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- ECHO OFF
- IF !%1==! GOTO START
- FOR %%D IN (READ PRINT REGISTER NOPRINT LIST FLOPPY HARD) DO IF %1==%%D GOTO %1
- REM To any non-Beginners who may be reading this, yes, I know that ECHO is a
- REM very inefficient way to do a README.TXT file. But I thought it would be a
- REM lot easier for REAL Beginners, who know nothing about the MORE filter or
- REM where to find the pipe key on the keyboard. And also better than giving
- REM them a dozen README files that the batch file would TYPE to the screen,
- REM which the Beginners wouldn't realize they could delete, and they would
- REM leave all those files sitting on their disk taking up space, and then hav-
- REM ing yet another file containing the registration forms, that the batch file
- REM would send to the printer, and all that. I'm not trying to be efficient
- REM here, I'm trying to make it simple for the Beginners. [grin]
- :START
- CLS
- ECHO
- ECHO To read the instructions for using the "book", type A:README READ [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO To print the most important and most hard-to-memorize portions of the
- ECHO instructions, type A:README PRINT [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO To print the registration forms, type A:README REGISTER [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO If you don't have a printer, type A:README NOPRINT [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO To see a list of all the files included in this program, and a short
- ECHO description of what each is for, type A:README LIST [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO To read instructions on using this program without a hard drive, type
- ECHO A:README FLOPPY [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO To read instructions on how to install the program onto your hard drive,
- ECHO type A:README HARD [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO
- ECHO Of course if this disk is in drive B: then use B:README instead.
- ECHO
- ECHO And do type those commands in capital letters, please.
- ECHO
- GOTO END
- :HARD
- CLS
- ECHO To install the program onto a hard drive, only takes two commands. The
- ECHO first one is MKDIR C:\SIMPLY [Enter]. That's it, just go to your DOS
- ECHO prompt, which looks like C) or C:\), and type MKDIR and hit the [Space]
- ECHO bar, and type C:\SIMPLY and hit the [Enter] key. If DOS doesn't give you
- ECHO any error message, then skip to the next paragraph. Now if you typed that
- ECHO command exactly right, and DOS gives you an error message, then either
- ECHO you already have a directory named C:\SIMPLY, in which case you want to
- ECHO just choose some other directory name to use, like maybe C:\BOOK instead,
- ECHO and just type C:\BOOK in all the places where these instructions tell you
- ECHO to type C:\SIMPLY. The other reason for an error message to happen on
- ECHO that command, is if you already have so many files and directories in the
- ECHO root directory of your C: drive, that there isn't any room for a new one.
- ECHO You're only allowed to have 512 entries in the root directory of a hard
- ECHO drive. So if that's the problem, then you'll have to delete a file. If
- ECHO you have anything that has a .TMP or .BAK extension, then it would be pret-
- ECHO ty safe to delete that one. Otherwise, copy some file to a floppy disk for
- ECHO safe-keeping, and delete it from the hard drive. The way to do that would
- ECHO be to put a blank formatted disk into the A: drive, and supposing the name
- ECHO of the file you've decided to delete is HELLO.TXT, then you would type
- ECHO COPY HELLO.TXT A: [Enter] and then make sure the copy worked, by typing
- ECHO DIR A:HELLO.TXT [Enter]. Now if the file shows up on the DIR listing, then
- ECHO type DEL HELLO.TXT [Enter] and now you have enough room in your hard disk's
- ECHO root directory to try the MKDIR C:\SIMPLY [Enter] command again.
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO
- ECHO
- ECHO The second command you need in order to install this program onto your hard
- ECHO drive, is COPY A:\*.* C:\SIMPLY\*.* [Enter], or if the disk which holds this
- ECHO program is in drive B: instead, then type COPY B:\*.* C:\SIMPLY\*.* [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO Now if you've received this program on two or more disks, instead of just
- ECHO one, then you need to repeat that COPY command once for each disk you got.
- ECHO
- ECHO That's it! The program is installed at that point.
- ECHO
- ECHO To review, the commands to install to the hard drive are:
- ECHO MKDIR C:\SIMPLY [Enter]
- ECHO COPY A:\*.* C:\SIMPLY\*.* [Enter]
- ECHO And repeat that second command for each disk, if this program came to you
- ECHO on more than one disk.
- ECHO If you want to install to a directory other than C:\SIMPLY, then just
- ECHO change all references in these instructions, that say C:\SIMPLY, to your
- ECHO chosen drive and directory instead.
- ECHO And if you received this program on a disk that fits in your B: drive rather
- ECHO than one that fits in your A: drive, then put B: wherever the instructions
- ECHO say A:.
- ECHO
- ECHO
- GOTO END
- :READ
- CLS
- ECHO DOS, Simply Said, Simply Done, Simply Easy! Copyright 1991 Kari Jackson
- ECHO
- ECHO Have you ever noticed that computer books and DOS books are written in a
- ECHO language that can only be understood by people who already know what the
- ECHO books are talking about? Well what good does that do for a Beginner? None.
- ECHO That's the reason for this "book". I think you'll be able to understand
- ECHO this one.
- ECHO
- ECHO This is not a real book, since it's not on paper, but it will serve the
- ECHO purpose. In fact, it ought to be a lot easier to read than a paper book,
- ECHO because it's in Hypertext form. That means that you read it on your com-
- ECHO puter screen, and when you run across a word that you don't understand,
- ECHO it's highlighted in a different color from the rest of the text. Well, if
- ECHO you use your arrow keys to put the cursor on that word, and hit the [Enter]
- ECHO key, you'll be immediately jumped to the section of the text which explains
- ECHO that word. Now when you finish reading about that subject, you hold down
- ECHO one of the [Ctrl] keys while you hit [Enter], and you'll be zipped right
- ECHO back to where you were reading before you made that detour.
- ECHO
- ECHO Now isn't that easier than looking a word up in the Index, and writing down
- ECHO all the page numbers that have that word, and then finding all those pages,
- ECHO and then going back to find the place where you had been before that?
- ECHO
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO Well that's what Hypertext is like, and this is a Hypertext DOS manual for
- ECHO Beginners. It covers MS-DOS versions through number 5.0, although it does
- ECHO not cover 5.0 very thoroughly, since DOS 5.0 only came out two months ago.
- ECHO But all of DOS 5.0's new commands are here, and even a few details that are
- ECHO not in the manual. It also covers PC-DOS, though not quite as deeply.
- ECHO
- ECHO Another way in which this program differs from a real "book" on paper, is
- ECHO that you don't especially want to read this one from cover to cover, since
- ECHO the subjects don't come in any particular order. Hypertext is just meant to
- ECHO be jumped around in, not read straight through.
- ECHO
- ECHO I'm releasing this "book" as Shareware, which is a special marketing strat-
- ECHO egy for software, by which you get to try this out for free, and then you
- ECHO only pay for it if you like it, and feel that it's worth the price. Isn't
- ECHO that nice? That way you can't possibly get ripped off by buying a piece of
- ECHO software that turns out not to be what you had expected it to be.
- ECHO
- ECHO There is a chapter in this "book" about Shareware, if you want to know more
- ECHO about the concept and how it works.
- ECHO
- ECHO Well, the Hypertext reader that you'll be using to read this "book" with,
- ECHO is a separate Shareware program named HeLPyoURSeLF, and there's more infor-
- ECHO mation about that in the "About This Program" chapter of the "book". The
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO command that starts this program is C:\SIMPLY\HLPURSLF C:\SIMPLY\SIMPLY1
- ECHO [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO You use the [PageUp] and [PageDown] keys to move from page to page of the
- ECHO "book". The arrow keys will move the cursor to different "hotspots". The
- ECHO "hotspots" are the special words that are highlighted in a different color,
- ECHO so that if you put your cursor on one of them and hit the [Enter] key, then
- ECHO that's when you will "jump" to the "target" of that "hotspot", which is the
- ECHO section of the "book" that explains what the word in that "hotspot" is all
- ECHO about. And [Ctrl-Enter] will take you back to where you were the last time
- ECHO you hit the [Enter] key.
- ECHO
- ECHO The [Home] key will take you to the screen on which you first entered the
- ECHO file you're currently looking at. Notice that the entire "book" is made up
- ECHO of seven files, so when you're jumping around from subject to subject, you
- ECHO are probably moving from file to file. The current filename is printed in
- ECHO the upper lefthand corner of each screen, in case you care.
- ECHO
- ECHO The [Ctrl-Home] keystroke combination will take you to the first page of
- ECHO the whole book. From there you're just a [PageDown] away from the Main Menu.
- ECHO
- ECHO The [Ctrl-PageUp] keystroke combination will take you to the first page of
- ECHO the file that you're currently in. And any letter key will take you to the
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO first "hotspot" on the current page, that starts with that letter.
- ECHO
- ECHO To exit the "book" and return to DOS, just hit [Esc].
- ECHO
- ECHO Every time you enter the HLPURSLF command, the file checks itself to see if
- ECHO it had been altered, perhaps by a virus. If it finds that something is wrong,
- ECHO it will tell you so, in which case you should copy the HLPURSLF.EXE file from
- ECHO this original disk, over the top of the corrupted file on your hard drive,
- ECHO using the command COPY D:HLPURSLF.EXE C:\SIMPLY\HLPURSLF.EXE [Enter], where
- ECHO D: is the floppy drive, A: or B:.
- ECHO
- ECHO If you get the registered version of this "book", which is what you will
- ECHO receive if you pay the registration fee, then you will not only receive a
- ECHO TSR version of the HLPURSLF command, so that you can read the "book" even
- ECHO while you're inside another program, but you will also be able to change
- ECHO the screen colors that the program uses! You can change them to anything
- ECHO you want!
- ECHO
- ECHO Well, along with being able to receive the TSR and color-changeable versions
- ECHO of the "book", another benefit of sending in the registration fee is that
- ECHO you will receive a copy of the whole book in a format without any of the
- ECHO control codes that tell the Hypertext compiler where the "hotspots" and "tar-
- ECHO gets" should be, so that you can print it out. You will also receive notice
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO of the next upgraded version. And of course you will feel better about your-
- ECHO self, for not ripping off an author who worked really hard and got only five
- ECHO hours of sleep per night for five months, just so that you might have an eas-
- ECHO ier time of learning DOS than I had. [grin] So if you like the "book" and
- ECHO find it useful, and think I should be compensated for all the work I put into
- ECHO it, or if you just want the color-changeable version and the printable ver-
- ECHO sion, just run this batch file again by typing README REGISTER [Enter] with
- ECHO the printer turned on and ready, and send in the registration fee with the
- ECHO form that will be printed. Your conscience and I will love you for it!
- ECHO
- ECHO To the best of my knowledge, and that of my proofreaders, and according to
- ECHO every DOS book I can get my hands on to double-check my work, and every book
- ECHO I can ever remember reading, every bit of information in this "book" is ab-
- ECHO solutely true and correct, but nevertheless, we cannot be held responsible
- ECHO for any damage, data loss, lost time, or anything else that may arise from
- ECHO your use of any information in this "book", or from the use of the Hyper-
- ECHO text compiler you're using to read it with. We are not liable for anything
- ECHO other than a refund of the purchase price of this "book", no matter what
- ECHO the circumstances. You use this program at your own risk.
- ECHO
- ECHO Included with the registration form for this "book" is a registration form
- ECHO for the Hypertext program you're using to read it, in case you'd like to try
- ECHO writing your own Hypertext "book". It's really a lot of fun! So if you want
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO to order a copy of the program I used to create this, you can send the reg-
- ECHO istration form and fee to me, and I will forward it to the author, or you
- ECHO can send it straight to the author himself, at the address on the form. See
- ECHO the "About This Program" section of the "book" for more details.
- ECHO
- ECHO If you know anything about BBSs and uploading, please do distribute the .ZIP
- ECHO file that came with this program, but not any other part of the program, to
- ECHO any BBS you want. And give copies to all your friends who might be interes-
- ECHO ted but if they don't know how to use .ZIP files, then you can give them a
- ECHO copy of the disks you received from me. But please don't give them a part
- ECHO of the program without absolutely all of it, and don't distribute any files
- ECHO that have been changed since I sent them to you.
- ECHO
- ECHO If you ever try to change any part of any of the .HYP or .INX files, you will
- ECHO most likely ruin the entire program, because the .INX files are indexed to
- ECHO the .HYP files the way they were before you made any changes! So the high-
- ECHO lighted parts, meaning "hotspots" and "targets", will still be where they
- ECHO used to be before you made the changes, only the text under those highlighted
- ECHO spots has moved to where you moved it to. That's not good, so don't do it.
- ECHO Note that the date and time on the files named SIMPLY?.INX will change each
- ECHO time you use the program. I have no idea why. I didn't write the Hypertext
- ECHO reader, just the text. But those files' dates will change and that is ok.
- ECHO Don't worry about it.
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO May I suggest that the first subject you should read in the "book" is the
- ECHO one about Directory Structure, and then work on the other subjects that I
- ECHO put a ยป mark next to. Those are my choices for your most urgent reading.
- ECHO
- ECHO
- ECHO
- ECHO Have fun!
- ECHO Kari Jackson
- ECHO Prodigy ID #DWDP74A
- ECHO
- ECHO
- ECHO
- PAUSE
- GOTO START
- :REGISTER
- CLS
- ECHO Make sure your printer is turned on, is online, and has paper.
- ECHO If you've changed your mind, hold down the [Ctrl] key and press C,
- ECHO and answer "Y" to the question that DOS will ask you. Otherwise,
- PAUSE
- ECHO To mail your registration use this self-making envelope. > PRN
- ECHO Fold the bottom in and the top out on the dotted lines > PRN
- ECHO and tape the edges, top, and bottom, to make an envelope. > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO From: stamp > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO TO: Kari Jackson > PRN
- ECHO 3201 Monroe Street > PRN
- ECHO Omaha NE 68107 > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO --------------------------------fold back-------------------------------- > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO DOS, Simply Said, Simply Done, Simply Easy! registration form > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Name:______________________________ > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Address:______________________________________ > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO City:__________________________________ State:______ Zip:_____________ > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Phone: ( ) - > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO (Prices subject to change. Current as of 8/04/91) > PRN
- ECHO Disk size required: > PRN
- ECHO $20.00 The Book Quantity > PRN
- ECHO 4.00 Shipping & Handling _____ 360K > PRN
- ECHO ------ _____ 720K > PRN
- ECHO $24.00 per Copy _____ 1.2M > PRN
- ECHO + 1.30 sales tax if you live in Nebraska _____ 1.4M > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Do you want the printable version of the Book also? _____ Yes _____ No > PRN
- ECHO ---------------------------------fold in--------------------------------- > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Suggestions for improvement: > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Next is the registration/order form for the HLPURSLF Hypertext compiler/reader.
- ECHO You are under no obligation to purchase this in order to legally use the DOS,
- ECHO Simply Said, Simply Done, Simply Easy! book, but the form is provided as a con-
- ECHO venience for you in case you'd like to do some Hypertext writing of your own.
- PAUSE
- ECHO To mail your registration use this self-making envelope. > PRN
- ECHO Fold the bottom in and the top out on the dotted lines > PRN
- ECHO and tape the edges, top, and bottom, to make an envelope. > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO From: stamp > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO TO: SANSASKA SYSTEMS > PRN
- ECHO 3311 Concord Blvd. > PRN
- ECHO Concord, CA 94519 > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO --------------------------------fold back-------------------------------- > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO HeLPyoURSeLF REGISTRATION 11/90 > PRN
- ECHO from Kari Jackson's DOS manual > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Name:______________________________ > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Address:______________________________________ > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO City:__________________________________ State:______ Zip:_____________ > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Phone: ( ) - > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO (Prices subject to change. Current as of 8/04/91) > PRN
- ECHO Disk size required: > PRN
- ECHO CA payment payment Quantity > PRN
- ECHO Payment: $20.00 $20.00 _____ 360K > PRN
- ECHO S & H 2.50 2.50 _____ 720K > PRN
- ECHO CA tax 7%% 1.40 -0- _____ 1.2M > PRN
- ECHO ------ ------ _____ 1.4M > PRN
- ECHO Total per copy $23.90 $22.50 > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO ---------------------------------fold in--------------------------------- > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Suggestions for improvement: > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- GOTO END
- :LIST
- CLS
- ECHO HLPURSLF.EXE The Hypertext reader you'll be using to read the "book" with.
- ECHO
- ECHO SIMPLY1.HYP through SIMPLY7.HYP The actual text of the book. Don't even
- ECHO try to make any changes in those files, as doing so would prob-
- ECHO ably ruin the whole program.
- ECHO
- ECHO SIMPLY1.INX through SIMPLY7.INX The index files that tell the Hypertext
- ECHO reader where the "hotspots" and "targets" are. Without these
- ECHO files, you'll have none of the advantages of Hypertext.
- ECHO
- ECHO README.BAT This file you're reading right now. Contains all the instruc-
- ECHO tions and registration forms.
- ECHO
- ECHO DOSIMP10.ZIP This entire program, compressed into .ZIP form, which is all
- ECHO ready for uploading to your local BBS if you want to do so.
- ECHO Please don't upload any other part of this program. See the
- ECHO chapter in the "book" about Shareware if you don't even under-
- ECHO stand what I'm talking about. [grin] If you are never going
- ECHO to upload the program, or if you are not going to do so soon,
- ECHO then you won't want to keep this huge file on your hard drive.
- ECHO Just leave it on this floppy disk until the time comes when
- ECHO you want to upload it.
- ECHO
- GOTO END
- :PRINT
- CLS
- ECHO Make sure your printer is turned on, is online, and has paper.
- ECHO If you've changed your mind, hold down the [Ctrl] key and press C,
- ECHO and answer "Y" to the question that DOS will ask you. Otherwise,
- PAUSE
- ECHO DOS, Simply Said, Simply Done, Simply Easy! Copyright 1991 Kari Jackson > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO To start the program, C:\SIMPLY\HLPURSLF C:\SIMPLY\SIMPLY1 > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO [PageUp] & [PageDown] to move from page to page > PRN
- ECHO Arrow keys to move the cursor to different "hotspots" > PRN
- ECHO [Enter] to jump to the "target" of the "hotspot" your cursor is on > PRN
- ECHO [Ctrl-Enter] to return to where you were before [Enter] > PRN
- ECHO [Home] to go the the screen on which you entered the current file > PRN
- ECHO [Ctrl-Home] to jump to the title page > PRN
- ECHO [Ctrl-PageUp] to go to the first page of the current file > PRN
- ECHO Any letter key to jump to the first hotspot that starts with that letter > PRN
- ECHO [Esc] to exit the "book" > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO To the best of my knowledge, and that of my proofreaders, and according to > PRN
- ECHO every DOS book I can get my hands on to double-check my work, and every book > PRN
- ECHO I can ever remember reading, every bit of information in this "book" is ab- > PRN
- ECHO solutely true and correct, but nevertheless, we cannot be held responsible > PRN
- ECHO for any damage, data loss, lost time, or anything else that may arise from > PRN
- ECHO your use of any information in this "book", or from the use of the Hyper- > PRN
- ECHO text reader you're using to read the "book". We are not liable for anything > PRN
- ECHO other than a refund of the purchase price of this "book", no matter what > PRN
- ECHO the circumstances. You use this program at your own risk. > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Do not distribute this program except in its original form, with all files > PRN
- ECHO complete and intact. That's 17 files, no more, and no less. Or if you're > PRN
- ECHO uploading it, then just send the .ZIP file and nothing else. > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- ECHO Do not even think about trying to make any changes to the .HYP files, since > PRN
- ECHO doing so would probably ruin the program. > PRN
- ECHO > PRN
- GOTO END
- :NOPRINT
- CLS
- ECHO
- ECHO
- ECHO To register the DOS, Simply Said, Simply Done, Simply Easy! program, send
- ECHO $20 plus $4 for postage and handling, to Kari Jackson
- ECHO (add $1.30 sales tax in Nebraska) 3201 Monroe Street
- ECHO Omaha NE 68107
- ECHO and tell me whether you want 360K, 720K, 1.2M, or 1.44M disks, and whether
- ECHO you would also like to have the printable version of the "book" files for
- ECHO in case you get a printer later. (Price subject to change, current as of
- ECHO 8/04/91.) And if you have any suggestions as to how I might improve this
- ECHO program before I do the next update, please do let me know!
- ECHO
- ECHO
- ECHO If you would like to purchase the complete HLPURSLF Hypertext compiler so
- ECHO that you could make your own Hypertext "book", you can send $20 plus $2.50
- ECHO for shipping and handling, and $1.40 for sales tax if you live in Califor-
- ECHO nia, along with your registration for my "book" and I'll forward it to the
- ECHO author, or you can send it straight to him at Sansaska Systems
- ECHO 3311 Concord Blvd
- ECHO Concord CA 94519
- ECHO Also tell what size disk you want that program on, and if you send it right
- ECHO to his address, please mention that you are ordering it on my recommendation.
- ECHO (That price is also subject to change, and is current as of 8/04/91.)
- ECHO
- GOTO END
- :FLOPPY
- CLS
- ECHO If you already know how to make a DISKCOPY, then make one of this disk (or
- ECHO of each disk if you received this program on more than one) and then skip
- ECHO ahead to the paragraph that starts with "If you have a 1.2M...."
- ECHO
- ECHO The first thing you want to do, is make a copy of this disk (and all the
- ECHO others also if you got this program on more than one) using the DISKCOPY
- ECHO command. If you have two disk drives, put a disk that has the DISKCOPY.COM
- ECHO file on it, into your A: drive, have this program disk in your B: drive, and
- ECHO type DISKCOPY B: B: [Enter] and you want to have a formatted disk, of the
- ECHO size that fits in your B: drive, ready and the computer will tell you when
- ECHO to take out the source disk (this one) and put the target disk (the blank
- ECHO one) in. If you have this program on a disk that is the size of your A:
- ECHO drive rather than your B: drive, then put this disk in A: and a disk that
- ECHO contains the DISKCOPY.COM file in B:, and type from the B:) prompt, the com-
- ECHO mand DISKCOPY A: A: [Enter] instead. Or if you don't have any disk that
- ECHO fits in drive B: that has the DISKCOPY.COM file on it, and you don't know
- ECHO how to do it, it's easy! Just put a disk that has DISKCOPY.COM on it into
- ECHO the A: drive, and a blank formatted disk into the B: drive, and type the
- ECHO command COPY A:DISKCOPY.COM B: [Enter]. Now you can use the command file
- ECHO from your B: drive with no problem.
- ECHO
- ECHO Now if you only have one disk drive, then what you want to do is to put a
- ECHO disk that contains the DISKCOPY.COM file into your A: drive, and type the
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO command DISKCOPY B: A: [Enter]. That's right, trust me, the computer will
- ECHO pretend that you have a B: drive, and as soon as it loads the instructions
- ECHO from the DISKCOPY.COM file into its memory, it will tell you to put the
- ECHO source disk into drive B: so what you do, is remove the disk that has the
- ECHO DISKCOPY.COM file on it, and put this program disk into the same drive, and
- ECHO the computer will accept that as being drive B:. Then it will tell you to
- ECHO put the target disk into drive A:, so you take out this program disk and put
- ECHO in the blank disk.
- ECHO
- ECHO Now the computer is going to keep telling you to swap disks, several times,
- ECHO so you just want to be really careful to remember which disk it's asking for
- ECHO each time. The source disk is the program disk you got from me, and the
- ECHO target disk is the blank disk you're copying the program disk onto.
- ECHO
- ECHO All right, now if you received this program on more than one disk, make a
- ECHO copy of each disk just that same way, and keep the originals in a very safe
- ECHO place and just use the copies from now on, unless they get damaged, then you
- ECHO still have the originals to fall back on.
- ECHO
- ECHO If you have a 1.2M or 1.44M floppy drive, then here's how to run this pro-
- ECHO gram. You just replace every reference in the instructions to C:\SIMPLY\
- ECHO with A:\ or B:\ instead. For example the command to start up the program,
- ECHO if you have the program disk in drive A:, would be A:\HLPURSLF A:\SIMPLY1 or
- PAUSE
- CLS
- ECHO if A: is your current drive, meaning that your prompt says A) then you can
- ECHO leave out the A:\ part on the command side, but leave the A:\ on the param-
- ECHO eter side, and say HLPURSLF A:\SIMPLY1 [Enter].
- ECHO
- ECHO If you have a 720K drive and some other drive, you can put a disk that con-
- ECHO tains all the .HYP files and all the .INX files, into the 720K, and put a
- ECHO disk that contains the HLPURSLF.EXE file into the other drive, and use this
- ECHO command: A:\HLPURSLF B:\SIMPLY1 which assumes that the 720K drive is B: and
- ECHO A: is the other one. If the 720K drive is A:, then the command would be
- ECHO B:\HLPURSLF A:\SIMPLY1.
- ECHO
- ECHO If you have only one 720K drive and nothing else, then remember that DOS pre-
- ECHO tends that the one floppy drive is both A: and B:. So you could have the
- ECHO HLPURSLF.EXE file on one disk, and put it into drive A:, and say this:
- ECHO HLPURSLF B:\SIMPLY1 and then DOS will tell you to put the proper disk into
- ECHO drive B:. So then you put the disk that has the .HYP and .INX files into
- ECHO drive A: (which DOS will pretend is drive B:) and then it will use the files
- ECHO from there.
- ECHO
- ECHO If you only have a 360K drive and nothing else, no other drives at all on
- ECHO your system, then I'm very sorry to report that there is no way you'll be
- ECHO able to use this program.
- ECHO
- ECHO
- :END
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