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                             FAMILY HISTORY SYSTEM
                          Installation  Procedure for
                             Basic Set of Programs

  Before beginning this INSTALL procedure, you should first make sure that you
  have all the diskettes that make up the public portion of the Family History
  System software.  You should have three 5 1/4" (360k) diskettes or two 3 1/2
  (720k) diskettes.  During the INSTALL procedure, the 5 1/4" diskettes will
  be referred to as "B1", "B2" and "B3", or the 3 1/2" diskettes will be
  referred to as "B1" and "B2".  If your diskettes are not labeled this way,
  you should mark them properly before beginning the INSTALL procedure.  To
  determine the proper Identification for a diskette, place the diskette in
  your A drive and enter:    dir  a:/p
  The "B1" diskette will have a file named "FHSDISK.B1" on it.  Similarly, the
  "B2" diskette will have a file: "FHSDISK.B2" and the "B3" diskette will have
  a file named "FHSDISK.B3".  In the following description, I will refer to
  these diskettes as the Family History System "distribution diskettes"
  because that is how they are "distributed" or "sent out" by me.

  (NOTE to Registered Users:  If you are installing the complete set of
  Family History System programs, you should have two additional 5 1/4"
  diskettes or one additional 3 1/2" diskette.  These will be labeled "X1"
  and "X2" for 5 1/4" or just "X1" for 3 1/2".  You should place the X1
  diskette in your A drive and enter:  A:GO INSTALL
  to receive instructions for installing the complete set of programs.  The
  remaining instructions in this document are for those who are just working
  with the public version of the system.)

  The distribution diskettes for the Family History System contain many files
  that are not used during the normal operation of the system.  The purpose of
  this procedure is to prepare a "working copy" of those files that are
  required for you to create, maintain and process files of information about
  your own Family.

  If you are planning to run the system from diskettes you will first have to
  format one or two diskettes to hold this working copy of the programs.  One
  diskette should be labeled the STARTUP diskette.  To prepare it, place your
  DOS diskette, which has the FORMAT command, in the "A" drive of your PC, the
  STARTUP diskette in the "B" drive and enter the following command:
    A>FORMAT B:/s
  If you are using 360k diskettes, you will need a second diskette which
  should be labeled the REPORT diskette.  After preparing the STARTUP diskette
  place the REPORT diskette in the "B" drive and enter the command:
    A>FORMAT B:    (leave off the "/S" this time)

  WARNING: any form of the FORMAT command will destroy all contents of the
    diskette which is placed in the "B" drive, so make sure the one you use
    does not have anything on it that you wish to save.

  If you are planning to run the programs from a HARD DISK, the INSTALL
  procedure will create a FAMILY sub-directory on your hard disk and copy
  all program files to it.  An FHS.BAT file will be created in the main
  directory of your hard disk to assist you in starting the programs.

  When you have completed this preparation and are ready for installation
  to begin, place the Family History System "B1" diskette in drive "A" and
  enter:

            A:GO INSTALL xx y

  where:   xx = 2D    if installing on two 360k floppy diskettes
              = 1D    if installing on a 720k (or greater) capacity diskette
              = HD    if installing on a hard disk

       and  y = the drive identifier (B,C,D,...) for the hard disk drive
                or floppy drive on which the working copy of the programs
                or the sample files is to be created.


  SOME NOTES ABOUT THE INSTALL PROCESS:
    1. The INSTALL procedure requires that the distribution diskettes be
       compatible with the "A" drive of your PC.  If the diskettes you
       received are not compatible with your "A" drive, but instead are
       on diskettes for your "B" drive, you can still install the
       programs on a hard drive by using the DOS ASSIGN command to redirect
       all requests for the "A" drive to the "B" drive.  The command for
       doing this is:  C>assign a b
       Following this command, your "B" drive will be treated as the "A"
       drive (as well as the "B" drive).  You may then continue with the
       INSTALL procedure described above.  After the installation is
       complete, you will want to immediately restore the drives to their
       normal identification by entering:      C>assign

    2. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of this software, you
       may continue working with all your family files just as before.  No
       conversion process is required.  If you have made any changes to the
       default file name tables, screen colors, or printer control tables,
       you may transfer those changes to the new program diskettes by
       copying the FAMILY.DAT file from your previous program diskette to
       the STARTUP diskette.  If you are re-installing the programs on a
       hard disk, your FAMILY.DAT file will not be affected so your changes
       to these default values will be retained throughout the INSTALL
       process.

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       Enter:          GO PRINT INSTALL
       to receive a printed copy of these instructions.