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README.TXT - Documentation Supplement
Hercules Dynamite (tm)
Supplemental Drivers Diskette
LOTUS 1-2-3 AND SYMPHONY
============================
DIRECTORY: \LOTUS
This File: \LOTUS\README.TXT
============================
This directory contains the software driver for use with
Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2, 2.01, 2.2, or Symphony Release 1.1.
Requirements
------------
* 256k of System memory for Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2
* 384k of System memory for Lotus Symphony Release 1.1,
Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2, 2.01, 2.2, or Lotus Symphony
Release 1.1
* A blank formatted diskette (not required for hard disk
systems)
Introduction
------------
This document provides step-by-step instructions for the
installation of Hercules Dynamite drivers for Lotus 1-2-3
Release 2, 2.01, 2.2, or Symphony Release 1.1.
Six drivers for Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2, 2.01, 2.2, and Symphony
Release 1.1 are provided on the Hercules Dynamite Supplemental
Drivers Diskette in the \LOTUS subdirectory.
These drivers support all the text modes of Dynamite: 80x25,
80x60, 132x25, 132x28, and 132x44. There is one driver
dedicated to each of these five modes. Each of these drivers,
when selected as the active text display for a Lotus product,
Lotus programs and utilities (1-2-3, Translate, Symphony,
Printgraph, etc.) will display in the selected format. For
example, if the 132x28 driver has been selected in the
installation procedure, as described below, then the
spreadsheet will display 132 columns by 28 rows of text when
1-2-3 is run.
There is an "All Color Text Modes" driver provided which
supports all five text display modes of Dynamite. When this
driver is selected, each time you enter an individual Lotus
program or utility, you are offered the choice of any of the
five display modes. This allows you to switch between
80-column and 132-column displays without reconfiguring your
Lotus program.
We have provided six drivers to give you complete flexibility in
configuring Lotus products to meet your needs. If you always
want a 132x28 display, install the 132x28 driver and you will
automatically get that display every time you start a program
from the Lotus or Access menu. If you want the 80x25 display
most of the time for speed and reading ease, but want to be
able to switch to the 132x44 display quickly to get an overall
view of your spreadsheets, install the "All Color Text Modes"
driver and select the desired display each time you start 1-2-3
or Symphony. We've left you the freedom to pick the drivers
that are right for you.
Note: When you are using the "All Color Text Modes" driver,
whenever you enter the Translate utility from the Lotus or
Access menu, you should have 80x25 mode selected. The Translate
utility operates differently from the other programs and
utilities, and often does not show 132-column displays properly
from the "All Color Text Modes" driver. Also, the Install
utility always comes up in 80-column mode, no matter what
driver is used.
Because Dynamite is fully IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)-
compatible, the Enhanced Graphic Adapter drivers should be
initially installed, and then the appropriate Dynamite driver,
as discussed above, should be installed as the text display.
When initially installing the EGA drivers, it is important that
the drivers (called IBM Enhanced Graphics in 1-2-3 and Separate
in Symphony) be installed.
Installation Instructions
-------------------------
Before installing the Dynamite text drivers, be sure that you
have read "GETTING STARTED" in the Lotus 1-2-3 or the Lotus
Symphony documentation. This documentation assumes that you are
familiar with the Install program and procedures outlined in the
Lotus documentation. The Lotus Install program permits new
drivers to be added to the driver library via the "Add New
Drivers to Library" option of the Advanced Options Menu. Once
the Dynamite text drivers are added to the library you may
select them via the "Modify Current Driver Set" option of the
Advanced Options Menu. Please note that two separate sets of
installation instructions are provided below, one for hard disk
installation and one for diskette installation. Select the
appropriate one for your particular system and follow only that
set of instructions.
Hard Disk System Installation
-----------------------------
After copying the files from your Lotus diskettes to your hard
disk as instructed in the Lotus documentation, you need to copy
the Dynamite drivers from the \LOTUS subdirectory contained on
the Hercules Dynamite Supplemental Drivers Diskette to the
subdirectory which contains your Lotus 1-2-3 or Lotus Symphony
files. The following steps will copy the drivers to your Lotus
1-2-3 or Lotus Symphony subdirectory. The examples here assume
that Lotus 1-2-3 is in the subdirectory named 123 or that Lotus
Symphony is in the subdirectory named SYMPH. If you have chosen
another subdirectory name, simply substitute that name in the
following steps:
1) At the DOS C:> prompt change to the subdirectory which
contains your Lotus files. Select the correct command
depending on which Lotus software you have. If installing
the drivers into subdirectory \123:
Type "CD\123" [Enter].
If installing the drivers into subdirectory \SYMPH:
Type "CD\SYMPH" [Enter].
2) Insert the Hercules Dynamite Supplemental Drivers
Diskette into drive "A".
3) Type "COPY A:\LOTUS\*.DRV" [Enter]. This step will copy
the drivers from the Hercules Dynamite Supplemental Drivers
Diskette to your Lotus subdirectory.
4) Perform the First-Time Installation of your Lotus product.
Refer to the Lotus "GETTING STARTED" documentation for
instructions on running the Install program. Select the
First-Time Installation option from the main menu. The
Install program will guide you through the procedure of
selecting the drivers you want. Remember that Dynamite
supports the IBM Enhanced Graphics format, so you should
select the EGA Adapter for the initial text and graphics
screen display device. The Install program will also ask
questions pertaining to the printer and other devices
connected to your system. When you have completed the
driver selection, press the F10 function key to display
the current driver selections. Please note that the Text
Display and Graph Display selections must match the samples
below in order to use the Dynamite text drivers. You may
want to create several driver sets, and experiment to see
which suits your needs. When you have completed your
selections, the Install program saves the drivers you
select in a file, or driver set, called 123.SET for Lotus
1-2-3 or LOTUS.SET for Lotus Symphony. When prompted,
respond that you do not want to leave the Install program
at this time. Continue with step 5; you are now ready to
install the Dynamite text drivers.
When installing Lotus 1-2-3 your selections should look
like:
Text Display IBM Enhanced Graphics
Graph Display IBM Enhanced Graphics
Keyboard IBM Keyboard
Printer Int. IBM Printer Interface
File Trans. IBM PC or compatible
Collating Numbers first or other choice
Math Unit Co-processor Floating Point Driver
Software Floating Point Driver Text
Printer None or the printer you selected
Graph Printer None printer you selected
When installing Lotus Symphony your selections should look
like:
Text Display Universal Text Display - Separate
Graph Display IBM Enhanced Graphics - Separate
Keyboard IBM Keyboard
Printer Int. IBM Printer Interface
Comm Port None or the comm port you selected
Modem None or the modem you selected
Comm Protocol None or the protocol you selected
File Trans. IBM PC or compatible
Collating Numbers first or other choice
Math Unit Co-processor Floating Point Driver
Software Floating Point Driver Text
Printer None or the printer you selected
Graph Printer None or the printer you selected
5) You should be in the Main Menu of the Install program at
this point. Select Advanced Options from the Install Main
Menu and press [Enter].
6) The Advanced Options Menu will appear on your screen.
Select Add New Drivers to Library and press [Enter].
Note that this step only needs to be performed once.
7) The Install program will ask you to press [Enter]. This
step creates a file named SINGLE.LBR which contains the
drivers we are adding. (Step 3 above copied the drivers
from the Hercules Dynamite Supplemental Drivers Diskette
to your Lotus subdirectory, so you are all set to go.)
8) The Advanced Options Menu will appear on your screen.
Select Modify Current Driver Set and press [Enter].
9) The current drivers selected will appear on your screen.
Select Text Display and press [Enter].
10) The text display drivers will appear on your screen. Select
the VGA driver you want to use and press [Enter]. As
discussed earlier, the available drivers for VGA are:
VGA Adapter (All Color Text Modes)
VGA Adapter (80x25 Color Text Only)
VGA Adapter (80x60 Color Text Only)
VGA Adapter (132x25 Color Text Only)
VGA Adapter (132x28 Color Text Only)
VGA Adapter (132x44 Color Text Only)
11) The currently selected drivers will appear on your screen.
Verify that the VGA driver you selected appears in the Text
Display field. Select Return to Menu and press [Enter].
12) The Advanced Options Menu will appear on your screen.
Select Save Changes and press [Enter].
13) At this time the Install program prompts you for the name
of your driver set. Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Symphony permit
selection of the driver set to use when you start the
program. If you want to name the driver set, type the name
and then press [Enter]. For example, if you selected the
VGA Display (132x28) driver you may wish to name it VGA28.
To save the current driver set using the default name of
123 for Lotus 1-2-3 or LOTUS for Lotus Symphony simply
press [Enter]. These default driver sets will be used
automatically if you do not explicitly select another
driver set when you run Lotus or Access.
14) The Install program will inform you that the driver set has
been saved. Press [Enter]. The Exit Menu will appear on
your screen. You can create additional driver sets at any
time by selecting the Advanced Options Menu, Modify Current
Driver Set, and Save Changes procedures of the Install
program (steps 8 through 13 above). If you want to create
additional driver sets now, press [Enter] to go to the Main
Menu. Don't forget to use a different name for each driver
you save. When you are finished select "Yes" and press
[Enter] to exit the Install program.
15) Refer to the Starting and Ending chapter of the Lotus
"GETTING STARTED" documentation to learn how to start
Lotus 1-2-3 or Lotus Symphony. Below are some examples of
how to select a different driver set when starting the
program. Depending on your particular installation you may
need to have the Lotus System Disk in drive "A".
If you are starting Lotus 1-2-3:
Type "LOTUS" [Enter] to use the default driver set named 123.
Type "LOTUS VGA28" [Enter], where VGA28 is the name of the
driver set you created used for 132 column by 28 row display
on your Dynamite board.
Note: The VGA mode selection pop-up menu is available when the
VGA Card (All Color Text Modes) driver has been selected. It is
activated by pressing the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously.
Select the desired mode by moving the cursor until the mode
you want is highlighted. Press [ENTER]. This will cause the
system to beep indicating that your choice has been accepted.
You must then exit to DOS or the LOTUS (or SYMPHONY) ACCESS
menu depending on how you entered the program and where you
made the mode selection. Modes can be selected in the ACCESS
menu or the 1-2-3 screen. EXITing or QUITing from ACCESS or
1-2-3 will put your mode selection in effect as you re-enter
the program. Your last mode selection will be the mode in
which the program next starts.
If you are starting Lotus Symphony:
Type "ACCESS" and press [Enter] to use the default driver set
named LOTUS. Type "ACCESS VGA28" and press [Enter], where VGA28
is the name of the driver set you created used for 132 column
by 28 row display on your Dynamite board. See the previous NOTE.
Diskette System Installation
----------------------------
Before you begin, be sure that you have made backup diskette
copies of the Lotus 1-2-3 or Lotus Symphony diskettes as
instructed in the Lotus documentation. You also need a blank
formatted diskette to hold any driver sets you make; label this
diskette "Lotus Driver Sets". The following steps will read the
Dynamite text drivers and create a file named SINGLE.LBR on
your backup Utility Disk.
1) Perform the First-Time Installation of your Lotus product.
Refer to the Lotus "GETTING STARTED" documentation for
instructions on running the Install program. The Install
program is found on your backup Utility Disk. Select the
First-Time Installation option from the main menu. The
Install program will guide you through the procedure of
selecting the drivers you want. Remember that Dynamite
supports the IBM Enhanced Graphics Format, so you should
select the EGA Adapter for the initial text and graphics
screen display device. The Install program will also ask
questions pertaining to the printer and other devices
connected to your system.
When you have completed the driver selection, press the
F10 function key to display the current driver selections.
Please note that the Text Display and Graph Display
selections must match the samples below in order to use
the Dynamite text drivers. You may want to create several
driver sets, save them on your Lotus Driver Sets Disk and
experiment to see which suit your needs.
When you have completed your selections the Install program
saves the drivers you select in a file, or driver set,
called 123.SET for Lotus 1-2-3 or LOTUS.SET for Lotus
Symphony. When prompted, respond that you do not want to
leave the Install program at this time. Continue with
Step 2; you are now ready to install the Dynamite text
drivers.
When installing Lotus 1-2-3 your selections should look
like:
Text Display IBM Enhanced Graphics
Graph Display IBM Enhanced Graphics
Keyboard IBM Keyboard
Printer Int. IBM Printer Interface
File Trans. IBM PC or compatible
Collating Numbers first or other choice
Math Unit Co-processor Floating Point Driver
Software Floating Point Driver Text
Printer None or the printer you selected
Graph Printer None or the printer you selected
When installing Lotus Symphony your selections should look
like:
Text Display Universal Text Display - Separate
Graph Display IBM Enhanced Graphics - Separate
Keyboard IBM Keyboard
Printer Int. IBM Printer Interface
Comm Port None or the comm port you selected
Modem None or the modem you selected
Comm Protocol None or the protocol you selected
File Trans. IBM PC or compatible
Collating Numbers first or other choice
Math Unit Co-processor Floating Point Driver
Software Floating Point Driver Text
Printer None or the printer you selected
Graph Printer None or the printer you selected
2) You should be in the Main Menu of the Install program at
this point. Select Advanced Options from the Install
Main Menu and press [Enter].
3) The Advanced Options Menu will appear on your screen.
Select Add New Drivers to Library and press [Enter].
4) The Install program will ask you to insert the diskette
containing the drivers into drive "A". Insert the
Hercules Dynamite Supplemental Drivers Diskette into
drive "A" and press RETURN.
5) The Install program will ask you to insert the backup
Utility Disk into drive "A" and press [Enter]. A file
named SINGLE.LBR containing the VGA drivers will be
created on the backup Utility Disk. The Install
program will inform you that the new drivers are now
installed; press [Enter].
6) The Advanced Options Menu will appear on your screen.
Select Modify Current Driver Set and press [Enter].
7) The current drivers selected will appear on your screen.
Select Text Display and press [Enter].
8) The text display drivers will appear on your screen. Select
the VGA driver you want to use. As discussed earlier, the
available drivers for VGA are:
VGA Adapter (All Color Text Modes)
VGA Adapter (80x25 Color Text Only)
VGA Adapter (80x60 Color Text Only)
VGA Adapter (132x25 Color Text Only)
VGA Adapter (132x28 Color Text Only)
VGA Adapter (132x44 Color Text Only)
9) The currently selected drivers will appear on your screen.
Select Return to Menu and press [Enter].
10) The Advanced Options Menu will appear on your screen.
Select Save Changes and press [Enter].
11) At this time the Install program prompts you for the name
of your driver set. Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Symphony permit
selection of the driver set to use when your start the
program. If you want to name the driver set, type the name
and then press [Enter]. For example, if you selected the
VGA Display (132x28) driver you may wish to name it VGA28.
You will not have enough space for all your driver sets on
the Lotus System Disk. When the Install program asks you
for the system disk be sure to insert the Lotus Driver
Sets Disk.
12) The Install program will inform you that the driver set has
been saved, press [ESC] two times. The Main Menu will
appear on your screen. You can create additional driver
sets at anytime by selecting the Advanced Options Menu,
Modify Current Driver Set, and Save Changes procedures of
the Install program (steps 6 through 11 above). Don't
forget to use a different name for each driver you save.
When you are finished, select Exit Install Program and
press [Enter] to exit the Install program.
13) Refer to the Starting and Ending chapter of the Lotus
"GETTING STARTED" documentation to learn how to start Lotus
1-2-3 or Lotus Symphony. Place the Lotus Driver Sets Disk
into drive "B". Following are some examples of how to
select a different driver set when starting the program.
Starting Lotus 1-2-3
--------------------
Type "LOTUS" [Enter] to use the default driver set named 123.
Type "LOTUS B:VGA28" [Enter], where VGA28 is the name of the
driver set used for 132 column by 28 row display on Dynamite.
Type "LOTUS B:VGA44" [Enter], where VGA44 is the name of the
driver set used for 132 column by 44 row display on
Dynamite.
NOTE: The VGA mode selection pop-up menu is available when
the VGA Card (All Color Text Modes) driver has been selected.
It is activated by pressing the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously.
Select the desired mode by moving the cursor until the mode you
want is highlighted. Press [Enter]. This will cause the system
to beep indicating that your choice has been accepted. You must
then exit to DOS or the LOTUS (or SYMPHONY) ACCESS menu
depending on how you entered the program and where you made the
mode selection. Modes can be selected in the ACCESS menu or
the 1-2-3 screen. EXITing or QUITing from ACCESS or 1-2-3 will
put your mode selection in effect as you reenter the program.
Your last mode selection will be the mode in which the program
next starts.
Starting Lotus Symphony
-----------------------
Type "ACCESS" [Enter] to use the default driver set named LOTUS.
Type "ACCESS B:VGA28" [Enter], where VGA28 is the name of the
driver set used for 132 column by 28 row display on Dynamite.
Type "ACCESS B:VGA44" [Enter], where VGA44 is the name of the
driver set used for 132 column by 44 row display on Dynamite.
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Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony are trademarks
of Lotus Development Corp.
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