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LAST POWERKIT: With the introduction of the POWERKIT II system, this POWERKIT,
version 1.9, will be the last POWERKIT version. Support for this version will
be maintained, and minor revisions may be made, if necessary.
INSTALLATION:
POWERKIT installation is easy, just type "PK" at the DOS prompt (if you are
using a 101/102 key keyboard driver, KEYB??.COM, type PK AFTER loading the
driver). Installing the keystroke buffer (POWERKIT's keystroke buffer can hold
from 15 to 255 keystrokes) is a bit more difficult, but POWERKIT will run just
fine WITHOUT IT (and vice versa). Its installation is described later.
WHAT DOES POWERKIT DO?
Once POWERKIT is loaded, you will notice your keys repeating more rapidly, and
without run-on. You can set the repeat rate to a value that is comfortable for
you.
Your screen will blank after a few minutes, if you haven't typed anything.
As mentioned above, you can set the typeahead buffer to more than the ridicu-
lous 15 keystrokes that the BIOS provides. Also, you can open a WINDOW into
that buffer when you are typing "blind" (to see and correct your mistakes).
Your floppy disk drive motor can be shut down earlier.
If a program of yours happens to hang-up, Press KEYPAD 5, ESC to get back to
the DOS prompt.
Or press KEYPAD 5, E to exit a program temporarily. Then type "exit" at the
DOS prompt to return to your program.
If you have a non-standard keyboard (Tandy 1000, for example), try the
KEYBOARD REDEFINE in a program that doesn't get along with your keyboard.
Use HOOK to let resident utilities pop up inside programs that won't let them.
Try KEYPAD 5, A, it lets you define a MACRO that you can have repeat as fast
or as slow (as slow as once every 4 mins. 15 secs.) as you like. Or, it will
repeat one or more MACROS created by another program.
If you take a laptop on trips, KEYPAD 5, P lets you run Word Processors on it,
even when they insist that a printer be attached (I keep this ON all the time
because I'm always hitting Prc Sc or SHIFT Prt Sc when I don't want to).
There's lots more, but I'm running out of breath. POWERKIT has more features,
packed into a smaller space, and costing less ($9.95), than anything else on
the market. If you try it for awhile, you'll begin to LOVE it. It'll increase
your productivity, and lower your tension level. In short, POWERKIT is a
mini-masterpiece.
I wouldn't think of telling you what to do, but if I were you, I'd BUY it, it's
a WINNER (also, there are prompt answers for your questions waiting online for
you at (303) 377-6725).
KEYSTROKE BUFFER INSTALLATION:
To operate the typeahead buffer, the file KYBDBUFR.OBJ must be on your boot
disk, and the line:
DEVICE=KYBDBUFR.OBJ (instructions to KYBDBUFR may go here)
must be in the CONFIG.SYS file on your boot disk. Ideally, this line should be
near the TOP of your CONFIG.SYS file. Your boot disk is the floppy disk you
place in disk drive "A" when you turn the machine on, unless you have a hard
disk drive, in which case your boot disk is the hard disk. If you do not have
a file named CONFIG.SYS on your boot disk, transfer the CONFIG.SYS file that
comes with this package to your boot disk at the same time you transfer KYBD-
BUFR.OBJ. To transfer these files, boot up, put the disk containing KYBDBUFR-
.OBJ and CONFIG.SYS in floppy disk drive "B", then type:
COPY B:KYBDBUFR.OBJ <press ENTER>
COPY B:CONFIG.SYS <press ENTER>
If your machine has only one floppy disk drive, and no hard disk drive, drive
"B" is also drive "A", and the above procedure will involve swapping your boot
disk with the KYBDBUFR.OBJ disk, and back again. Reboot your computer, KYBDBUFR
will let you know if it is loaded.
*NOTE: When sending in the registration amount, if you request additional
modules/programs (or just the latest version of POWERKIT), please send $2.50
extra to cover the cost of handling and shipping the diskette. EUROPEAN users,
please send U.S. currency, it costs me TOO MUCH to exchange currency.