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A BIBLE COMPANION
Version 4.3
INTRODUCTION
"A Bible Companion" is just that. It is a companion to
assist you in your study and reading of the Bible.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
An IBM PC or 100% compatible computer with one disk
drive and 256K memory or higher is required. Some of the
features require a graphics adapter. You can still use "A
Bible Companion" even if your computer is not equipped with a
graphics adapter, however your available selections will be
limited.
TO GET STARTED
Simply insert "A Bible Companion" disk into your
computer's drive and type ----> BCOMP then press <ENTER>.
The program will then load automatically. From the Main
Menu screen the user will be prompted to make a selection.
Selections can be made my moving the highlighted bar over top
of one's choice with the cursor control keys, and then <ENTER>.
READING PLAN/BOOKMARKS
Here we have the "hub" of the program. Two Bible
readings will be highlighted on your screen based upon the
current date. It takes on the average 20-30 minutes per day to
read the highlighted readings. If you use "A Bible Companion"
on a daily basis you will have read by the end of one year's
time the Old Testament once, and the New Testament twice.
Printed bookmarkers are available to the user if a printer is
attached to LPT1:. To receive a pair of bookmarkers with this
month's readings, press <B> while in the reading plan display,
else any other key will return the user to the Main Menu. If
the date is incorrect (wrong month or day), return to the Main
Menu and select "Date - Verify or change".
MAP, CHARTS AND DICTIONARY
There are two map features that are available to the
user. The "Holy Land - Palestine" option allows the user to
locate many of the topographical features of Biblical Palestine.
The "Acts of the Apostles" option allows the user to locate
nearly all of the cities and regions mentioned in the New
Testament book of Acts. By typing in the feature you wish to
find, the program will do its best to display it on the select-
ed map.
For those who have a IBM-compatible dot matrix printer,
you may be able to print the maps and graphic screens by first
loading a small utility that came with your version of MS-DOS.
Find GRAPHICS.COM on your DOS disk, and load this program into
memory PRIOR TO RUNNING A Bible Companion. Once loaded into
memory, GRAPHICS.COM will enable you to perform a graphic
screen dump to a dot-matrix printer when you press the PRINT
SCREEN key on your keyboard. This will work most of the time.
If this procedure does not work for you, oh well...
The charts should explain themselves.
The dictionary was designed to assist the average
reader in understanding some of the many archaic and obscure
words found in the King James translation. You can use the
dictionary by pressing the "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys, and
also by pressing any letter key. For example, if you press
the <N> key, your computer will display the first page on which
a word that begins with the letter "N" can be found. <ESC>
will take the user back to the Main Menu.
FILE VIEWER
This option will prompt the user for a file name, and
will display the file's contents on the screen. Files must
be simple ASCII text files. The purpose of this option is to
provide a way to read Bible text while still being able to gain
access to some of the more useful utilities of this program,
such as the dictionary and maps - both of which can be called
up while viewing a file. Most large shareware/public domain
distributors have the Bible on disks that can be used with the
"File viewer" option; or the user can contact the program
author (with a SASE) for information on obtaining the complete
text of the Bible.
SHAREWARE REGISTRATION
"A Bible Companion" is copyrighted shareware software.
We ask that if you find this program useful in your study of
the Bible to help offset the cost of its production by sup-
porting the author. A small fee of $5.00 (U.S.) is requested.
This registration amount will encourage the author to continue
future updates to this program and other Bible software. Please
support the shareware concept. When contacting the author with
your registration, please be sure to tell us where you obtained
this copy of "A Bible Companion" if you purchased it from a
shareware vendor, or downloaded it from a BBS.
DISTRIBUTION
Shareware/public domain vendors and BBS can only distribute
this program under the following conditions:
1) Fees for services rendered (materials, copying, etc.) for a
copy of "A Bible Companion" must not exceed US $6.00 for 5.25"
format.
2) No changes or alterations are to be made to "A Bible
Companion" - this includes all data files on this disk.
3) No one may sell "A Bible Companion."
If you write and desire a written response, then en-
close a SELF-ADDRESSED U.S. STAMPED ENVELOPE.
Philip P. Kapusta
P.O. Box 5423
Falmouth, Va. 22403 U.S.A.