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- Having trouble installing MUSIC?
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- MUSIC v3.3 Installation Help
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-
- Syntax: INSTALL [music_directory_name]
-
- Examples: INSTALL <- installs MUSIC in C:\MUSIC (suggested)
- INSTALL D:\MUSIC32 <- installs MUSIC in D:\MUSIC32
-
-
- The INSTALL.BAT program should be all you need to run to completely get MUSIC
- up and running. If you are having troubles with it then you can read this to
- help you get it going manually. The most common reason for the INSTALL program
- to have trouble is "out of environment space" which is a trickier problem to
- fix than to install MUSIC yourself (environment space is increased by adding
- the line "shell=c:\dos\command.com /p /e:1024" in the CONFIG.SYS file then
- rebooting).
-
-
- MUSICZIP.EXE is a self-extracting ZIP file. Place it in a temporary directory
- on your hard drive or your root directory then run it (just type MUSICZIP and
- press [Enter]).
- It should give birth to the following files (in the same directory)...
-
- STUFFZIP.EXE - MUSIC program, manual, demo data files and other stuff.
- INSTALL.BAT - The all-you-should-need MUSIC installation program.
- INSTALL.TXT - This installation trouble-shooting information file.
- README.MUS - Basic information to get you started. INSTALL.BAT will
- show this file to you during the installation.
- REGISTER.TXT - Registration info and form in simple text file in case
- your last resort is to get a real copy through registration.
- CHOICE.COM - Needed by the INSTALL.BAT program to ask you questions.
-
- You will also want to place the installation file that contains the MUSIC
- Manual for your particular printer (DOC_PS.EXE for PostScript printers or
- DOC_PCL.EXE for standard HP LaserJet II type printers) in your temporary
- installation directory.
- Now all you have to do is run INSTALL.BAT. Most people will want to install
- MUSIC in the directory C:\MUSIC. If this is the case for you then run the
- installation program simply by typing INSTALL and pressing [Enter].
- If you wish to install MUSIC in a different directory then run the installation
- program like this...
- INSTALL D:\STUFF\MUSIC3
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Replace the D:\... with the directory you wish to install MUSIC in.
-
- The installation program shows you the README.MUS file, asks you some questions
- and does the full MUSIC install. It also allows you to print the MUSIC
- manual. You can only do this if you have a PostScript printer or a standard
- HP LaserJet II compatible PCL printer (as most laser printers are).
-
- If, for some reason, the installation process doesn't work you can try to do it
- manually by following these steps...
-
- UPGRADING?
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- If you already have an older version of MUSIC then all you really need is
- the new MUSIC.EXE. You may also want the Christmas Song Drawer which you
- can get by running XMASZIP.EXE in a new directory (typically C:\MUSIC\XMAS).
- You can get MUSIC.EXE and XMASZIP.EXE by running STUFFZIP.EXE in a temporary
- directory.
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- FIRST TIME INSTALLATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This installation process assumes you have already run MUSICZIP.EXE in some
- temporary directory (or root directory C:\) and your current working
- directory is in that temporary directory. This is a fair assumption since
- you couldn't get this INSTALL.TXT file without running MUSICZIP.EXE.
- If you ran MUSICZIP.EXE in your MUSIC directory (usually C:\MUSIC) then
- skip the first 2 steps and begin on step 3.
-
- 1. Create the directory you want to put MUSIC in (typically C:\MUSIC)...
- MKDIR c:\music
- 2. Copy the file STUFFZIP.EXE and REGISTER.TXT into that new directory...
- COPY STUFFZIP.EXE c:\music
- COPY REGISTER.TXT c:\music
- 3. Go to the new directory and run STUFFZIP.EXE...
- C:
- CD \music
- STUFFZIP
- 4. STUFFZIP.EXE should have created several more files. You need to select
- the proper MUSIC.CFG configuration file depending on the type of printer
- you have.
- If you have a PCL printer (HP LaserJet II and compatibles) type...
- REN CFG.PCL MUSIC.CFG
- If you have a CaPSL printer (Canon LBP-8II/8III/8IV, LBP-4/4U/4Lite)...
- REN CFG.PSL MUSIC.CFG
- If you have neither...
- REN CFG.NO MUSIC.CFG
- 5. Make your Christmas Carols song drawer...
- MKDIR XMAS
- XMASZIP XMAS (this extracts several files into C:\MUSIC\XMAS)
- 6. If you want to print the MUSIC manual and you have either a PostScript or
- a PCL printer (most laser printers are) then unzip the proper file to the
- new MUSIC directory. If you only have access to a dot matrix or other
- standard print-head type printer (ink jets, etc) then you can only get
- the manual by registering MUSIC with the option to have the manual mailed
- to you.
- Turn your printer on; make sure it's ready to go. The manual is 70+ pages
- so check that you have enough paper. The examples below assume your printer
- is connected to the standard printer port on LPT1: as most printers are
- (even for most network printers). If this is not the case for you then
- exchange "LPT1:" for your proper printer device name.
- For PostScript printers...
- DOC_PS c:\music (extracts the file MUSICDOC.PS which is 900k)
- COPY c:\music\MUSICDOC.PS LPT1:
- For PCL printers (HP Laserjet II and compatibles)...
- DOC_PCL c:\music (extracts the file MUSICDOC.PCL which is 800k)
- COPY /B c:\music\MUSICDOC.PCL LPT1: <<- don't forget the "/B"
- ^^
- 7. The last page of the MUSIC manual is the registration form, but if you
- could not print the manual and you want a copy of it then you need to
- register MUSIC. So how do you get the registration form if you can't
- print the manual? Ahhh, I thought of that! If you have any standard
- type of printer (dot matrix, ink jet, etc) then you can simply print the
- file REGISTER.TXT which is a simple text file.
- COPY REGISTER.TXT LPT1:
- If you don't have a printer at all then you can simply hand write it out
- so it looks like the form in REGISTER.TXT (look at it with any text editor).
- Fill in this form; choose the registration option that includes the manual,
- follow the directions on the form, and send it with your payment to the
- address on the form. I'll mail you the full package deal based on your
- registration option.
- 8. Cleanup the installation files which you won't need any more...
- DEL DOC*.EXE
- DEL CFG.*
- DEL STUFFZIP.EXE
- DEL XMASZIP.EXE
- Delete all the files in the temporary directory you ran MUSICZIP.EXE in
- unless it was the root directory C:\ in which case you should delete
- these files from there...
- INSTALL.BAT, INSTALL.TXT, README.MUS, STUFFZIP.EXE, REGISTER.TXT,
- MUSICZIP.EXE (You may want to put MUSICZIP.EXE on a floppy before
- deleting it in case you want to share MUSIC with someone else).
-
- That's it! You run MUSIC by going into the MUSIC directory (c:\music),
- type MUSIC and press [Enter]. There are special command-line options
- that you can use (like auto-quick-loading a song drawer) and these options
- are explained in the manual. You may want to create a batch file called
- MUSIC.BAT and place it in some directory that is in your DOS search PATH
- (C:\ (root) and C:\BATCH are common examples). MUSIC.BAT could look like...
- C:\MUSIC\MUSIC.EXE C:\MUSIC
- This simple one-line batch file, when run from -any- working directory, will
- not only run the MUSIC program, but it will also tell MUSIC to automatically
- load the song drawer in the C:\MUSIC directory. This is a common technique.
-
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- FILES (v3.3)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- MUSIC.EXE - The main MUSIC program.
- REGISTER.TXT - MUSIC Registration information and mail-in form.
- UPDATES.TXT - Lists the mods made to MUSIC for each new version.
- SUMMARY.TXT - General overview of the MUSIC program's features.
- FILE_FMT.TXT - MUSIC data file formats for you hackers out there.
- MUSICDOC.PS - MUSIC Manual if you have a PostScript printer.
- MUSICDOC.PCL - MUSIC Manual if you have a PCL printer (HP LaserJet II clone).
- MUSIC.DWR - A small "song drawer" file.
- *.MUS - A few non-Copyrighted songs for you to look at.
- *.PC - Printer Configuration files, most of which will only work
- with laser printers.
-
- There are also file in the XMAS subdirectory which are songs for the Christmas
- carols song drawer. Be sure to "Get another drawer" and load this song drawer
- to check out the songs in there.
-
- If you have more problems then you can contact me via email (address below).
-
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- MUSIC Installation Software Package
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- MUSICZIP.EXE, STUFFZIP.EXE, DOC_PS.EXE, DOC_PCL.EXE, XMASZIP.EXE are
- all self-extracting ZIP files (compressed). When you run them they
- give birth to the files listed to the right of them after the "==".
-
- MUSICZIP.EXE == STUFFZIP.EXE == MUSIC.EXE
- INSTALL.BAT SUMMARY.TXT
- INSTALL.TXT UPDATES.TXT
- README.MUS FILE_FMT.TXT
- REGISTER.TXT CFG.PCL (MUSIC.CFG for HP PCL)
- CHOICE.COM CFG.PSL (for Cannon CaPSL)
- CFG.NO (for no printer codes)
- *.PC (Printer Config files)
- MUSIC.DWR (demo main song drawer)
- MUSIC.SL (demo Selection List file)
- *.MUS (demo song files)
- XMASZIP.EXE == MUSIC.DWR (...\XMAS)
- *.MUS (Xmas songs)
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- DOC_PS.EXE == MUSICDOC.PS
- DOC_PCL.EXE == MUSICDOC.PCL
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- That's it. Have fun.
-
- Thanks for registering MUSIC.
-
- --Chris Pierce
- cap@scvnet.com
-