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| EDDY (TM) |
| File and Directory Editor |
| Copyright(C) 1987 thru 1993 |
| by John Scofield |
| All rights reserved |
| CompuServe:70162,2357 |
|-------------------------------|
EDDY is ALL of these:
Full-screen directory editor
Disk and directory manager
Sector editor
File finder (by name, attributes and/or timestamp)
File viewer/patcher/comparer
File backup utility
Data recovery utility
String finder/replacer (hex and/or ASCII)
Disk image copy/restore utility
RAM editor
DOS shell
...and MUCH more!
EDDY requires MS-DOS 2.0 or newer, and uses about 180 KB memory.
The complete EDDY package includes the following files:
1. EDDYREAD.ME - This file
2. EDDY.COM - The main program
3. EDDY.AUX - Overlays for LOOK, Update, HELP, and menus
4. EDDY.USE - Sample file to illustrate Point-and-Shoot commands
5. EDDY.DOC - User's Manual (ASCII text, 59 lines max. per page)
6. EDDY_HST.DOC - History of changes, by version
7. DISTRIB.DOC - Conditions for commercial distribution of EDDY
8. FILE_ID.DIZ - Text description for posting on BBSs
9. REGISTER.BAT - Batch file to print the registration form for EDDY
The EDDY files distributed in either of two packages:
Package 1 contains all files in ready-to-use form. About 540 KB
disk space required, including documentation files.
Package 2 has the the User's Manual, "EDDY.DOC", stored as a
compressed, self-extracting file, EDDY_DOC.EXE, created using the
compression utility LHA, Copyright Haruyasu Yoshizaki. EDDY.DOC
will occupy about 260 KB of disk space when decompressed.
Package 2 is used for distributing EDDY on 360 KB, 5-1/4" disks.
All other distributions use package format 1.
Installation
------------
1. Copy all files to the disk/directory you'll use to execute EDDY. If
one of the files you just copied was EDDY.DOC, the installation is
now complete.
Note: Three of the files in the package -- DISTRIB.DOC, FILE_ID.DIZ
and REGISTER.BAT -- may overwrite files already on your disk from
other products, so you may want to put EDDY in its own directory.
Alternatively, copy "EDDY*.*" rather than "*.*" -- but if you do
this, please don't forget that REGISTER.BAT is waiting to be used!
2. If your set of files includes the file EDDY_DOC.EXE, you have the
EDDY distribution package 2. If you have a hard disk, just type
EDDY_DOC and [Enter] to decompress the User's Manual.
The decompressed EDDY.DOC file won't fit on one 360K floppy if that
floppy also contains the other EDDY files. If your system has no
hard drive, but two floppy drives:
a. Copy EDDY_DOC.EXE to a separate, blank, formatted diskette (say,
in drive A:).
b. Place another blank, formatted diskette in drive B:, and make
B: the DOS default drive.
b. To decompress the User's Manual (in the EDDY.DOC file), execute
EDDY_DOC from drive A:. This will decompress the User's Manual
Manual, requiring about 260 KB of space on drive B:.
Once EDDY is installed, the simplest way to get familiar with it is to
just type "EDDY" and [Enter]. Menus and context-sensitive HELP are
available as needed.
Conditions of Use
-----------------
Near the beginning of the file "EDDY.DOC", you will find a complete
disclaimer of responsibility for anything that EDDY may or may not do.
Please read that information carefully.
EDDY is shareware. It is not free, and it is not in the public domain.
If you find EDDY to be useful and satisfactory after a reasonable trial
period, and you continue to use EDDY, you should register your copy
("reasonable" means something on the order of 30 days trial use).
To register, you may use the form provided by PRINTing the last page of
the file EDDY.DOC, or by running the "REGISTER.BAT" file; both methods
produce the same form (on most printers).