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- INSTALLATION NOTES FOR THE ST/TT/FALCON EXTENSIONS.
- ===================================================
-
- IMPORTANT
- =========
-
- Before installing these extensions ALWAYS make a back-up of your existing
- STOS setup. If anything goes wrong with this installation you will then be
- able to revert to your original STOS setup.
-
- This disk should contain the following archive(s) :-
-
- Filename Size File Info
-
- X_EXT'NS.TOS 63,732 Self-extracting ST Zip archived files.
- X_EXPL'S.TOS 31,236 Self-extracting ST Zip archived files.
- X_DOC'S .TOS 54,816 Self-extracting ST Zip archived files.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- Installation is split into two parts, depending on your system - floppy
- only systems - or systems with hard-drives.
-
- Single floppy systems
- =====================
-
- Users of single floppy systems should prepare 3 formatted/blank disks.
-
- Copy the X_EXT'NS.TOS self-extracting ST Zip archived file to one of the
- disks and then double-click on it to extract all the files it contains.
- Then delete the X_EXT'NS.TOS file from this disk, you should now be left
- with a path/folder named \EXTENSIO.NS\STOS\ which should contain the files
- listed under ARC_1 shown below;
-
- Now copy these files into your main STOS folder (for the interpreter).
- After copying these files across now is the time to ensure that their
- filename extenders (*.EX?) don't clash with those of extensions already
- installed in the STOS folder. (No two extensions are permitted to use the
- same extender e.g., .EXR) if clashes do occur then you may rename my
- extensions extenders later - see the text doc' FAQ.TXT for details on how
- to do this.
-
- For the present though, my extensions must be used as named, the examples
- are in STOS Basic tokenised form (.BAS) and for the time being will only
- work with the extensions as named and any of your previously installed
- extensions which clash must be temporarily disabled/deleted. (Moving them
- to a temporary folder is a good idea.)
-
- Now copy the X_EXPL'S.TOS self-extracting ST Zip archived file to one of
- the disks and then double-click on it to extract all the files it
- contains. Then delete the X_EXPL'S.TOS file from this disk, you should now
- be left with a path/folder named \EXAMPLES\ which should contain the files
- listed under ARC_2 shown below;
-
- Now copy the X_DOC'S.TOS self-extracting ST Zip archived file to one of
- the disks and then double-click on it to extract all the files it
- contains. Then delete the X_DOC'S.TOS file from this disk, you should now
- be left with a disk containing the files listed under ARC_3 shown below;
-
- Hard-drive systems
- ==================
-
- Create a temporary folder on your hard-drive, say, C:\TEMP\. Copy the
- X_EXT'NS.TOS self-extracting ST Zip archived file into the temporary
- folder and then double-click on it to extract all the files it contains.
- Then delete the X_EXT'NS.TOS file from the TEMP folder, you should now be
- left with a path/folder named \EXTENSIO.NS\STOS\ which should contain the
- files listed under ARC_1 shown below;
-
- Now copy these files into your main STOS folder (for the interpreter).
- After copying these files across now is the time to ensure that their
- filename extenders (*.EX?) don't clash with those of extensions already
- installed in the STOS folder. (No two extensions are permitted to use the
- same extender e.g., .EXR) if clashes do occur then you may rename my
- extensions extenders later - see the text doc' FAQ.TXT for details on how
- to do this.
-
- For the present though, my extensions must be used as named, the examples
- are in STOS Basic tokenised form (.BAS) and for the time being will only
- work with the extensions as named and any of your previously installed
- extensions which clash must be temporarily disabled/deleted. (Moving them
- to a temporary folder is a good idea.) Now delete all files from the
- temporary folder.
-
- Now copy the X_EXPL'S.TOS self-extracting ST Zip archived file into the
- temporary folder and then double-click on it to extract all the files it
- contains. Then delete the X_EXPL'S.TOS file from the TEMP folder, you
- should now be left with a path/folder named \EXAMPLES\ which should
- contain the files listed under ARC_2 shown below; Copy these STOS Basic
- examples to a suitable partition/folder then delete all files from the
- temporary folder.
-
- Now copy the X_DOC'S.TOS self-extracting ST Zip archived file into the
- temporary folder and then double-click on it to extract all the files it
- contains. Then delete the X_DOC'S.TOS file from the TEMP folder, you
- should now be left with a path/folder named \TEMP\ which should contain
- the files listed under ARC_3 shown below; Copy the text doc's to a
- suitable partition/folder then delete the temporary folder.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Installation is now complete. Reboot your system into STOS and the
- extensions should now be present. Load the example/demo programs and see
- how they use the new commands.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Continued...
-
- ARC_1
- =====
-
- The self-extracting ST Zip archive X_EXT'NS.TOS should contain the files.
-
- Path/File Size File Info
-
- \EXTENSIO.NS\STOS\*.*
- STARS .EXH 7,164 ST(e)/TT/Falcon STARS extension.
- 3D_MENU .EXU 15,557 ST(e)/TT/Falcon 3D Menu & Alerts extension.
- GEM_TXT .EXL 14,407 ST(e)/TT/Falcon Gemtext extension.
- SYS_CTRL.EXW 35,592 ST(e)/TT/Falcon SYSTEM CONTROL extension.
- FALCGFX3.EXV 12,955 Falcon 030 GRAFIX (III) extension [this ext-
- ensions 'multipen' commands are compatible
- with ST's].
-
- SPRIT101.BIN 49,831 A specially patched version of the SPRITE
- manager interpreter library file [contains
- vital support routines for the SYSTEM
- CONTROL extension, 3D Menu & Alerts
- extension and GRAFIX (III) extension].
-
- WINDO102.BIN 22,942 A specially patched version of the WINDOW
- manager interpreter library file [contains
- vital support routines for the SYSTEM
- CONTROL extension and the 3D Menu & Alerts
- extension].
-
- Path contains -> 7 items in 158,448 bytes.
-
-
- ARC_2
- =====
-
- The self-extracting ST Zip archive X_EXPL'S.TOS should contain the files.
-
- Path/File Size File Info
-
- \EXAMPLES\*.*
- COOKIES .BAS 7,542 Demo showing usage of 'cookie' commands.
- STARSDEM.BAS 5,736 Demo showing usage of new STARS commands.
- FONTDEMO.BAS 14,442 Demo showing usage of GEM/GDOS fonts.
- JAGPAD .BAS 4,904 Demo showing usage of 'jagpad' commands.
- MULTIPEN.BAS 4,204 Demo of multicoloured text using 'multipen'
- commands.
-
- 3D_MENUS.BAS 20,968 A full working demo which loads and displays
- GEM/GDOS fonts [features include 3D effect
- menus & alerts and the 3D file-selector].
-
- EDMS15 .FNT 8,666 GEM Font 15 Point 'Edith Monospaced'
- EDSW10 .FNT 4,026 GEM Font 10 Point 'Edith Swiss'
- [These two GEM/GDOS fonts are to accompany
- the 3D_MENUS.BAS demo program].
-
- Path contains -> 8 items in 70,416 bytes.
-
-
- Continued...
-
- ARC_3
- =====
-
- The self-extracting ST Zip archive X_DOC'S.TOS should contain the files.
-
- Path/File Size File Info
-
- \DOC'S\*.*
- READ_ME .TXT 23,741 ASCII format text document listing the
- extensions currently available from myself.
-
- REGISTER.NOW 8,993 ASCII format text document, giving full
- details for registration of my extension
- suite.
-
- DOC_INFO.TXT 521 ASCII format text document giving
- information on the formats of the manuals in
- the 'DOC'S' folder.
-
- FAQ .TXT 16,383 ASCII format text document listing some
- 'frequently asked questions' about my STOS
- extensions, with their answers.
-
- Path contains -> 4 items in 46,638 bytes.
-
- \DOC'S\SYS_CNTL\*.*
- SYS_CNTL.TXT 67,442 SYSTEM CONTROL manual [ASCII format].
-
- Path contains -> 1 item in 67,442 bytes.
-
- \DOC'S\STARS\*.*
- STARS .TXT 11,941 STARS manual [ASCII format].
-
- Path contains -> 1 item in 11,941 bytes.
-
- \DOC'S\3D_MENUS\*.*
- 3D_MENUS.TXT 26,810 3D Menu & Alerts manual [ASCII format].
-
- Path contains -> 1 item in 26,810 bytes.
-
- \DOC'S\GEMTEXT\*.*
- GTEXTCMD.TXT 18,923 Gemtext manual [ASCII format].
-
- Path contains -> 1 item in 18,923 bytes.
-
- \DOC'S\GRAFIX\*.*
- FALCGFX3.TXT 37,231 GRAFIX (III) manual [ASCII format].
-
- Path contains -> 1 item in 37,231 bytes.
-
- Total items in list -> 24 files.
- Diskspace used -> 440,921 bytes.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- End of this doc'.
-
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