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PC DIRECT
CD-ROM
JUNE 1995
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(C)1995 Ziff-Davis UK Limited. All rights reserved.
Welcome
=======
This CD-ROM contains the following programs...
Serif Monster DTP CD A free DTP starter kit
with PagePlus Intro,
DrawPlus Intro, 100
Truetype fonts and
1000 clipart images
PC User Group WinNet and A full collection of
other Internet programs free and shareware
programs for Internet
access
PC DIRECT Internet articles Useful information on
the Internet from
PC DIRECT, presented
with Adobe Acrobat
TimeWise 30-day trial version of
Visualii's comprehensive
information manager
Bill Plus From Bestware, a demo
version of its client
billing application
WinCIM version 1.4 Latest version of the
Compuserve Windows
front-end with new
member sign-up offer
Rise of the Triad Shareware version of this
new 3D action game
Balloon Girl A new free screensaver
from PC DIRECT
A menu program is provided which will introduce the programs and
help you install them by running each program's setup or install
software. To run this, choose Run from the File menu in the
Windows Program Manager and enter:
d:\PCDIRECT
where d: is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. To use the menu
program, your PC should have Windows 3.1, 4Mb or more RAM and a
VGA or higher resolution screen.
Using the CD directly
=====================
You can also access the CD directly using the Windows File Manager,
Program Manager and other software if you do not want to use the
menu program. For example, you can start one of the programs on the
CD by choosing Run from the Program Manager File menu, clicking the
Browse button and then finding the relevant program file. For example,
you can install Bills Plus by starting the program file SETUP.EXE
in the \BILLSPLS directory on the CD.
The programs can be installed by running the following programs...
Serif Monster DTP CD d:\INSTALL.EXE
WinNet software d:\WINNET\SETUP.EXE
WinNet tools d:\WINNET\TOOLS\SETUP.EXE
Other Internet programs Copy the relevant files from
the d:\INTERNET directory
to a suitable directory on
your hard disk
Acrobat reader d:\ACROBAT\ACROREAD.EXE
Bills Plus d:\BILLSPLS\SETUP.EXE
TimeWise d:\TIMEWISE\SETUP.EXE
WinCIM d:\WINCIM\SETUP.EXE
Rise of the Triad d:\ROTT\INSTALL\INSTALL.EXE
(This is a DOS game and is
best installed from DOS.)
Screensaver Copy the file BALLGIRL.SCR from
the directory d:\SCRNSAVE to
your main WINDOWS directory
... where, again, d: represents the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.
Directory guide
---------------
The following notes provide a quick guide to the directories on
the CD...
Root directory (\)
This contains the CD-ROM Menu front-end program and
sections of the Serif Monster DTP CD.
For the CD-ROM Menu, run the program file PCDIRECT.EXE.
For the Serif software, run the program file INSTALL.EXE
to setup the software.
\BROWSER
\CLIPART
\DISK
\DPINTRO
\FONTS
\PPINTRO
These sub-directories contain the components of the
Serif Monster DTP CD. Start INSTALL.EXE in the root
directory of the CD-ROM (\) to install the Serif
software.
\ACROBAT
The Adobe Acrobat reader for Windows setup program. Run
the file ACROREAD.EXE from within Windows to install the
software.
\BILLSPLS
The evaluation version of Bills Plus. Run the program
file SETUP.EXE from within Windows to install this.
\INTERNET
This directory contains sub-directories for each of the
free and shareware Internet programs. To use these, copy
the relevant files to a suitable directory on your hard
disk and follow the documentation with each program for
setting it up.
\MININS
The CD-ROM Menu's mini installer program and other
components of the CD-ROM Menu front-end.
\PDF
PC DIRECT's Internet articles in 'PDF' or 'Portable
Document Format' files, ready for use with the Adobe
Acrobat reader. Once Acrobat is installed, you can open
these files directly from the CD-ROM. For faster access,
copy the files (for example, with the Windows File Manager)
to a suitable directory on your hard disk.
\ROTT
The Rise of the Triad program, unpacked.
\ROTT\INSTALL
The Rise of the Triad program with its DOS-based install
program. To install the software, exit from Windows to the
DOS prompt, change to your CD-ROM drive (e.g. enter D: if
D: is the letter of your CD drive), enter CD \ROTT\INSTALL
and then enter the command INSTALL.
\SCRNSAVE
The Balloon Girl screensaver. To install this, copy the
screensaver file BALLGIRL.SCR to your main WINDOWS
directory. You can then select and setup the Balloon
Girl screensaver from the Windows Control Panel in the
normal way.
\TIMEWISE
The Timewise 30-day trial program. Run the program file
SETUP.EXE from within Windows to install this.
\WINCIM
The WinCIM software. Run the program file SETUP.EXE
from within Windows to install this.
\WINNET
The WinNET software. Run the program file SETUP.EXE
from within Windows to install this.
\WINNET\TOOLS
The WinNet Tools software. Run the program file
SETUP.EXE from within Windows to install this (you
should have installed WinNET beforehand).
Notes about the CD-ROM menu program
===================================
Memory limitations
------------------
If your PC has limited memory, you should avoid running other
programs while you use the CD-ROM Menu program. If necessary,
start programs directly using the filenames given above. Note
that it is a good idea in any case to close other applications
before running install and setup programs on your system.
Display setup
-------------
The menu program looks best if your PC is setup to display
256 or more colours. Most PCs can do this provided the
relevant driver is selected in the Windows SETUP program. See
the welcome message in the CD-ROM Menu program for more
information.
TOOLHELP.DLL
------------
The CD-ROM Menu program uses a library file called TOOLHELP.DLL
that is supplied with Windows 3.1. If this file has been deleted
from your main WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, the CD-ROM program will
not run. A copy of the file is provided in a directory called
MININS on the CD. You can restore this to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory with the Windows File Manager or from DOS with
a command such as:
COPY d:\MININS\TOOLHELP.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
where 'C:' is the drive where WINDOWS is installed and d: is
your CD drive. TOOLHELP.DLL is used by many Windows programs
and should really be present in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.