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- FINAL RELEASE NOTES
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- NUMBER OF DISKS
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- The number of diskettes has been reduced from nine 5 1/4" and five 3 1/2"
- to eight 5 1/4" and four 3 1/2" diskettes. The files on the CGI 5 1/4"
- diskette and the FONTS 3 1/2" diskette (as described in the "Up and
- Running" booklet) have been distributed to the other diskettes.
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- SPEED AND MEMORY OPTIMIZATION
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-
- You can speed up SuperProject and increase memory size
- by installing the HIMEM.SYS driver provided by Computer Associates.
- On 286 or 386 systems add 'device=HIMEM.SYS' to your CONFIG.SYS file,
- copy HIMEM.SYS to that directory and reboot your system. With this
- driver installed, SuperProject will run much faster and give you 25%
- more memory.
-
- Read on for additional information on how to use Expanded Memory
- and Extended Memory.
-
- Background Information
-
- SuperProject makes extensive use of program overlays to increase
- the amount of memory available for your projects. While this results
- in approximately 220K of memory for projects, program performance
- can be slow during certain operations. The following are suggestions
- on how to both increase memory available and improve program
- performance by using utilities provided by Computer Associates or
- your own Expanded memory drivers.
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- SuperProject Memory Guide
-
- Expanded and Extended memory drivers affect the amount of
- memory available for project data and the execution speed of the
- program. Memory free will vary depending on the number of
- TSR programs, number of files in the files= statement, and other
- installed DOS extender programs. Listed below are the approximate
- differences between the various options:
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- Without expanded or extended memory 230K free
- With Extended memory 290K free & highest speed
- With Expanded memory 350K free & high speed
- With Expanded memory & Extended Memory 410K free & high speed
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- Extended Memory
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- What is Extended Memory?
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- Most 286, 386 and 486 computers come with at least 1 megabyte or
- more of memory and allow you to configure 640K as normal memory and
- 384K or more as extended memory. Extended memory is addressed above
- the 640K base memory (where DOS programs are run) and the 384K
- Reserved Memory (for video RAM, ROM BIOS, and so on). Because
- extended memory is addressed beyond the reach of DOS at 1MB, you
- need special drivers to access it.
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- How Does SuperProject Use Extended Memory?
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- SuperProject provides a driver utility from MicroSoft that allows
- you to make partial use of extended memory. This driver increases
- the amount of memory available for projects and significantly
- increases program performance by allowing SuperProject to store
- program files in fast memory rather than a slower hard disk (caching
- overlays).
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- How to Install our Extended Memory Driver
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- Some computer manufacturers and software vendors will ship
- HIMEM.SYS, an extended memory controller. If this driver or
- another extended memory driver is already installed on your
- computer there is no need to use the one provided by Computer
- Associates. Check your CONFIG.SYS file.
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- If you do not already have an extended memory driver, use the
- copy on the SuperProject disks. Copy HIMEM.SYS into your DOS boot
- directory and insert the following line in your CONFIG.SYS file
- as the first "device=" driver line:
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- device=HIMEM.SYS
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- Once HIMEM.SYS is installed, SuperProject recognizes it when you
- start and automatically uses it. If you want to disable SuperProject's
- use of extended memory for any reason, use the /x command when
- starting SuperProject from the DOS command prompt (for example, you
- can enter spj /x ).
-
- * CAUTION *
-
- HIMEM.SYS will not work with many programs that use extended
- memory for disk cache or expanded memory emulation that are not
- XMS (Extended Memory Specification) compatible. Such programs
- include VDISK.SYS and a number of 286 expanded memory emulators
- (in DOS versions prior to 4.0). Generally, later versions of the
- expanded memory emulators are compatible (although VDISK is not
- compatible).
-
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- Expanded Memory - Adds 128K for Projects and Increases Performance
-
- What is Expanded Memory?
-
- Expanded memory, often called EMS (for Expanded Memory
- Specification) or LIM (for its originators Lotus, Intel, and
- MicroSoft) is a scheme that allows the computer to access
- large amounts of memory through 64K windows switched into
- a region of memory, generally above the 640K boundary (EMS
- page frame) but below the 1MB boundary. A program can only
- access 64K of expanded memory at one time and must issue
- special instructions to the EMS card to swap in other 64K
- chunks as needed.
-
- How Does SuperProject Use Expanded Memory?
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- SuperProject uses up to 2MB of expanded memory allowing
- for larger projects and quicker program execution. SuperProject
- uses expanded memory to execute a portion of the program thus
- minimizing disk accessing and providing an additional 128K of
- memory for your projects. SuperProject will automatically
- detect expanded memory at start up, if you don't want to use it
- type SPJ /E at the DOS prompt when you start.
-
-
- How to Install Expanded Memory
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- Expanded Memory Cards
-
- To install expanded memory cards, follow the instructions
- provided by the card manufacturer.
-
- Expanded Memory Emulation on 286 Computers
-
- Use of 286 software emulators of expanded memory is generally
- NOT RECOMMENDED. You can get the equivalent increase in
- memory and much improved program speed using the Extended
- Memory drivers (HIMEM.SYS) provided with SuperProject. Some
- 286 systems allow you to configure some of its memory as
- expanded memory via hardware switches or setup programs
- (such as COMPAQ). These will give better performance.
-
- Expanded Memory Emulation on 386 and 486 Computers
-
- Software emulation of expanded memory on any 386 or
- 486 systems will give you good performance. If your system
- does not include an expanded memory driver there are many
- available on the market.
-
-
- Using Both Extended Memory and Expanded Memory
-
- HIMEM.SYS was first released in early 1988 and emulators released
- before that time often conflict with it. Most often the latest
- versions of expanded memory emulators will work. However, because
- of these problems, SuperProject uses only the expanded memory driver
- if it detects both an Extended Memory driver and an Expanded memory
- drivers. If you wish to use both extended and expanded memory,
- start SuperProject with the /b option from the command line
- (for example, you can enter spj /b). If there is a conflict,
- SuperProject will not run at all, and you will need to reboot
- your system.
-
-
-
- PRINTING WITH SIDEWAYS AND WALL CHART OPTION
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-
- When printing with SIDEWAYS, select the "Wall Chart" option on the
- Output View dialog box (/Output,View). SIDEWAYS still works if this
- option is not selected, but it works much better if it is selected.
-
-
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- HEWLETT-PACKARD LASERJET FONT CARTRIDGE EQUIVALENTS
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- The following table shows SuperProject equivalents for these HP Laserjet
- cartridges:
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- New Cartridge Equivalent
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- Word Perfect (2) F P S2
- Global Text B F P S2
- Custom Fonts
- International Collection
- Great Start
- Forms, Etc. T U V
- Persuasive Presentations R
- Text Equations J K
- Polished Worksheets D E M N Q
- Bar Codes and More X (W1)
- Microsoft F P S2 Z
- (Z/A)
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-
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- STARTUP COMMAND LINE OPTION: /K
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-
- One of the startup command line options offered by SuperProject
- is /K. You can enter /K at the DOS command line; for example,
- you can enter SPJ /K. The /K option disables the interpretation of
- the following key combinations which are not supported by some
- keyboards that are not 100% IBM compatible:
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- <Ctrl+Up Arrow> (using <Up Arrow> key on numeric keypad)
- <Ctrl+Down Arrow> (using <Down Arrow> key on numeric keypad)
- <Ctrl+Del>
- <Shift+Arrow> (using <Arrow> keys on the standard keypad)
-
- If you use this startup option, you can still use SuperProject
- even if your keyboard is not 100% IBM compatible; however, you must
- then use menus and slash commands instead of the above key commands.
-
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- UPGRADE NOTES
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- Baseline Information
-
- When upgrading SuperProject Expert 1.1 or SuperProject Plus 3.0 files
- with tasks that have information in the planned (baseline) fields,
- all planned hours and costs will be assigned to the first assignment.
- If there are multiple assignments these costs and hours will have
- to be distributed manually.
-
- If there are no assignments, an assignment will be created that will
- receive the planned hours and costs.
-
- Percent Complete
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- When upgrading SuperProject Expert 1.1 or SuperProject Plus 3.0 files,
- all assignments for tasks with user-entered Percent Complete fields
- will behave as if the user had entered the Actual Hours, even if the
- Actual Hours were calculated in older versions. This is because
- SuperProject 2.0 uses the Percent Complete to calculate Actual Hours,
- whereas older versions ignored Percent Complete for Actual calculations.
- In SuperProject 2.0 Actual Hours and Percent Complete may be different
- only when both are entered. For more upgrade notes, see Appendix A of
- the Reference Manual.
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