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- echo.Night Version 1.00
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- echo. Documention
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- echo.
- echo. This program is designed to be totally user friendly, providing for
- echo.a novice to pop it up and use it without any prior computer experience.
- echo. Though it was tested under many different system configurations and
- echo.environments, it's recommended that if you have any problems
- echo.what-so-ever in getting it running the first time, start your system
- echo.from the normal DOS prompt without a lot of utilities and TSR's loaded.
- echo. The program was tested on the SONY CDROM system and a couple other
- echo.generic ones. It worked fine.
- echo.
- echo.Getting started:
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- echo.
- echo.
- echo. Just type "NIGHT" at your DOS prompt ">". The first time it will
- echo.ask you some basic questions about your system, create a work area, and
- echo.a simple batch file to complete installation. After running it the
- echo.first time and typing "install" you shouldn't have any thing left but to
- echo.use it by noticing the commands on the screens.
- echo.
- echo.
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- echo.Commands Are:
- echo.
- echo. The commands available from the first screen (The Directory
- echo. Catagories) are "#, S, U, E, D, and Q."
- echo.
- echo. (#) is number for accepting the number of the directory area you
- echo. wish to list.
- echo. (S) is an option to do a search of all the directories for a
- echo. specific file or file description. You can also do a ALT
- echo. S to do a another search for another key word inside your
- echo. first search.
- echo (U) is the a users list directory built for all the files you
- echo. searched for it will be there till you do another S from
- echo. the main menu.
- echo. (E) is if you want to change your config of the cdrom
- echo. (D) to drop to dos from our program to format floppy disk or
- echo. or do other dos commands
- echo. (Q) is to quit the program completly
- echo. (F1) is a built in help file to help you with the commands on
- echo. this cdrom and may be pressed anyway inside the NIGHT
- echo.
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- echo. After entering a directory area you have other options.
- echo.
- echo. Press CR to select the highlight file (or tagged files for handling
- echo.
- echo. From the Area of CR (carrage return):
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- echo. (X) Extract file(s) from the CDROM.
- echo. (Q) Quit back to the file dir
- echo. (V) View contents of packed (ZIP) files plus read docs
- echo. (D) Shell to DOS
- echo. (C) Copy files from the CDROM
- echo. (G) Go back to area were you have unziped programs.
- echo. (+) Key will tag all files
- echo. (-) Key will untag all files
- echo.(Spacebar) Tag one file at a time
- echo.
- echo.
- echo. The V will allow you to read doc for that file you are viewing if
- echo. there are doc files in the zip. The X will extact the file to the
- echo. work area were you may read docs execute the program and then delate
- echo. them so you are ready to work on another file.
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- echo.
- echo.
- echo.
- echo. Just like I said before, the program is user friendly and require
- echo. very little documention. Running the program at default should provide
- echo. you with most of what you will need.
- echo.
- echo.
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- echo. Information about all the Shareware Authors and Products
- echo.
- echo.There is a Special Directory on the CD-ROM for shareware authors that have
- echo.allowed their programs to be added to this cd and they are in dir 2 and
- echo.are located on the CD-ROM in directory 002A.
- echo.
- echo.Shareware programs are not FREE programs or public domain programs. They
- echo.are copyrighted programs that the authors have released to the public to
- echo.allow them to look at the program and to try it out. You should then
- echo.register the program with the author if you like and want to continue to
- echo.use the program.
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- echo. (c) Copyright All Rights Reserved
- echo.
- echo.ASP Trademark of (c) Association Shareware Professioals
- echo.Pkunzip.exe Trademark of (c) PKware Inc.
- echo.Vpic Trademark of (c) Bob Montgomery
- echo.WordPerfect Trademark of (c) Word Perfect Corporation
- echo.Pascal Trademark of (c) Word Perfect Corporation
- echo.List Trademark of (c) Vernon D. Buerg
- echo.Lotus Trademark of (c) Borland Inc.
- echo.Windows Trademark of (c) Microsoft Corporation
- echo.Gap Trademark of (c) Gap Development Company
- echo.Night Trademark of (c) Night Owls
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- echo.===============================================================================
- echo.
- echo.
- echo. We also want to take the time to acknowledge the scores of other
- echo.trademarks and copyrights found though out the zipped files on the cd-rom
- echo.
- echo. Again support shareware authors by registering their Programs
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- echo.
- echo.
- echo. Please remember to read all DOC files for the programs that you have
- echo. installed to help you in your programming.
- echo.
- echo.
- echo.
- echo.
- echo.
- echo. And we also give special thanks to the following people:
- echo.
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- echo.Phil Katz
- echo. For allowing use to use his program as a part of the CD-ROM. It is a very
- echo.useful for viewing file documentation.
- echo.
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- echo. Now a little infomation on soom of the programs on this cdrom all
- echo. the programs may not be albe to be used if you do not have what the
- echo. program is looking for for example if you pick a file that is only
- echo. for VGA and you use a Mono monitor then that program will not work
- echo. on your computer, Plus on a lot of programs there is once the program
- echo. is run there is no way to exit out of it and you will have to reboot
- echo. your computer so will allow you to guite but all do not this is the
- echo. programs fault not the NIGHT because you have left the night and
- echo. entered into the other Authors program......
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- echo. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Echo. Nightowl CDROM File Retrieval System Ver 1.0
- Echo.
- Echo.
- Echo.This file contains information not found in the printed documentation
- echo.included with your CDROM.
- echo.
- echo.New Features
- echo.
- echo.1. File Manipulation Window
- echo. The ENTER key can now be used to execute a file directly from
- echo. the CDROM. Any output from this execution will be placed in
- echo. the UNZIP directory unless the program being run specifically
- echo. names other file paths.
- echo.
- echo.2. View Unzip Directory Window
- echo. The X command has been added to this window to allow any ZIP
- echo. files contained in the directory to be extracted. Any output
- echo. from this extraction process will be placed in the UNZIP
- echo. directory. The additional files extracted will then appear
- echo. in the file listing.
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- echo.3. View Unzip Directory Window
- echo. When the ENTER key is used to execute a program, the file
- echo. listing will be updated with any newly created files due to
- echo. the execution of that program.
- echo.
- echo.Bug Fixes and other changes
- echo.
- echo.1. The flicker has been removed from the File Listing Window.
- echo. The window now updates in a quicker fashion than Ver 5.0
- echo.
- echo.2. The File Listing Window has been expanded to display 78
- echo. character lines. Ver 1.0 displayed 76 character lines that were
- echo. truncating descriptions on some files.
- echo.
- echo.3. The S option, from the Main Category Menu, for searching the DIR
- echo. text files no longer displays grey areas on the screen.
- echo.
- echo.4. The U option, from the Main Category Menu, for displaying the
- echo. User Built Directory now no longer truncates file
- echo. descriptions. File descriptions have been expanded to 78
- echo. characters to stop truncation.
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- echo.5. The C option, from the File Manipulation Window, for copying
- echo. files has been completely rewritten.
- echo.
- echo.6. The cursor has been restored when exiting the program.
- echo.
- echo.7. The S option, from the View ZIP Window, for showing a GIF file now
- echo. works correctly.
- echo.
- echo.8. The program may now be installed on any disk drive including floppy
- echo. drives. If you wish to use a directory other than the default
- echo. C:\NIGHT directory for your installation, simply add that path and
- echo. directory to your path statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. From now
- echo. on start up the Night from the directory you have picked.
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- echo. Stay tunned for all the new products that Night Owls will be releasing
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