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H Y P E R P A D Version 2.2
FILE HPAD22.INF 20 May 1991
What is HyperPAD?
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Copyright 1989-1991 by Brightbill-Roberts & Co. All rights reserved.
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WHAT IS HYPERPAD?
HyperPAD is an object-oriented application development tool that makes you
more productive with your PC. HyperPAD also offers more than two dozen
personal applications, or "pads", each designed to help you manage infor-
mation and data easily and productively.
What is unique about HyperPAD is that you can easily personalize these
applications, even if you are not a programmer. HyperPAD's powerful tools
give you the ability to do things with your PC that you never thought you
could do yourself. If you are a programmer you will find HyperPAD to be a
rich environment that gives you a huge head start towards your finished
product.
THE ULTIMATE LAUNCHING PAD. When you set up HyperPAD, you create buttons
on your "home" pad that link you to your MS-DOS software. After setting
up your home pad to launch applications, you'll never have to stare at
the DOS prompt again. Just push a button, and HyperPAD shrinks down to
4k of memory abd launches DOS programs like Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect or
Windows software like Microsoft Excel, PageMaker or Corel Draw.
LONG LIVE DOS. With HyperPAD you launch applications, manage information,
and plan work in an intuitive, easily personalized desktop environment. All
without the expensive upgrade of your hardware and software required to
migrate to Microsoft Windows, OS/2 PM or other graphical environments.
HyperPAD protects your investment in your DOS software by modernizing your
DOS environment. You get all the benefits of graphical systems without all
the headaches and costs.
OBJECT ORIENTATION = INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY. HyperPAD features information
filled fields and buttons that can be used again and again. Create a button
that launches your word processor, and then copy/paste it to any HyperPAD
application you build. There are many different flavors of buttons and
fields from which to choose. Plus, popup menus, dialog boxes, modifiable
system menus, and more...
POWERFUL DESIGN CAPABILITIES. Powerful and easy to use character-based
painting and drawing tools are built-in, so you can create colorful pads
that will win the interest and respect of your audience.
TOP PERFORMANCE ON EVERY PC. HyperPAD is designed to run on nearly any IBM
PC, PS/2 or close compatible. Its friendly user interface runs entirely in
the character mode. This brings you two important benefits:
o Character based systems like HyperPAD far outperform graphics
based systems like Microsoft Windows and OS/2 PM. Whether you
are using a run of the mill PC-XT or the fastest 80x86 on the
market, HyperPAD runs faster.
o You are assured that an extremely broad audience can run the
pads you develop, since nearly everyone has the minimal system
requirements of HyperPAD.
SPECIAL FEATURES. HyperPAD includes an easy to use DOS manager and something
far more powerful and useful. With HyperPAD you can link information by any
association thus creating powerful "hypertext" systems. You can create
interactive tutorials and computer based training (CBT) systems. You can
build flat file databases or front ends to corporate database systems. In
fact, as you use HyperPAD you'll find new applications almost daily.
"I didn't think it was possible to do such a nice job with
the character mode"
-- Mitch Kapor
"The Ultimate Launching Pad"
-- Esther Dyson, Release 1.0
"... deceptively simple but remarkably rich ..."
-- Jeffery Tartar, Soft_Letter
"PC managers, training directors, and the rest of us shouldn't
be without it."
-- Danny Goodman, PC World
"It's pretty cool!"
-- John C. Dvorak, Industry Columnist
DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING HYPERPAD. HyperPAD takes the form of five archive
files named HP22Dn.ZIP (where n is a digit 1 thru 5). The latest version of
these files can be found on Compuserve in the PCVENC forum, library 1. Each
of these files should be downloaded and unzipped with PKUNZIP 1.02 (or
better). Be sure and use the "/d" switch with PKUNZIP so that sub-directories
in the ZIP files will be created and utilized. Here is an example of a proper
command line:
C:\APPS\HPAD> PKUNZIP -d a:HP22D1 *.* <enter>
More detailed instructions can be found in the file INSTALL.DOC which is
found in the HP22D1.ZIP file.