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PsL Monthly CD
Welcome to the PsL September 1993 CD. This month's CD contains nearly 700
programs received by PsL in the last 30 days. It also contains a couple of
dozen bonus files selected from PsL's disk-based collection for the AICPA.
To view this file, use the PgUp and PgDn and the cursor keys.
To exit, press ESC.
One other file will be displayed; press ESC again. Then PSL_NEWS will run.
This is the program that accesses the CD. Next time, you can just run PSL_NEWS
to skip seeing these files.
1. Run PSL_NEWS to read the CD-ROM usage license.
2. PsL News Files:
The files PSL_NEWS.0 thru *.9 are the text of the current PsL News. These
files are in the PSL_NEWS directory and are used by PSL_NEWS.EXE. They are
also in the file PSL_9309.ZIP in the \DOS\ELEC_PUB directory.
3. File Format:
All programs are in ZIP format. Some very large programs have also been
installed on the CD so that individual users of the CD (as opposed to BBS
users) can more easily try them out without having to go through a long,
disk-space eating installation.
The "preinstalled files" directories do not have FILES.BBS files, as they are
not intended for downloading (because the same files are in ZIP format in
other directories). Sysops will probably want to hide the directories of
preinstalled programs.
All ZIPs have FILE_ID.DIZ files in them for easier BBS use.
4. Here is the directory structure of the CD:
DOS\
;zip file directories:
BUSINESS - general business apps.
COMM - communications
EDUCA - education
ELEC_PUB - electronic publishing
GAMES
GRAPHICS - clip art, displays, etc.
HOME - various home apps.
MUS_SNDS - music and sounds and related programs.
PRGMMING - programming.
PRINTING - printer utilities/apps.
RELIGION
STATS_EN - statistics, math, engineering.
UTILS - utilities.
WORDS - word processing programs and utilities, editors, etc.
;preinstalled (non-ZIP) files:
BCM_BCF2 - clip art
CDTOONS - clip art
GGLABEL - clip art
MONARCH - demo
PCFILE7 - PC File
SSE - clip art
STORM - arcade game
TRIP - travel database
WIN\
;zip file directories:
APPS - general applications
DESKTOP - desktop tools (clocks, notepads, reminders, etc)
EDUCA - education
ELEC_PUB - electronic publishing
GAMES
GRFX_FNT - graphics, fonts, icons, BMPs, etc.
PF_FM - Program Manager & File Manager replacements, enhancers, tools.
PRGMMING - programming
SOUNDS - WAV files and sound-related utilities.
UTILS - utilities
; preinstalled files:
CSHEARTS - CardShark Hearts with 4+MB of WAV files.
WAV - WAVeffects WAV files.
A bonus directory was included this month - the AICPA Utilities.
Unlike the rest of the CD, these are NOT files received by PsL in the
last 30 days. They are set of utilities - one set for DOS, one for
Windows - assembled by PsL at the request of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants for their members.
The AICPA sets are all in ZIP files, but do not contain FILE_ID.DIZ files.
The sets are in the AICPA\DOS and AICPA\WIN directories.
5. FILES.BBS files:
For BBS use, we have added FILES.BBS files listing the contents of each ZIP
file directory. We have been told a dozen different formats to use, but the
format we used was the most common:
FILENAME.EXT -SIZE-- --DATE-- Description-------------------------------------
^1 ^14 ^22 |description continued.-------------------------
^32
6. The \SCREENS Directory
The Screens directory contains screen shots of many of over 100 programs on
this CD. For information about how to see the screen shots while reading
PSL_NEWS, see TOGETHER.DOC in the SCREENS directory.
7. Reviews Files
In the REVIEWS directory are the reviews of the more than 8000 programs in
PsL's disk-based collection. (These are NOT all on this CD.)
The files RVW_??.ZIP in REVIEWS\RVW_ZIP are ZIP files of the Reviews by
category (with ?? being a two-letter category code).
SYSOPS: Please make these files available to your callers.
AH: Accounting/Finance, Home MS: Misc., Home
AB: Accounting/Finance, Business MU: Music, Sounds
BZ: Business Applications P1/P2: Printing
CH: Church, Religion PG: Programming
CM: Communications RE: Retail Product Reviews
DB: Database SS: Spreadsheet
DP: Desktop Publshing, Clip Art U1: Utitilies - Disk/File
ED: Education U2: Utilities - Operating System
GA: Games WI: Windows
GR: Graphics WP: Word Processing
ML: Mailing List Programs WU: WP Utilities
8. RUNTIMES
The RUNTIMES directory contain run-time files required by some other programs.
9. YOU Make This CD.
Your comments and suggestions are appreciated. We are striving to make this
the ideal CD for sysops and vendors, as well as for individual and users. We
will implement every possibly suggestion that will still allow us to produce
the CD in a timely manner.
If you are a programmer and want your program distributed on this CD, simply
send it on disk to the address below.
Public (software) Library
P.O.Box 35705
Houston, TX 77235-5705
Voice: 713-524-6394
FAX: 713-524-6398
CompuServe: 71355,470