TRIbase ~~~~~~~ enCOM SYSware INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIbase is a Technical Readout Informational dataBase. TRIbase can help eliminate diagnosis procedures and troubleshooting task by looking up the problem within the database catergories. TRIbase will also provide standard CPU/CMOS readouts as well. OPERATION of TRIbase ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIbase is a DOS based program. To run TRIbase, simply type 'TBASE' or TBASE.BAT to operate it. If TRIbase is operated for the first time, TRIbase will create it's own .INI file for later configurations. You can modify it's configuration through a simple text editor. Pick the subjects or catergories with your mouse, keyboard arrow keys, or the hotkeys that are in RED. After selecting the subject, hit ENTER to choose that subject. TRIbase will then display the information reguarding to the subject. Operation is simple! A sound card is NOT required, but if so, TRIbase will play a musical intro while the title screen appears. CONFIGURATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIbase does not need configuration on the first run. TRIbase automatically creates a configuration file for you. You can however modify it's operation! You simply use a simple text editor and can modify the key members in the TBASE.INI confgiuration file. For colors, a color chart below shows all the colors that can be used for color configuration in TRIbase. TRIbase defaults the colors Bule, Black, White, and Gray. Color Chart Colors Value BLACK ³ 0 BLUE ³ 1 GREEN ³ 2 CYAN ³ 3 RED ³ 4 MAGENTA ³ 5 BROWN ³ 6 LIGHTGRAY ³ 7 DARKGRAY ³ 8 LIGHTBLUE ³ 9 LIGHTGREEN ³ 10 LIGHTCYAN ³ 11 LIGHTRED ³ 12 LIGHTMAGENTA ³ 13 YELLOW ³ 14 WHITE ³ 15 Also, if the user wants to keep reminding him/herself of the update dates, you can change the Start_Proc key member. Simply add 'UPDATE' after it. UPDATES ~~~~~~~ TRIbase will be updated bi-monthly. To order updates, please write in and request them. Registered users are entitled to FREE updates. Un registered users can order them for $5.00, but still limited to some use in TRIbase. The registered copy of TRIbase is $45.00. You can register by writing to enCOM: enCOM TRIBASE reg 11535 Chester Station Road Chester, Virginia 23831 (804) 768-9571 Make check payable to Chris Winters not to enCOM SYSware. If you wish not to register, we still hope this serves good and educational purposes! We hope you enjoy the product. FUTURE STUFF! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since TRIbase is in its first stage, the database is only but so big. You can simply copy all the files over to a drive or such. TRIbase hopes to expand also! The famous unreleased, Curtis Project will also be incorporated within TRIbase. Curtis Project is the utility by enCOM to detect HDD's and give additional data from them, such as manufactor, serial Id code, and etc. Hopefully also in the future TRIbase will also have a couple of simple diagnostic utlities included in it. This will be a parallel port tester, commnuications port tester, HDD bench testing and utilis, and more! Plus, TRIbase will be growing in troubleshooting too! TRIbase's database will be growing as more experiences and journals are kept. This program was aimed for new sprouting technicians and an additional suppliment for technicians that forgot certain things. We hope you enjoy! TROUBLESHOOTING TRIbase ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You shouldn't really experience trouble with TRIbase. If there are any problems, here's a couple solutions: * TRIbase is not operating after title screen or during. If you have a sound card and having trouble getting into TRIbase, try running T2.EXE. This turns off the sound. * TRIbase locks up after exiting. FILES in CONFIG.SYS is not confgiured for 55. * Mouse does not work in TRIbase. You must first load the mouse driver prior to running TRIbase. Usually typing in 'MOUSE' to get the mouse to operate works if you have any mouse drivers installed. * TRIbase's intro music sounds like static in Windows 3.x-95. Windows 95 doesn't support the musical code it has. Try running T2.EXE to resolve this. * TRIbase will not run properly in Windows. Try running T2.EXE to correct this. If this doesn't help, create a shortcut or set properties to MS-DOS mode. * Cannot see TRIbase well in Windows. Try maximizing the TRIbase DOS window.