Before Setup: You MUST not have read-only BASIC libraries or QBX.INI files if you are updating or reinstalling a version of Microsoft BASIC.
These files must be set to read/write before running Setup.
SETUP: The Setup program is on distribution disk 1. You MUST run Setup to install a fully functional copy of Microsoft BASIC 7.1, since many of the files are both compressed and in fragments which must be decompressed and linked together correctly. Setup handles this process automatically. You will need up to 14MB of hard disk space and 500KB of available RAM to run Setup successfully.
SETUP /BATCH: Run Setup with the /BATCH option to make Setup run more quickly (Setup can take over an hour on a DOS 286 computer with default options). To do this, first run Setup with the /BATCH option; then run the BUILD batch file that is created and left on the target drive. Setup will copy and decompress the files; the BUILD batch file will construct all of the files as specified by your choices in Setup.
README.DOC: The README.DOC file is located on disk 1. This file contains additional technical information and documentation corrections.
PACKING.LST: The PACKING.LST file is located on disk 1. This file contains a complete list of all files and directories on the distribution disks as well as instructions on how to decompress individual files without running Setup.
See the Getting Started manual for more information about installing and beginning to use this version of Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System.
