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WELCOME TO VIEWDOS (TM) VERSION - 2
INTRODUCTION
WELCOME TO VIEWDOS AND THANK YOU FOR TRYING VIEWDOS USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE
PACKAGE. VIEWDOS IS BEING DISTRIBUTED AS A SHAREWARE PRODUCT. VIEWDOS IS
" NOT " FREE SOFTWARE OR PUBLIC DOMAIN. YOU MAY FEEL FREE TO MAKE COPIES OF
THIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE AND PASS THEM TO OTHERS FOR THEIR EVALUATION. THE
EVALUATION PERIOD SHOULD NOT EXCEED TWO WEEKS. IF YOU USE THIS PACKAGE PLEASE
PAY A REGISTRATION FEE OF $35.00. YOU WILL SEE THE DETAILS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY
START THE PROGRAM. PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT WHICH HAS BROUGHT
YOU THIS AND OTHER AFFORDABLE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS. THIS WILL ALSO HELP ME TO
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP VIEWDOS AND OTHER PRODUCTS WHICH MAY BENEFIT YOU.
VIEWDOS WAS PRIMARILLY DEVELOPED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN TURNING
THEIR COMPUTERS ON AND RUNNING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM RATHER THAN DEALING
WITH AWKWARD AND OFTEN CRYPTIC OPERATING SYSTEM COMMANDS. THIS IS NOT TO
SAY THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE DOS COMMANDS,
INDEED YOU ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO DO SO. HOWEVER, YOU CAN USE VIEWDOS AS A
TOOL WHICH CAN HELP YOU TO GET STARTED ON YOUR FAVORITE APPLICATION PROGRAMS,
NOW.
EVEN AFTER YOU BECOME MORE EXPERIENCED WITH DOS COMMANDS YOU WILL FIND
VIEWDOS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO THE STANDARD WAY OF ACCESSING YOUR APPLICATION
PROGRAMS. YOU MAY EVEN LAUNCH MOST OF YOUR APPLICATION PROGRAMS FROM WITHIN
THE ENVIRONMENT. VIEWDOS IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO A FEW PRE-PACKAGED APPLICATIONS
OR SPECIALLY DEVELOPED PROGRAMS, BUT YOU CAN EXECUTE PRACTICALLY ANY OFF-THE-
SHELF APPLICATION PROGRAM SUCH AS YOUR FAVORITE WORD PROCESSOR, DATABASE,
PRESENTATION GRAPHICS OR SPREADSHEET AND WHEN FINISHED YOU WILL BE RETURNED
TO VIEWDOS. IT MUST BE POINTED OUT THAT UNLIKE SIMILAR PRODUCTS IN THE MARKET
VIEWDOS IS NOT A MEMORY RESIDENT PROGRAM.
EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO MAKE THE USER INTERFACE INTUITIVE, CONSISTENT
AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. YOU MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT VIEWDOS IS A DOS SHELL
AND YOU MUST FOLLOW THE CORRECT SYNTAX OF DOS. IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT DOS OR SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS MANUAL, REFER TO YOUR DOS
REFERENCE MANUAL.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
EGA OR VGA DISPLAY ADAPTER CARD WITH AT LEAST 256K OF "DISPLAY RAM"
COLOR MONITOR ( EGA OR VGA OR MULTIPLE FREQUENCY )
512K RAM ( 640K RECOMMENDED )
HARD DISK DRIVE
MICROSOFT MOUSE ( OR 100% COMPATIBLE )
DOS 3.2 ( OR HIGHER )
INSTALLATION
TO INSTALL THE PROGRAM FROM YOUR FLOPPY DISKS TO THE HARD DISK, JUST COPY
THE FILES TO THE " ROOT DIRECTORY " ON THE HARD DISK. FOR PROPER OPERATION
IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROGRAM TO HAVE ACCESS TO " ALL " DOS ROUTINES. THIS
CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY HAVING A PATH STATEMENT PLACED IN THE " AUTOEXEC.BAT "
FILE, DECLARING THE PATH FROM THE ROOT DIRECTORY TO THE DOS DIRECTORY ( FOR
EXAMPLE YOU CAN HAVE " PATH C:\;C:\DOS " ).
IT IS ALSO NECESSARY FOR THE MOUSE DRIVER TO HAVE BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO
EXECUTION OF THIS PROGRAM. FOR DETAILS REFER TO THE MOUSE MANUFACTURER'S
INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE EXAMPLES OF " AUTOEXEC.BAT " AND " CONFIG.SYS " FILES
ARE LISTED BELOW. YOU CAN MODIFY ( ADD TO ) THESE EXAMPLES TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS ,
BUT YOU MUST INCLUDE ALL STATEMENTS SHOWN IN THE EXAMPLE " CONFIG.SYS " , AS
WELL AS THE COMMANDS REQUIRED TO ACTIVATE THE MOUSE. YOU MUST ALSO DEFINE A
SUITABLE PATH AND THE PROMPT IN THE " AUTOEXE.BAT " FILE.
EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL " AUTOEXEC.BAT " FILE :
\MOUSE\MOUSE
PROMPT $P$G
PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WORK;C:\ACCOUNTS;C:\UTILITY;C:\GAMES
EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL " CONFIG.SYS " FILE :
DEVICE = ANSI.SYS
FILES = 20
BUFFERS = 20
NOTE :
IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR YOU TO CREATE SENSIBLE DIRECTORIES & SUBDIRECTORIES
AND COPY THE APPLICATION PROGRAMS TO THE VARIOUS SUBDIRECTORIES. USING THIS
APPROACH WILL PROMOTE BETTER FILE ORGANIZATION THAN PLACING ALL FILES AND
APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON THE SAME DIRECTORY.
GETTING STARTED
TO START THE PROGRAM TYPE "VIEW2" AND PRESS "ENTER".
COPYRIGHT NOTICES
1 > MICROSOFT AND MICROSOFT MOUSE ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF MICROSOFT
CORPORATION.
2> VIEWDOS IS A TRADEMARK OF MITCH SAJJADI.
NOTICE:
VIEWDOS IS PROVIDED " AS IS " WITH NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
NO LIABILITIES SHALL BE ASSUMED FOR " ANY " LOSSES INCURRED BY THE USER AS A
RESULT OF USING THIS PROGRAM. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS OR RESERVATIONS DO "NOT"
USE VIEWDOS AT ALL.