

              GUIDE TO RUNNING SHAREWARE AND PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS 
               

         Startup Directions: 

         1. Boot up DOS on your system. 

         Place your DOS system diskette in drive A and power on you 
         system. Enter the date and time at the prompts (if 
         applicable). The DOS prompt should then appear as "A:>". 

         2. Make a working copy of the distribution diskettes. 

         With the DOS disk in drive A, use the DISKCOPY command. 
            
         A:>DISKCOPY A: B: 

         Follow the DISKCOPY prompts which appear.  The "SOURCE" disk 
         refers to the original diskette that you want to make a copy 
         of.  The "TARGET" disk refers to the blank diskette you are 
         copying to. 

         3. Listing the directory on the DISKETTE. 
            
         To list the directory of files on the diskette. A:>DIR 
         (press the ENTER KEY) 
            
         You can use the CTRL & NUM LOCK in conjunction or if your 
         keyboard has a PAUSE key press it to stop the screen from 
         scrolling. Then just press the spacebar to continue. 
            
         4. Read the README Files. 
            
         Most diskettes have some sort of instruction information to 
         startup the software.  These files are often named as 
         README, README.DOC, README.TXT, READ.ME, FILES.DOC, 
         FILES.TXT, Etc. 

         Use the DOS "TYPE" command to display the file to the screen 
         or printer. 

         Substitute the correct name of the file for FILENAME. 
           
         A:>type FILENAME "To screen" A:>type FILENAME > lpt1 "To 
         printer if attached to printer port 1." 
         
         Note if printing these files be sure to have your printer on 
         and ready to print and plenty of paper in the printer. 

         You may also use a Word processor or text editor program to 
         read these files. 

         5. Running a PROGRAM. 

         Most programs are  DOS executable files and have the file 
         name extension of ".EXE", ".COM".  To run these programs. 
            
         Substitute the correct name of the file for FILENAME. 
            
         A:>FILENAME (press the ENTER KEY) 
             
         6. Running a BASIC PROGRAM. 
            
         BASICA can be found on your DOS diskette. To run a basic 
         program you must first load BASICA or an equivalent such as 
         GWBASIC. If you have a PC jr. you must have the BASIC ROM 
         cartridge. 
            
         Place the DOS diskette in drive A: then at the DOS prompt 
         enter: "A:\BASICA"  and press the enter key. This will load 
         BASIC. When the  "OK"  prompt appears on screen you are now 
         ready to run a program. 

         REMOVE THE DOS diskette AND INSERT THE diskette with the 
         program you want to run. 

         To run the program type "( RUN "FILENAME  )". 
            
         Substitute the correct name of the PROGRAM file for 
         FILENAME. 


