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Hello!
If you read this text file closely, you will have a working copy of
"ST NEWS" Volume 11 Issue 1 & 2 within a few minutes.
You might want to take the time to print out this file!
*IMPORTANT*: THIS ISSUE OF "ST NEWS" NEEDS A HARD DISK AND 2 OR 4
MEGABYTE OF RAM MEMORY TO BE PUT TOGETHER AND A HARD DISK OR A HIGH
DENSITY FLOPPY TO RUN FROM.
THIS ISSUE OF "ST NEWS" WILL *NOT* RUN FROM MULTIPLE FLOPPIES!
STEP 0 - CHECKING
- Make sure your hard disk drive has at least 4 Mb of empty space.
- Create a folder called "ST_NEWS.111" on your hard disk.
STEP 1 - COPYING
- Copy the file "ST_NEWS.001" from the first "ST NEWS" disk into the
folder "ST_NEWS.111" on your hard disk.
- Copy the files "ST_NEWS.000", "ST_NEWS.002 and "SPLITTER.TTP" from
the second "ST NEWS" disk into the folder "ST_NEWS.111" on your hard
disk, too.
- Make sure all the files mentioned above are now in the same folder -
"ST_NEWS.111" - of your hard disk. The important thing is that the
files *have* to be in one folder together!
STEP 2 - PUTTING TOGETHER
- Start (double click on) the file called "SPLITTER.TTP" in the folder
"ST_NEWS.111" on your hard disk. A so-called 'dialog box' will
appear.
- Now type in the *exact* line below:
-u st_news
and press [RETURN] or click the mouse pointer on the "OK" button in
the 'dialog'.
- The files will now be put together into one big file by the
"SPLITTER" program.
- After a while, a file called "ST_NEWS.TOS" will have been created in
the "ST_NEWS.111" folder on your hard disk. You can delete the files
called "ST_NEWS.000", "ST_NEWS.001", "ST_NEWS.002" and
"SPLITTER.TTP" now.
- "SPLITTER.TTP" is a program that messes about with your computer
memory and system variables when it does its work. You'd better
reset your system now, or switch it off and on again, to clear
things up.
STEP 3 - UNZIPPING
- Start "ST_NEWS.TOS" by double-clicking on it.
- "ST_NEWS.TOS" is a so-called 'self-extracting-archive'. It will now
de-archive itself into the separate components that make up "ST
NEWS" Volume 11 Issue 1 & 2.
- When the "ST_NEWS.TOS" program has finished, it will return to the
desktop. You can now remove the file "ST_NEWS.TOS" from your hard
disk.
STEP 4a - IF YOU WANT TO RUN "ST NEWS" FROM THE HARD DISK
- Simply click on the file "ST_NEWS.PRG". That's all. As usual with
all previous issues of "ST NEWS", make sure that you do not start
it from low resolution mode if you work on an ST.
STEP 4b - IF YOU WANT TO RUN "ST NEWS" FROM A HIGH DENSITY FLOPPY
- Make sure you have a high density floppy handy, formatted and empty.
- Copy the following files from the "ST_NEWS.111" folder onto that
floppy: "ST_NEWS.PRG", "SETUP", "ARTICLES" and "KLIK_DIS.1ST".
- There is also a folder called "PROGRAMS". In the "PROGRAMS" folder
should be two files, called "FEATURES.ZIP" and "WOTSERE.TXT". This
folder contains bonus extras. You can keep it on your hard disk or
store it on another floppy disk, as there may not be space for it on
your regular floppy disk. It is not needed for "ST NEWS" to run
properly.
- Now simply click on the file "ST_NEWS.PRG" on the floppy. As usual
with all previous issues of "ST NEWS", make sure that you do not
start it from low resolution mode if you work on an ST.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU WANT TO DISTRIBUTE "ST NEWS" ON A HIGH DENSITY
FLOPPY?
- Instead of a regularly formatted high density disk, use one that is
formatted with 22 sectors per track, 80 tracks, 2 sides. This can be
done with programs the likes of "Kobold" and "FastCopy Pro".
- Now copy all the files onto that disk, including the "PROGRAMS"
folder with the "FEATURES.ZIP" and "WOTSERE.TXT" files.
- If you can't create such a hyper-formatted high density disk, just
send a high density plus 2 International Reply Coupons in a re-
usable envelope to the "ST NEWS" correspondence address with a note
saying that you want "ST NEWS" Volume 11 Issue 1 & 2 on that disk.
THAT'S IT.
If you want more information, double-click on the "KLIK_DIS.1ST" file
to display it.
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