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- SolveIT! v4.3s [rev. 06/12/95]
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- NOTE: BEFORE YOU INSTALL SOLVEIT! PLEASE EXIT ALL PROGRAMS. EXIT
- WINDOWS. AND EXIT ANY DOS SHELLS. GO TO THE DRIVE THAT YOU WISH TO
- INSTALL TO, FOR EXAMPLE C:\>. (YOU CAN RUN SOLVEIT! UNDER WINDOWS,
- BUT IT IS EASIER TO INSTALL THE PROGRAM IF WINDOWS IS NOT RUNNING!)
-
- THE SHAREWARE RELEASE IS NO LONGER DISTRIBUTED WITH AN INSTALL PROGRAM.
- THERE ARE THREE REASONS FOR THIS. 1) THE INSTALL PROGRAM TAKES UP ABOUT
- 50K AND WE DON'T THINK THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR PEOPLE WHO USE BBS's TO
- TAKE THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO DOWNLOAD IT. 2) DISK VENDORS LIKE TO PACKAGE
- SEVERAL PROGRAMS ON A DISK AND OTHER PROGRAMS COULD CONFLICT WITH OUR
- INSTALL PROGRAM. 3) FINALLY OUR PROGRAM IS SO SIMPLE TO INSTALL, YOU
- REALLY DON'T NEED AN INSTALL PROGRAM.
-
- Install Overview...
-
- Basically, just copy either SLVIT43.zip or SLVIT43.exe to your
- hard disk, use PKUNZIP to unzip if you have SLVIT43.zip or RUN
- SLVIT43 to decompress if you have SLVIT43.exe, and run 'SLVIT4'
- to start the program.
-
- Please see 'Manual Installation' below for details if you are not
- familiar with how to do the above steps.
-
- Neither your CONFIG.SYS nor your AUTOEXEC.BAT need to be modified
- in order to run SolveIT!. (You may put the \SLVIT4 directory in
- your PATH if you wish. See your DOS manual for details under PATH.)
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- Microsoft Windows Users...
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- AFTER SolveIT! is installed on your hard disk, see the instructions
- in the file WINDOWS.COM for details on how to run SolveIT! v4.3s
- under Windows.
-
- Hardware necessary to run...
-
- To Install SolveIT!, you must have an DOS (IBM compatible) computer
- with at least a 286 chip running DOS v2.1 or greater. You must have a
- hard drive with at least 1mb of FREE disk space. You may run the program
- on a 720K floppy, but you have to have a hard drive to install it first.
- You also need approx. 544k of free conventional RAM.
-
- Upgrading From Earlier Versions...
-
- If you are upgrading to this version of SolveIT! from an earlier
- version, make sure that you install to a NEW directory on your hard
- drive!! The data files that are created by this version of SolveIT!
- are NOT compatible with versions prior to v4.0 (sorry). Therefore, you
- may want to keep an earlier version of your program on the hard drive
- until you reenter any date that you might have been using.
-
- *****************************************
- MANUAL INSTALLATION (method 1 of 2)
- (for SLVIT43.ZIP)
-
- If you don't have SLVIT43.ZIP but rather SLVIT43.EXE, see install method 2.
- This method assumes that you have a copy of PKUNZIP 2.04g installed
- and in your DOS PATH.
-
- To install SolveIT! using the manual method, we suggest that you do the
- following:
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- Press
- Type This: This: Comments:
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- PROMPT $P$G <enter> Sets a useful DOS prompt
- C: <enter> Select a drive to install to...
- C:\>CD \ <enter> You may use any hard drive,
- not just C:\>
- C:\>MD SLVIT4 <enter> Makes a directory
- C:\>CD \SLVIT4 <enter> Changes to the new directory
- C:\SLVIT4>COPY A:*.* <enter> or substitute B: for A:
- if disk is in B:
- C:\SLVIT4>PKUNZIP SLVIT43 <enter> Decompresses the program files. **
- C:\SLVIT4>Del SLVIT43.ZIP <enter> Gets rid of the unnecessary
- zip file.
-
- C:\SLVIT4>SLVIT4 <enter> Starts the program
-
- ** PKUNZIP.exe must be in your PATH.
-
-
- *****************************************
- MANUAL INSTALLATION (method 2 of 2)
- (for SLVIT43.EXE)
-
- If you received your copy of SolveIT! from a disk vendor (and not
- downloaded from a BBS, then the program should come to you in a self
- extracting, archive file. That is, you'll have SLVIT43.EXE and
- NOT SLVIT43.ZIP.)
-
- To install the program:
-
- Press
- Type This: This: Comments:
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- PROMPT $P$G <enter> Sets a useful DOS prompt
- C: <enter> Select a drive to install to...
- C:\>CD \ <enter> You may use any hard drive,
- not just C:\>
- C:\>MD SLVIT4 <enter> Makes a directory
- C:\>CD \SLVIT4 <enter> Changes to the new directory
- C:\SLVIT4>SLVIT4 <enter> Decompress the program files.
-
- C:\SLVIT4>SLVIT4 <enter> Starts the program
-
- **************************
- STARTING SolveIT!
-
- You need the following files to run SolveIT!:
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- SLVIT4.exe main program file
- SLVIT4.hlp help screens
- SLVIT4.ovr overlay file to save memory
-
- To start the program enter:
-
- C: <enter> Change to drive where program was installed
- C:\>CD \SLVIT4 <enter> Change to the directory were the program
- was installed
- C:\SLVIT4>SLVIT4 <enter> Starts the program
-
- The above 3 SolveIT! files are the only files REQUIRED for
- SolveIT! to run. Additionally, there will be:
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- SLVIT4.doc Instructions for the use of SolveIT! 100+ pages
- Printdoc.bat Program to print SLVIT4.doc file
- SLVIT4.pif MS WINDOWS 3.x PIF file
- SLVIT4.ico MS WINDOWS 3.x icon
- SLVIT4_2.ico yet another WINDOWS icon
- Benefits.com incentives for ordering a non evaluation copy
- Errors.com known bugs and problems documented
- File_ID.diz BBS data file for automatic processing of upload
- License.com legal guidelines for use of SolveIT!
- New.com new advance features found in AmortizeIT! v2.1s
- Ombudsmn.asp required ASP file
- Order.txt an order form
- Order.bat prints the order form
- *Readme.com this file
- Features.com SolveIT! 4.3 feature list
- Update.com addendum to documentation
- *Vendor.doc guidelines for disk vendors & BBSs
- *Vendinfo.diz database for automated processing of distribution
- requirements for SolveIT! (requires either a text editor
- or Vendview for viewing or Vendprcs for
- processing.)
- Warranty.com limited warranty and user's rights
- *Where.com where to find Pine Grove Software
- Windows.com about SolveIT! & MS Windows
- 31to41.com history of changes between v3.x & v4.x
- 101.com 101 uses for SolveIT!
- Shr-ware.com shareware distribution explained
- Virusdoc.com the truth about viruses
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-
- * located outside of archive file and available on original disk for
- viewing if not downloaded from an on-line service or bbs
-
- All of the above file are required to be distributed with the
- program.
-
- VENDORS: Please see VENDOR.DOC for packaging instructions. Thanks.
-
- *********************************
-
- Thank you for trying SolveIT!. If you have questions or problems please
- contact us. We will be only too glad to try to help:
-
-
- Pine Grove Software US Toll Free: 800-242-9192**
- Suite 1600 All Areas: 609-730-1430
- 23 Flower Hill Drive FAX: 609-730-1530
- Trenton, NJ 08638-1203 CompuServe: 72366,306
- U.S.A. Internet: 72366.306@compuserve.com
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