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Release 1.01 - The Windows 3.0 Configuration Guide
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Copyright ⌐ 1990 by Donald G. Roy. All rights reserved.
DESCRIPTION:
The Windows 3.0 Configuration Guide is an application developed
with Asymetrix ToolBook. The Guide will ask questions about the
hardware that you want to find a good Windows configuration for.
It mimics the operation of an "expert system" in several
regards.
1) Only the needed answers are asked for. This is because the
data has been deduced from other answers, or more simply, that
the data is not required.
2) There are "Why?" buttons throughout the pages of the book.
Clicking on any of these will present a brief explanation of why
the question is being asked, or why the particular conclusion
has been made.
3) The "intelligence" of the Guide is restricted, or
domain-specific. In this version, the recommendations made
apply only to appropriate configurations of the HIMEM.SYS,
SMARTDRV.SYS and RAMDRIVE.SYS drivers which are included with
Windows 3.0.
4) The Guide will attempt to handle uncertainty, or lack of
information. If, for example, the type of CPU is unknown, you
can have the Guide attempt to "guess" the CPU type, based on
other factors. In other instances, permission will be asked to
"assume" common answers.
Some additional discussion of expert systems and this Guide can
be found within the Guide itself.
REQUIREMENT:
In order to run W3CFG.TBK, you require Asymetrix ToolBook,
either run-time version or the develoment version.
LOADING:
Run-time ToolBook: If ToolBook is already running, you can load
----------------- this Guide by using the File Open menu
choices, locating the W3CFG.TBK file and opening it. If you used
the ToolBook Install program, you can also load the Guide from
Windows' File Manager by double clicking on the W3CFG.TBK entry
in the disk/directory where you have stored it.
Development ToolBook: Access to Author level is password
--------------------- restricted. You can load in Reader level
using the approaches above. The required passwords for Author
and File Save are mailed to you if you choose to register your
copy. Additional information concerning the logic and
implementation of the Guide is also provided to registered
users.
NAVIGATION:
There are very few icons used for navigation in the Guide.
Navigation is controlled by the information that you provide in
response to the questions. Navigation, in the standard sense of
a ToolBook application, is not required nor desirable. Use the
Help Icons menu choices in the Guide for more information.
If you Cancel the printing routine after it has started, you
must use the Page First menu choices to leave the report page.
You will then be taken back to the first page of the book.
RELEASE NOTES:
Version 1.00 - Original Release
(Aug. 15/90)
Version 1.01 - Swatted bug in 386+ w/4Mb chain; minor cosmetic
adjustments. Thanks to Denny Witkowski for the bug report.
(Aug.23/90)
TRADEMARKS:
All trademarks acknowledged.
FUTURE BOOKS:
New Guides being prepared for different subjects of concern to
Windows 3.0 users. Currently under construction are:
"Guide to Windows 3.0 Error Messages" - a catalog of error
messages that may be encountered during startup of Windows 3.0
and those generated by HIMEM, SMARTDRV, RAMDRIVE, EMM386,
SWAPFILE, EGA and other Windows device drivers. Messages are
explained, along with discussion of possible solutions. More
than 100 error messages covered, plus general information,
glossary, hints and more.
* Anticipated release: October/90
"Windows 3.0 PIF Guide" - more than 80 sets of PIF settings for
DOS applications that can be run under Windows 3.0, as well as a
"Click and Tell" guide to the Standard, 386 Enhanced and
Advanced Options PIF editor screens.
* Anticipated release: October/90
REGISTRATION:
This Guide is not free software. If you find the Guide useful,
or keep it beyond an evaluation period of seven (7) days, you
are expected to register your copy. The registration fee is
US$10.00/Cdn$12.00, which can be paid by money order, certified
cheque or VISA.
Upon registration, you will receive additional, detailed
documentation about the logic and decision trees that guide the
program, as well as the passwords needed to access Author level
with the full version of Asymetrix ToolBook.
You can print a Registration Form from within the Guide, as well
as a Feedback Form if there are comments that you would like to
make. Use the Page Register menu choices to do this.
Email feedback can be sent via CIS to Don Roy [76675,1272].
Thanks for taking the time to look at the Windows 3.0
Configuration Guide.