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- echo off
- cd intro
- SHOWCSF TITLE
- SHOWCSF MAR1
- :menu
- cd ..\intro
- SHOWCSF MAR2
- if errorlevel 195 goto menu
- if errorlevel 194 goto f8
- if errorlevel 193 goto f7
- if errorlevel 192 goto f6
- if errorlevel 191 goto f5
- if errorlevel 190 goto f4
- if errorlevel 189 goto f3
- if errorlevel 188 goto f2
- if errorlevel 187 goto f1
- if errorlevel 28 goto menu
- :f1
- CD ..\INTRO
- cls
- echo To transfer and decompress the Shares files to a floppy disk, make sure
- echo the SuperDisk is in drive A: and a freshly formatted floppy is in drive B:.
- echo If you haven't one to hand, leave this program now by pressing [Ctrl][C]
- echo and answering [Y] to the prompt, and prepare one.
- echo On a single floppy machine, DOS should prompt you to swap the disk for
- echo A: (the SuperDisk) with the disk for B: (the new Shares disk) during the
- echo decompression process. If you're prompted to 'insert disk with batch file',
- echo insert the SuperDisk before pressing any key.
- echo.
- echo Press [Ctrl]C and answer [Y] to the prompt, if you DO NOT want to start
- echo the transfer process.
- echo.
- echo Press [Return] to start the transfer.
- pause > nul
- PKUNPAK A:\APPLICS\SHARES.ARC B:\
- echo.
- echo Assuming no errors have been reported during the decompression process,
- echo the necessary Shares files have now been transferred to the disk in drive B:.
- echo.
- echo To run Shares, return to the DOS prompt and put the disk you've just created
- echo into drive A:. Type SHARES and follow the menu prompts. See PC PLUS for
- echo further details.
- echo.
- pause
- goto menu
- :f2
- CD ..\INTRO
- cls
- echo A new sub-directory, SHARES, will be created on drive C: and the Shares
- echo files will be copied there.
- echo.
- echo If you do NOT want to transfer and decompress the files now, press
- echo [Ctrl][C] and answer [Y] to the prompt to return to DOS.
- echo.
- echo Press [Return] to start the transfer.
- pause > nul
- C:
- CD \
- MD SHARES
- A:
- PKUNPAK A:\APPLICS\SHARES.ARC C:\SHARES
- echo.
- echo Assuming no errors have been reported during the decompression process,
- echo the necessary Shares files have now been transferred to the C:\SHARES
- echo sub-directory.
- echo.
- echo To run Shares, return to the DOS prompt and move to the SHARES sub-directory
- echo of drive C:. Type SHARES and follow the menu prompts. See PC PLUS for
- echo further details.
- echo.
- pause
- goto menu
- :f3
- CD ..\GAMES
- cls
- echo Spongs! can be run on a VGA, EGA or CGA colour display as it stands, or on
- echo a Hercules monochrome display if the CGA2 emulator, supplied on the June
- echo 1989 SuperDisk, is run first.
- echo Press [Esc] from the main menu to leave the game and return to the
- echo SuperDisk menu.
- echo.
- pause
- SPONGS!
- goto menu
- :f4
- CD ..\GAMES
- cls
- echo Questions can be run on a VGA, EGA or CGA colour display as it stands, or on
- echo a Hercules monochrome display if the CGA2 emulator, supplied on the June
- echo 1989 SuperDisk, is run first.
- echo Press [Q] from the main menu to leave the game and return to the
- echo SuperDisk menu.
- echo.
- pause
- QUESTION
- goto menu
- :f5
- CD ..\UTILS
- cls
- echo The PC PLUS index for 1989 can be searched and listed to screen or printer.
- echo Press [D] from the main menu to return to the SuperDisk menu.
- echo.
- pause
- INDEX
- goto menu
- :f6
- CD ..\SHORTIES
- cls
- echo You're in the SHORTIES sub-directory.
- echo.
- echo This contains a number of smaller utilities, further details of which are
- echo in the SuperDisk section of PC PLUS. Some may have documentation in .DOC
- echo files, which you can read using the MS-DOS TYPE command.
- echo.
- echo Here's the directory listing...
- DIR
- echo.
- pause
- cls
- echo Here are brief details of what they do - see PCPLUS for more:
- echo.
- echo HILITE - A replacement for the menu hilighting routine included on the
- echo September 1989 SuperDisk. This one will work on a PC 2086.
- echo There's also a short demonstration file HIDEMO.BAT, which will
- echo run in a minute.
- echo.
- echo MEMASC - is a pop-up ASCII table, showing all the standard ASCII codes,
- echo their corresponding PC characters and any special functions
- echo assigned to particular values.
- echo.
- echo SAVEPIC - This small suite of programs saves and loads 16 colour EGA
- echo screens from an EGA or VGA PC. It is supplied archived, complete
- echo with a sample EGA screen. It needs to be decompressed before
- echo running. This can be done by moving to the INTRO sub-directory
- echo and using the PKUNPAK program.
- echo Leave the SuperDisk menu and type CD \INTRO, followed by
- echo PKUNPAK A:\SHORTIES\SAVEPIC.ARC [path], where [path] is the
- echo full path, including drive letter, to the required target
- echo directory.
- echo.
- echo MOVE - moves files between directories on a single drive.
- echo.
- echo Press [Return] to see demonstrations of some of the Shorties on the disk
- pause > nul
- ECHO OFF
- CLS
- ECHO ┌───╔═╗ ╔═╗ ╔═╗ ╔═╦═╗ ╔═ ═╦═ ╦ ╦ ╔═ ╦ ╦ ╔═╗───┐
- ECHO │ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ │
- ECHO │ ╠═╝ ╠╦╝ ║ ║ ║ ╩ ║ ╠═ ║ ╠═╣ ╠═ ║ ║ ╚═╗ │
- ECHO │ ║ ║╚╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ │
- ECHO │ ╩ ╩ ╚ ╚═╝ ╩ ╩ ╚═ ╩ ╩ ╩ ╚═ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ │
- ECHO ══╗ ╔═ ╦ ╦ ╔═ ╦ ╔═╗ ╔═╗ ╔═╦═╗ ╔═ ╦ ╦ ═╦═ ╔═╗
- ECHO ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╠╗ ║ ║ ║
- ECHO ║ ║ ╠═ ║ ║ ╠═ ║ ║ ║ ╠═╝ ║ ╩ ║ ╠═ ║╚╗║ ║ ╚═╗
- ECHO ║ ║ ║ ╚╗╔╝ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚╣ ║ ║
- ECHO ══╝ ╚═ ╚╝ ╚═ ╚═ ╚═╝ ╩ ╩ ╩ ╚═ ╩ ╩ ╩ ╚═╝
- ECHO └─────────┤Demonstration Batch-file├──────────┘
- ECHO.
- ECHO HILITE Version 1.3
- ECHO (C) Prometheus Developments, December 1989
- ECHO.
- ECHO HILITE is a small batch-file utility which allows the user to select
- ECHO an item from a menu on the screen by moving a highlight bar up and
- ECHO down or by pressing the first character of the item.
- ECHO.
- ECHO Use the arrow keys, or press the first character, to select from the menu:
- ECHO.
- ECHO 1) Demo item one
- ECHO 2) Demo item two
- ECHO 3) Demo item three
- HILITE 25 21 26 3
- IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO THREE
- IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO TWO
- IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ONE
- IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO ZERO
- :THREE
- CLS
- ECHO You selected item THREE!
- GOTO COMMON
- :TWO
- CLS
- ECHO You selected item TWO!
- GOTO COMMON
- :ONE
- CLS
- ECHO You selected item ONE!
- GOTO COMMON
- :ZERO
- CLS
- ECHO You pressed ESCAPE or ^C!
- :COMMON
- ECHO.
- ECHO As with most of our programs, typing HILITE with no parameters will give
- ECHO you details of the appropriate syntax to use. Further information is held
- ECHO in the file HILITE.DOC.
- ECHO.
- ECHO We hope you will find this program useful in your computer system.
- ECHO.
- ECHO As a company constantly operating a policy of continuous product development,
- ECHO we find that customer feedback is vital. If you have any comments about this
- ECHO program, any suggestions for how it could be improved, any suggestions for
- ECHO other programs you need, or if you would like to know more about our other
- ECHO software, write to the address below, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope:
- ECHO.
- ECHO Ewan MacIntyre
- ECHO Prometheus Developments
- ECHO 27 Louisa Drive,
- ECHO Girvan,
- ECHO Ayrshire.
- ECHO KA26 9AH
- echo.
- pause
- MEMASC
- echo.
- echo Press [Ctrl][Right Shift] to display the ASCII table.
- echo Any other key to return to SuperDisk menu.
- pause > nul
- goto menu
- :f7
- cd \
- cls