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- README for the distribution disk of GEMINI 1.2 (english version)
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- Copyright (C) 1990 by Gereon Steffens & Stefan Eissing
-
- GEMINI is a shareware program by
-
- Gereon Steffens Stefan Eissing
- Elsterweg 8 und Dorfbauerschaft 7
- 5000 Köln 90 4419 Laer-Holthausen
- Germany Germany
- Mailbox: MAUS Köln 2, 02203/12400 Mailbox: MAUS Steinfurt, 02572/88881
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-
- The following 5 files are on the distribution disk of GEMINI 1.2:
-
- - README this text file
- - LHARC.TTP a program for compressing/uncompressing files (packer)
- - GMNI12_1.TOS (programs belonging in the AUTO folder, VENUS, samples)
- - GMNI12_2.TOS (the main Gemini programs and documentations)
- - GMNI12_3.TOS (utilities)
-
-
- All the files belonging to GEMINI have become so space consuming that they
- don't fit on a single disk any more. We have added a lot of utilities and
- other things very useful to the user that we had to choose between two
- ways of distributing the whole thing.
-
- We could not put GEMINI on two disks, because a lot of people are sending
- us only one disk to get the new version. So we had to stuff it all on one
- floppy only.
- We used the data compression program `lharc' to minimize the file sizes.
- This packer is public domain (thanks a lot to the author!) and you will
- find it on this disk too.
-
- Because decompressing files using lharc may be a little unhandy for users
- with GEM-experience only, we have made the archives self-extracting.
- Experienced users may use lharc nevertheless to extract files from the
- archives.
-
- Those of you calling a hard disk their own just got to copy the three
- files GMNI12_1.TOS, GMNI12_2.TOS and GMNI12_3.TOS onto their hard disk.
- Then start these programs. They will make a folder named GMNI12UK and
- extract all the data to it.
-
- WARNING: the archives and extracted data will take up 1.6 Megabytes on
- your disk. If you dont have enough space, these selfextracting will go
- wrong without reporting an error! (There is no error checking in the code)
- So we ask you to check the free space before.
-
- If you dont have a hard disk or want to extract the data to a floppy disk
- for another reason, you will find the following hint useful:
- Rename all the TOS-programs to PRG (GMNI12_2.TOS -> GMNI12_2.PRG) and
- make the distribution disk write protected. Then start the program.
- Your atari will load the program and then complain about the write
- protection of the disk. Then insert a blank formatted disk instead of
- the distribution disk and continue. The data will be extracted to the
- new disk!
- This little trick is only neccessary for GMNI12_2.TOS, because both
- extracted data and the archive won't even fit on a single disk.
-
- Don't be frightened by the amount of data of this distribution! To work
- with GEMINI you only need 600 Kilobytes of space on your disk. The rest
- contains documentations and utilities you will not need every day.
-
-
- Holthausen, 02/24/91
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- Stefan Eissing
-
- P.S. the next distrubution of GEMINI will come on a filled up CD-ROM
- containing all existing versions ever made. Don't forget to include
- 1,345.90 US$ in stamps, if you want the printed manuals, too.
- NO, FORGET THIS! We're just kidding...