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*** Welcome to IconDOS ***
ver. 1.0 (Shareware)
(c) 1993, EFD Systems
All Rights Reserved
DESCRIPTION
IconDOS is a graphical application launcher for DOS that is similiar to
Windows's Program Manager, complete with icons and wallpaper. IconDOS
is practical and efficient. Zero (0) resident memory is required so
launched applications are guaranteed to work the same as if run directly
from DOS. Multi-page icon menus and sub-menus provide virtually
unlimited menu size. Other features include a built-in clock, calendar,
screen saver, over 100 pre-drawn icons, 20 different wallpapers and a
graphical editor for producing custom icons and wallpaper. VGA graphics
is required. A mouse is required for setup and editing. Following
setup, IconDOS operates equally well using either keyboard or mouse.
IconDOS is being marketed as shareware. Registered users ($25 fee)
receive an additional 200 "best of Windows" icons, additional wallpaper
and a utility to display 16 color .PCX graphics files and capture icons
from the screen. This utility provides an indirect but workable path
for converting Windows icons to IconDOS.
DOCUMENTATION
The included documentation, ICONDOS.DOC and ICONEDIT.DOC, are ASCII file
"books" designed to be read using the included hypertext style file
browser, BOOK.EXE. Please read the documentation before using the
software by typing:
BOOK ICONDOS.DOC ...or... BOOK ICONEDIT.DOC
When reading a book:
- Use Pg-Up and Pg-Dn keys to move through the document.
- Type a page number and press ENTER to jump to a specific page. Type
"0" and ENTER to return to the previous page. Links between pages up
to 10 levels deep are automatically built and made available for the
reader's use in this manner.
- Use Home and End keys to move to the start/end of the document.
- To scan for a particular word or phrase (40 characters or less); press
"S" and enter the text when prompted. Press ENTER to complete the
entry and begin the search or press ESC to abort. Searching is case
insensitive. If the word or phrase is found, press "R" to repeat the
search and look for the next occurance.
- Press "A" to align the page boundaries with the screen after scrolling
with the arrow keys or after searching.
- Press "M" to set a bookmark at the current page, press "K" to return
to the mark.
We hope you enjoy using IconDOS!