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- " PCPG was written by Eugene Ying with his PC at home using the compiled"
- "BASIC language. PCPG requires 128K memory in DOS 1.1, or 144K in DOS 2.0."
- "If you like this program, you can help publicize it by distributing it to"
- "your friends. To see a demo slide show, select option 4, type in DEMO, and"
- "press ENTER key to see each page. You can construct your own slide show in a"
- "similar way by creating your own graph files and a GFL(graph list) file."
- ""
- " To run PCPG on single-sided diskette drive, you should format a diskette"
- "using FORMAT B:/S/1, label it as PCPG, copy PCPG.EXE and PCPG.PIC onto it."
- "You format another diskette using FORMAT B:/1, label it as PCPGLIB, copy"
- "PCPG.FT*, PCPG.SYM, PCPG.HLP, and optionally the DEMO*.* onto it. You use the"
- "PCPG diskette to start the program, then replace it by the PCPGLIB diskette."
- ""
- " To run PCPG on a fixed disk, you create a sub-directory called PCPG, and"
- "copy PCPG.* and optionally DEMO*.* onto the fixed disk PCPG sub-directory."
- ""
- "For every copy of PCPG that you keep or distribute, a contribution of $20 to"
- "the following address will be appreciated."
- " Eugene Ying "
- " P.O. Box 549, Kingsbridge Station"
- " NY 10463"
- " This is the Main Menu that allows you to use the Function keys to select"
- "the different options to construct pictures on the graphics screen."
- " If you start this program on a monochrome display, then the program runs"
- "in dual screen mode and you have instructions on the monochrome display and"
- "graphics on the graphics display. If you start this program on the graphics"
- "display, then the program runs in single screen mode with instructions and"
- "graphics sharing the same graphics display, and you may need to press the F1"
- "key to look at some instructions that are not displayed in single screen mode."
- " Graphic objects can be either text or picture and can be moved on the"
- "graphics display either by the numeric keypad or a light pen or a joystick. If"
- "you use the numeric keypad with the SHIFT key or Num Lock key on, then the"
- "object can be moved 10 times faster. You can change color, scale up or down"
- "the size of an object by a single keystroke. Objects are written onto a temp-"
- "orary graph file. When you are at this Main Menu and you press the Esc key to"
- "end your current session, the program will ask you to rename the temporary"
- "graph file. Graph files can be retrieved in the future for update, or for"
- "display on a graphics screen or graphics printer or IBM plotters."
- " If your previous session ended abnormally, then when you invoke this"
- "program again, you can optionally continue from where you left off previously."
- ""
- "Press the Enter key to go to the next page."
- " The options associated with the Function keys on the Main Menu are:"
- ""
- " Press the F1 key to display this HELP screen."
- " Press the F2 key to PRINT the graphics screen on a graphics printer."
- " Press the F3 key to BSAVE the graphics screen on a 16K screen dump file."
- " Press the F4 key to get objects from an existing graph FILE."
- " Press the F5 key to construct a series of LINES to form a picture."
- " Press the F6 key to construct a line of TEXT."
- " Press the F7 key to get a predefined graphic SYMBOL."
- " Press the F8 key to draw a BOX or an ellipse."
- " Press the F9 key to construct GEOMetric figures."
- " Press the F10 key to EDIT (i.e. move, copy, delete) objects that have"
- " already been drawn on the screen."
- ""
- " The best time to modify an object (i.e. change color, size, flip, etc.)"
- "is when you are moving the object. Once you have written the object onto the"
- "temporary graph file, the object will remain stationary on the graphics screen"
- "and to move it or modify it at a later time, you need the F10 EDIT option."
- " When you are moving an object and you press the Esc key, the object will"
- "be erased from the graphics screen and will not be written onto the temporary"
- "graph file."