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- JAMDISK 2, Copyright © 1991-92 JAM
- ----------------------------------
-
- Copyrights of all programs contained on this disk remain
- with the various programmers.
-
- There are some important notes concerning the files on this
- disk later in this text file, please take the time to read
- them before diving in head first. You'll find details on how
- to unarchive any `.run' files on this disk, and some help
- with installing printer drivers.
-
- Please, before using this disk in anger, make a backup copy!
- If you manage to corrupt this disk, return the original with
- a stamped, self-addressed envelope and we will happily replace
- it free of charge. No SSAE however, no action!
-
- Right, first the advert ...
-
- Just Amiga Monthly (JAM) is a subscription-only magazine
- (it's a traditional paper magazine, a totally separate thing
- from the Jamdisk collection) costing £19.95 for 12 issues
- (£24.95 Europe, £49.95 Overseas). The latest issue can be
- bought from the address below for £1.95 if you don't want to
- subscribe just yet. Cheques, Postal Orders and International
- Money Orders should be made payable to JAM.
-
- Just Amiga Monthly
- 75 Greatfields Drive
- Uxbridge UB8 3QN
-
- Phone: 0895 274449
- Contacts: Jeff Walker, Steve Williams
-
- Now the legal stuff ...
-
- This Jamdisk is freely distributable provided it remains
- intact and unaltered and this `ReadMe' file is not removed
- from it. Public Domain libraries are given permission to
- include this disk in their catalogues provided they charge
- no more for it than JAM itself does.
-
- JAM regrets that it cannot provide technical support for any
- of the software on its Jamdisks; the responsibility for this
- lies with the programmers.
-
- We strongly recommend you register with the authors of the
- programs on this disk (where applicable) as this will
- encourage them to keep developing. Remember, they do it
- to please YOU -- the least you can do is say thank you.
-
- Now the notes ...
-
-
- ************************************************************
- WHAT TO DO WITH `.RUN' FILES
- ************************************************************
-
- There may be files on this disk that have a `.run'
- extension. These are collections of associated files that
- have been joined together in self-extracting archives.
-
- All that needs to be done to extract the files in the archive
- is to run the `.run' file -- this means you type its name (and
- path if necessary) into a Shell or CLI window, just like you
- do with commands like Copy and Dir.
-
- So, to unarchive `.run' files you should do the following ...
-
- (We'll use the `listings.run' file as an example.)
-
-
- SINGLE DRIVE USERS
- ------------------
-
- 1. Boot from your Workbench disk and open a Shell/CLI window.
-
- 2. At the command line enter the command ...
-
- COPY C:COPY RAM:
-
- 3. Format a new floppy disk and give it the name PLOP.
-
- 4. Insert a copy of JAMDISK2 into the drive.
-
- 5. At the command line enter the command ...
-
- RAM:COPY JAMDISK2:LISTINGS.RUN RAM:
-
- 6. Insert the newly formatted PLOP disk into the drive.
-
- 7. At the command line enter the command ...
-
- RAM:LISTINGS.RUN PLOP:
-
- At the end of the extracting process all the LISTINGS files
- will be on the PLOP disk.
-
-
- DUAL-DRIVE USERS
- ----------------
-
- 1. Boot from your Workbench disk and open a Shell/CLI window.
-
- 2. Format a new floppy disk in your external drive and give
- it the name PLOP.
-
- 3. Insert a copy of JAMDISK2 into the internal drive.
-
- 4. At the command line type ...
-
- JAMDISK2:LISTINGS.RUN PLOP:
-
- At the end of the extracting process all the LISTINGS files
- will be on the PLOP disk.
-
-
- HARD DRIVE USERS
- ----------------
-
- 1. Boot from your hard disk and open a Shell/CLI window.
-
- 2. Insert a copy of JAMDISK2 into any drive.
-
- 4. At the command line type ...
-
- JAMDISK2:LISTINGS.RUN DH0:
-
- If your hard drive partition is called something other than
- DH0:, like Work: for instance, then replace `DH0:' with
- whatever your hard drive partition is called.
-
- At the end of the extracting process all the files will be on
- the partition you specified.
-
-
- ************************************************************
- INSTALLING A PRINTER DRIVER
- ************************************************************
-
- Printer drivers need to be copied into the `devs/printers'
- directory on the disk you boot from (your `boot' disk) --
- that means into a directory called `printers' which is
- inside a directory called `devs'.
-
- The seven printer drivers on this disk, and the paths to
- them, are:
-
- JAMDISK2:PrinterDrivers/CanonBJ130/CanonBJ130
- JAMDISK2:PrinterDrivers/EpsonQPlus/EpsonQPlus
-
- JAMDISK2:PrinterDrivers/Epson_JX-80/Epson_JX-80
- JAMDISK2:PrinterDrivers/Epson_LQ800/Epson_LQ800
-
- JAMDISK2:PrinterDrivers/HP/SG_HPDeskJet_Plus
- JAMDISK2:PrinterDrivers/HP/SG_HPLaserJet_Plus
-
- JAMDISK2:PrinterDrivers/Oki39xPlus/Oki39xPlus
-
- The CanonBJ130 and EpsonQPlus drivers have automatic installation
- programs; double click the Install icons in the relevant drawers.
-
- For the other five drivers ...
-
- Leave your boot (Workbench) disk in DF0:, it needs to be
- write-enabled. (For heaven's sake don't use your original
- Workbench disk, make a backup copy and use that!)
-
- Open a Shell/CLI (i.e. double click on the Shell or CLI icon).
-
- At the prompt type:
-
- Copy JAMDISK2:PrinterDrivers/Epson_JX-80/Epson_JX-80 TO DEVS:printers
- ^ ^ ^
- | | |
- space space space
-
- It doesn't matter if you type it all in upper case or all
- in lower case, or mixed (as above). But make sure you put
- spaces only where they appear in the above line. Press the
- Return or Enter key only after typing the whole line.
-
- If you have only one floppy drive you will be requested to
- swap disks at certain points; simply do as you are asked.
- If the driver won't copy because the Workbench disk is
- full, you will have to delete something from that
- Workbench disk (any of the tools in the Utilities drawer
- will do).
-
- Ok, that copies the Epson JX-80 driver over. If it's one of
- the others you want simply replace the bit between `Copy'
- and `TO' with the path and filename for that driver (see
- the list above).
-
- This kind of file management is much easier to do with a
- `directory utility' or `file manager' program. There's one
- on JAMDISK 9 called DirWork.
-
- After you have copied the driver on to your boot disk you
- need to run the Printer program in the Prefs drawer. After
- running this you will see a list of drivers at top-right of
- the screen. Use the mouse and the arrow buttons to
- highlight the new driver, then click on the SAVE button.
-
- That's it.
-
- If you want to put the driver on to a disk other than the
- Workbench disk (the DPaint disk, for example) simply
- follow the instructions above but use the command line ...
-
- Copy <printer driver> TO <volume>:devs/printers
-
- ... replacing <printer driver> with the correct path and
- filename for the driver of your choice (see list above),
- and <volume> with the name of the disk you want to copy
- the driver on to.
-