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- %CO:A,12,70%Utility Disc 2
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- © Data Store 1990
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- Welcome to our second Utility Disc. This file contains some general
- information to get you started, and details of facilities that are
- common to more than one of our applications.
-
- Acknowledgements and Copyright Messages
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- Programs on this disc have been written by Jonathan Durrant, Steve
- Sims (Dreamsoft) and David Coronel for The Data Store, and all are
- copyright. This means that you should not copy them and distrubute
- them to other people. We are however making one exception to this,
- which is the program you are using now. This is called !Manual, and
- can also be found within all the applications supplied on this disc.
- If you wish to use !Manual within any software you write yourself,
- please feel free to do so, and you can make as many copies of it for
- distribution as you like. Instructions on its use can be found by
- reading its own on-line manual, and details on how to do that (if you
- have not already worked it out!) can be found later on in this
- document. We do make two stipulations if you want to use !Manual in
- your own software: firstly that you do not alter the code of the
- program, but just include your own textfile; and secondly that our
- copyright message in the Info box is left unchanged.
-
- Thanks are also due to the following persons whose help and
- suggestions during development of these programs have been
- invaluable: Dr.Tony Seddon, Oliver Gunasekara, Lawrence Liffchak,
- Clive Tanner, Charles Durrant, and albeit unbeknown to them, all the
- guys at Acorn Computers Ltd. who were responsible for creating the
- amazing computer system you are currently using.
-
- Updates
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- All Data Store software is unfinished, that is to say, we are always
- looking to improve it! This means that from time to time we will
- change the release versions of the applications on this disc. If you
- have any problems running our software, or indeed if you have any
- suggestions for its improvement, do not hesitate to write to us,
- enclosing the original copy of this disc, a first-class stamp for its
- return to you, and a sticky self-addressed label, all in a re-usable
- envelope (let's do our bit for the environment, folks!) We guarantee
- to reply, and we may be able to supply updated versions of the
- software to cure your problems straight away. If you are the first to
- report a problem, there may be some delay whilst we deal with it, so
- be patient. Our address is: Data Store Software
- 6 Chatterton Road
- Bromley
- Kent BR2 9QN
- Tel: 081-460 8991
- Fax: 081-313 0400
-
- The Programs and how to get at them
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- For reasons of space, we have had to compact all the applications
- into an 'archive' file. In order to use them, they must be extracted
- from the archive first. This process is achieved by a public domain
- utility called '!SparkPlug', which is supplied on this disc. To make
- the process simple for you, we have created an application called
- !Programs, which contains both !SparkPlug and the archive file. When
- you run !Programs, a window will appear on the screen, looking much
- like a normal directory viewer, and containing all the Data Store
- applications. This is NOT a directory viewer, however; it is a viewer
- showing the contents of the archive file. If you try to double-click
- on one of the programs, an error box will appear, telling you that
- you must extract the application from the archive before trying to
- run it. This is easily achieved: just drag the icon of the
- application (or applications) you want to extract out of the archive
- viewer into a normal directory viewer. After a short period of disc
- activity, the applications will have been extracted, and can then be
- run as normal. You can do this for all our programs straight away, or
- you may choose only to extract the ones you are immediately
- interested in, and leave the rest for another time.
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- Manuals for the Programs
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- Each of the applications has an on-line manual like this one. You can
- read it in two different ways, via the filer, or via the application
- itself.
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- Filer help is obtained by selecting the application in its directory
- viewer, then clicking the MENU button on the mouse. Slide across the
- second option ('App !xxxxx ⇨') and then select 'Help' from the
- submenu.
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- To get the on-line manual from a running Data Store application,
- bring up its main menu and slide across the first option ('Info ⇨') -
- an 'Info box' will appear, giving the name and purpose of the
- application, a copyright message and the date and version number. At
- the bottom is an icon marked 'On-line manual': if you click on this
- icon, the on-line manual will appear.
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- You can try out the second method right now, by clicking MENU on top
- of this text, sliding across 'Info ⇨', and clicking on 'On-line
- manual': you will then be able to read !Manual's own on-line manual!
- In it you will find out how more about !Manual, including its search
- and print facilities.
-
- Adverts
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- Assuming you have found something useful amongst the applications on
- this disc, might we be so bold as to mention our other products:
-
- Utility Disc 1 - the original collection contains:
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- BasicEdit : the best desktop front-end for the Acorn Basic Editor.
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- CLIMenu : a desktop menu creator for star commands.
-
- Hand : Helping Hand, a collection of ADFS utilities.
-
- Logger : an advanced version of TinyDirs, with many sophisticated
- facilities.
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- ModeMaker : creates screen modes.
-
- Runner : creates boot files for discs or individual applications to
- customise their starting up procedure.
-
- RFS : a desktop front-end for the Computer Concepts ROM Podule.
-
- Z88Link : a file-transfer utility between the Archimedes/A3000 and
- Cambridge Computer's Z88 Portable.
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- plus, DSUtil, a relocatable module containing a selection of minor
- utilities e.g. RomSpeed, WimpMode, etc.
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- plus, BallsSp, a quick check of the effect of using the RomSpeed
- command in DSUtil.
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- plus, Drunk, a totally useless and infuriating application.
-
- All for £14.95 inc. VAT plus 50p postage
-
- FontFX - a utility for users of outline fonts.
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- With over 1750 copies sold, this is becoming one of the most common
- additional utilities for users of desktop publishing programs, or
- even packages like Genesis and Poster. It can create special text
- effects using outline font definitions, including circles, arcs,
- columns, shadows, colours etc.
-
- Just £9.95 inc. VAT plus 50p postage
-
- Both discs are obtainable from the above address, and from a number
- of selected dealers around the world!
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