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- PC-GOLF (tm)
- Copyright 1984 Ed Chandler
-
- UPDATES from/for the USERS of PC-GOLF.
-
- 1. From Richard Pearson in Wyoming, Minnesota.
- The AUTOEXEC.BAT file must be modified if you want to run
- PC-GOLF on the TANDY 1000. Here is what Richard did to
- make it run on his Tandy. He changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- from: BASIC A:AMAIN.ZRO/S:512/F:5
- to : BASIC A:AMAIN.ZRO/I/S:512/F:5
- This is a requirement of MS DOS/GW BASIC. The /I switch
- prevents dynamic allocation of space during file operations.
- Many thanks to Richard Pearson.
-
- 2. From Gordon Kaverly in Lennon, Michigan.
- Gordon has a Kaypro with a hard disk. He wanted to run from the
- hard disk rather than the floppy on drive A. We worked it out
- over the telephone. After the telecon, it seemed to me this
- should be a standard capability. The constraint that PC-GOLF
- was to be run on the A drive has been removed. You can now
- load PC-GOLF into any drive you wish. Then when you make the
- drive containing PC-GOLF the default drive, it will execute
- properly. The original AUTOEXEC.BAT file and a new BATCH file
- named PCGOLF.BAT are on the PC-GOLF diskette. You can take
- your choice. They look like this:
- AUTOEXEC.BAT--> DATE
- TIME
- BASICA A:AMAIN.ZRO/S:512/F:5
- PCGOLF.BAT --> DATE
- TIME
- A:BASICA AMAIN.ZRO/S:512/F:5
- If your BASIC is not on drive A, you will have to change the
- drive letter in the PC-GOLF.BAT file.
- Many thanks to Gordon Kaverly.
-
- 3. What to do when you SWITCH to a later VERSION of PC-GOLF !
- For example, when you switch from version 1.4 to 1.5, you
- undoubtedly want to continue using the same PC-GOLF data
- base you were using with the 1.4 version. Well, it's easy
- to do that. Here's how.
- a. Place the PC-GOLF version 1.4 diskette in the A drive.
- b. Place the PC-GOLF version 1.5 diskette in the B drive.
- c. Select the A drive as the default drive.
- d. When the A> prompt appears, ENTER the following copy
- command.
- d. A>COPY A:*.DAT B:
- The six files which make up your version 1.4 data base will
- replace the equivalent files in the version 1.5 data base.
- Now you can run the latest version of PC-GOLF programs and
- continue to build your personal data base.
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- 4. User's have asked about increasing the number of golfers
- beyond the 16 presently allowed. PC-GOLF was written for the
- benefit of the individual golfer, a kind of one-on-one thing
- for the active amateur golfer and his golfing buddies. There
- seems to be a place for another kind of PC-GOLF too, alongside
- the 1.x version. There has been some tentative design work
- done but nothing definite. If things all come together in the
- first half of '86 there could be a version 2.x ready for use
- in 1986.
-
- 5. Who has the next input for the "UPDATE" file ?
-
- -END-
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-
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- and store it in a safe place, away from magnetic fields.
- REM
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