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- DosEA 5 -- All About MS-DOS 5
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- by Chet Langin
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- Langin Software
- 532 W. 3rd St.
- Centralia, IL 62801
- CIS: 73770,615
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- DosEA 5 -- All About MS-DOS 5
- Copyright (c), 1991
- by Chet Langin, all rights reserved
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- MS-DOS is a registered trademark of the Microsoft
- Corporation.
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- Users of "DosEA 5 -- All About MS-DOS 5" must accept this
- disclaimer of warranty:
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- "DosEA 5 -- All About MS-DOS 5" is supplied as is. The
- author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied,
- including, without limitation, the warranties of
- merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The
- author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
- consequential, which may result from the use of it.
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- Table of Contents
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- Welcome 4
- What is DosEA? 4
- Who is DosEA for? 5
- What is DosEA 5? 6
- Installation 6
- Tutorial 7
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- Appendix A -- A list of files 8
- Appendix B -- Troubleshooting 8
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- ***************
- ** Welcome **
- ***************
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- Welcome to "DosEA 5 -- All About MS-DOS 5."
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- **********************
- ** What is DosEA? **
- **********************
-
- The series name, "DosEA," is a play on words which means
- a dossier on DOS.
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- But, what is it?
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- Specifically, DosEA is a series of hypertext programs
- which explain DOS. The series, so far, consists of . . .
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- DosEA 1 -- For Absolute Beginners
- DosEA 2 -- What is DOS?
- DosEA 3 -- 10 Easy Commands
- DosEA 4 -- Find That Command!
- DosEA 5 -- All About MS-DOS 5
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- More programs are under development.
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- A key element in the presentation of the DosEA series is
- hypertext. Once you get the idea behind hypertext, you
- can read and comprehend material extremely fast.
- Hypertext lets you select just what you want to read. If
- you understand what you are reading, just keep at it.
- Otherwise, the hypertext leads you immediately to further
- explanations.
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- Understanding hypertext is so crucial to the DosEA series,
- that the first program, "For Absolute Beginners," is all
- about how to use hypertext. Even though the DosEA series
- is about DOS, the first program isn't about DOS, at all.
- Rather, it's about using hypertext.
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- The second program in the series, "What is DOS?", then
- uses hypertext to introduce DOS. This and the succeeding
- programs in the series also use hypertext to explain
- further details about DOS.
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- *************************
- ** Who is DosEA for? **
- *************************
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- DosEA is for people who want an easy way to learn about
- DOS. It is for people who need to use personal computers,
- but do not have the time to get a degree in Computer
- Science.
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- This includes . . .
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- > Business people who need to get business done.
- > Employees who need to get work done.
- > Students wanting to get ahead fast.
- > Home computer users trying to get up to speed.
- > User groups helping new members.
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- Experienced computer users may find this program helpful
- in another way. When you are asked those endless streams
- of questions about . . .
-
- "how does this . . . "
- . . . or . . .
- "why is it that . . ."
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- . . . just pass along this program. The recipient will be
- grateful and you will save yourself a lot of explanations.
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- ** What is DosEA 5? **
- ************************
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- "DosEA 5 -- All About MS-DOS 5" is a hypertext explanation
- of the additions, deletions, and changes in MS-DOS 5.
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- It makes feature-by-feature, command-by-command,
- switch-by-switch comparisons between MS-DOS 5 and
- representative earlier versions of DOS.
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- It is not a tutorial on all of the features of DOS 5.
- Rather, it is an explanation of the many ways DOS 5 is
- different than earlier versions of DOS.
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- ********************
- ** Installation **
- ********************
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- What this program needs:
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- > 512K of memory
- > Any monitor
- > MS-DOS 2.0 or higher
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- No installation is required. However, all of the program
- files should be in the default directory.
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- ** Tutorial **
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- You should already know about hypertext before you use
- DosEA 5. If you need a hypertext tutorial, one is
- provided with DosEA 1, which you can get with the order
- form in the ORDERFRM.TXT file.
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- What follows is a brief tutorial on how to get started
- with DosEA 5. It is assumed that DosEA 5 is located
- on a disk in the "A" disk drive.
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- Goal: You have heard that MS-DOS 5 allows the DIR command
- to display all of the files in a directory, even the
- hidden and system files. You would like to know exactly
- how to do this.
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- Solution: The solution is a series of numbered steps.
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- 1. Make the "A" disk drive the default.
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- Enter: A:
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- 2. Start the program.
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- Enter: DOSEA5
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- 3. Press <ENTER> after reading the title page.
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- 4. Press <ENTER> after reading the disclaimer.
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- 5. Press <ENTER> after reading the trademark notices.
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- 6. Select "Introduction" from the Table of Contents.
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- 7. You read that you can select a command from the index
- to learn about changes to that command. You select "Index."
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- 8. From the Index, you select DIR.
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- 9. While reading about the DIR command, you learn that you
- can enter "DIR /a" to list all of the files, even the
- hidden and system files.
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- 10. Press <F10> to exit the program.
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- 11. Press "y" to continue to exit the program.
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- 12. Press any key to proceed after the ending message.
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- ******************
- ** Appendix A **
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- The files included with DosEA.
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- DosEA5.EXE The program, itself.
- DosEA5.OVL An overlay.
- MANUAL.TXT This file!
- PRINTMAN.BAT A batch file to print the manual.
- README.TXT A file with important information about DosEA.
- README.BAT A batch file which displays README.TXT.
- ORDERFRM.TXT The order form to register.
- REGISTER.BAT A batch file which prints the order form.
- VENDOR.DOC A text file with information for vendors.
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- ** Appendix B **
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- Troubleshooting.
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- >>> You get a "file not found" message.
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- The default disk drive and directory may not be correct.
- Assuming that the program is installed on the "A" disk
- drive in the DOSEA directory . . .
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- Enter: A:
- Enter: CD \
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- Otherwise, you did not get all of the program files. See
- Appendix A for a list of files.
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- >>> You get a "window failed" message.
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- Probably the defaults are not set correctly. The program
- must be able to access the DOSEA5.OVL file. See the
- explanation directly above on how to set the defaults.
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- Otherwise, you may not have enough memory in your
- computer.
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