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- README.TXT for RCOM102B.ZIP
- ===========================
-
- RCOM is the first stage in a new Communications strategy from
- Psion, more details of which will shortly become available.
-
- "RCOM" stands for "Remote COMmunications".
-
- RCOM is like an alternative to a Windows DOS box (a temporary
- Command.COM), which can accept all usual DOS file commands like COPY
- and RENAME, etc, as well as some special additions like BACKUP (which
- incrementally backs up a drives from an attached Series3 or other
- Sibo computer).
-
- Inside RCOM, drives on the S3/S3a (previously referred to as
- "REM::M:" and so on) are seen as entirely equivalent to local drives,
- and have names like "I:" (for Internal), "L:" (for Left) and "R:"
- (for Right). You can customise these names, as well as a great deal
- more about the way RCOM works.
-
- RCOM provides greater functionality than McLink and should work in a
- much wider variety of hardware and software environments.
-
- This release of RCOM
- --------------------
-
- This .ZIP file contains a beta release of RCOM. RCOM has not yet
- been released as part of PC 3Link, and may still contain cosmetic
- flaws and other bugs.
-
- While RCOM has already been widely tested, Psion cannot be held
- responsible for any loss of data or other damage that may result from
- use of RCOM.
-
- Psion Product Development will be very interested to hear of users'
- experiences with RCOM. Please leave messages on the PSION
- conference on CIX, the PALMTOPS forum on CompuServe, or the
- comp.sys.psion newsgroup on InterNet.
-
- Files in this .ZIP
- ------------------
-
- Note: this .ZIP file should be unzipped with the -D option of
- pkunzip, to expand the directories it contains.
-
- For example, create a temporary directory C:\TMP\ and unzip the
- contents of this file into it as follows:
-
- MD C:\TMP
- CD C:\TMP
- PKUNZIP -D C:\AMEOL\DOWNLOAD\RCOM102B.ZIP
-
- (Replace "C:\AMEOL\DOWNLOAD\" with the location of RCOM102B.ZIP on
- your PC.)
-
- Three sets of files will be created by this:
-
- 1. In \TMP\, there will be this file (README.TXT) plus programs
- required to install the Windows version of RCOM, such as the program
- SETUP.EXE.
-
- 2. In \TMP\DOC\, there will be a Word for Windows v2 .DOC file
- containing beta documentation (around 10 pages long) explaining RCOM
- and the associated programs. A Windows Write .WRI version of this
- file is also provided.
-
- 3. In \TMP\DOS\, there will be files required by a Dos version of
- RCOM.
-
- Unless you intend to use RCOM entirely from the DOS command line, you
- can delete the contents of \TMP\DOS\.
-
- Documentation file
- ------------------
-
- Please read the .DOC or .WRI documentation file for more details about
- use of RCOM, either under Windows, or under DOS.
-
- To get help on using RCOM
- ---------------------------
-
- Inside RCOM, type HELP.
-
- Note that the Windows Help for RCOM is not present in this beta
- release.
-
- Simple installation instructions - for Windows
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- From the Program Manager, run the SETUP.EXE program (use the Run
- command in the File menu) from the temporary directory it was
- unzipped into.
-
- Note: at the end of SETUP, another program, RCom Setup, is
- automatically started, for you to configure your use of RCOM.
-
- Once you have successfully installed RCOM into Windows, you can
- delete all the files in your temporary directory (though first you
- may wish to make a safe copy of this file, README.TXT, and the
- documentation .DOC file).
-
- Simple installation instructions - for Dos
- ------------------------------------------
-
- You can use the batch file DOSSETUP.BAT. Note however that this
- assumes that it is in a root directory, and that the various DOS
- support files from RCOM102B.ZIP are in a top-level \DOS\ subdirectory
- of a drive. As required, either edit the DOSSETUP.BAT batch file, or
- type eg
-
- SUBST F: C:\TMP
- F:
- DOSSETUP ?
-
- Distribution of RCOM102B.ZIP
- ----------------------------
-
- This file can be freely distributed, so long as it is distributed
- intact, keeping all the files together in the .ZIP file.
-