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- TOM SAMMON
- PUBLIC SOFTWARE & SUPPLY COMPANY
- 226 WEST APPLEBRANCH MUSTANG, 0K
- (405) 376-9226
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- FELLOW COMPUTERIST
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- Thanks for your purchase of this Public Software diskette product. If you
- have purchased diskettes- I'm sure you will realize the value of your pur-
- chase as you continue to use them in the coming months. If you have pur-
- chased software, we hope that you will find the programs on the diskette
- both interesting and of value to you. If you have purchased the "Six-Pack"
- or "Twelve-Pack" combination package, you will find a variety of programs
- along with your diskettes which are of various types: RV-EDIT is an ex-
- cellent small wordprocessor for everyday use. DIR201 is a very nice utility
- for your DOS functions. There are also some games, educational and misc-
- ellaneous programs also enclosed. Please keep in mind, however, that these
- two introductory diskettes are of a non-specialized nature. If you are in
- need of more specialized programs- they are also available at your Public
- Supply dealer or by mail order from the above address. Send $3.00 for our
- complete listing of programs available. While your dealer has many exciting
- programs available, it is by necessity that we cannot display all our soft-
- ware due to the high cost of inventory for your dealer and us. Please make
- all checks payable to TOM SAMMON for mail-orders or manual fees.
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- A WORD ABOUT PROGRAM RUNNING
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- To examine the programs on your new diskettes, turn your computer on and
- at the DOS A>, type DIR This should appear on your screen: A> DIR Now
- press ENTER. You will now see the directory listing of all disk files on
- your monitor. There will be sixteen basic file types. Each, and their type
- are listed below:
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- .C C language program file .BAS Basic program file
- .PIC Color graphic screen images .TXT Text data or documentation file
- .DOC Documentation files .PAS Pascal program file
- .ASC ASCII text files .ASM Assembly language program file
- .VC Visicalc Templates .EXE Executable program module
- .WS Wordstar format text file .COM Command module
- .EWF Easywriter format text file .FOR Fortran program file
- .BAT Batch command file .DAT Data file
- .DBF dBASE II data file .PRG dBASE II program file
- .ME (READ.ME)text file-instructions
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- Running Basic Programs from DOS....at the A> type in BASIC and the name of
- the program you wish to run. For instance, if your program name is RV-EDIT.
- BAS, then you would type in BASIC RV-EDIT at the A> Your screen would look
- like this: A> BASIC RV-EDIT Now press ENTER and the program will load and
- run.
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- Running Complied Programs from DOS....These are programs with the extension
- of either .EXE or .COM To run these, at the A>, type in the name(only-no
- extension is necessary) of the program you wish to run. For example, if the
- name of the program is PC-CALC.EXE, at the A> type in PC-CALC Your screen
- would look like this: A> PC-CALC Now press ENTER and the program will load
- and run.
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- Running Batch Files from DOS....Batch files contain DOS commands. These com-
- mands and functions are explained in detail in your DOS handbook supplied
- with your computer or operating system. To run batch files, at the A> type
- in the name of the batch file. For example, if the batch file name is G.BAT,
- at the A> type in G.BAT Your screen will look like this: A> G.BAT Now
- press ENTER to load and run the file. It is a common use of batch files to
- load and run other programs. So, with this in mind, a file such as
- BUSINESS.BAT found in the directory when another program file such as
- BUSINESS.BAS also exists, is probably part of the program file. Generally,
- load the batch (.BAT) file first, and it will provide the necessary commands
- and load and run your program file.
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- Listing documentation from DOS... Almost all programs in the Public Software
- library include documentation about the programs. Just as you receive a
- manual with more expensive programs, you receive a manual with these pro-
- grams, except it exists on the diskette for your reading or printing on the
- printer. To read these files (.DOC .TXT READ.ME README XXX ), at the
- A> , type in TYPE and the name of the file. For instance, If your file is
- named STARTREK.DOC (which would be the documentation for the game STARTREK),
- at the A> type in: TYPE STARTREK.DOC Your screen would look like this:
- A> TYPE STARTREK.DOC Then press ENTER and the file will be sent to the
- screen for your viewing. To stop this text at any time , use your PAUSE key
- and then ENTER to continue the text when you are ready. To print the Text to
- your printer, you merely redirect the screen output to your printer by typ-
- ing the same command as the example above, but add >PRN To do this, your
- screen would look like this: TYPE STARTREK.DOC>PRN Once again, after you
- see this on the screen, press ENTER and the text will be sent to your print-
- er to provide you with a hardcopy of program instructions.
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- Programs that don't have specific documentation files.... Some smaller
- basic programs do not come with documentation files. They generally do, how-
- ever, provide instructions or at least what the program will- or is intend-
- ed to do- by means of the programmers comments (remarks) in the program
- listing itself. These comments will be incorporated in the program's first
- lines in the form of remark statements. To view these, simply load the
- program(see above directions) use your LIST command and the program list-
- ing will be sent to the screen for your viewing. To send these comments-
- and the entire program listing- to the printer, you use the LLIST command.
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- A note about User Supported Software....Some programs within the collection
- rival high price commercial programs in their complexity and usefulness to
- computer users. At the beginning of such programs, you will be asked to send
- a fee to these programmers if you find the program useful. While distrib-
- utors such as ourselves put these programs into circulation-at a VERY low
- price, the programmers have allowed us to do this so their program may reach
- you for your review. Please consider sending these people some money if you
- do find their programs uselful and worth their asking price.
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- While the above text outlines enough for you to get started in running your
- programs, Computing is an endeavor where you never learn all there is to
- know about the subject. Buy some good books on interesting subjects- visit
- your library, read your provided manuals that came with your system, list
- out the programs to see what is happening. You'll be surprised how quickly
- you can master your machine.
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