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@echo off
cls
echo ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒CD-ROM Edition▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
echo ▒▒╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗▒▒
echo ▒▒║ [ QBALL -- Exterior Ballistics -- QBREADME 1 ] ║▒▒
echo ▒▒╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣▒▒
echo ▒▒║ LIMITED LICENSE ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ ═══════════════ ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ As an individual user, you may make copies of the program ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ files for backup and your use. Individual users are also en- ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ couraged to distribute copies of this application; please do ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ not distribute portions of the files! ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ Computer clubs may make copies for distribution, provided ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ that no fee in excess of a reasonable copying/media fee is ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ charged for such distribution. ("Reasonable" is here taken to ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ mean $10.00.) Commercial distribution by "library" companies ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ and individuals wishing to act as distributors is allowed upon ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ obtaining permission from the author -- just ask first! ║▒▒
echo ▒▒╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝▒▒
echo ▒▒╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗▒▒
echo ▒▒║ Please consider registering your copy of QBALL with the ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ author, whose name and address appear in the documentation and ║▒▒
echo ▒▒║ later on in this display. Registration costs $25.00 (cheap). ║▒▒
echo ▒▒╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝▒▒
echo ▒▒[ Press a key to continue ]▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
pause > nul
cls
echo ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
echo ║ [ QBALL -- Exterior Ballistics -- QBREADME 2 ] ║
echo ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
echo ║ The CD-ROM edition of QBALL is distributed with these files: ║
echo ║ [filename] [description] ║
echo ║ ---------- ------------- ║
echo ║ PACKLIST.DOC -- Files list similar to this one ║
echo ║ QBREADME.BAT -- The file you're reading ║
echo ║ QBALL.EXE -- The QBALL executable file ║
echo ║ RRTABLE.EXE -- Range Table reader utility ║
echo ║ GRFXLATE.EXE -- Graphics translation utility ║
echo ║ ?GA_SAV.0 -- Trajectory graphics files (2) ║
echo ║ AMMO.DAT -- Data file for bullet lookup facility ║
echo ║ *.NDX -- Index files for AMMO.DAT (2) ║
echo ║ QBALLEVN.DOC -- Even-number document pages ║
echo ║ QBALLODD.DOC -- Odd-number document pages ║
echo ║ ONEDOC.COM -- Consolidates ODD/EVN docs to one file ║
echo ║ ONEDOC.DOC -- Documentation (sparse) for ONEDOC.COM ║
echo ║ LICENSE.DOC -- "Thou shalt / thou shalt not..." ║
echo ║ QBALLENH.DOC -- The QBALL enhancement form ║
echo ║ QBALLREG.DOC -- The QBALL registration form ║
echo ║ WARRANTY.DOC -- What's guaranteed for how long ║
echo ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
pause > nul
cls
echo ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
echo ║ [ QBALL -- Exterior Ballistics -- QBREADME 3 ] ║
echo ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
echo ║ ║
echo ║ N O T I C E to C D - R O M U S E R S ║
echo ║ ------------------------------------------ ║
echo ║ This CD-ROM edition of QBALL will *NOT* allow you to save range ║
echo ║ tables, trajectory data, or configuration data! ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ To use these features, you must install QBALL on its own floppy ║
echo ║ disk(s), or in a directory on your hard disk (recommended). ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ 360k floppies -- copy all *.EXE, *.NDX, AMMO.DAT, and ?GA_SAV.* ║
echo ║ to one 360k disk. Copy *.DOC and *.COM to a second 360k disk. ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ 720k and larger floppies -- copy all the files to that floppy. ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ Hard disk -- copy all files to their own directory. ║
echo ╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
echo ║ Contact the author if you need more help. Call 603-532-6248 -- ║
echo ║ (no collect calls, please). Leave your name and number; I'll ║
echo ║ get back to you. -- Ben Hartley ║
echo ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
echo Press a key to continue
pause > nul
cls
echo ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
echo ║ [ QBALL -- Exterior Ballistics -- QBREADME 4 ] ║
echo ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
echo ║ Printing the documentation. ║
echo ║ ────────────────────────── ║
echo ║ QBALL.DOC will print with enough margin to permit punching ║
echo ║ the pages to fit a 3-ring binder. Set your printer to 'left mar- ║
echo ║ gin = 0', 10 CPI, and do not enable 'skip perforations;' formfeeds ║
echo ║ are built in. There are two *.DOC files: one prints the odd-num- ║
echo ║ bered pages; the other, the even-numbered pages. Print the odd ║
echo ║ numbers first. Enter: ║
echo ║ COPY QBALLODD.DOC PRN ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ Flip the paper, ensuring that you're printing on the back of ║
echo ║ the title page, and enter: ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ COPY QBALLEVN.DOC PRN ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ You'll need 42 sheets of fanfold paper and an hour for the job. ║
echo ╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
echo ║ You may use ONEDOC.COM to combine the manual files into one file if ║
echo ║ you want to change the formatting. See ONEDOC.DOC for details. ║
echo ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
echo Press a key to continue
pause > nul
cls
echo ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
echo ║ [ QBALL -- Exterior Ballistics -- QBREADME 5 ] ║
echo ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
echo ║ Starting QBALL. ║
echo ║ ────────────── ║
echo ║ You MUST have a PC-DOS/MS-DOS compatible computer with a CGA ║
echo ║ or EGA monitor to display graphics. TABULAR data may be computed ║
echo ║ and displayed on any monitor; QBALL auto-detects what you've got. ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ Log into the directory or onto the disk where you have put ║
echo ║ the *.EXE and *_SAV.* files and type: QBALL (+[enter]). ║
echo ║ If you have an LCD screen, start QBALL with a black-on-white ║
echo ║ screen by typing: QBALL /b (+[enter]). ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ QBALL reads its starting data from the tail of QBALL.EXE; no .INI ║
echo ║ is required. If you wish to use the supplied trajectory graphics ║
echo ║ files, they must be in the same directory with QBALL. Follow the ║
echo ║ prompts, (or even read the documentation!) and... ║
echo ║ ╔═════════════╗ ║
echo ║ ║ E N J O Y ! ║ ║
echo ╚════════════════════════════╩═════════════╩═══════════════════════════╝
echo Press a key to continue
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echo ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
echo ║ [ QBALL -- Exterior Ballistics -- QBREADME 6 ] ║
echo ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
echo ║ ≈≈≈≈ Wrinkles ≈≈≈≈ ║
echo ║ ────────────────── ║
echo ║ QBALL *will* run from a floppy: 360K, 720K, 1.2M, or 1.44M, ║
echo ║ but any file write/retrieve operations are S-L-O-O-W. If that's ║
echo ║ what you've got, however, it's sure faster than using pencil and ║
echo ║ published tables! ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ With the all the *.EXE files on one 360K floppy, you'll have ║
echo ║ room for the full 16 QBALLSAV.* files. If you want the documen- ║
echo ║ tation on floppies, and you're using 360's, you'll need a second ║
echo ║ 360K disk. (If you're saving range tables, all bets are off!) ║
echo ║ Two ways to speed QBALL's operation in file write/retrieve: ║
echo ║ 1) Run QBALL from its own directory on a hard disk; or, ║
echo ║ 2) If you can afford the RAM, run QBALL from a RAM disk. ║
echo ║ ║
echo ║ Using a RAM disk -- minimum size = 350K -- will allow QBALL to go ║
echo ║ lickety-split! (That means FAST!) There's no improvement in the ║
echo ║ internal workin's -- they're all in memory anyway -- but external ║
echo ║ operations are so quick they're downright nervous! ║
echo ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
echo Press a key to continue
pause > nul
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echo ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
echo ║ [ QBALL -- Exterior Ballistics -- QBREADME 7 ] ║
echo ╠═════════════════════════════════════════╤════════════════════════════╣
echo ║ ┌─────────┐ │ Benjamin W. Hartley ║
echo ║ ┌─────┴───┐ │ (R) │ Forest Park Estates #103 ║
echo ║ ──│ │o │────────────────── │ Jaffrey, NH 03452 USA ║
echo ║ │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of │ Voice 603-532-6248 ║
echo ║ │ │ │─┘ Shareware │ CompuServe 70033,2612 ║
echo ║ └───│ o │ Professionals │ GEnie Mail B.HARTLEY1 ║
echo ║ ──────│ ║ │──────────────────── │ America O/L BHARTLEY ║
echo ║ └────╨────┘ MEMBER └────────────────────────────╢
echo ║ ║
echo ║ The author is a member of the Association of Shareware Pro- ║
echo ║ fessionals, the ASP. ASP wants to make sure that the shareware ║
echo ║ principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a share- ║
echo ║ ware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member ║
echo ║ directly, ASP may be able to help. ASP's Ombudsman can help you ║
echo ║ resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not ║
echo ║ provide technical support for members' products. Please write to ║
echo ║ the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Rd., Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA ║
echo ║ (FAX: 616-788-2765, 24 hr./day) or send a message via CompuServe ║
echo ║ to: ASP Ombudsman 72050,1433. ║
echo ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝