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- Welcome to HOME PLAN, an quick, easy way to draw and print
- professional quality architectural plans.
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- The files included in this archive should be:
- HOMEPLN.EXE The executable file.
- HOME27.DOC The program manual.
- COTTAGE.PLN Sample Plan.
- PLAN2.PLN Sample Plan.
- RANCH.PLN Sample Plan.
- RANCHREL.PLN Sample Plan.
- READ1ST.TXT This file.
- DJ500B.BGI Deskjet 500 series printer driver.
- X24.BGI IBM Proprinter driver.
- PROINFO.TXT Information on HOME PLAN PRO.
- FILE_ID.DIZ Program description for BBS's.
- VENDINFO.DIZ Automated information file for users & vendors.
- VENDOR.TXT Directs vendors to VENDINFO.DIZ file.
- REGISTER.USA U.S. registration form. (It's on the Main Menu too)
- REGISTER.AUS Registration info for Australian residents.
- REGISTER.NL Registration info for The Netherlands.
- REGISTER.UK Registration info for United Kingdom residents.
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- Installation instructions are at the end of this file.
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- If you pass this program on to any one, (Please do!)
- You must include ALL the above files! (the original
- ZIP file would be nice)
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- If you are an end user, however, all you need on your hard disk
- (or floppy), is HOMEPLN.EXE. & any .PLN files that you create.
- (sample ".PLN " files are included to start on)
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- If you want to use a Deskjet 500 series or IBM Proprinter printer,
- DJ500B.BGI or X24.BGI must be with the program (All other printer
- drivers are built into the program).
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- If you don't copy Home27.Doc to your program directory, then
- you should print that file. i.e.: copy HOME27.DOC PRN
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- Use the "Print Registration Information" option at the Opening
- Menu. For $20.00 + $4.00 s&h, you will receive a nice printed
- Manual. (along with tech support & removal of that
- nice opening screen) & some other goodies.
- CREDIT CARD ordering: To order by MasterCard or Visa,
- Call 1-800-671-7526 (orders only, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific time)
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- Or, register via Compuserve's Shareware Registration Service.
- (Registration ID: 388)
- ===== Installation =====================================
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- Installing HOME PLAN:
- The HOME PLAN files must be uncompressed, and copied to your
- working disk. The working disk can be another floppy disk, or a
- directory on your hard drive.
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- HOME PLAN sends its programs to vendors in two compressed formats:
- 1. Self-extracting files have a .EXE extension, and can be
- extracted by typing the file name at the Dos prompt.
- 2. Files compressed with PKZIP v2.04 have a .ZIP extension, and
- require a program like PKUNZIP to extract them.
- NOTE: Vendors may extract these files and re-compress them with
- another method. HOME PLAN can't control that.
- See The general instructions below to deal with these situations.
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- In all likelihood, the fact that you are reading this text
- means that you already have the necessary tools and knowledge to
- perform this task.
- If not, you should be able to obtain, directions for this from
- the same source from which you received the package.
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- If You downloaded HOMEPLAN from a BBS (or received it in the form of
- archive files from some other source), you will need to perform the
- following steps.
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- o The program is probably compressed, and has an extension such
- as .ZIP.
- Copy the compressed file to a separate directory on your hard
- drive.
- Use an appropriate program, such as PKUNZIP to un-compress the
- files.
- After successfully decompressing the files, you can delete the
- compressed copy on your hard drive to save disk space.
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- If you received HOME PLAN from a catalog vendor, the vendor might have a
- install program on their disk. If so, follow the instructions for that
- program.
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- o If the compressed file has an .EXE extension, then it's a
- self-extracting file. Use the same instructions as above, but
- just type the name of the file to extract it. A separate
- un-compression program such as PKUNZIP isn't necessary.
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- YOU'RE READY TO GO
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- Once the files are copied to your working drive, you should consult
- the document HOME27.DOC.
- That document will tell you how to invoke the program, and will give you
- other information you need to properly evaluate HOME PLAN.
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- We hope you enjoy the program.
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- Thanks for your interest in HOME PLAN
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