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- JAMDISK 8
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-
- NOTES: Not all the files on this disk have icons, most
- notably the printer drivers, but also some source code
- files associated with some of the programs. These will have
- been archived into self-extracting files, and they can be
- recognised by the suffix `.run' on the end.
-
- To extract the archive all you need do is type the name of
- the file into a command line (CLI or Shell) and the rest is
- automatic.
-
- So. for instance, if you find a file called `plop.run', to
- extract the archive open a Shell window and type ...
-
- plop.run
-
- ... and press Return. Simple as that.
-
- Things will be easier if you copy the `.run' file to RAM:
- or another floppy disk before trying to extract the files
- as the contents of the archive may amount to two or three
- times the size of the `.run' file.
-
- If you need help with regards installing a printer driver,
- please see the end of this file for some step-by-step
- instructions.
-
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- (it's a traditional paper magazine, a totally separate thing
- from the Jamdisk collection) costing £19.95 for 12 issues
- (£24.95 Europe, £49.95 Overseas). The latest issue can be
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- subscribe just yet. Cheques, Postal Orders and International
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- Just Amiga Monthly
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- Phone: 0895 274449
- Contacts: Jeff Walker, Steve Williams
-
- This Jamdisk is freely distributable provided it remains
- intact and unaltered and this ReadMe file is not removed
- from it. Public Domain libraries are given permission to
- include this disk in their catalogues provided they charge
- no more for it than JAM itself does. JAM regrets that it
- cannot provide technical support for any of the software
- on its Jamdisks; the responsibility for this lies with
- the programmers.
-
- Copyrights of all programs contained on this disk remain
- with the various programmers.
-
- We strongly recommend you register with the authors of the
- programs on this disk (where applicable) as this will
- encourage them to keep developing. Remember, they do it
- to please YOU -- the least you can do is say thank you.
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-
- Installing a printer driver
- ---------------------------
-
- Printer drivers need to be copied into the `devs/printers'
- directory on the disk you boot from (your `boot' disk) --
- that means into a directory called `printers' which is
- inside a directory called `devs'.
-
- The five printer drivers on this disk, and the paths to
- them, are:
-
- JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500.1/HP_DeskJet500
- JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500.2/HP_Deskjet500
- JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.1/HP_DeskJet500C
- JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.2/HP_500C
- JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/SeikoshaPlus/SeikoshaPlus
-
- Leave your boot (Workbench) disk in DF0, it needs to be
- write-enabled.
-
- Open a Shell (i.e. double click on the Shell icon).
-
- At the prompt type:
-
- Copy JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.2/HP_500C TO DEVS:printers
- ^ ^ ^
- | | |
- space space space
-
- It doesn't matter if you type it all in upper case or all
- in lower case, or mixed (as above). But make sure you put
- spaces only where they appear in the above line. Press the
- Return or Enter key only after typing the whole line.
-
- If you have only one floppy drive you will be requested to
- swap disks at certain points; simply do as you are asked.
- If the driver won't copy because the Workbench disk is
- full, you will have to delete something from that
- Workbench disk (any of the tools in the Utilities drawer
- will do).
-
- Ok, that copies the HP_500C driver over. If it's one of the
- others you want, simply replace the bit between `Copy' and
- `TO' with the path and filename for that driver (see the
- list above).
-
- This kind of file management is much easier to do with a
- `directory utility'. Speak to your local PD library about
- this. There are lots of them to choose from, the most
- popular is called SID.
-
- After you have copied the driver on to your boot disk you
- need to run the Printer program in the Prefs drawer. After
- running this you will see a list of drivers at top-right of
- the screen. Use the mouse and the arrow buttons to
- highlight the new driver, then click on the SAVE button.
-
- That's it.
-
- If you want to put the driver on to a disk other than the
- Workbench disk (the DPaint disk, for example) simply
- follow the instructions above but use the command line ...
-
- Copy <printer driver> TO <volume>:devs/printers
-
- ... replacing <printer driver> with the correct path and
- filename for the driver of your choice (see list above),
- and <volume> with the name of the disk you want to copy
- the driver on to.
-
- If you have followed these instructions and it "doesn't
- work", don't get angry, go make a cup of tea, come back
- and start again. Take it slowly this time. If after half-a-
- dozen tries you are still struggling, we would advise you
- to swear very loudly at the computer and call it a very
- nasty name -- `bugger' isn't strong enough, be imaginative,
- the nastier the name and the louder you shout it, the more
- likely it is you will succeed when you try (yet again) to
- install the printer driver.
-
- If it still "doesn't work" you should seriously consider
- buying a book on AmigaDOS. After buying it you should
- seriously consider reading it.
-
- Jeff 8-)
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