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- PC-FASTYPE(Tm) Copyright 1990 Trendtech Corporation
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- Welcome to PC-FASTYPE/CGA Version 4.1
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- PC-FASTYPE/CGA is a typing tutorial program SPECIFICALLY designed
- for IBM-PC and PS/2 styled keyboards on computers running under
- MS-DOS. The quick-start instructions below will get you going right
- away.
-
- PC-FASTYPE/CGA also requires COLOR. You MUST have a
- Color/Graphics Adapter Card (CGA) or equivalent (EGA/VGA) on your
- computer or PC-FASTYPE/CGA won't work.
-
- If your PC is not equipped for color graphics display, then you
- should be using PC-FASTYPE/MONO which can be run on any PC without
- regard to the type of monitor attached. It uses character-based line-
- graphics to simulate the screen keyboard display. Contact us for more
- information about PC-FASTYPE/MONO.
-
-
- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
- PC-FASTYPE/CGA is distributed on one 360KB 5.25" floppy, or one
- 720KB 3.50" mini-floppy and requires the following minimum equipment
- to run properly:
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- o IBM PC, XT, PS/2, 286, 386, or IBM Compatible
- o MS-DOS - All versions from 2.0 and up
- o 256KB Memory
- o Color Graphics capability (CGA/EGA/VGA)
- o 1 Floppy disk drive; 3.5" or 5.25"
- o Keyboard: either the 101-Key Enhanced with the bar-shaped
- enter key, or the AT-Style with the large L-shaped enter key.
-
-
- TO LOAD:
- From Floppy Disk Drive: Place the disk in drive A: and type:
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- ENFT to start PC-FASTYPE/CGA with the 101-Key Enhanced keyboard
- ATFT to start PC-FASTYPE/CGA with the AT-Style keyboard
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- followed by the ENTER key. For example, the command:
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- A:> enft <enter>
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- will start PC-FASTYPE/CGA from the A: floppy drive for the 101-
- Key Enhanced keyboard.
-
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- Fixed Disk Drive: First create a sub-directory then copy the entire
- contents of the disk to the new directory. Change to the new directory
- and type ENFT or ATFT followed by the ENTER key.
-
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- TO RUN:
- PRESS ANY KEY TO GET PAST THE TITLE SCREEN AND SHAREWARE
- INFORMATION SCREEN. After these screens are displayed and the tables
- loaded, the Main Menu will be displayed. The menu selector bar will
- be resting on the 'Begin Typing' selection. Just press the Enter key
- or function key F10 to start a typing drill of the HOME keys. To
- return to the Main Menu during typing, press the Escape key.
-
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- WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:
- For DRILLS: Place the fingers of each hand on the home keys
- (ASDF JKL;) and type each letter as you are prompted for it. The
- program selects the letters randomly. The number of characters you
- have to successfully type is displayed before you start. When the
- drill is finished your WPM and other statistics will be displayed in
- the text panel.
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- For EXERCISES: lines of text will be displayed above the screen
- keyboard; type each character pointed to by the house-shaped cursor
- () and when you reach the symbol or end of the line, press the
- enter key (for "carriage-return"), or the space bar. When you finish
- typing the exercise your WPM and other statistics will be displayed in
- the text panel.
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- SELECTING MENU ITEMS:
- Use the arrow keys (cursor keys) to move the menu selector bar up
- and down the menu. Select the drill, exercise, or option by pressing
- the enter key when the item you want is highlighted by the menu
- selector bar. You can use the function keys as a short-cut.
-
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- WHILE RUNNING:
- MENUS:
- There are 5 drill, exercise, and feature selection menus and 3
- sub-menus for selecting additional keys to learn. The primary
- menus can be displayed by pressing function keys F1 to F5
- anytime while the screen keyboard is displayed.
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- <Esc>ape key:
- Pressing the Escape key anytime during a drill or exercise will
- cause the drill or exercise to terminate and your current WPM
- to be displayed; pressing the Escape key again will display the
- menu where you started the exercise.
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- QuickHELP:
- ALL menus have the QuickHELP Facility available. For all
- menus, the function key F1 is always the HELP key. When you
- select HELP, a QuickHELP Facility Menu will be displayed; the
- selector bar will rest on the item matching your help request.
- Follow the instructions given on the bottom of the menu.
-
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- EVALUATION PERIOD:
- You are licensed to operate PC-FASTYPE/CGA on your PC for testing
- and evaluation as to its usefulness to you, on a trial basis for 30
- days. We believe this to be a fair and equitable time period for
- evaluation and we trust your good judgement and sense of fair play in
- making a decision regarding registration.
-
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- HERCULES:
- PC-FASTYPE/CGA will work on a PC equipped with a Hercules
- Monochrome Graphics Adaptor card IF you also use a Color Graphics
- (CGA) emulator program for the Hercules called "HGCIBM". Better yet,
- you can use PC-FASTYPE/MONO which displays the keyboards using
- character graphics. In all other respects it's identical to the CGA
- version.
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- OLD-STYLE PC KEYBOARD:
- If your PC is equipped with the older "classic" style PC
- keyboard, the one with the vertical ENTER key and the too-far-spaced
- shift keys, we have a keyboard display you can use with this version
- of PC-FASTYPE/CGA. Let us know if you want this keyboard display, and
- include an additional $5.00 when you register. The MONO version
- includes this keyboard.
-
-
- DOCUMENTATION:
- The PC-FASTYPE/CGA User Guide is included on this disk as a self-
- extracting 'ZIP' file. This means the User Guide text has been
- 'compressed' to save space on the disk. If you register, you'll
- receive a handsomely printed and bound User Guide.
-
-
- How To 'UN-COMPRESS' The User Guide:
- ZIP'd files can be 'un-compressed', or reconstructed without the
- need for special programs. A self-extracting ZIP file is an
- executable file with a .EXE extension. By simply typing in the name
- of the self-extracting ZIP file, the User Guide reconstruction process
- will be performed. To view or print the PC-FASTYPE/CGA User Guide
- perform the following simple steps:
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-
- 1. Copy the file named FTDOC.EXE to your hard disk or
- to another floppy. (If you try to uncompress the
- file on THIS disk you will run out of space.)
- 2. Make that drive the default drive, and at the prompt
- type in the following command:
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- ftdoc <enter key>
-
- and the User Guide will extract itself into a
- printable, plain text document.
- 3. You will now have a file called FASTYPE.DOC on your
- disk. Verify this by typing 'DIR FASTYPE.DOC' at the
- prompt.
-
- 4. To print the User Guide on your printer, first make
- sure you have enough paper - the User Guide is about
- 50 pages long. Be sure your printer is turned ON,
- and the first page is positioned at top-of-form.
- Then type the following command at the prompt:
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- copy fastype.doc prn <enter key>
-
- 5. Your printer will print the PC-FASTYPE/CGA User
- Guide on about fifty pages of paper.
-
-
- INQUIRIES:
- Inquiries can be telephoned to (201) 694-8622; if there's no
- answer, please leave a message on the answering machine along with
- your name, address and daytime phone number, the version number of
- PC-FASTYPE/CGA you are using, and a short message. We'll return your
- call as soon as possible.
-
-
- DATED SOFTWARE:
- If today's date is a year or more later than the file dates on
- this distribution disk than please contact Trendtech Corporation for
- information about the current version of PC-FASTYPE/CGA. Shareware
- tends to "acquire a life of its own" once it's distributed; not all
- vendors will bother to acquire the latest version from the author.
- That is why you should buy Shareware from a disk vendor who is an
- authorized "Associate Member of the A.S.P."
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- VIRUSES:
- You can only be sure of getting a top-quality virus-free version
- of any ASP Shareware product by obtaining your copy directly from the
- author, or from a disk vendor who is an Associate Member of the
- Association of Shareware Professionals, or from a reputable BBS
- service. Be suspicious of any program you download from a BBS whose
- file dates or copyright notices are more than two years old; if it's a
- Shareware product, contact the author directly for information about
- current versions.
-
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- TO PRINT THIS FILE:
- You can print this readme file to your printer by simply issuing
- the following MS-DOS command at the prompt:
-
- 1. First insert the PC-FASTYPE/CGA disk in drive A.
- 2. Then make sure your printer is turned on and the paper
- is set at top-of-form.
- 3. Type:
- COPY A:README.TXT PRN: <cr>
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- Copyright 1983-1990 by Trendtech Corporation, Wayne, NJ
- All Rights Reserved
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