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* THIS DISC WAS CREATED UNDER THE HIGH SIERRA STANDARD BY *
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* ALDE PUBLISHING, P.O. BOX 35326, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55435 *
* VOICE (612) 835-5240 FAX (612) 835-3401 *
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THIS DISC CONTAINS FOUR UNIQUE DIRECTORIES - BUSINESS, COMPUTER,
HOME AND SCHOOL. EACH DIRECTORY NAMED RELATES TO THE PROGRAMS
THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN.
A SEPERATE BUTTON DIRECTORY CONTAINS CURRENT VERSIONS OF THE
PREMIER SHAREWARE PROGRAMS WRITTEN BY JIM BUTTON; USED WITH
THE PERMISSION OF ButtonWare.
BUSINESS
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THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY CONTAINS FOUR SUB-DIRECTORIES THAT RELATE
TO BUSINESS APPLICATIONS. THEY INCLUDE DBASE, LOTUS, STOCKS AND
WRITE.
BUTTON
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THE BUTTON DIRECTORY CONTAINS SHAREWARE PROGRAMS WRITTEN BY JIM
BUTTON. THEY INCLUDE BAKER'S DOZEN, PC-CALC+, PC-DIAL, PC-FILE+,
PC-STYLE, PC-TICKLE, PC-TYPE+, AND EXTENDED DOS.
COMPUTER
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THE COMPUTER DIRECTORY CONTAINS FIVE SUB-DIRECTORIES THAT RELATE
TO PERSONAL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND UTILITIES. THEY INCLUDE
EGA, GRAPHICS, PRINTER, AND UTILITY.
HOME
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THE HOME DIRECTORY CONTAINS TWO SUB-DIRECTORS THAT RELATE TO
USING THE COMPUTER AT HOME. THEY INCLUDE GAMES AND PERSONAL.
SCHOOL
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THE SCHOOL DIRECTORY CONTAINS SIX SUB-DIRECTORIES THAT RELATE TO
EDUCATION. THEY INCLUDE GEOGRAPH, LANGUAGE, MATH, MUSIC, TEACHER
AND TYPING.
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* A TUTORIAL ON UN-ARCHIVING AND RUNNING BASIC PROGRAMS *
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UN-ARCHIVING
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MANY DIRECTORIES ON THE DISC CONTAIN PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THE
ARCHIVE FORMAT. THIS FORMAT CONVERTS A MULTIPLE FILE PROGRAM
INTO A ONE FILE ARCHIVE. TO RUN PROGRAMS THAT ARE ARCHIVED, A
USER MUST UN-ARCHIVE THESE FILES.
TO UNARCHIVE A PROGRAM, COPY PKXARC.COM AND THE ARCHIVED FILE
(example: PKXARC.COM AND LABELER.ARC) ON TO YOUR MAGNETIC MEDIA.
THEN FROM THE MAGNETIC MEDIA TYPE (example):
PKXARC -E LABELER.ARC
THE FILES WILL THEN EXTRACT THEMSELVES FROM THE ARCHIVE. THE
PROGRAM WILL THEN BE READY TO RUN.
BASIC
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MANY PROGRAMS ON THE DISC WERE WRITTEN IN THE BASIC LANGUAGE
(example ASTRO.BAS). TO EXECUTE OR RUN THESE PROGRAMS, YOU WILL
NEED TO UTILIZE A BASIC PROGRAM. THE TWO MOST COMMON BASIC
PROGRAMS ARE BASICA.EXE AND GWBASIC.EXE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE
USUALLY FOUND ON YOUR MS-DOS DISK.
TO RUN A BASIC PROGRAM, COPY BASICA.EXE (OR GWBASIC.EXE) AND THE
BASIC PROGRAM YOU WANT TO RUN ON TO YOUR MAGNETIC MEDIA. THEN
FROM THE MAGNETIC MEDIA TYPE (example):
BASICA ASTRO.BAS
(or GWBASIC ASTRO.BAS)
THE PROGRAM WILL THEN EXECUTE AND RUN.