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- READ ME FILE FOR MATHCAD PLUS 6.0 PATCH PROGRAM
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- This patch program for Mathcad PLUS 6.0 will patch
- all English-language versions of Mathcad PLUS 6.0.
- This patch program will *not* patch foreign-language
- versions of Mathcad PLUS 6.0 (French, German,
- Japanese), nor will it patch any version of Mathcad
- 6.0 Standard Edition or Mathcad 6.0 Student Edition.
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- This patch program will patch existing versions of
- Mathcad PLUS 6.0 to level 6.0c. If your version of
- Mathcad PLUS is already at level 6.0c (determine this
- by seeing if the serial number on your startup screen
- ends in the letter "c"), this patch program will have
- no effect.
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- To run the Mathcad 6.0 patch program, you will need to
- know where your Mathcad program files are located. By
- default these files are installed by the Mathcad
- installation program in the C:\WINMCAD directory.
- If you are unsure about where your Mathcad program
- files are located, search for the directory that
- contains the Mathcad program MCAD.EXE.
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- If you have moved Mathcad program files to new
- directories after Mathcad installation, see the
- CUSTOM PATCH INSTRUCTIONS at the end of this file.
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- NOTE: The patch program will not make any changes to
- any Mathcad MCD, PRN, DAT, or AVI files you have created.
- You may safely leave your working Mathcad files in any
- directories where the patch is taking place.
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- STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
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- 1. Open a DOS Prompt window in your version of Windows.
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- 2. Type the following command at the command prompt:
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- A:\PATCH C:\WINMCAD A:\MCAD.RTP
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- Substitute in the command string the name of the
- directory where the patch program is located if it
- is not in A:\. Substitute a full path to your
- installation of Mathcad 6.0 if it is not located in
- the C:\WINMCAD directory. For example, if you have
- downloaded the patch program to the C:\MYSETUP directory
- and your copy of Mathcad is in the C:\MYMCAD directory,
- you should type
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- C:\MYSETUP\PATCH C:\MYMCAD C:\MYSETUP\MCAD.RTP
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- 3. The patch program will make changes to MCAD.EXE and
- several other Mathcad program files. When the program
- terminates, you may exit the DOS Prompt to return to Windows.
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- 4. Launch Mathcad as you normally would. You will know that
- the patch has taken effect if you see the letter "c" after
- your serial number on the Mathcad start-up screen.
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- If you have difficulty using the patch program, contact
- MathSoft Technical Support. In the U.S. and Canada, phone
- 970-339-7119 or 303-339-7119, or send e-mail to
- support@mathsoft.com. Elsewhere, contact your local support
- center, or send e-mail to help@mathsoft.com.
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- CUSTOM PATCH INSTRUCTIONS
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- If you have moved Mathcad program files from their original
- installed locations, you may patch the program files
- individually. If you are able to patch your Mathcad files
- using the instructions above, however, you should not need
- to do this and may safely ignore all that follows.
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- For example, if you want to patch the file FOO.BAR which
- is in the directory \FOODIR you type
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- A:\PATCH /file:FOO.BAR \FOODIR A:\MCAD.RTP
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- assuming that the program PATCH.EXE is located in A:\.
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- The list of files to be patched is given in the file MCAD.RTD
- that accompanies these patch instructions.
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- Patch 6.0c March 1996
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