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Serial# 14192 Trendtech Corporation
Welcome to FAS-TYPE for the IBM-PC and Compatibles.
FAS-TYPE is a typing instruction program SPECIFICALLY designed for IBM-PC
styled keyboards. These quick-start instructions will get you going right
away. You MUST have a Color/Graphics Adapter Card in your PC or FAS-TYPE
will complain.
To Start:
Floppy Disk Drive: Place the disk in any drive and type FASTYPE.
Fixed Disk Drive: First create a sub-directory then copy the entire
contents of the disk to the new directory. Change to the new dir-
ectory and type FASTYPE to start the program.
To Run:
After selecting the disk drive letter where the program and data files
exist, Menu #1 will be displayed. Just press F10 to start a drill.
To return to Menu #1 press Escape key or F1 function key.
What you have to do:
For DRILLS, type each key as you are prompted for it. The
selection is random, the number of characters you have
to successfully type is displayed before you start.
When the drill is finished your WPM and other data will
be displayed.
For LESSONS, type each character pointed to by the
cursor () and when you reach the symbol, press the
enter key (┘) (for "carriage-return"). When you finish
the lesson your WPM and other data will be displayed.
While running:
Menus:
There are 5 drill, lesson, and feature selection menus and
2 sub-menus for selecting additional keys to learn.
Menus 1 to 5 can be displayed by pressing function
keys F1 to F5 anytime while the screen keyboard is displayed.
And, while any selection menu is displayed you can go to another
menu by selecting it from Menu #1 or by first holding down
the ALT key and pressing F2, F3, F4, or F5.
<Esc>ape key:
Pressing the Escape key anytime during a drill or lesson will
cause the drill or lesson to terminate and Menu #1 to be
displayed.
Function Keys:
The function keys have two purposes: 1. Pressing any function
key (F1-F5 only) during a DRILL or LESSON will cause the
appropriate Menu to be displayed, 2. Pressing a function key
while a MENU is displayed will cause SELECTION of the item
listed next to the function key name on the Menu.
Help:
ALL menus have help screens available. For the Main menus, F1
is always the HELP key; for the 2 sub-menus, type the number 0
to get the help screens. Follow the instructions given.
Caveats:
FAS-TYPE will run on most compatibles, however, the program runs
notably faster on the ATT-PC 6300 which distorts the prompting rhythm.
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation (about 48 pages) in the form of a comprehensive USER
GUIDE is stored on disk. To print the guide just type in:
a:printdoc<ret>
-or-
x:PRINT a:fastype.doc (for DOS 2.x)
If you like this typing instruction program and find it valuable to you
then your contribution ($20.00 suggested) is greatly appreciated.
TRENDTECH CORPORATION
P. O. Box 3687
Wayne, New Jersey 07470