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- TUTOR DOS
- v. 1.1
- Copyright 1989, 1990
- Kevin L. Cummings
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- INTRODUCTION
-
- TUTOR DOS is an interactive, beginner's DOS tutorial. It assumes
- that the user knows virtually nothing about MS-DOS.
-
- The program consists of an introduction, twenty-one lessons, a final
- test, and a few closing remarks. The program is contained in
- twenty-six program files, three batch files, and one documentation
- file. (There is a complete list of the names of these files at the
- end of this document.)
-
- TUTOR DOS offers several advantages over currently available
- commercial tutorials.
-
- *TUTOR DOS was designed to talk 'to' you, rather than 'at' you.
-
- *All of the lessons in TUTOR DOS are quite short and none of them
- should take more than twenty to twenty-five minutes to complete.
-
- *You may use the [ESCAPE] key to exit any lesson at any time.
-
- *TUTOR DOS has been programmed to accept several answers to each
- of its questions.
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- *If you give the wrong answer to a question, TUTOR DOS will
- provide a hint.
-
- *If you can't seem to get the right answer to a question, keep
- trying. After you've tried three times, TUTOR DOS will type
- the right answer for you.
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- *Each lesson ends with a quiz. These quizzes will help you judge
- how well you've learned the material in each lesson.
-
- *The course ends with a comprehensive examination. TUTOR DOS will
- analyze your answers and (if necessary) give you a list of
- lessons to review.
-
- *If you score over eighty percent on the test, TUTOR DOS will
- print out a certificate of achievement with your name on it.
-
- *TUTOR DOS is distributed as SHAREWARE. If it is useful to you,
- I ask that you send me a donation of ten dollars. This is far
- less expensive than commercial DOS tutorials which generally cost
- thirty to fifty dollars.
-
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- TUTOR DOS has been designed with the average user in mind and,
- therefore, will work on virtually any PC. The specific requirements
- are:
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- 256 K Random Access Memory
- DOS 2.1 or higher
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- There are no other requirements. TUTOR DOS will run from floppy
- disk drives (of any size) or from a hard disk drive. It will run
- equally well on color and monochrome monitors.
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- INSTALLING TUTOR DOS
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- If you do not have a hard disk drive, or do not want to put TUTOR
- DOS on your hard disk drive, no installation is necessary. However,
- if you want to install TUTOR DOS on your hard disk drive, all you have
- to do is follow these instructions:
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- 1) Turn on your PC.
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- 2) Wait for the prompt to appear on the monitor, it should look
- something like C:\>, and it will be followed by a small, blinking
- cursor.
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- 3) Put TUTOR DOS disk number 1 in your A: disk drive. (If you
- have more than one floppy disk drive, you'll have to figure out
- which one is the A: disk drive. If your disk drives are stacked
- on top of one another, this will be the top disk drive. If they
- are side by side, it will be on the left.)
-
- 4) Type A:INSTALL A C and press the [ENTER] key.
-
- 5) Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
-
- USING TUTORDOS
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- If you are using TUTOR DOS from a disk drive, make sure that TUTOR
- DOS disk number 1 is in the drive and the door is closed. Type
- TUTORDOS and press [ENTER].
-
- If you have installed TUTOR DOS on your hard disk drive, wait for
- the C:\> and type TUTORDOS and press [ENTER].
-
- In either case, after a moment, TUTOR DOS will begin to give you
- instructions on the screen. From this point on, all you have to do is
- follow these instructions.
-
-
- NOTE: Some users who have monochrome monitors with color
- graphics cards have reported difficulty in seeing all the
- text. To solve this problem, start TUTOR DOS by typing
- TUTORDOS/M. This puts TUTOR DOS in 'Monochrome' mode.
-
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- REGISTRATION
-
- I have enjoyed putting this program together, and I hope you have
- enjoyed using it. If you'd like to send commments or questions,
- please write to:
-
- Kevin L. Cummings
- P.O. Box 621
- Layton, Ut 84041
-
- You may become a registered user of TUTOR DOS by sending $10 in U.S.
- funds to the address above.
-
-
- APPENDIX -- COMPLETE FILE LIST FOR TUTOR DOS
-
- [Don't bother reading this unless you're a real computer junkie!]
-
- Disk #1 Disk #2
- TUTORDOS.EXE MENUDOS.TBC
- MENUDOS.TBC DOS5.TBC
- INTRO.TBC DOS6.TBC
- DOS1.TBC DOS7.TBC
- DOS2.TBC DOS8.TBC
- DOS3.TBC DOS9.TBC
- DOS4.TBC DOS10.TBC
- INSTALL.BAT DOS11.TBC
- HARDSTRT.BAT INSTALL.BAT
- PRINTDOC.BAT
- TUTORDOS.DOC
- CORP_LIC.TXT
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- Disk #3 Disk #4
- MENUDOS.TBC MENUDOS.TBC
- DOS12.TBC DOS19.TBC
- DOS13.TBC DOS20.TBC
- DOS14.TBC DOS21.TBC
- DOS15.TBC DOSTEST.TBC
- DOS16.TBC FINAL.TBC
- DOS17.TBC INSTALL.BAT
- DOS18.TBC
- INSTALL.BAT
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- The files called MENUDOS.TBC and INSTALL.BAT have been placed on all
- four disks to aid beginning users and reduce the amount of disk
- swapping.
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- TUTOR DOS was written using Borland International's TURBO BASIC
- version 1.1. Portions of the program make use of Rick Fothergill's
- public domain TBWINDO utilities.
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- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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- This program is distributed 'as is' without warranty of any kind,
- either express or implied.
-
- The author of this software shall not be liable to the user or any
- other person or entity with respect to any liability, loss, or damage
- caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this
- software.
-
- TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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- MS-DOS and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft
- Corporation.
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- IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines.
-
- McGraw-Hill is a registered trademark of McGraw-Hill Corporation.
-
- Video Professor is a registered trademark of Video Professor
- Corporation.
-
- WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect Corporation.
-
- Lotus and 1-2-3 are registered trademarks of Lotus Development
- Corporation
-
- LICENSE AGREEMENT
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- License to use this software is limited to private individuals in
- homes and use by public, non-profit, educational institutions
- (including, but not limited to; public elementary and secondary
- schools, public colleges and universities, and state and federally
- operated training facilities).
- ANY OTHER USE WILL BE CONSIDERED TO CONSTITUTE WILLFUL COPYRIGHT
- VIOLATION.
-
- Use of this program shall constitute agreement to these terms.
- This program may be freely copied and distributed so long as no fee
- (expect for media costs, under $7.00 U.S. per disk) is charged, and
- the program is not modified in any way.
-
- Corporate users and private schools and training facilities are
- required to register the program within thirty (30) days of first use.
- For more information, please check the file CORP_LIC.TXT.
-