~30 WELCOME TO THE WINDOWS MASTER CD-ROM LIBRARY! Advantage Plus Distributors Inc. Copyright (c) 1992 All Rights Resevered ~31 Advantage Plus offers a variety of high quality CD-ROM share- ware software collections. For more information on the rest of our products press F5 or select the ABOUT box when running the program. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º F1 - IMPORTANT! READ THIS FIRST! ³ FUNCTION KEYS jump to º º F2 - INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ³ topics. (F1 - F6) º º F3 - WHAT'S ON THIS DISK ³ PgUp/PgDn moves 1 page º º F4 - INSTALLING SOUND DEVICE DRIVER ³ at the time. º º F5 - ADDITIONAL APLUS PRODUCTS ³ ARROW KEYS move 1 line º º F6 - APLUS PHONE NUMBERS ³ at the time. º º ³ HOME=TOP - END=BOTTOM º º ³ ESC=TOP/EXIT º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ~f1/important! read this first ~30 IMPORTANT! INSTALLATION AND USE INFORMATION ~31 The Windows Master CD-ROM like all of the Master Series from Advantage Plus does not have to be installed to be used. You can insert the CD in your drive then execute GO to have immediate access to the CD-ROM library. Though you do not have to we recommend installation. Running the SETUP.EXE program from within the INSTALL directory will create a new APLUS program group and Windows Master icon. It will also create the correct directories and copy the necessary files. MOST IMPORTANT THE PROGRAM WILL EXECUTE MUCH FASTER WHEN RUNNING FROM A HARD DISK INSTEAD OF THE CD. SETUP will also copy the VBRUN100.DLL file to your Windows directory. This file is required by any of the programs in the library that were written using Visual Basic. (A high level programming language from MicroSoft.) ~f1 ~f2/INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ~30 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ~31 Running the SETUP.EXE program will create a new APLUS program group and Windows Master icon. It will also create the correct directories and copy the necessary files. MOST IMPORTANT THE PROGRAM WILL EXECUTE MUCH FASTER WHEN RUNNING FROM A HARD DISK INSTEAD OF THE CD. SETUP will also copy the VBRUN100.DLL file to your Windows directory. This file is required by any of the programs in the library that were written using Visual Basic. (A high level programming language from MicroSoft.) NOTE: Be sure to run the program SETUP.EXE. Do not run SETUP1.EXE. INSTALLING FROM PROGRAM MANAGER: To run the SETUP.EXE program using the Windows Program Manager select FILE from the main menu then select RUN. A dialog box will be opened prompting you to enter the file to execute. The SETUP.EXE program is located in the INSTALL directory on the CD-ROM. Enter D:\INSTALL\SETUP (Where D: equals your CD-ROM drive letter.) Follow the setup program instructions. INSTALLING FROM FILE MANAGER Start FILE MANAGER then select your CD-ROM drive. When the directory is displayed double-click on the INSTALL directory. Now double-click on SETUP.EXE. Follow the setup program instructions. ~f2 ~f3/what's on this disk ~30 WHAT'S ON THIS DISK ~31 The following is a summary of the directory structure and contents of the CD-ROM. FILES - This is where all the files are. Each program is stored in a subdirectory named after it's category. CONTENTS - This directory contains all of the program files necessary for the WINCAT.EXE file. GO.EXE - This program is used to start the WINCAT program from the CD-ROM. Use PROGRAM MANAGER or FILE MANAGER to run this file. README.EXE - The DOS program that allows you to view the README. TXT file. VBRUN100.DLL - MicroSoft's Visual Basic runtime library. You will need this file to be installed into your Windows sub-directory if you try to run any programs that have been written using Visual Basic. The SETUP.EXE will install this automatically. ~f3 ~f4/installing sound device driver ~30 INSTALLING SPEAKER DEVICE DRIVER ~31 MicroSoft Windows is capable of assigning digitized sound to various events within the Windows environment. If your computer is equipped with sound hardware follow the manufactures directions for installation. If you do not have a sound board you can still utilize high quality sound played thru your PC's speaker. MicroSoft Corporation has made available the Speaker Device Driver. This driver can be obtained from the MicroSoft support BBS or from \INSTALL\SPEAKER subdirectory on this CD-ROM. Inside the \INSTALL\SPEAKER subdirectory are three .TXT file that contain information concerning the installation and distribution of the speaker device driver. Please read these files for installation instructions. ~f4 ~f5/additional aplus products ~30 ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE PLUS PRODUCTS ~31 Advantage Plus is a producer of high quality CD-ROM products. Our shareware disks are produced using the latest versions of the best programs. Most of our files are obtained directly from the program authors. We are an ASP (Association of Shareware Professionals) approved vendor. Every program has been installed, tested and scanned for viruses. Every CD in the Master series has the programs ready to use straight from the CD. Most do not require unpacking or installation. This means no hard disk space required! The Master Series GAME MASTER: Over 500 shareware and public domain games. One of the largest collections of games anywhere. EGA, VGA, CGA, Text adventure, Sports, Simulators, Educational, Card, Arcade and many more! EDUCATION MASTER: Over 1000 educational programs. These include History, Math, Spelling, Biology, Chemistry, Electrical, Teachers aids, Games, Tutorials, Language, Astronomy, Pre-school and more! BUSINESS MASTER: A superior business software resource. Nearly 1300 programs! Word processors, Sreadsheets, Databases, Financial, Spell checkers, Dictionaries, Amortization software, Label makers, Printing enhancers, Style checkers, many Application specific programs and much more! WINDOWS MASTER: A very large collection of windows software. Programs from almost every category including, games, educationl, utilities, sound, graphics, business and more. The access program allows you to run each program straight from the CD! Even view graphics and icons and listen to sound files without leaving the access program! SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS: The ultimate small business opportunity! The Solutions disk is designed to put you in the shareware business. We provide a complete up-to-date library of shareware, a royality free Catalog-On-Disk, a superior CD access program that not only copies programs to floppy in four different formats but will format the disks, print disk labels for every program and keep statistics on copies made! Labels can be printed terse or with the entire description in both three and one half and five and a quarter formats. The Solutions CD is updated quarterly so you can always offer the latest versions to your customers. Now get this, we even offer a no-questions-asked money-back guarantee! Check it out! ~f5 ~30 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ~F6 ADVANTAGE PLUS DISTRIBUTORS INC. (813) 885-1478 Technical Support .................... (919) 552-0767 Sales and Marketing .................. (919) 362-8212 FAX/BBS .............................. (919) 362-7273 ~F6