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echo off
cls
echo Public (Software) Library
echo Technical Support: 1-713-524-6394
echo
echo In order to get as many files as possible on this disk, we have compressed
echo and combined the files for each program into .COM and .EXE files.
echo
echo When you type the names of one of these files, it will self-extract the
echo files within it into separate files on the default drive and directory.
echo
echo To uncompress and uncombine these files, follow these steps:
echo 1. Put this disk in drive A:
echo 2. Go to the drive and directory where you want the files. (Ex: C:\ME)
echo 3. At the DOS prompt enter A:filename (press Enter)
echo For Example: if the name of the file is WORDPRO@.EXE, from the C:\ME\
echo prompt, you would just enter A:WORDPRO@ and press Enter. ("C:\ME\"
echo and "A:WORDPRO@" are examples -- substitute actual names you are using.)
echo
echo If you follow these procedures for a .COM or .EXE file and a program starts
echo running instead of files being extracted, then the file was not a
echo compressed file. You can run such a program as-is.
echo To help distinguish a self-extracting .COM/.EXE file from a program .COM/.EXE
echo file, we put the "@" character at the end of the file name, as in WORDPRO@.
echo
pause
cls
echo After extracting the files, look for filenames that contain the letters
echo DOC, TXT, MAN, MNL, ASC or READ ME in the name.
echo Such a text file should contain the documentation for the program.
echo You can view these text files on the screen by entering at the DOS prompt:
echo TYPE filename.DOC
echo (substitute the actual filename and extension, of course)
echo
echo This will cause the documentation to scroll by faster than you can read it.
echo So we recommend the use of a utility such as Vernon Buerg's LIST program
echo that will let you scroll and page up and down through a file. LIST is on disk
echo 1-UT-274 in The Public (Software) Library, P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235.
echo LIST is also on the PSL's "PD/Shareware Reviews Disks" which also contain
echo write-ups of all the thousands of programs in the PSL.
echo
echo You can also print the documentation by entering at the DOS prompt:
echo COPY filename.ext PRN
echo (for more info on TYPE and COPY, see your DOS manual)
echo
echo A very few programs don't have documentation files.
echo They are self-documenting when run.
echo
pause
cls
echo
echo
echo For writeups of all the programs in the library, get the PD/SHAREWARE REVIEWS
echo disks. These disks can be updated (free) monthly.
echo
echo Programs with an extension of BAS require you to load BASIC, BASICA or GWBASIC
echo to run the program. Please read your DOS & BASIC manuals for more information.
echo Files with an extension of ARC contain one or more compressed files.
echo Use an ARC utility such as ARCE to extract the files.
echo
echo If you still have questions about how to get the documentation or how to run
echo the programs, get the TUTOR disk (2-ED-085) from the Public (Software) Library.
echo
echo DO NOT WORK FROM THIS DISK. First read the documentation on this disk then copy
echo by file name to another disk only the files that you need to run the program
echo and use that disk as your working disk. If anything goes wrong recopy the files
echo from this disk. If you do not have backups, you will have to reorder the disk.
echo
echo Programs and disk copies are tested. Do not return disks without a postage-paid
echo self-addressed return mailer unless we have acknowledged a problem first.
echo
pause
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echo
echo VIDEO: If you do not have a color monitor, you should get BWVID on the Video
echo Utilities Disk (1-UT-280) to make colored text readable. If you have a Hercules
echo mono-graphics card (or compatible), you will need the Hercules Utilities disk
echo to run graphics program that were not written specifically for the Hercules.
echo
echo If a program displays "garbage" on the screen with lots of "left arrow" charac-
echo ters, it may require that you have ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file. See your
echo DOS manual for more information about ANSI.SYS.
echo
echo PRINTERS: Programs that use printer graphics or other special printer features
echo often only support Epson/IBM and compatible printers unless otherwise stated.
echo However, most programs only print plain text to the screen and printer and
echo should work on any system unless otherwise indicated.
echo
echo COMPATIBILITY: Most programs will work on any PC-compatible computer which has
echo 640k and two drives. We do not test programs on other configurations or on
echo less compatible machines such as the PCjr and cannot guarantee the programs
echo to work on those machines.
echo
echo IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET STARTED, PLEASE READ THIS FILE AGAIN
echo If you follow the instructions in this file carefully, everything should work.
echo
pause
cls
dir /w
echo
echo Remember the GENERAL format to use to uncompress .COM and .EXE files:
echo 1. Put this disk in drive A:
echo 2. Go to the target drive and directory
echo 3. At the DOS prompt enter A:filename (press Enter)
echo