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AUTODOC
╘HE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL HELP
YOU USE ╘╨╒╟'S AUTOBOOT PROGRAM WITH
YOUR OWN DISKS.
╙TEP 1:╙AVE THE AUTOBOOT PROGRAM,PRINT
BOOTDATA, AND AUTODOC TO A DISK THAT
YOU WANT TO USE THE PROGRAM ON (A
BLANK,FORMATTED DISK).┴T THIS POINT,A
BACKUP IS RECOMMENDED.
╙TEP 2:┬Y NOW, YOU KNOW WHICH PROGRAMS
YOU WISH TO PLACE ON YOUR 'ABOUT TO BE
CREATED' DISK. ─O MAKE SURE YOU MAKE
NOTES ON WHICH PROGRAMS ARE ┬┴╙╔├, AND
WHICH ARE ═╠ (MACHINE LANGUAGE),AS YOU
WILL NEED THIS INFORMATION FOR LATER.
╘HIS PROGRAM WILL ╬╧╘ LOAD REL,SEQ,OR
USR FILES.
╙TEP 3:╬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.
╙TEP 4:╘YPE "RUN1" (THE NUMBER ONE)
INSTEAD OF RUN.╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO
SET UP THIS PROGRAM FOR YOUR USE. ╘HE
DISK DIRECTORY WILL THEN LOAD INTO
MEMORY.
╙TEP 5:┴FTER LOADING, THE PROGRAM WILL
ASK YOU A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE FILES ON THE DISK.
╙TEP 6:╘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".
╙TEP 7:╬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 THE
PROGRAM PROPERLY.╘HIS PROGRAM WILL ╬╧╘
LOAD REL, SEQ, OR USR FILES.
╙TEP 8:┘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
DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE
WITH YOUR PROGRAM.╨LEASE NOTE:THE FILE
YOU ARE REFERRING TO ═╒╙╘ BE A SEQ
FILE, AND YOU ═╒╙╘ TYPE IN THE NAME
EXACTLY.
╙TEP 9:╬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.╘HIS MEANS THAT
IF A WORD IS TOO LONG TO FIT INTO THE
END OF THE LINE, IT WILL BE CUT INTO
TWO, THE LATTER PART APPEARING ON THE
NEXT LINE.
╔F YOU WATCH THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SOON
LEARN TO FILL THE EXTRA SPACES, BY
PRESSING THE SPACE BAR THE CORRECT
NUMBER OF TIMES.
┴LSO, THIS IS A LINE EDITOR,
WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU MAKE A TYPO,
YOU HAVE TO ERASE BACK TO THE ERROR TO
MAKE CORRECTIONS. ╨ERSONALLY,╔ LEAVE
THE ERRORS UNTIL THE ENTIRE BOOT.DATA
IS SAVED TO DISK. ╔ THEN LOAD THE SEQ.
FILE TO MY ╫/╨ TO CORRECT THE ERRORS.
╨LEASE NOTE: UPPER/LOWER CASE
MODE IS ACCEPTABLE
╙TEP 10:╞INALLY, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF
ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS CORRECT.
╘YPE "Y" AND THE INFORMATION WILL BE
STORED ONTO THE DISK. ╘YPE "N" AND YOU
WILL START THAT DESCRIPTION SECTION OF
THE PROGRAM AGAIN.
╙TEP 11:╥EPEAT STEPS 6 THROUGH 10
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 RE-ENTER 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. ╘HERE IS A BUG THAT DOES NOT
ALLOW THE SECOND PAGE TO APPEAR,IF
THERE ARE MORE THAN THE FIRST SCREEN
FULL OF PROGRAMS.
╘HE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION THAT IS
┴╠╫┴┘╙ USED WITH THIS PROGRAM, SO IS
INCLUDED IT FOR YOUR BENEFIT.
1.┴UTOBOOT AND ╨RINTBOOTDATA ARE BOTH
┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAMS.
2.╘HE DESCRIPTION FOR ┴UTOBOOT THAT
IS IN THE BOX:
┬Y PRESSING THE ? ONE CAN LEARN TO
USE THIS PROGRAM WITH YOUR OWN
DISKS. ┬Y PRESSING THE RETURN KEY,
YOU WILL ONLY RE-BOOT THIS PROGRAM.
3.╘HE DESCRIPTION FOR PRINTBOOTDATA
THAT IS IN THE BOX:
╘HIS PROGRAM PERMITS ONE TO PRINT
THE DIRECTORY OF THIS DISK AS WELL
AS PRINT THE INFORMATION FOUND IN
THIS BOX.
╚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,═ONDAY TO
╞RIDAY, 9:00 TO 5:00 (┼╙╘)
(416) 733-2933