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INSTALLING COELI - ELECTRIC PLANISPHERE
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Your Coeli package is contained in a self-extracting file.
This file is called COELI379.EXE
Coeli cannot be run straight from HD floppy or CD ROM. To
install Coeli, just follow these simple steps:
1) first create a new directory (folder) on your hard drive
from DOS or Windows. We suggest you call the directory
COELI-3, but of course anything will suffice. To accomplish
this from the DOS command line you would type the following:
MD COELI-3
In Windows, you would double-click the File Manager icon and
then select Create Directory from the File menu. In Windows 95
Explorer, simply click the menu-items File, New, and then
Folder. A new folder object with blank name tag will then
appear in Explorer's window, to which you should supply the
name suggested above.
2) Copy all the files from your distribution media into the
new folder or directory.
3) Switch to the new directory and unpack the main archive
according to your supplier's instructions (it will probably
have a .ZIP or .LZH extension). For Windows users, WinZip is
recommended for this task.
From the DOS prompt, you might proceed as follows (assuming
your distribution medium is a floppy disk currently in drive
A, the supplier's archive is called COELI.ZIP, and your hard
disk is labelled drive C):
COPY A:\*.* C:\COELI-3 ( copy from floppy )
CD C:\COELI-3 ( switch to new dir)
PKUNZIP COELI.ZIP ( unpack archive )
4) As mentioned, your Coeli package is contained in a
self-extracting executable (program) file called COELI379.EXE.
Simply run this like a normal program from your new directory.
All the Coeli files will be reconstituted, and you will then
be able to delete COELI379.EXE from your hard disk, as it will
have served its purpose.
NOTE: the foregoing steps will not be necessary if you
obtained your package on a diskette with COELI379.EXE in the
root directory unarchived. If such is the case, you may also
have received a program called INSTALL.BAT which should
completely automate the installation process explained here.
5) If you have not already done so, install your VESA driver
by typing its name. If it loads without error, you'll be home
and dry and all you will need to do is start COELI from the
DOS prompt or from inside your favourite shell. Coeli runs
under Windows too, but more slowly.
Please note that you should always install a VESA driver prior
to using Coeli. A universal VESA driver may have been provided
on the same disk volume on which you acquired Coeli. Otherwise
please see the end of the manual for suggestions on how to
obtain one. Coeli 3 will not function without a VESA driver!
WINDOWS 95 USERS:
Coeli has now been exhaustively tested within Microsoft's
newest operating system on a Pentium with a 2 Mb Diamond
Stealth graphics card (S3 chipset) and UniVBE version 5.3
installed. There haven't been any problems whatsoever -
neither have customers using Coeli from Windows 95 reported
any.
We recommend the excellent WinZip utility for unpacking
Coeli's main .zip archive. You can get it from
http://www.winzip.com
Tip: when in doubt about the Win95 Explorer's file-listing,
just press [F5] to refresh its display. Very often, an item you
thought wasn't there will magically appear!
After running the self-extractor COELI379 by double-clicking
on it, simply drag the new-born COELI.EXE object from
Explorer's main window onto the desktop, and a shortcut should
create itself there with Coeli's own icon. If the correct icon
doesn't appear, right-click on the new desktop icon, select
Properties, Change Icon, then Browse, choosing the object
called Coeli.ico from your Coeli-3 folder.
While you're about it, go to the Memory tab and ensure 'Auto'
is visible in all the selection boxes. Check out the Screen
tab at the same time: Coeli should run as a full screen
application. Under Program - Advanced, the following boxes
should have ticks in them:
'Prevent MS DOS-based programs from detecting Windows' and
'Suggest MS-DOS mode as necessary'
'Close on exit' should always be enabled.
When you run Coeli for the first time, please make sure you
maximise all DOS windows that appear (use the expansion icon
in the window's toolbar to get into full-screen console mode,
with no window borders).
If problems occur the first time round under Win 95, take note
of the resulting error messages, and then start fiddling
around with the Properties settings until you begin to get
positive results. The most likely cause of faults will be
failure to install a working VESA driver...
We recommend that you glance at the manual before proceeding
further, either the Windows Write version (COELI.WRI), but
preferably the Ascii version (COELI.TXT).
For example, to access COELI.TXT from Windows, just
double-click on it under File Manager and it will be displayed
in Notepad. In Windows 95, simply drag and drop it onto the
desktop Notepad icon.
To read the same file under DOS, enter the following at the
DOS prompt:
TYPE COELI.TXT |MORE
The complete Coeli package contains a number of text files,
all designed to help you get started with the minimum of fuss.
Have a browse through any item with the .TXT or .DOC extension
if you've the time. There is even a HELP-ME!.DOC for VESA
problems. Note that in this case, the DOC suffix does not
denote a Microsoft Word(TM) document, but is there simply to
distinguish files external to the 'inner' archive. All such
documents are pure PC ASCII (text).
Please make a backup copy of your distribution disk so that,
if anything goes wrong, you can simply repeat the above
process and try again.
If you have serious installation problems, do not hesitate to
get in touch.
Roger Hughes
Swimming Elk Software
Manskiventie 1031
16790 Manskivi
Finland
E-mail: Swimming.Elk@sci.fi
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/coeli/homepage.htm
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