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TOM SAMMON
PUBLIC SOFTWARE & SUPPLY COMPANY
226 WEST APPLEBRANCH MUSTANG, 0K
(405) 376-9226
FELLOW COMPUTERIST
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Thanks for your purchase of this Public Software diskette product. If you
have purchased diskettes- I'm sure you will realize the value of your pur-
chase as you continue to use them in the coming months. If you have pur-
chased software, we hope that you will find the programs on the diskette
both interesting and of value to you. If you have purchased the "Six-Pack"
or "Twelve-Pack" combination package, you will find a variety of programs
along with your diskettes which are of various types: RV-EDIT is an ex-
cellent small wordprocessor for everyday use. DIR201 is a very nice utility
for your DOS functions. There are also some games, educational and misc-
ellaneous programs also enclosed. Please keep in mind, however, that these
two introductory diskettes are of a non-specialized nature. If you are in
need of more specialized programs- they are also available at your Public
Supply dealer or by mail order from the above address. Send $3.00 for our
complete listing of programs available. While your dealer has many exciting
programs available, it is by necessity that we cannot display all our soft-
ware due to the high cost of inventory for your dealer and us. Please make
all checks payable to TOM SAMMON for mail-orders or manual fees.
A WORD ABOUT PROGRAM RUNNING
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To examine the programs on your new diskettes, turn your computer on and
at the DOS A>, type DIR This should appear on your screen: A> DIR Now
press ENTER. You will now see the directory listing of all disk files on
your monitor. There will be sixteen basic file types. Each, and their type
are listed below:
.C C language program file .BAS Basic program file
.PIC Color graphic screen images .TXT Text data or documentation file
.DOC Documentation files .PAS Pascal program file
.ASC ASCII text files .ASM Assembly language program file
.VC Visicalc Templates .EXE Executable program module
.WS Wordstar format text file .COM Command module
.EWF Easywriter format text file .FOR Fortran program file
.BAT Batch command file .DAT Data file
.DBF dBASE II data file .PRG dBASE II program file
.ME (READ.ME)text file-instructions
Running Basic Programs from DOS....at the A> type in BASIC and the name of
the program you wish to run. For instance, if your program name is RV-EDIT.
BAS, then you would type in BASIC RV-EDIT at the A> Your screen would look
like this: A> BASIC RV-EDIT Now press ENTER and the program will load and
run.
Running Complied Programs from DOS....These are programs with the extension
of either .EXE or .COM To run these, at the A>, type in the name(only-no
extension is necessary) of the program you wish to run. For example, if the
name of the program is PC-CALC.EXE, at the A> type in PC-CALC Your screen
would look like this: A> PC-CALC Now press ENTER and the program will load
and run.
Running Batch Files from DOS....Batch files contain DOS commands. These com-
mands and functions are explained in detail in your DOS handbook supplied
with your computer or operating system. To run batch files, at the A> type
in the name of the batch file. For example, if the batch file name is G.BAT,
at the A> type in G.BAT Your screen will look like this: A> G.BAT Now
press ENTER to load and run the file. It is a common use of batch files to
load and run other programs. So, with this in mind, a file such as
BUSINESS.BAT found in the directory when another program file such as
BUSINESS.BAS also exists, is probably part of the program file. Generally,
load the batch (.BAT) file first, and it will provide the necessary commands
and load and run your program file.
Listing documentation from DOS... Almost all programs in the Public Software
library include documentation about the programs. Just as you receive a
manual with more expensive programs, you receive a manual with these pro-
grams, except it exists on the diskette for your reading or printing on the
printer. To read these files (.DOC .TXT READ.ME README XXX ), at the
A> , type in TYPE and the name of the file. For instance, If your file is
named STARTREK.DOC (which would be the documentation for the game STARTREK),
at the A> type in: TYPE STARTREK.DOC Your screen would look like this:
A> TYPE STARTREK.DOC Then press ENTER and the file will be sent to the
screen for your viewing. To stop this text at any time , use your PAUSE key
and then ENTER to continue the text when you are ready. To print the Text to
your printer, you merely redirect the screen output to your printer by typ-
ing the same command as the example above, but add >PRN To do this, your
screen would look like this: TYPE STARTREK.DOC>PRN Once again, after you
see this on the screen, press ENTER and the text will be sent to your print-
er to provide you with a hardcopy of program instructions.
Programs that don't have specific documentation files.... Some smaller
basic programs do not come with documentation files. They generally do, how-
ever, provide instructions or at least what the program will- or is intend-
ed to do- by means of the programmers comments (remarks) in the program
listing itself. These comments will be incorporated in the program's first
lines in the form of remark statements. To view these, simply load the
program(see above directions) use your LIST command and the program list-
ing will be sent to the screen for your viewing. To send these comments-
and the entire program listing- to the printer, you use the LLIST command.
A note about User Supported Software....Some programs within the collection
rival high price commercial programs in their complexity and usefulness to
computer users. At the beginning of such programs, you will be asked to send
a fee to these programmers if you find the program useful. While distrib-
utors such as ourselves put these programs into circulation-at a VERY low
price, the programmers have allowed us to do this so their program may reach
you for your review. Please consider sending these people some money if you
do find their programs uselful and worth their asking price.
While the above text outlines enough for you to get started in running your
programs, Computing is an endeavor where you never learn all there is to
know about the subject. Buy some good books on interesting subjects- visit
your library, read your provided manuals that came with your system, list
out the programs to see what is happening. You'll be surprised how quickly
you can master your machine.
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