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- Solutions' installation
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- KEEP YOUR ORIGINAL DISK WRITE-PROTECTED AND BACK IT UP.
- DO NOT INSTALL SOLUTIONS _ON_ THE ORIGINAL DISK.
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- Solutions' installation procedure is necessary in order for the program to
- be decrypted and installed on your destination disk. (Note: the demo version
- program is not encrypted, so simple file copies would work but we still
- recommend using the installation program.)
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- Solutions needs a machine with at least one megabyte (1 Mb) to run.
- The installation will also require a one-megabyte machine in order to work
- properly. Having more than 350K of accessories and AUTO programs on a 1 Mb
- machine may cause some problems with the installation.
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- OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS
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- The installation will ask you a few simple questions. You may abort the
- installation at any "Cancel" button. You may install Solutions as many time
- as you wish. After you make all your choices, you will be shown a dialog box
- to confirm them. At that point, check if anything is incorrect, this is your
- last chance to abort the installation.
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- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTALLATION
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- Solutions' installation will first ask you if you wish to install Solutions
- on an existing folder (press [ OK ], the program will then ask you in what
- folder you wish to install Solutions), or if you wish to create a new
- SOLUTION folder (press [ Create ], the program will then ask you where the
- folder should be created).
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- The installation asks you what is your boot disk (usually drive C: when
- you have a hard disk, and usually drive A: when you boot from floppy). If
- you boot from floppy, you will be asked if you want to create a boot disk
- for Solutions (if you do not create this boot disk, you may not have enough
- disk space on your floppy to install everything). When you choose to create
- a boot disk, some of the following procedures are bypassed.
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- Solutions works with GDOS, so it will build the required ASSIGN file for
- you. To do so, the installation needs to know certain things. You will be
- asked to locate your GEMSYS folder [ Choose ] or to create a new one
- [ Create ]. This folder contains all your GDOS fonts (*.FNT) and
- drivers (*.SYS).
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- You will then be asked if you wish to create a new ASSIGN file [ Create ]
- or if you wish to insert the information into an existing ASSIGN file
- [ Insert ]. Inserting information into an existing ASSIGN file means that
- Solutions' special fonts will be added into your ASSIGN file leaving all
- other fonts intact. You are then asked to choose the name of your ASSIGN
- file. GDOS loads its ASSIGN file (ASSIGN.SYS) from the root directory of
- your boot disk, so you should place your ASSIGN file there. If you use
- DeskManager, you may want to place the ASSIGN file into the folder
- \AUTO\DESKMGR\ and name it SOLUTION.SYS. This way, at boot time,
- DeskManager will prompt you to choose an ASSIGN file among the ones that
- are in \AUTO\DESKMGR\. Should you write over an existing ASSIGN file it
- will be renamed with a .BAK extension.
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- You are then asked to choose one of the available GDOS printer drivers.
- FX80.SYS is the standard driver for 9-pin printers. NB15.SYS is the driver
- for Star NB15 printers. SLM804.SYS is the driver for the Atari SLM804
- laser printer. SMM804.SYS is the driver for the Atari SMM804 printer.
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- You are then asked if you wish to copy GDOS onto the \AUTO folder of your
- installation disk. You may want not to install GDOS if you already use it
- or a substitute like GPlus+ for example (Solutions works well with GPlus+).
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- If you have purchased Solutions (i.e. it is not a demo version), you will
- be prompted to enter your name and address. Enter your name and address
- _as it appears_ on your registration card.
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- Finally, you are prompted to validate all your choices. If anything is
- wrong, you may answer [ No ] and begin the installation from the start.
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- Once the installation begins, it may take some time as the program is
- decrypted.
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- Should you have any problems with your installation, do not hesitate to
- call us.
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- Elan Software
- 550 Boul. Charest Est
- P.O. Box 30232
- Quebec, Canada
- G1K 8Y2
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- GEnie: P.DUBE
- CompuServe: 70471,3676
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- Voice: (418) 692-0565
- Fax: (418) 683-9189
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