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- !PENNIES-A GENERAL ACCOUNTS APPLICATION
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- **************************IMPORTANT************************************
-
- ArcFS version
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-
- This version of !Pennies (!Farthing) is compressed and needs to be
- decompressed to run correctly. It is set up to run with a set of
- demonstration data initially, it can also be used to create and store
- your own data by following the instructions in the 'New' directory.
-
- TO DECOMPRESS/RUN
-
- HARD DISC owners: Run ArcFS and drag !Farthing, Examples, Guide and
- New into one directory on your hard disc. To run the demo double click
- on !Farthing and follow the instructions in the Guide text.
-
- SINGLE FLOPPY owners: Run ArcFS and then create a RAM disc of 800k.
- Drag !Farthing to this RAM disc.
-
- If you have a 2Mb machine then you may run the demo merely by then
- double clicking on the !Farthing icon in your RAM disc - this will run
- the demo using the RAM disc as if it were a floppy disc. The Guide
- text should be loaded directly from the original disc to take you
- through the demo. If you intend to use the program further it should
- be copied as described below.
-
- If you have a 1Mb machine or for permanent use first copy !Farthing
- from the RAM disc to another floppy then copy Examples, Guide and New
- to another floppy. To run the demo first load the Guide text and then
- Double click on !Farthing
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-
- !FARTHING
-
- This version of !Pennies is a cut down version of the full application
- but any data created within it is entirely compatible with the full
- application. However, there are a number of facilities such as PRINT
- missing from this version together with some restrictive limits on the
- amount of new data that it will accept, these limitations are
- explained fully in the 'Technotes' help text (from !Pennies icon bar
- menu).
-
-
- GUIDE AND HELP
-
- The Guide text will take you through a tour of !Pennies and describe
- how to start your own accounts. The full version of !Pennies is
- provided with a manual and set of 2 tutorials which provide a more
- complete guide to the application. Both versions include full on line
- help in the form of help texts available from within each window and
- support for Acorn's Help application. To start the tour double click
- over Guide to load the text and then follow the instructions.
-
- YOUR OWN ACCOUNTS
-
- To run this version of !Pennies with your own data you will need to
- replace the demonstration data with a new set. To do this open the
- 'New' directory on the original disc and follow the instructions
- provided there. In the full version you can simply create and run as
- many sets of data as you wish, this version has been configured
- differently to allow it to fit onto one 800k floppy and it is thus not
- quite as versatile as the full version.
-
-
- ***WARNING***
-
- !Farthing will happily load and run from the compressed state if you
- double click on it's icon on the original disc, however because it
- cannot then write to it's internal data store (because you have the
- Read Only version of ArcFS) it will then hang and you may not be able
- to quit satisfactorily. CTRL-Break/Reset/On-Off may then be needed to
- restore your machine. This will not damage the program in any way but
- it is very annoying so please decompress !Farthing by copying it
- before using it for your own data.
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