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- INSTALLING ABC FUN KEYS
-
- Before using ABC Fun Keys, the program must be installed on
- either a blank floppy diskette or a hard disk. A hard disk is
- recommended if one is available since it will make ABC's pictures
- appear on screen more quickly. Installation is necessary because
- the ABC Fun Key files have been compressed so the entire program
- can fit onto one diskette.
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- 1. To install to a floppy disk, you will need a formatted,
- floppy diskette with at least 360 KBytes free. See the
- FORMAT command in your DOS manual to prepare a formatted
- floppy diskette. If you are installing ABC Fun Keys to a
- hard disk, skip this step.
-
- 2. Please make a backup copy of the ABC Fun Keys distribution
- diskette to safeguard the program in case of an accident.
- Refer to the DISKCOPY command in your DOS manual for
- additional information.
-
- 3. Place the ABC distribution diskette copy in the floppy disk
- drive. Type "A: [Enter]" to select that drive. Do not type
- the quotation marks used in these instructions.
-
- 4. Start the installation program by typing: INSTALL [Enter]
-
- 5. Follow the instructions provided by the installation
- program. The default choices are usually acceptable and can
- be selected just by pressing "Enter".
-
- 6. The installation program will prompt you for the source
- drive. This is the drive that contains the distribution
- diskette and is usually "A:". It is necessary to include
- the colon after the drive letter. Next, you will be asked
- whether you want to install to a hard disk, or a floppy
- disk. A hard disk installation is recommended if it is
- available in order to enhance the speed of ABC's picture
- displays. Type "HARD" or "FLOPPY" in response. Finally,
- you will need to enter the target drive and directory.
- Again, the default selection generally should be accepted by
- pressing "Enter". If you only have one floppy disk drive
- and no hard disk, see the footnote at the end of these
- instructions for additional information.
-
- 7. In addition to copying and decompressing the ABC picture
- files, the integrated installation program will guide you
- through the selection of important configuration choices and
- allow you to view and print the ABC Fun Keys documentation.
-
- 8. After the installation is completed, switch to the target
- drive and directory. For example, if you accepted the
- default installation for a hard disk, you should type:
- C: [Enter]
- CD \ABC [Enter]
-
- 9. Start the ABC Fun Keys program by typing: ABC [Enter]
-
- 10. Enjoy ABC Fun Keys and have fun while helping a child learn!
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- Additional Instructions for Users with a Single Floppy Drive:
-
- If you are installing to a floppy diskette and only have a
- single floppy, you must enter "A:" for the source and "B:"
- for the destination. You will be prompted to switch source
- and destination diskettes at the proper times by the
- computer. Unfortunately, a great many diskette swaps will
- be required. You may also need to insert your DOS boot
- diskette with COMMAND.COM.
-
- If you have some familiarity with DOS commands, it will be
- much faster to create a 360K RAM disk on your computer with
- a program like VDISK.SYS or RAMDRIVE.SYS which come with
- many copies of DOS. Install ABC Fun Keys to the RAM disk
- and then copy the resulting files to a blank floppy diskette
- to generate a working copy of the program. When installing
- to the RAM disk, use the install program's "FLOPPY"
- selection and choose C: as the destination. (Assuming that
- C: is the drive letter designation for the RAM disk.) Do
- NOT attempt to print or view the documentation or the RAM
- disk will run out of space. After copying all the program
- files to the working diskette, delete all the files on the
- RAM disk except ABC.EXE. Then, run INSTALL again and select
- "Review/Print documentation". Copy the resulting
- documentation files to a second blank diskette.
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