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**IMPORTANT INFO**
I hope you don't experience any problems running programs from this disk,
Bob and I have tried to eliminate any during the course of compiling it,
However there are a few things you ought to be aware of:
MENUS
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Access to all utilities and documents are from two menus via a key press
or combination of keys:EG:
[F1] ......just press the F1 key and the utility/document will load.
[CTL/F1]...Press the CTRL-key (control key) and while holding it down
press the F1 function key.
[ALT/F1]...as above.
[SFT/F1]...as above (SHIFT KEY)
There is no need to press the RETURN key as well.
If part or all of the menu scrolls off the top of the screen pressing the
HELP key will re-display the menu.
STARS
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1)When you run STARS (screen hack ?/utility ?) you will have to RE-Boot to
get rid of it...otherwise it will appear on EVERY program you run, it's
quite pretty but it may become annoying after a while.
POWERPACK 2.2a
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2)In order to pack as many utilities onto this disk together with their
supporting Docs, everything that can be has been compressed with the latest
version of Power Packer (V 2.2a). If there doesn,t appear to be much happening
when a program is selected from the menu, don,t worry...you should notice the
pointer change various colours and the program will load soon afterwards.
DOCUMENTS
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3)Most of the document text files have been compressed with Power Packer and
use the PPMORE text viewing utility to show them.If you wish to read these
files using a standard text editor you will have to decrunch them first using
Power packer. Use the "DATA" command and then load the doc/text file you want
to decrunch,don't use the "DECRUNCH" option in this instance.
If you can't get a hard copy print out of a document check that your printer
is supported in the DEVS/PRINTERS Directory; if it isn't you can find it on
your original Workbench disk.
PPmore is a great utility and can be found in the "C" directory on this disk.
TAPESTRY
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3)When you run this utility it creates a new, pal length CLI screen over the
original one. Press the HELP key to reveal the menu again and use
this new screen to access the programs/utilities until you wish to close the
Tapestry screen by pressing CNTRL-C and entering "endcli" at the prompt to
close the new screen.
DISSOLVE
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4)Press the RETURN key to quit.
RAINBOW WRITER
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5)For some reason the Z and Y keys have been swapped!!
In other words when the prompt "Do you want to Quit ? (Y/N) appears
after pressing SHIFT/F10 (not Shift/F0) to quit the program, press
Z instead of Y. This also applies to any other requests for pressing the
Y key. There are a few other keys that don't give the required character,
but it is on the keyboard somewhere..
If you run the A.A.R.U.G. demo, pressing the Escape key will quit.
VIRUSX 3.2
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6)Virusx does a quick check when this disk is first booted and then quits.
So if you want to check subsequent disks please run the program again
from the menu.
SETKEY
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7)If you have extra memory and try to load a different keymap you will be
visited by the dreaded Guru..(See Doc) Extra memory will have to be turned
off first and you can use "Nfast" which is in the "C" Directory on this
disk, just type nfast. Having Extra memory doesn't affect the rest of the
program.
SHOWIZ
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8)Press the ESCAPE key to quit the Demo.
UTILIMASTER
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This is a very powerful utility but it is essential that you read the DOC
thoroughly..You will notice that ARC, DE-ARC and LIST ARC are not available
due to disk space limitations..If you don't have these utilities then I will
gladly supply them to you. I also have ZOO and WARP..If you don't know what
these utilities do then I can also give you some info about them. The Editor
is also not available but please see below.
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EDITING ..
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9)I have not included ED or any other type of text editor on this disk as
you might like to use one of your own choice. If you don't have a commercial
or P.D. text editor then copy ED from your Workbench disk to this disk's
"C" Directory.
I hope this info will be of some help and I would be interested in any
feedback about the format of this disk and ways to improve it for future
A.A.R.U.G. UK PD disks. Charlie G0EIW.