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- INSTALLING THE FAMILY EDGE Shareware Version B.5a
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- ARE YOUR FAMILY EDGE FILES ALREADY EXTRACTED?
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- If your copy of the program ALREADY has the self-extracting files extracted
- into INSTALL.COM, TFESHARE.EXE, UTLSHARE, and DOCSHARE.TXT:
- Copy INSTALL.COM and TFESHARE.EXE to the MASTER PROGRAM DISK, copy
- UTLSHARE to the MASTER UTILITY DISK, and copy DOCSHARE.TXT to the MASTER
- DOCUMENTATION DISK. Skip over the next section on extracting the files.
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- EXTRACTING THE SELF-EXTRACTING FILES
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- If your self-extracting files have NOT been extracted, you will need to
- EXTRACT these files from their compressed state. The first self-extracting
- file, TFEB5a.EXE ("B5a" represents the Shareware Version number), will contain
- the two files, INSTALL.COM and TFESHARE.EXE, for the MASTER PROGRAM DISK. The
- second self-extracting file, UTLB5a.EXE, will contain the one file, UTLSHARE,
- for the MASTER UTILITY DISK. The third self-extracting file, DOCB5a.EXE, will
- contain DOCSHARE.TXT, the program manual, for the MASTER DOCUMENTATION DISK.
- Here's the description of how to extract these self-extracting files
- (initially, three files).
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- If you are using disk drives other than A: and B: to extract the files,
- substitute their drive designations in the following instructions. To EXTRACT
- these files:
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- Place the disk containing the TFEB5a.EXE file in the A: drive, the Master
- PROGRAM Disk in the B: drive, close the drive doors, and type
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- A:TFEB5a B:
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- Place the disk containing the UTLB5a.EXE file in the A: drive, the Master
- UTILITY Disk in the B: drive, close the drive doors, and type
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- A:UTLB5a B:
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- Place the disk containing the DOCB5a.EXE file in the A: drive, the Master
- DOCUMENTATION Disk in the B: drive, close the drive doors, and type
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- A:DOCB5a B:
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- These three disks are your MASTER disks. The MASTER PROGRAM DISK and the
- MASTER UTILITY DISK are required to INSTALL the necessary Program and Utility
- files used by THE FAMILY EDGE. The Master Documentation file can be used
- directly to scan on screen or print out the Program Manual.
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- The INSTALL.COM program (on the MASTER PROGRAM DISK) will provide the
- necessary on-screen installation information for converting the files on the
- MASTER PROGRAM DISK and the MASTER UTILITY DISK into the different WORKING
- files needed to run THE FAMILY EDGE. After INSTALLING THE FAMILY EDGE, store
- your MASTER DISKS in a safe place. They will be your insurance if you should
- damage your Working Disks.
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- PREPARING TO USE THE FAMILY EDGE
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- There are fourgs you must now do prior to using THE FAMILY EDGE.
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- 1) You must prepare blank formatted disks (for a floppy installation).
- 2) You must INSTALL the program.
- 3) If your CONFIG.SYS file was changed, you must REBOOT the computer.
- 4) Finally, you must CONVERT any existing data files to the new format
- using the CONVERT choice in the EDGEUTIL Utility Program.
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- PREPARING BLANK FORMATTED FLOPPY DISKS
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- You will not need any floppy disks (other than your Master Disks) for a hard
- disk installation. Besides your Master Disks, you will need a least three
- blank formatted disks for a floppy disk installation. which will be prepared
- WITHOUT the booting, or system, files. For a floppy disk installation, the
- Program Files will take up ALL of the space on a normal 360K Working floppy
- disk. If you are using this program on a computer with two 360K drives, YOU
- WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BOOT YOUR COMPUTER OFF OF THE PROGRAM DISK. NOTE: If you
- are using disk drives other than A: and B: to format the disks, substitute
- their drive designations in the following instructions. To format a disk
- WITHOUT the "system" files, place your DOS disk (the one with all your DOS
- files, not necessarily your normal booting disk) in Drive A:, the disk to be
- formatted in Drive B: and type
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- A:format B:
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- Press the <ENTER> key. One of these disks will be for your Working Program
- files, one will be for your Working Utility files, and one will be for your
- first data disk.
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- ONLY if you have a 720K or larger drive (on a laptop, for example), you may
- prepare a bootable disk for the Working Program files by placing your DOS disk
- in Drive A:, placing the disk to be formatted in Drive B:, and typing
-
- A:format b:/s
-
- Press the <ENTER> key. This disk, formatted with the MS-DOS system files in
- place, will be your program disk. REMEMBER: This system format is for 720K OR
- LARGER FLOPPY DISKS ONLY!!!! Otherwise, if running from a double floppy drive
- computer, you must use the non-booting disk instructions.
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- Mark one disk MASTER PROGRAM DISK. Mark one disk MASTER UTILITY DISK. Mark one
- disk MASTER DOCUMENTATION DISK.
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- Many users of the Shareware Version will be running THE FAMILY EDGE on a
- computer equipped with only floppy disk drives, but we will go through the
- installation procedure for both a hard disk equipped computer and a floppy
- disk computer to cover all possible installations.
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- RUNNING THE INSTALL PROGRAM
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- THE CONFIG.SYS FILE
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- Your computer, when it first starts up, or BOOTS, will check the disk which
- holds the booting DOS files to see if there is a file named CONFIG.SYS on that
- disk. If there IS such a file, the computer will use the information in that
- file to alter its basic configuration information; otherwise it will use its
- standard internal default values. THE FAMILY EDGE requires that a CONFIG.SYS
- file be present and that the statement FILES=40 (or FILES = a number larger
- than 40) be in the CONFIG.SYS file. As part of the installation, the INSTALL
- program will examine the CONFIG.SYS file (to see if the FILES statement allows
- enough files to be opened). If your CONFIG.SYS file does need to be changed,
- the INSTALL program will ask your permission and, if you give it, will make a
- copy of your current CONFIG.SYS file under the name CONFIG.EDG, changing the
- CONFIG.SYS file to the new defaults.
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- FLOPPY DISK INSTALLATION
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- Label one of your blank floppy disks WORKING Program Disk. Label another blank
- floppy disk WORKING Utility Disk. You will also need the disk that you
- normally use to boot your computer. NOTE: If you are using a disk drive other
- than Drive A: for the Master Disks, substitute that drive's designation in the
- following instructions.
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- Place the MASTER PROGRAM DISK (containing the INSTALL.COM and SHARETFE.EXE
- files) in Drive A:, type A: and press <ENTER> (on some computers, the <ENTER>
- key is marked <RETURN> or <CR>). You should now be logged on the A: Drive.
- Type INSTALL and press <ENTER>. Follow the simple on screen instructions to
- allow the INSTALL program to create the necessary Program and Utility files.
- If your CONFIG.SYS file was changed during installation, you will need to
- REBOOT your computer for that file to take effect. If you do need to reboot,
- be sure you have your boot disk in the computer before rebooting.
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- HARD DISK INSTALLATION
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- NOTE: If you are using a disk drive other than Drive A: for the Master Disks,
- substitute that drive's designation in the following instructions.
-
- Place the MASTER PROGRAM DISK (containing the INSTALL.COM and SHARETFE.EXE
- files) in Drive A:, type A: and press <ENTER> (on some computers, the <ENTER>
- key is marked <RETURN>). You should now be logged on the A: Drive. Type
- INSTALL and press <ENTER>. Follow the simple on screen instructions to allow
- the INSTALL program to create the necessary Program and Utility files. If your
- CONFIG.SYS file was changed during installation, you will need to REBOOT your
- computer for that file to take effect.
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- CONVERTING EXISTING DATA FILES
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- First, make a backup copy of your Data and History Notes files. Load the
- EDGEUTIL Utility program, select CONVERT, select FAMILY EDGE files, and follow
- the on-screen instructions. ----- Happy EDGING!!!!
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