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- The Public (Software) Library
- P.O.Box 35705
- Houston, TX 77235-5705
- (713) 721-6104
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- Program Report Form
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- Use this form to report program problems to the P(s)L and to
- the program author. Although we try to test all programs,
- some bugs may get by us. The P(s)L generally will give free
- updates or disk credits for programs with major bugs.
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- Your Name: ________________________ Date: ______________
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- Address: __________________________________________________
- __________________________________________________
- __________________________________________________
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- Program Name: _____________________ Disk ID: _____________
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- Bugs, Suggestions & Comments:
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- (Please be as specific as possible about bugs. If we cannot
- duplicate your problem, we cannot help get it fixed.
- Please read the program's documentation carefully first.)
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- System Configuration:
- Computer: ____________________ Amount of memory: __________
- Video Card: IBM-Mono/CGA/EGA/Herc/Other: ___________________
- Type of Monitor: IBM-Mono/Color/Composite/Other: ___________
- Printer: _____________________ Hard disk? Y/N__ DOS: _____
- Number of floppies: __________ Other: _____________________
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- Resident Utilities Used: ___________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________
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- By reporting any bugs, you can help us prevent the spread of
- non-working software. While we try to test every program, it
- is not possible to give each program the in-depth usage that
- reveals the most bugs. Although we will do everything in our
- power to see that all bugs are fixed, we do not warrant any
- of these programs to be bug-free.
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- - The Public Software Library
- P.O.Box 35705
- Houston, TX 77235-5705
-
- The Public (Software) Library
- Common Problems/Solutions
-
- If this: Try this:
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- Error msg.: "Bad command This is not a program error or disk
- or file name". error. Check to make sure what you
- typed at the DOS prompt is an actual
- file name with a COM, EXE or BAT
- extension. Nothing else will run.
-
- Get error during DISKCOPY If you were copying A: to B:, try it
- B: to A:. If you still get an error
- the bad sector may not have any data
- on it. Try copying the files onto
- another formatted disk using:
- COPY *.* (See COPY in DOS manual)
- and then reformat the original disk.
- If that doesn't work, try turning the
- disk media to see if the jacket has
- been crushed. If the media does not
- turn freely, draw the edges of the
- disk across a sharp edge, such as the
- edge of a desk:
- /\
- / / \ /
- / < O > /
- / \ / /
- /------------\/-----/
- | |
- | |
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- Program locks up machine (1) If you have an IBM monochrome
- as soon as run. (or Hercules monochrome) card and
- monitor, you cannot run programs
- that use graphics. (2) If you have
- other utilities resident in memory,
- try booting up a plain DOS disk
- without them. (3) If you have a one-
- color monitor (eg: amber or green)
- you may not be seeing instructions
- on the screen that are written in
- color. Get BWVID on disk 1-UT-280.
- (4) If at all possible, try it on
- another machine, preferably with a
- different version of DOS. (5) Try
- turning on your printer. (6) Read
- the documentation.
-
- Program locks up after it May be an undiscovered program bug.
- has been running ok for a If you can start over from the original
- while. disk and duplicate the problem, please
- report the steps to us and/or to the
- author using the form above. Also see
- the previous suggestions above.
- Try recopying the files from the disk
- that we sent you. (Always work from a
- copy and not the original disk.)
-
- Program asks for a file 99% of the time, this problem occurs
- that is not on the disk. because the user has not read in the
- documentation about how to start up the
- program or about extra files only sent
- to people who register with the author.
-
- Program or file names shown The actual file name may be a little
- in the documentation are different, such as the practice of
- not on the disk. putting the version number in the file
- name (eg: SDIR26.COM is SDIR ver. 2.6).
- Files may be combined into an ARC file.
- Use ARC or ARCE (from the "BBS/Library
- Tools Disk #1") to extract the files.
- Directions for this are usually in a
- text file on the disk.
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- Program has a bug in it or Report the bug using this form to the
- does not work the way the author and/or to us. The author is best
- documentation says it should. able to help you, but we would like to
- know about any bugs too and we may be
- able to help you if the author does not
- respond. We are particularly interested
- in any incompatibilities you may find
- between this software and other software
- or hardware. We will record these in the
- OVERVIEW.DOC file.
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- Can't get the program to run. Read the documentation.
-
- If you are not familiar with the commands DIR, COPY, TYPE, or how to
- load and run BASIC programs, you must read about them in the DOS and
- BASIC manuals that came with your computer. If you didn't get these
- manuals, contact your dealer. We strongly recommend that if you are
- new to public domain and "shareware" software, you get our Introduc-
- tory disk.
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- Copyr. 1986, 1987 Nelson Ford