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- PC-FasType README.1ST
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- P C - F a s T y p e / C G A Version 4.3
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- P C - F a s T y p e / M O N O Version 1.3
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- Last updated: September 1991
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- I M P O R T A N T I N F O R M A T I O N
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- Welcome to PC-FasType
- =====================
-
- PC-FasType is a typing tutorial program SPECIFICALLY designed for
- the three most popular styled keyboards sold with computers running
- under MS-DOS. The INSTALLATION instructions below will get you up and
- running quickly. This readme file covers both the CGA and MONO
- versions of the program.
-
- PC-FasType/CGA requires COLOR. You MUST have a Color/Graphics
- Adapter Card (CGA) or equivalent (EGA/VGA) on your computer or
- PC-FasType/CGA won't work properly.
-
- PC-FasType/MONO on the other hand will work on a PC with ANY kind
- of monitor - color OR monochrome. If your PC is not equipped for
- color graphics display, then you should be using PC-FasType/MONO. It
- can be run on any PC regardless of the kind monitor used.
- PC-FasType/MONO uses character-based line-graphics to simulate the
- screen keyboard display.
-
-
- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
- PC-FasType is distributed on one 360KB 5.25" floppy, or one 720KB
- 3.50" mini-floppy and requires the following minimum equipment to run
- properly:
-
- o IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2; any Intel 286, 386, 486 or compatible.
- o MS-DOS - Version 3.0 and up
- o For the CGA version: Color Graphics capability (CGA/EGA/VGA)
- o For the MONO version: any kind of monitor will do .
- o A hard-disk and at least one Floppy disk drive; 3.5" or 5.25"
- o -or- 2 Floppy disk drives (with or without a hard drive).
- o Keyboard: either the 101-Key Enhanced with the bar-shaped
- enter key, the AT-Style with the large L-shaped enter key, or
- the original XT-style.
-
-
- **** INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ****
-
- If you downloaded this version of PC-FasType from a BBS then all
- you had to do was uncompress the files, so you can ignore this
- section. If you received PC-FasType on a disk then read on.
-
- This release marks the first time that PC-FasType has to be
- INSTALLED in order to use it effectively. The program named
- INSTALL.EXE on the distribution disk provides a very easy to use menu-
- driven installation procedure. Please read the on-screens prompts
- carefully.
-
- You can install PC-FasType onto another floppy, onto a hard disk,
- or from one hard disk sub-directory to another sub-directory, or even
- from a hard disk to a floppy. The easiest installation is from the
- distribution floppy disk to a hard disk sub-directory. This can be
- done by inserting the PC-FasType Shareware disk into drive A: and
- making A: the default drive. Specify the target drive of the hard
- disk where you want the program installed, and when the install
- program starts, just make the appropriate menu selections:
-
- A> install c:
-
- When you select the "Install PC-FasType" menu item, the INSTALL
- program will install PC-FasType and all its documentation files in a
- sub-directory called \FASTYPE.
-
- Other installation variations are:
-
- A:> install b: - install PC-FasType from A: to B:
- A:> install - the program will prompt for the drive.
- B:> install a: - install from B: to A:
- B:> install c: - install from B: to hard disk C:
-
- C:\TMP> install d: - install from hard disk C: to D:
-
- (this example assumes you've first copied the
- shareware distribution files into the sub-
- directory named \TMP on drive C:)
-
- If you're installing PC-FasType onto 360KB floppy diskettes,
- you'll need two (2) freshly formatted 360kb floppy disks without DOS
- installed and NO bad sectors. Prepare two diskette labels entitled
- "PC-FasType Working Copy" and "PC-FasType Documentation Files" and
- attach them to each of the floppies. The install program will create
- the "Working Copy" disk with the program, data, and tutorial files,
- and then the "Documentation Files" disk with the User's Guide and
- related documentation files on it.
-
- If you're installing on a larger capacity floppy, then you'll
- only need one diskette. This includes the following: 720kb 3.5",
- 1.2mb 5.25", and 1.44mb 3.5" floppies. These disks will hold ALL of
- PC-FasType's uncompressed files. You can label the high-capacity
- disk as "PC-FasType Working Copy & Docs".
-
- If you're an experienced PC user, you can bypass the install
- program and just run either FT43CGA.EXE or FT13MONO.EXE and specify a
- target drive or subdirectory where you want the files uncompressed.
- In this example, you can type:
-
- A> ft43cga -ec:\fastype
-
- and PC-FasType/CGA will be installed in C:\FASTYPE. You can do the
- same with the compressed User's Guide - FT43DOC.EXE or FT13DOC.EXE.
-
-
- TO RUN:
- Before you can run PC-FasType, it must be "installed" on either
- another floppy disk or your hard drive. See the INSTALLATION
- INSTRUCTIONS above for more information.
-
- After you've installed PC-FasType, you can run the program using
- one of the following commands. Make sure the default drive is either
- your "PC-FasType Working Copy" floppy disk, or your hard-disk sub-
- directory where PC-FasType was installed.
-
- Just type:
-
- ENFT to start PC-FasType with the 101-Key Enhanced keyboard
- ATFT to start PC-FasType with the AT-Style keyboard
- PCFT to start PC-FasType with the old XT-Style keyboard
-
- and press the ENTER key. For example, the command:
-
- A:> enft <enter>
-
- will start PC-FasType from the A: floppy drive for the 101-Key
- Enhanced keyboard.
-
-
- WHAT'S NEXT:
- PRESS ANY KEY TO GET PAST THE TITLE SCREEN AND SHAREWARE
- INFORMATION SCREEN. After these screens are displayed and the tables
- loaded, the Main Menu will be displayed. The menu selector bar will
- be resting on the 'Begin Typing' selection. Just press the Enter key
- or function key F10 to start a typing drill of the HOME keys. To
- return to the Main Menu during typing, press the Escape key.
-
-
- WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:
- For DRILLS: Place the fingers of each hand on the home keys
- (ASDF JKL;) and type each letter as you are prompted for it. The
- program selects the letters randomly. The number of characters you
- have to successfully type is displayed before you start. When the
- drill is finished your WPM and other statistics will be displayed in
- the text panel.
-
- For EXERCISES: lines of text will be displayed above the screen
- keyboard; type each character pointed to by the house-shaped cursor
- () and when you reach the symbol or end of the line, press the
- enter key (for "carriage-return"), or the space bar. When you finish
- typing the exercise your WPM and other statistics will be displayed in
- the text panel.
-
-
- SELECTING MENU ITEMS:
- Use the arrow keys (cursor keys) to move the menu selector bar up
- and down the menu. Select the drill, exercise, or option by pressing
- the enter key when the item you want is highlighted by the menu
- selector bar. You can use the function keys as a short-cut.
-
-
- WHILE RUNNING:
- MENUS:
- There are 5 drill, exercise, and feature selection menus and 3
- sub-menus for selecting additional keys to learn. The primary
- menus can be displayed by pressing function keys F1 to F5
- anytime while the screen keyboard is displayed.
-
- <Esc>ape key:
- Pressing the Escape key anytime during a drill or exercise will
- cause the drill or exercise to terminate and your current WPM
- to be displayed; pressing the Escape key again will display the
- menu where you started the exercise.
-
- QuickHELP:
- ALL menus have the QuickHELP Facility available. For all
- menus, the function key F1 is always the HELP key. When you
- select HELP, a QuickHELP Facility Menu will be displayed; the
- selector bar will rest on the item matching your help request.
- Follow the instructions given on the bottom of the menu.
-
-
- EVALUATION PERIOD:
- You are licensed to operate PC-FasType on your PC for testing and
- evaluation as to its usefulness to you, on a trial basis for 30 days.
- We believe this to be a fair and equitable time period for evaluation
- and we trust your good judgement and sense of fair play in making a
- decision regarding registration.
-
-
- DOCUMENTATION:
- The PC-FasType User Guide is included on the distribution disk in
- a compressed format. The INSTALL program will let you uncompress and
- view it on-screen, or let you print it on your printer. It's about 66
- pages long, but if you register, you'll receive a handsomely printed
- and bound User Guide.
-
-
- INQUIRIES:
- Inquiries can be telephoned to (201) 694-8622; if there's no
- answer, please leave a message on the answering machine along with
- your name, address and daytime phone number, the version number of
- PC-FasType you are using, and a short message. We'll return your call
- as soon as possible. You can FAX your question too; our FAX number is
- (201)-694-2543 and is available 24 hours a day.
-
-
- SITE AND RIGHT-TO-COPY LICENSES
- Site licenses and right-to-copy licenses are available for all
- organizations. Educational institutions requesting "LAB-PACK" pricing
- can use our Right-To-Copy price schedule. See the file named
- SITELICE.DOC for licensing details and complete pricing.
-
-
- DATED SOFTWARE:
- If today's date (the date you are reading this) is a year or more
- later than the file dates on this distribution disk than please
- contact Trendtech Corporation for information about a more current
- version of PC-FasType. Shareware tends to "acquire a life of its own"
- once it's distributed; not all vendors will bother to acquire the
- latest version from the author. That is why you should buy Shareware
- from a disk vendor who is an authorized "Associate Member of the
- A.S.P."
-
- The Single-User registration fee and all site and right-to-copy
- licensing fees are guaranteed through Dec. 31, 1995. If you're
- reading this file now and 1995 is history, chances are there's been a
- registration fee increase. Contact us for availability and pricing.
-
-
- VIRUSES:
- You can only be sure of getting a top-quality virus-free version
- of any ASP Shareware product by obtaining your copy directly from the
- author, or from a disk vendor who is an Associate Member of the
- Association of Shareware Professionals, or from a reputable BBS
- service. Be suspicious of any program you download from a BBS or of a
- disk obtained from a local disk vendor, whose file dates or copyright
- notices are more than two years old. If it's a Shareware product,
- contact the author directly for information about current versions.
-
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- TO PRINT THIS FILE:
- You can print this readme file to your printer by simply issuing
- the following MS-DOS command at the prompt:
-
- 1. First insert the PC-FasType disk in drive A.
-
- 2. Then make sure your printer is turned on and the paper
- is set at top-of-form.
-
- 3. Type:
- COPY A:README.1ST LPT1: <cr>
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- ** PC-FasType is a trademark of Trendtech Corporation, Inc.
- Copyright 1983-1991 by Trendtech Corporation, Wayne, NJ, USA
- All Rights Reserved
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