Spiele Spiele Spiele 1/spiele-spiele-spiele-topware.iso/spiele/top5088/go.bat

DOS Batch File | 1990-06-11 | 6KB | 124 lines

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echo The documentation for this program is stored in files on the disk.
echo Look at the file names above for names with README or MANUAL or DOC in them.
echo You can view these text files on the screen by entering at the DOS prompt:
echo                             TYPE filename.ext
echo           (substitute the actual filename and extension, of course)
echo This will cause the documentation to scroll by faster than you can read it.
echo So we recommend the use of a utility such as Vernon Buerg's LIST program
echo that will let you scroll and page up and down through a file. LIST is on disk
echo 1-UT-274 in The Public (Software) Library, P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235.
echo
echo You can also print the documentation by entering at the DOS prompt:
echo                            COPY filename.ext PRN
echo            (for more info on TYPE and COPY, see your DOS manual)
echo
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echo
echo If there are any batch files on the disk (files with a BAT extension), they
echo may help you get going, but it's a good idea to see what they will do before
echo executing them. To do this, at the DOS prompt just enter
echo                              TYPE filename.BAT
echo Some programs have batch files that will print the documentation for you.
echo
echo A very few programs don't have documentation files.
echo They are self-documenting when run.
echo
echo Programs with an extension of BAS require you to load BASIC, BASICA or GWBASIC
echo to run the program. Please read your DOS & BASIC manuals for more information.
echo
echo If you still have questions about how to get the documentation or how to run
echo the programs, get the "Introductory" disk from the Public (Software) Library.
echo
echo DO NOT WORK FROM THIS DISK. First read the documentation on this disk then copy
echo by file name to another disk only the files that you need to run the program
echo and use that disk as your working disk. If anything goes wrong, recopy the
echo files from this disk. Always keep backups of all your important files.
echo
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echo
echo Files with an extension of ARC contain one or more compressed files.
echo Use an ARC utility to extract the files. (See 1-UT-272 BBS/Library Tools.)
echo
echo VIDEO: If you do not have a color monitor, you should get BWVID on the Video
echo Utilities Disk (2-UT-280) to make colored text readable. If you have a Hercules
echo mono-graphics card (or compatible), you will need the Hercules Utilities disk
echo to run graphics program that were not written specifically for the Hercules.
echo
echo Some programs require that you have ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file. See your
echo DOS manual for more information.
echo
echo PRINTERS: Programs that use printer graphics or other special printer features
echo often only support Epson/IBM and compatible printers unless otherwise stated.
echo
echo However, most programs only print plain text to the screen and printer and
echo should work on any system unless otherwise indicated.
echo
echo Programs and disk copies are tested. Do not return disks without a postage-paid
echo self-addressed return mailer unless we have acknowledged a problem first.
echo Please read the file PROBLEM.DOC which is on many of our disks.
echo
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echo                         The Public (Software) Library
echo                    P.O.Box 35705  Houston, TX 35705-5705
echo                                [phone]
echo
echo         Our software library  is the result  of a great  deal of hard
echo         work  and  expense  in  acquiring,  testing,  organizing  and
echo         supporting public domain and shareware programs.
echo
echo         The disk fee  which you have  paid to us  covers our cost  of
echo         providing the above (and other) services. It does not include
echo         any compensation to the author of the program.
echo
echo         Most small programs that were quickly and easily written  and
echo         require no updates nor support are public domain.  The author
echo         asks  nothing  in return  and gets his satisfaction just from
echo         knowing that others are using and enjoying his work.
echo
echo         However, most of the large programs (and sometimes the small,
echo         but complex  programs) required  an extensive  amount of pro-
echo         gramming, debugging, testing, documenting and will benefit by
echo         future enhancements and on-going support.
echo
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echo         Many of these programs  are commercial quality or  better and
echo         most are copyrighted,  but  the authors allow their  programs
echo         to be copied so  that others can try  them. This is known  as
echo         Shareware. (But not all programs in our library may be freely
echo         copied. Check the documentation for each.)
echo
echo         The documentation file on this disk will tell you the  amount
echo         that the author would like to receive if you try the  program
echo         and  decide  to  keep  using  it.  To encourage payment, some
echo         programmers offer more advanced versions, printed manuals and
echo         other incentives.
echo
echo         But even those that don't offer incentives still deserve your
echo         financial support  and encouragement  for the  work they have
echo         done.  This is  your moral obligation if you are  using their
echo         program. But beyond being an obligation, it is an  investment
echo         in the future of "shareware"  for which you will be  rewarded
echo         with more and better programs as a result of your support.
echo
echo
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if exist read*.* dir read*.*
if exist manual*.* dir manual*.*
if exist *.man dir *.man
if exist *.txt dir *.txt
if exist *.doc dir *.doc
echo
echo       If any files are listed above, these are the ones to TYPE first
echo       (eg: TYPE READ.ME); otherwise, just try running the program.