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- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Maximus 2.00 Release Notes │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
- Welcome to Maximus!
-
- The version 2.0 distribution kit consists of four parts. Please ensure
- that you have all of the files required to install Maximus under your
- operating system:
-
- DOS version OS/2 version
- ──────────── ────────────
- MAX200-1.LZH MAX200P1.LZH
- MAX200-2.LZH MAX200P2.LZH
- MAX200-3.LZH MAX200-3.LZH \ MAX200-3 and MAX200-4 are shared
- MAX200-4.LZH MAX200-4.LZH / for both DOS and OS/2.
-
- (The archives may have been repacked with ARJ, PAK, ZIP, or some other
- archive type.) However, you need all four files before you can begin
- the installation.
-
- To install Maximus, you must first unLZH all of the MAX*.LZH files
- into a work directory. After everything is extracted, please print
- out and read both this file and MAX_OP.PRN. This readme only
- contains a few essentials; for a complete guide to installing Max,
- you should see the "Installation" section of MAX_OP.PRN.
-
- ┌────────────────────┐
- │ For new Max SysOps │
- └────────────────────┘
-
- Once all of the LZH files have been extracted, run the INSTALL
- program. INSTALL is a dual-mode program which can be run under either
- DOS or OS/2. If you wish to run the OS/2 version of Maximus, you must
- run INSTALL from an OS/2 command prompt. Similarly, if you wish to
- run the DOS version of Maximus, INSTALL must be run from the DOS
- prompt.
-
- INSTALL will ask you a few questions, decompress the *.FIZ archives,
- perform the initial system configuration, and then exit to the
- operating system. At that point, your system is ready to run in local
- mode. Again, for more information on completing the installation,
- please see MAX_OP.PRN.
-
- Under permission from Unique Computing Pty, the BNU FOSSIL driver is
- included in the Max DOS distribution archive. If you're a new user of
- the DOS version, you'll need such a FOSSIL to handle remote callers.
- (Other FOSSILs will work, but BNU is one of the fastest.) The
- inclusion of BNU in the Maximus archives does not convey any rights to
- you; terms of usage for the BNU package is covered separately in
- BNU.DOC.
-
- ┌─────────────────────┐
- │ For Max 1.02 SysOps │
- └─────────────────────┘
-
- If you're upgrading from Max 1.02, please print out and read
- CONVERT.PRN before proceeding. This file contains essential
- information on performing the upgrade, and you'll miss a lot of new
- features without it.
-
- ┌──────────────┐
- │ For everyone │
- └──────────────┘
-
- 1) If you're using a monochrome monitor, a black-and-white colour
- configuration is available. Although the distribution version of
- Max looks nice on colour monitors, some features (such as the
- pop-up windows) may be unreadable on mono systems. To solve this
- problem, after running through the installation program, type "COPY
- COLOURS.B&W COLOURS.CTL" at the prompt, and then run SILT. This
- tells Max to use colours which are more pleasant on a mono system.
-
- 2) Before beginning the installation, you should have at least 4
- megabytes of free disk space. The files unpacked from MAX*.LZH
- will occupy around 1.5 megs. In additional, 2 megabytes are
- required to decompress the *.FIZ files into the appropriate
- directories.
-
- After Maximus has been installed, all of the *.FIZ files can be
- deleted. The post-installation space requirements are 1.5 megs for
- MAX.EXE and supporting files, 800k for documentation, plus space to
- hold all of your message bases and file areas.
-
- Finally, DOS users should have at LEAST 400K of free memory before
- beginning the installation. Although Maximus itself requires very
- little memory (under 164K), the INSTALL program needs a lot of
- working space to decompress the .FIZ archives.
-
- 3) Before beginning the installation, OS/2 users should read OS2.DOC.
-
- 4) Enjoy!
-
- Scott J. Dudley
- October 4th, 1991
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