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- Dear PC Globe User,
-
- Thank for purchasing PC Globe 4.0.
-
- We are delighted to inform you of an additional enhancement that
- is not mentioned in your manual. In the CURRENCY CONVERSION utility,
- it is now possible to edit and save new currency exchange rates
- as often as you wish. To do so, follow these instructions:
-
- - Before starting PC Globe, be sure that your DOS computer clock is
- set at the correct date. This is important because the CURRENCY
- CONVERSION utility automatically inputs the new date based on your
- computer clock. To check your computer clock, type DATE next to
- your DOS prompt.
-
- - To edit the entire list of currency exchange rates, place the cursor
- over CURRENCY CONVERSION on the UTILITIES menu and press <enter>
- or mouse <left>. Then place the cursor over EDIT EXCHANGE RATES and
- press <enter> or mouse <left>. A list of currencies with their
- respective exchange rates will be displayed. You may edit the numbers
- on this list based on the new information available to you. To save
- your changes, press <ins>.
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- - For editing the currency exchange list, we recommend that you use
- the interbank rates of exchange listed in your daily newspaper. One
- of the best lists available appears every Monday in the Wall Street
- Journal. This list is prepared by BankAmerica and includes all of
- the currencies contained in PC Globe. The list usually appears as
- a special advertisement in the third section of the paper (Money &
- Investing).
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-
- If your version of PC GLOBE 4.0 program is operating smoothly, there is
- no need to continue reading. The instructions below pertain to optional
- installation parameters, disk configurations and printers.
-
- OPTIONAL INSTALL PARAMETERS
-
- It is possible to modify the installation routine by typing a hyphen and
- specific letters after the word "install" as described below:
-
- install -o
-
- Overrides autodetection of graphics card type.
-
- The INSTALL program automatically determines the type of graphics
- card that your computer has. Unfortunately, sometimes graphics cards
- are not always 100% compatible and can be misidentified as invalid.
- Adding -o to the command line will bypass automatic detection and
- allow any graphics mode to be selected.
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- install -s
-
- No status check for printer.
-
- If you are using a print spooler, you may need to add this parameter
- in order for your printer to function properly.
-
- install -tn
-
- Text screen delay (replace n with a number from 0 to 9).
-
- install -gn
-
- Graphics screen delay (replace n with a number from 0 to 9).
-
- PC GLOBE uses graphics and text screens in order to increase performance
- and optimize memory usage. Some monitors, especially multi-frequency
- monitors, will appear unstabilized and flicker when changing modes.
- This option allows the user to add a delay after changing modes to
- reduce or eliminate the flicker.
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-
- More than one optional parameter can be included on the INSTALL command
- line. The following example would install for no status check for the
- printer and set the text screen delay to 5, and the graphic screen
- delay to 4:
-
- install -s -t5 -g4
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- TRANSFERING FROM 5.25" to 3.5" DISKETTES
-
- If you wish to make a set of 3.5" diskettes from 5.25" diskettes:
-
- 1. Copy disk #1 of the 5.25" disks to disk #1 of the 3.5" diskette set.
- 2. Copy all of the files on disk #2 of the 5.25" disks to 3.5" disk #1
- EXCEPT for ANTHEMS.DAT and FLAGS.DAT.
- 3. Copy ANTHEMS.DAT and FLAGS.DAT from disk #2 of the 5.25" disks to
- 3.5" disk #2.
- 4. Copy disk #3 of the 5.25" disk to disk #1 of the 3.5" diskette set.
- 5. Copy disks #4 and #5 of the 5.25" disk to disk #3 of the 3.5"
- diskette set.
-
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- TRANSFERING FROM 3.5" to 5.25" DISKETTES
-
- If you wish to make a set of 5.25" diskettes from 3.5" diskettes:
-
- 1. Copy the following files from 3.5" disk #1 to 5.25" disk #1:
-
- PCGPPRIN.COM PRINTER.DAT
- README.COM VIDEO.DAT
- FILLCOLO.DAT PCGLOBE.EXE
- LOGO.DAT INSTALL.EXE
-
- 2. Copy the following files from 3.5" disk #1 to 5.25" disk #2:
-
- MENU.DAT TEXTMENU.DAT
- NAMEDATA.DAT WORLD.VEC
- NAMES.DAT CURRENCY.DAT
- {
- TRANSFERING FROM 3.5" to 5.25" DISKETTES (continued)
-
- 3. Copy ANTHEMS.DAT and FLAGS.DAT from 3.5" disk #2 to 5.25" disk #2
- 4. Copy all of the files on 3.5" disk #2 to 5.25" disk #3 EXCEPT for
- ANTHEMS.DAT and FLAGS.DAT.
- 5. Copy COUNTRY1.DAT from 3.5" disk #3 to 5.25" disk #4
- 6. Copy COUNTRY2.DAT from 3.5" disk #3 to 5.25" disk #5
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- PRINTERS
-
- If you have a printer that is not listed, try the printer that is the most
- like yours. If you have an older dot-matrix printer, try typing graphics
- from the dos prompt and using the shift-printscreen key to print.
-
- For some printers there will not be a difference between "Draft" and "Normal"
- modes.
-
-
- Thanks again.
-
- PC Globe, Inc.
-
-