╘HE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL HELP YOU USE ╘╨╒╟'S AUTOBOOT PROGRAM WITH YOUR OWN DISKS.
STEP 1: ╙AVE THE AUTOBOOT PROGRAM, PRINTBOOTDATA, AND AUTODOC TO A DISK THAT YOU WANT TO USE THE PROGRAM ON (A BLANK, FORMATTED DISK). ┴T THIS POINT, A BACKUP IS RECOMMENDED.
STEP 2: ╬EXT, SAVE THE PROGRAMS YOU WANT TO APPEAR ON THE DISK TO THIS DISK. ╔T DOES NOT MATTER WHAT ORDER YOU PLACE THESE PROGRAMS AND SEQUENTIAL FILES.
STEP 3: ╘YPE "RUN1" (THE NUMBER ONE) INSTEAD OF RUN. ╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO SET UP THIS PROGRAM FOR YOUR CUSTOM USE. ╘HE DISK DIRECTORY WILL THEN LOAD INTO MEMORY.
STEP 4: ┴FTER LOADING, THE PROGRAM WILL ASK YOU A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FILES ON THE DISK.
STEP 5: ╘HE FIRST QUESTION ASKS IF YOU WANT TO USE THE FILE NAME SHOWING ON THE SCREEN WITH THE AUTOBOOT PROGRAM. ╔F YOU WANT TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM LOADED BY THE AUTOBOOT TYPE "Y", IF NOT TYPE "N".
STEP 6: ╬EXT, IT WILL ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO USE THE RELOCATING LOAD. ┘OU SHOULD ONLY CHOOSE "Y" IF YOU ARE LOADING A ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM. ╞OR ANY MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM, YOU MUST TYPE "N", OR THE BOOT WILL NOT SAVE. ╘HIS PROGRAM WILL ╬╧╘ LOAD REL, SEQ, OR USR FILES.
STEP 7: ┘OU WILL BE THEN ASKED IF THERE IS A SEQ.DOC.FILE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM YOU ARE AUTOBOOTING. ╔F YOU TYPE "Y", IT WILL ASK YOU WHAT THE SEQ. FILENAME IS. ┬Y USING THE "Y" FEATURE, IT WILL PUT A * IN FRONT OF THE PROGRAM NAME IN THE MAIN MENU. ╘HIS FEATURE IS USED IF THERE IS ANY EXTRA DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE WITH YOUR PROGRAM. ╨LEASE NOTE: THE FILE YOU ARE REFERRING TO ═╒╙╘ BE A SEQUENTIAL FILE.
STEP 8: ╬EXT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM. ╘HIS INFORMATION WILL BE SHOWN LATER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU WHEN THAT PROGRAM IS HIGHLIGHTED. ┘OU CAN USE UP TO 159 CHARACTERS. ╫ORD WRAP IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PART. ╨LEASE NOTE: UPPER/LOWER CASE MODE IS ACCEPTABLE. ┘OU WILL ALSO NOTE THAT TO MAKE CORRECTIONS YOU HAVE TO ERASE TO THE CORRECTION. ╨ERSONALLY, ╔ LEAVE THE ERRORS UNTIL THE ENTIRE BOOT.DATA IS SAVED TO DISK. ╔ THEN LOAD THE SEQ FILE TO MY ╫/╨ TO CORRECT THE ERRORS.
STEP 9: ╞INALLY, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS CORRECT. ╘YPE "Y" AND THE INFORMATION IS RECORDED. ┘OU WILL NOTE AT THIS STAGE THAT THE INFORMATION IS BEING STORED TO DISK. ╘YPE "N" AND YOU WILL START THAT SECTION OF THE PROGRAM OVER AGAIN.
STEP 10: ╥EPEAT STEPS 5 THROUGH 9 UNTIL ALL PROGRAMS ON THE DISK HAVE BEEN ENTERED OR REJECTED.
╚ERE ARE A FEW POINTS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE USING THIS PROGRAM. ═AKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE PROGRAMS YOU WANT ON THE DISK BEFORE YOU USE THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU TYPE "RUN1", ALL THE PREVIOUS DATA (WHICH IS SAVED AS BOOT.DATA) IS LOST AND YOU HAVE TO REENTER EVERY PROGRAM IN THE MENU. ═AKE THE AUTOBOOT THE FIRST PROGRAM ON THE DISK. ╘HIS IS DONE SO THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO ENTER IS LOAD "*",8 AND THE AUTOBOOT WILL BE THERE. ╘HERE IS A LIMITED NUMBER OF FILES (ABOUT 15) THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN HANDLE.
╚OPE YOU HAVE FUN USING THIS PROGRAM AND THAT IT WILL BE USEFUL FOR YOU. ╙HOULD YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ╘╨╒╟ ╔NC, (416) 733-2933 ═ONDAY TO ╞RIDAY 9:00 TO 5:00 (EST).
