,"message a split second, because the following CLS erases it!         "
SPACE,1,3
CLS,1,25,3,3
3,0,0,3,"DREW SOFTWARE HARD DISK MENU OPTIONS"
4,0,0,3,"WP  Word Processing  "
5,0,0,3,"SP  Spreadsheet      "
6,0,0,3,"DB  Database         "
7,0,0,3,"DO  DOS commands     "
8,0,0,3,"X   Exit to THIS menu"
9,0,0,3,"Please enter your choice."
11,8,0,3,"C:\>"
20,8,1,3,"You now have the main menu.  Now let's say we're going to enter the"
21,8,1,3,"word processing system.  Go ahead and enter the correct command:"
INPUT,2,11,12,EXACT,WP
14,8,0,3,"ECHO OFF"
CLS,1,25,3,3
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,3
BOX,1,1,3,80,1,14,3
2,0,0,3,"BRAND X WORD PROCESSING SYSTEM"
4,8,0,3,"L----T----T----T----T----T----T----T----T----T----T----T----T----T----R"
23,8,0,3,"f1-help  f2-copy  f3-block  f4-save  f5-style  f6-print  f7-exit"
18,8,1,3,"Very good.  Now enter a couple of lines for the fun of it.  How about:"
19,8,1,3,"  NOW IS THE TIME FOR COMPUTER USERS"
INPUT,2,6,8,EXACT,NOW IS THE TIME FOR COMPUTER USERS
20,8,1,3,"  TO BEGIN USING COMPUTERS INTELLIGENTLY."
INPUT,2,7,8,EXACT,TO BEGIN USING COMPUTERS INTELLIGENTLY.
18,8,1,3,"                                                                      "
19,8,1,3,"                                              "
20,8,1,3,"                                              "
18,8,1,3,"VERY GOOD!  Now, let's save the text by pressing key f4 and ENTER."
19,8,1,3,"When it asks, give the filename as FILEONE.DOC"
KEY,4,SAVE
INPUT,2,21,8,EXACT,SAVE
22,8,0,3,"Enter the filename: "
INPUT,2,22,28,EXACT,FILEONE.DOC
18,8,1,3,"                                                               "
19,8,1,3,"                                                 "
21,8,1,3,"                "
22,8,1,3,"                                     "
18,8,1,3,"EXCELLENT!  Now let's exit the program by pressing key f7 and ENTER."
KEY,7,EXIT
INPUT,2,20,40,EXACT,EXIT
20,0,0,3,"ABOUT TO EXIT.  PRESS SPACE TO CONTINUE."
CLS,1,25,3,3
3,0,0,3,"DREW SOFTWARE HARD DISK MENU OPTIONS"
4,0,0,3,"WP  Word Processing  "
5,0,0,3,"SP  Spreadsheet      "
6,0,0,3,"DB  Database         "
7,0,0,3,"DO  DOS commands     "
8,0,0,3,"X   Exit to THIS menu"
9,0,0,3,"Please enter your choice."
11,8,0,3,"C:\>"
15,8,1,3,"There, see how it works?  It returns right to the main subdirectory"
16,8,1,3,"again!  Now you can see how handy it is to have a menu system!!!!"
SPACE,3,1
CLS,1,25,3,4
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,4
3,0,3,4,"█████  █   █  █████  █████  █  █████        █  █████   █  █  █"
4,0,3,4,"  █    █   █  █   █    █    ▐  █            █    █     █  █  █"
5,0,3,4,"  █    █████  █████    █       █████        █    █     █  █  █"
6,0,3,4,"  █    █   █  █   █    █           █        █    █            "
7,0,3,4,"  █    █   █  █   █    █       █████        █    █     █  █  █"
9,8,0,4,"CONGRATULATIONS!  You have just completed the Drew Software"
10,8,0,4,"Introduction to Computers course.  Before we let you go, however,"
11,8,0,4,"let's go over the information we have covered."
SPACE,4,0
13,8,0,4,"We're going to ask you a bunch of questions about computers.  Let's"
14,8,0,4,"see how many you can get right."
SPACE,4,0
16,8,0,4,"Don't expect to get all of them, or even most of them.  You are new"
17,8,0,4,"to this.  The key to really learning all of this is to use this"
18,8,0,4,"information on a DAILY basis.  Practice using these commands.  Go"
19,8,0,4,"back over your notes and review the things you have written.  Soon,"
20,8,0,4,"you will be a proficient computer user!"
SPACE,4,0
CLS,1,25,3,0
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,0
2,0,4,0,"DREW SOFTWARE REVIEW SECTION"
5,8,3,0,"1. What does D.O.S. stand for?"
INPUT,2,5,40,ANY
6,0,2,0,"Disk Operating System"
SPACE,4,0
8,8,3,0,"2. What does C.P.U. stand for?"
INPUT,2,8,40,ANY
9,0,2,0,"Central Processing Unit"
SPACE,0,4
11,8,3,0,"3. The chip that forms the brains of the computer is a CPU.  It is"
12,8,3,0,"   also called a M............."
INPUT,2,12,45,ANY
13,0,2,0,"MICROPROCESSOR"
SPACE,4,0
15,8,3,0,"4. Your computer's TEMPORARY memory is called (ROM,RAM)"
INPUT,2,15,65,ANY
16,0,2,0,"RAM-- RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY"
SPACE,0,4
18,8,3,0,"5. A character in your computer is also called a ...."
INPUT,2,18,65,ANY
19,0,2,0,"BYTE"
SPACE,4,0
21,8,3,0,"6. How many characters are in one K ?"
INPUT,2,21,65,ANY
22,0,2,0,"1,024"
SPACE,0,4
CLS,1,25,3,0
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,0
2,0,4,0,"DREW SOFTWARE REVIEW SECTION"
4,8,3,0,"7. A term which means to TURN THE COMPUTER ON or RESTART is: "
INPUT,2,4,70,ANY
5,0,2,0,"BOOT"
SPACE,4,0
7,8,3,0,"8. A device that allows your computer to communicate over telephone"
8,8,3,0,"   lines is called a..."
INPUT,2,8,35,ANY
9,0,2,0,"MODEM"
SPACE,0,4
11,8,3,0,"9. Another name for computer PROGRAMS is..."
INPUT,2,11,55,ANY
12,0,2,0,"SOFTWARE"
SPACE,4,0
14,8,3,0,"10. A filename may be up to how many characters long? "
INPUT,2,14,65,ANY
15,0,2,0,"8"
SPACE,0,4
17,8,3,0,"11. Extensions to a filename may be how many characters long?"
INPUT,2,17,70,ANY
18,0,2,0,"3"
SPACE,4,0
20,8,3,0,"12. Program instructions or manuals are usually followed with an"
22,8,3,0,"    extension of ....."
INPUT,2,22,35,ANY
23,0,2,0,".DOC"
SPACE,0,4
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BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,0
2,0,4,0,"DREW SOFTWARE REVIEW SECTION"
4,8,3,0,"13. Name the 3 extensions that can be executed directly from DOS:"
INPUT,2,5,8,ANY
5,0,2,0,".BAT  .COM  and  .EXE"
SPACE,4,0
7,8,3,0,"14. A name your hard disk uses to store similar files,"
8,8,3,0,"    programs and data is called a ...."
INPUT,2,8,50,ANY
9,0,2,0,"DIRECTORY or SUBDIRECTORY"
SPACE,0,4
11,8,3,0,"15. The command used to clear the screen is..."
INPUT,2,11,60,ANY
12,0,2,0,"CLS"
SPACE,4,0
14,8,3,0,"16. To see a 'catalog' of FILENAMES  you would use..."
INPUT,2,14,65,ANY
15,0,2,0,"DIR"
SPACE,0,4
17,8,3,0,"17. * and ? are called...."
INPUT,2,17,40,ANY
18,0,2,0,"WILDCARDS"
SPACE,4,0
20,8,3,0,"18. To create a file from your keyboard, you would use the command:"
INPUT,2,21,8,ANY
21,0,2,0,"COPY CON:FILENAME or EDLIN"
SPACE,0,4
CLS,1,25,3,0
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,0
2,0,4,0,"DREW SOFTWARE REVIEW SECTION"
4,8,3,0,"19. Types file contents onto the video monitor:"
INPUT,2,4,57,ANY
5,0,2,0,"TYPE"
SPACE,4,0
7,8,3,0,"20. Renames a file:"
INPUT,2,7,50,ANY
8,0,2,0,"REN"
SPACE,0,4
10,8,3,0,"21. Deletes a file from the disk:"
INPUT,2,10,50,ANY
11,0,2,0,"DEL"
SPACE,4,0
13,8,3,0,"22. Types file contents on your printer:"
INPUT,2,13,50,ANY
14,0,2,0,"TYPE FILENAME>PRN  or   COPY FILENAME PRN"
SPACE,0,4
16,8,3,0,"23. Prepares a floppy diskette for use:"
INPUT,2,16,50,ANY
17,0,2,0,"FORMAT"
SPACE,4,0
19,8,3,0,"24. Creates a BOOTABLE floppy diskette:"
INPUT,2,19,65,ANY
20,0,2,0,"FORMAT A:/S"
SPACE,0,4
CLS,1,25,3,0
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,0
2,0,4,0,"DREW SOFTWARE REVIEW SECTION"
4,8,3,0,"25. Makes an exact copy of a diskette:"
INPUT,2,4,55,ANY
5,0,2,0,"DISKCOPY"
SPACE,4,0
7,8,3,0,"26. Makes a new directory on a hard disk:"
INPUT,2,7,65,ANY
8,0,2,0,"MD"
SPACE,0,4
10,8,3,0,"27. Changes from one directory to another:"
INPUT,2,10,65,ANY
11,0,2,0,"CD"
SPACE,4,0
13,8,3,0,"28. Tells the computer where to look for files:"
INPUT,2,13,65,ANY
14,0,2,0,"PATH"
SPACE,0,4
16,8,3,0,"29. Displays of map of directories:"
INPUT,2,16,65,ANY
17,0,2,0,"TREE"
SPACE,4,0
19,8,3,0,"30. Checks your hard disk to see if it's in good shape."
INPUT,2,19,65,ANY
20,0,2,0,"CHKDSK/F"
SPACE,0,4
CLS,1,25,3,0
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,0
2,0,4,0,"DREW SOFTWARE REVIEW SECTION"
4,8,3,0,"31. The name of the DOS line editor is:"
INPUT,2,4,50,ANY
5,0,2,0,"EDLIN (its actual filename is:  EDLIN.COM)"
SPACE,4,0
7,8,3,0,"32. The name of the file that causes the computer to perform steps"
8,8,3,0,"    AUTOMATICALLY at startup:"
INPUT,2,8,50,ANY
9,0,2,0,"AUTOEXEC.BAT"
SPACE,0,4
11,8,3,0,"33. The file that tells the computer about unusual equipment and"
12,8,3,0,"    software configurations:"
INPUT,2,12,40,ANY
13,0,2,0,"CONFIG.SYS"
SPACE,4,0
CLS,1,25,3,0
BOX,1,1,25,80,1,14,0
3,0,4,0,"█████  █   █  █████  █   █  █   █      █   █  █████  █   █"
4,0,4,0,"  █    █   █  █   █  ██  █  █  █       █   █  █   █  █   █"
5,0,4,0,"  █    █████  █████  █ █ █  ███        █████  █   █  █   █"
6,0,4,0,"  █    █   █  █   █  █  ██  █  █         █    █   █  █   █"
7,0,4,0,"  █    █   █  █   █  █   █  █   █        █    █████  █████"
9,0,3,0,"For taking the Drew Software Instruction Course."
12,8,2,0,"If you have any questions, please speak with your consultant."
13,8,2,0,"And please, when purchasing a computer, remember that a computer"
14,8,2,0,"consultant can save you hours of time, reduce your headaches, and"
15,8,2,0,"most likely save you money in the process."
SPACE,0,2