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- README file on EDRAW distribution disk------------9/20/87------
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- WHAT IS EDRAW--------------------------------------------------
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- EDRAW - Easydraw - is an IBM PC based general purpose drawing
- program designed for technical people like engineers, teachers
- and students. Besides drawing lines, boxes, circles and
- symbols, the USER-SUPPORTED program includes logic/electronic
- symbols enabling a user to draw electronic circuits. The
- program is ideal for drawing schematics, block diagrams,
- flowcharts and features automatic panning.
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- EDRAW requires 384k of memory, a CGA or EGA graphic adapter,
- supports most mice, and prints on Epson or compatible printers.
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- EDRAW requires users to install - explained below - the EDRAW
- distribution disk onto a floppy or a hard drive using a simple
- INSTALL procedure. The installed version - EDRAW working disk -
- MAY NOT be distributed.
-
- The steps to become a successful EDRAW user are:
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- ____ Print the README file.
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- ____ Install EDRAW on a floppy.
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- ____ Run automated demonstrations EDEMO1 and EDEMO3.
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- ____ Print the manual.
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- ____ Step thru MANUAL TUTORIAL in the manual.
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- ____ Draw and print your first drawing.
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- ____ Order/register for the complete EDRAW package.
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- AUTOMATED DEMONSTRATION-------------------------------------
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- After installing EDRAW, a user can execute an automated
- demonstration of EDRAW. The demonstrations are named Edemo1,
- Edemo2.... To start a demonstration reboot computer to remove
- all stay-resident drivers then
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- floppy user: insert installed disk into drive A
- floppy user: A:<ret>
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- hard disk user: C:<ret> your hard disk drive
- hard disk user: CD\EDRAW<ret>
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- EDEMO1 <ret>.
- Press any key to advance past the copyright notice.
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- From the UTILITY menu, press CTRL O (the letter). Most of the
- demonstration programs will pause - advance to the next frame
- with the space bar. To stop a demo depress CTRL, ALT, DELETE
- and remove the disk.
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- DOCUMENTATION----------------------------------------------
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- The DOS command COPY MANUAL.DOC PRN<ret> will print the EDRAW
- users manual. A section in the manual - MANUAL TUTORIAL - will
- take you step by step into EDRAW.
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- FLOPPY USER INSTALLATION--------------------------------------
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- Make a working EDRAW disk by first formatting a floppy
- with the /S option. The /S option will place a copy of
- DOS on the disk.
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- Insert the EDRAW distribution disk into drive A and the
- formatted disk into drive B and enter:
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- A: <ret>
- FLINSTAL <ret>
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- HARD DISK USER INSTALLATION-----------------------------------
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- The following steps will create an EDRAW sub-directory
- and several symbol sub-directories on a hard drive.
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- Insert the EDRAW disk into drive A and type [HDINSTAL x
- ret]. The x indicates the fixed drive name. (Do not type
- a colon after the drive name.)
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- To run the program enter:
- CD\EDRAW ret
- EDRAW ret
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- DISK CONTENTS--------------------------------------------------
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- README These words.
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- FLINSTAL.BAT A batch file to install EDRAW onto a blank
- formatted floppy.
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- HDINSTAL.BAT A batch file to install EDRAW onto a hard
- disk drive.
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- EDRAW.EXE The graphic drawing program.
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- EDEMO1.BAT Batch file to run DEMO1.COM. A self-paced
- instructional tutorial on EDRAW.
- DEMO1
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- EDEMO2.BAT Batch file to run DEMO2.COM. An automatic
- instructional tutorial on EDRAW.
- DEMO2
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- EDEMO3.BAT Batch file to run DEMO3.COM. A self-paced
- tutorial on drawing schematics, block
- diagrams and flow charts.
- DEMO3
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- EDRAW.CFG Floppy user configuration file.
- Configuration files contain directory path
- names.
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- FIXD.CFG Fixed disk configuration file. FIXD.CFG
- will be renamed to EDRAW.CFG by the install
- procedure.
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- MANUAL.DOC EDRAW manual in ascii file format - can be
- printed by using the DOS command COPY
- MANUAL.DOC PRN <ret>.
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- XXXX.DOG These symbol files will be placed in a
- directory called GATES and renamed XXXX.SYM
- by the INSTALL procedure.
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- FONTXXX With these files, the INSTALL procedure
- will create directories for fonts 1 and 5.
-
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- Notes:
- The EDRAW distribution disk must be installed.
- Fonts 2 thru 3 and fonts above 5 are not on this SHAREWARE
- product.
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- For more information consult the manual or write to:
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- Emark Systems
- P.O. Box 13796
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 89192-3796
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