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JP Software
4DOS Shareware Disk Startup Documentation
Version 4.01 -- June 8, 1992
Copyright 1988 - 1992, JP Software Inc., All Rights Reserved. Published
by JP Software Inc., P.O. Box 1470, E. Arlington, MA 02174 USA, (617)
646-3975.
Greetings, and thanks for trying 4DOS!
This file explains how to start the automated 4DOS installation process.
You can print this file with the command:
copy a:readme.1st prn
(modify this command if your diskette is not in drive A:).
This is a shareware copy of 4DOS. 4DOS is copyrighted software protect-
ed by US law and international treaty provisions. Your use of 4DOS is
subject to the terms of the 4DOS License Agreement and Limited Warranty
included in the file LICENSE.DOC. This file will be visible once you
have installed 4DOS. The license agreement allows you to use 4DOS for a
trial period of up to 21 days before deciding whether to purchase it.
Please read this agreement before using 4DOS.
The 4DOS files are stored in compressed form on this disk in the file.
They can only be extracted using the installation program INSTALL.EXE
(they are not stored in an archive format such as ZIP or ARC).
To install 4DOS automatically on your system, place this disk in any
drive it fits in, and enter the command:
x:install
where "x" is the drive that the 4DOS disk is in, for example:
a:install
You can also change to the diskette drive and run INSTALL (you MUST use
this approach if you are running DOS 2). For example:
a:
install
INSTALL installs 4DOS automatically, but will not modify your system
files such as CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT without your permission.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have an earlier version of 4DOS on your system,
do NOT install the 4DOS version 4.01 files in the directory in which
your old 4DOS files are stored. Install them in a different direc-
tory, and read the upgrade information in README.DOC and UPDAT401.DOC
before beginning work with 4DOS 4.01.
If you prefer to install 4DOS manually, start INSTALL as described
above. Choose the "Tour Installation" option on the INSTALL main menu.
This will copy all the 4DOS files to your disk and then stop. Once the
files are copied, look through chapters 2 and 6 of the 4DOS manual (in
the file 4DOS.DOC). These chapters contain instructions for manual
installation. You can also copy files individually using the "Copy
Individual Files" option on the INSTALL main menu.
To view the manual or any of the other 4DOS documentation files
(LICENSE.DOC, APPNOTES.DOC, README.DOC, or UPDATE40.DOC), use any file
viewer (e.g. LIST.COM) or use the 4DOS LIST command once you have 4DOS
installed. You can print the manual or any of the other documentation
files by COPYing the file to your printer if you like, for example to
print README.DOC:
copy readme.doc prn
These files contain headers, footers, and form feed (new page) char-
acters so it is best to copy them directly to the printer. You can use
a page formatting program designed to handle this type of file if you
wish (for example the shareware product 4PRINT, which prints long docu-
ments in a condensed format). However if the program you use can't
handle pre-formatted pages your printout may not look right. The 4DOS
manual is very long (over 350 pages!) so you may want to view it on-
screen instead of printing it.
INSTALL runs best with 475K or more of free memory available. If your
system has less than about 475K of free memory there may be insufficient
memory for INSTALL to perform the installation actions you select. If
INSTALL runs out of memory and cannot continue it will exit with a
"Memory allocation failure" error. If this occurs, remove some memory-
resident programs or device drivers, then re-run INSTALL. If you have
problems with memory allocation failures in INSTALL and cannot free up
enough memory to avoid them, please contact our technical support de-
partment for assistance.
If you are installing on a system which has only floppy disks, you must
perform some manual steps to get all the files extracted. First, use
the "Full Installation" or "Tour Installation" option from the main
INSTALL menu. During the installation process INSTALL will tell you
that there is not enough room on your disk for all of the files, and
give you the option to install only those files required to run 4DOS.
These files will fit on a 360K floppy disk. Once you have these files,
see README.DOC for a complete list of all 4DOS files. Then use the Copy
Individual Files option on INSTALL's main menu to extract any additional
files you want to a separate floppy disk.
Note that the 4DOS ASCII manual, 4DOS.DOC, requires about 1 MB of disk
space and can only be extracted to a hard disk, RAM disk, or high-densi-
ty floppy disk. If you have only low-density floppy disks and need a
copy of the manual split up into several files, please contact us and we
will supply you with such a copy.
You can contact JP Software at any of the addresses below.
CompuServe JP Software section of the PC Vendor B forum (GO JPSOFT
or GO PCVENB), or CompuServe Mail to 75020,244 (custom-
er service), 75300,1215 (technical support), or
75300,210 (general)
Bix Bixmail to "jpsoft"
BBS Channel 1, Boston, 617-354-8873
InterLink via the 4DOS Conference
PCRelay via the 4DOS Conference
FidoNet via the 4DOS Conference
SmartNet via the 4DOS Conference
Voice (617) 646-3975, days Eastern US time
Fax (617) 646-0904
MCI Mail 470-7811
US Mail JP Software
P.O. Box 1470
E. Arlington, MA 02174, USA