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- PC-DEMO Version 2.1
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- FILES ON THE DISK
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- PC-DEMO.BAT Development system batch program.
- Syntax: PC-DEMO [-S] [-NB] [<filename>]
- Where: -S indicates a display adapter that "snows"
- -NB turns off the error tone
- <filename> loads a demo of this name.
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- PC-DEMO.COM Development system program.
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- PC-DEMO.000 Development system overlay file.
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- PC-DEMO.HLP Development system help file.
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- DEMO.COM Runtime demo program.
- Syntax: DEMO [-S] <filename>
- Where: -S indicates a display adapter that "snows"
- <filename> is the name of the demo to view.
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- CAPTURE.COM Memory resident screen capture program.
- Should be the first resident program loaded.
- Syntax: CAPTURE
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- FASKEYS.COM Program to enhance the keyboard rate.
- Syntax: FASTKEYS
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- BLD_PIC.PAS Turbo Pascal source program to convert files
- from BASIC .BLD format to PC-DEMO .PIC
- format.
- Syntax: BLD_PIC <filename>
- Where: <filename> is the name of the BASIC BLOAD
- file to convert and the name of the created
- .PIC file.
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- PIC_BLD.PAS Turbo Pascal source program to convert files
- from PC-DEMO .PIC format to BASIC .BLD
- format.
- Syntax: PIC_BLD <filename>
- Where: <filename> is the name of the PC-DEMO .PIC
- file to convert and the name of the created
- .BLD file.
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- PIC_ASC.PAS Turbo Pascal source program to convert files
- from PC-DEMO .PIC format to word processor-
- readable ASCII files.
- Syntax: PIC_ASC <filename>
- Where: <filename> is the name of the PC-DEMO .PIC
- file to convert and the name of the created
- ASCII file.
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- SHOW_PIC.PAS Turbo Pascal source program to display a
- PC-DEMO .PIC file.
- Syntax: SHOW_PIC <filename>
- Where: <filename> loads a PC-DEMO .PIC file.
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- BLOAD.BAS Example BASIC program to display a PC-DEMO
- .PIC file.
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- BSAVE.BAS Example BASIC program to save a screen in the
- PC-DEMO .PIC format.
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- RUNDEMO.BAT Demonstration file batch program.
- Requires a color graphics adapter.
- Syntax: RUNDEMO [-S]
- Where: -S indicates a display adapter that "snows".
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- PC-DEMO.DMO Demonstration file of PC-DEMO's features.
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- READ.ME This file.
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- FILE EXTENSIONS
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- .PIC Picture saved by the CAPTURE program or from
- the PC-DEMO development system program.
- An 80-column picture is 4000 bytes; 40-column
- is 2000 bytes. This is a direct "screen
- dump" from memory. It may be loaded into
- a PC-DEMO slide and then discarded, or used
- in a program you write.
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- .BLK Block saved from the PC-DEMO development
- system program. Word #1 is the (X,Y)
- co-ordinate of the upper left corner; word
- # 2 is the lower right corner. The
- succeeding words store the screen data. It
- may be loaded into a PC-DEMO slide and then
- discarded.
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- .DMO Demo file. Contains all the display and
- slide advance data necessary to run a demo.
- Display data is compressed by roughly 75
- per cent.
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- .BAK Backup of the demo file previous to the last
- save.
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- .TXT Textual listing of all slide and advance list
- information.
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- .BLD PC-DEMO picture converted to the BASIC BLOAD
- format.
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- .ASC PC-DEMO picture converted to ASCII format by
- removing the color attributes.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- ■ IBM PC, PCjr, XT, AT or compatible
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- ■ Minimum 256KB RAM
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- ■ 2 drives; any combination of floppy and fixed disk drives
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- ■ color or monochrome display adapter; color required for 40
- column screens
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- ■ PC-DOS or MS-DOS 2.0 or higher.