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  3.      The PINKP.ARC file should contain the following:                          
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  6.                  PINKP.COM     File to generate clock.                         
  7.                  PINKP.SCR     EGA screen of the Pink Panther.                 
  8.                  README.COM    This text file.                                 
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  11.      NOTE!:  This clock should ONLY be run on EGA systems.  Running it         
  12.      on CGA or Monochrome screens MAY damage your monitor.                     
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  15.      Although the clock may be run from a floppy... it's really for hard       
  16.      drive users.  If you have a hard drive with a "BIN or "UTILITY"           
  17.      directory, you may wish to put PINKP there.  If you have your DOS         
  18.      "PATH" set via your "AUTOEXEC.BAT" file or "CONFIG.SYS" file, to one      
  19.      of these directories; you would be able to call PINKP.COM, but it         
  20.      would NOT be able to find it's PINKP.SCR file.  Therefore, you may        
  21.      want to make a separate directory for PINKP and run it from there         
  22.      via a batch file.                                                         
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  24.      If you do copy it to your "BIN" or "UTILITY" directory you could          
  25.      still use a batch file to call it but you should consider your PATH       
  26.      settings in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and your batch file name.  For         
  27.      example, if your batch file is named PINKP.BAT and your PATH is           
  28.      set as follows:                                                           
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  30.      PATH = C:\;C:\BIN;C:\BAT;C:\etc.                                          
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  32.      What do you think would happen?  Of course!  DOS follows the PATH you     
  33.      have set so you would end up calling PINKP.COM in the BIN directory.      
  34.      It couldn't find PINKP.SCR, so you'd get an error message.  And, to       
  35.      top it all off... if you wrote your "PATH" command into your AUTOEXEC.    
  36.      BAT file many months ago, you may have forgotten it's course (or PATH     
  37.      as it were).  So, just make a batch file named PINK.BAT (or whatever)     
  38.      and then it will go to the BIN (or UTILITY directory) and call out        
  39.      PINKP.COM just fine.                                                      
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  41.      Consider if your "PATH" command looks like this:                          
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  43.      PATH = C:\;C:\BAT;C:\BIN;C:\etc.                                          
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  45.      You could then put a batch file titled PINKP.BAT into your BAT direct-    
  46.      ory to CD\ to your BIN (or UTILITY directory) and run PINKP.COM.  Again,  
  47.      the reason is that your "PATH" command causes DOS to look into the BAT    
  48.      directory first.                                                          
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  50.      Hope this little tutorial has been of some help to someone... and if      
  51.      you don't understand "AUTOEXEC.BAT" files and "PATH" commands... what     
  52.      can I say?  You'll have to do as most others have done... and that's      
  53.      READ your DOS manual.                                                     
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  55.      PINKP was created using RIX SoftWorks, Inc. EGA Paint 2005.  EGA Paint,   
  56.      and EGA Paint 2005 are copyrighted by RIX SoftWorks, Inc. It is probably  
  57.      the best, most user friendly painting program on the market today!        
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  59.      The Pink Panther is copyrighted by United Artists Corporation.            
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  61.      If you would like a personalized EGA or VGA slideshow (using your         
  62.      supplied art or photo's when applicable), leave E-Mail on GENIE for       
  63.      DKL.                                                                      
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  67.      David K. Lidia                                                            
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