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- Orchard House
- Copyr. 1995 - 1996 Gleason Pace
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- China Wing Software
- 12162 S. W. Scholls Ferry Rd. #191
- Tigard, Or. 97223
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- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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- I have spent a good deal of time making Orchard House the best of its
- kind; however, this software and documentation file are sold "As Is" and
- without warranties as to performance or merchantability or any other
- warranties whether expressed or implied. Because of the various hardware and
- software environments into which this program may be put, no warranty of
- fitness for a particular purpose is offered.
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- Good data processing procedure dictates that any program be thoroughly
- tested with non-critical data before relying on it. The user must assume
- the entire risk of using the program. Any liability of the seller will be
- limited exclusively to product replacement or refund of purchase price.
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- The copyrighted or registered names mentioned herein are the property of their
- respective owners.
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- The files you should find in this archive are:
- OH.EXE--Orchard House.
- OH.DOC--this file.
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- Requirements
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- DOS 3.0 or higher. Compatible with Hercules, monochrome, CGA, EGA,
- VGA video systems. OH will run on any IBM compatible 386+ system including
- networks. OH only requires 47K for itself.
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- Orchard House detects the presence of and releases time slices to
- DOS sessions under OS2, Desqview and Windows. If Windows is holding back on
- giving OH time, try setting IdleVmWakeUpTime=x (with x being 1 or 2 seconds) in
- system.ini. If you are using a real IBM or MS DOS in the window, rather than
- an OS2 or Windows virtual DOS, you will need to have at least DOS 5.0 to get
- time slice support.
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- Program Overview
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- Orchard House is a descendant from, and eventual successor to, Triple
- Shell. TS will run on 386+ machines but is not designed to take advantage
- of their advanced capabilities. So, for a complete discussion of OH's
- features, first refer to TS.DOC. This document will concern itself mainly
- with the differences between TS and OH.
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- The main differences are:
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- 1) OH provides a 120 character scrollable space for command line
- entry. TS provided 64.
- 2) OH fully loads and sorts directory contents. You may
- page forward (f6) and back (f12) through directory
- contents. There are limits though. OH will handle a
- maximum of 600 data files, 500 program files and 500
- subdirectories in a single subdirectory. Entries beyond
- these limits are ignored. TS loads, sorts, and displays
- directory contents one list full at a time (30 entries).
- TS has no back paging capability. Also, TS has no limits.
- If you have a directory with 3000 entries (surely you
- wouldn't) TS will eventually show them all to you.
- 3) Shift-f6 acts the same as f6, except that it displays from
- the top of the list rather than displaying the next page.
- 3) The Scroll Lock key is not attached to submode of expanded
- edit mode in OH. It is still attached to the Autolist
- feature, however.
- 4) OH uses the f11 key to display, at any time, the lists you
- have saved with the "a" function. OH still recognizes the
- /s switch as well.
- 5) OH has a simplified interface, a new logo and a graphic
- introductory screen.
- 6) OH requires 64K of free extended memory.
- 7) If you try to run OH in an improper environment, it exits
- and tells you so.
- 8) OH creates an editable config file called OHINFO.%$% once it
- has been run. OH will look for the file in the directory where
- it finds itself and will create a new config file if it is not
- there. The format is:
- lines 1-30 (a)rchived Executable List
- 31-60 (a)rchived Data File List
- 61-90 (a)rchived Subdirectory List
- 91-110 Executable History List
- 111-130 Data File History List
- 131-150 Subdirectory History List
- 151-160 Autokey list
- I have attempted to make the file self correcting, so you
- are fairly free to edit it as you wish. Line lengths are not
- critical, and almost any plain ascii editor should do. However,
- no provision is made for comments or line numbers, and entries
- made in a particular line will be displayed in a particular
- place. Lines 91-160 are saved each time you exit OH, so,
- if you want to edit them directly, you will not want to
- run your editor inside OH. It is actually easier to make the
- changes you want for these entries in OH itself while it
- is running. They will be automatically saved when you exit.
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- The (a)rchived entries refer to lists saved with the "a"
- feature. These are saved only when you invoke the feature
- by pressing "a" in command mode.
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- Having the Autokey list saved in the config file makes it
- easier for people who don't want to run OH from a batch file
- to make use of Autokey's advantages. File names typed in
- OH's own command line or present in a batch file command
- line for OH will take precedence over config file entries
- and will be saved to the config file next time you exit OH.
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- 9) Alt-num+ changes the current default directory to the root
- directory.
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- 10) The "Center" key (5 on the numeric keypad with numlock off)
- acts the same as the instert key.
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- Other than that, OH v1.2 is functionally the same as TS v5.4.
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- Changes in version 1.1
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- 1. Extra sort routines kick in at 200 directory entries rather
- than 300.
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- 2. Fixed bug in handling of alternate destinations for duplicate
- files.
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- 3. F12 no longer resets display counter at end of list.
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- 4. OH now correctly receives parameters passed by OS2 WPS.
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- 5. The /x switch now correclty loads OH in history mode
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- 6. Shift-f6 function added.
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- Changes in version 1.2
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- 1. Fixed bug in create new directory for file copy/move function.
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- 2. Corrected sort behavior for odd length lists.
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- 3. Fixed bug in vertical directory move function.
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- 4. Center key (5 with numlock off) maps to insert key.
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- 5. Added Alt-num+ function.
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- 6. Color change prompts corrected.
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- Orchard House is distributed as shareware and, as such, is provided for
- evaluation purposes only. If you find OH useful and wish to continue
- using it, you need to register. This also gets you updates and
- technical support. See the included file REGISTER.FRM for further
- information. For product information, technical support, or quotes on
- volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, etc., contact me at the
- address below.
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- TERMS OF DISTRIBUTION OF ORCHARD HOUSE FOR SOFTWARE LIBRARIES:
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- 1. The fee charged may not exceed $10, including postage,
- mailer and any other charges.
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- 2. Your library's catalog or listing must state that this
- program is not free, but is copyrighted software that is
- provided to allow the user to evaluate it before paying.
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- 3. The offering and sale of Orchard House will be stopped at any
- time the author so requests.
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- 5. Problems or complaints will be reported to the author for
- resolution.
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- Please send registrations, comments, complaints, and suggestions
- to the author:
-
- Gleason Pace
- 12162 S. W. Scholls Ferry Rd. #191
- Tigard, Or. 97223
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- Or you may contact me at my BBS, Noah's Kitchen, 503-977-3934,
- Fido 1:105/37.
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