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- GUIDE TO RUNNING SHAREWARE AND PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS
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- Startup Directions:
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- 1. Boot up DOS on your system.
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- Place your DOS system diskette in drive A and power on you
- system. Enter the date and time at the prompts (if
- applicable). The DOS prompt should then appear as "A:>".
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- 2. Make a working copy of the distribution diskettes.
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- With the DOS disk in drive A, use the DISKCOPY command.
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- A:>DISKCOPY A: B:
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- Follow the DISKCOPY prompts which appear. The "SOURCE" disk
- refers to the original diskette that you want to make a copy
- of. The "TARGET" disk refers to the blank diskette you are
- copying to.
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- 3. Listing the directory on the DISKETTE.
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- To list the directory of files on the diskette. A:>DIR
- (press the ENTER KEY)
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- You can use the CTRL & NUM LOCK in conjunction or if your
- keyboard has a PAUSE key press it to stop the screen from
- scrolling. Then just press the spacebar to continue.
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- 4. Read the README Files.
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- Most diskettes have some sort of instruction information to
- startup the software. These files are often named as
- README, README.DOC, README.TXT, READ.ME, FILES.DOC,
- FILES.TXT, Etc.
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- Use the DOS "TYPE" command to display the file to the screen
- or printer.
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- Substitute the correct name of the file for FILENAME.
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- A:>type FILENAME "To screen" A:>type FILENAME > lpt1 "To
- printer if attached to printer port 1."
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- Note if printing these files be sure to have your printer on
- and ready to print and plenty of paper in the printer.
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- You may also use a Word processor or text editor program to
- read these files.
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- 5. Running a PROGRAM.
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- Most programs are DOS executable files and have the file
- name extension of ".EXE", ".COM". To run these programs.
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- Substitute the correct name of the file for FILENAME.
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- A:>FILENAME (press the ENTER KEY)
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- 6. Running a BASIC PROGRAM.
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- BASICA can be found on your DOS diskette. To run a basic
- program you must first load BASICA or an equivalent such as
- GWBASIC. If you have a PC jr. you must have the BASIC ROM
- cartridge.
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- Place the DOS diskette in drive A: then at the DOS prompt
- enter: "A:\BASICA" and press the enter key. This will load
- BASIC. When the "OK" prompt appears on screen you are now
- ready to run a program.
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- REMOVE THE DOS diskette AND INSERT THE diskette with the
- program you want to run.
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- To run the program type "( RUN "FILENAME )".
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- Substitute the correct name of the PROGRAM file for
- FILENAME.
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