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- Program: "DosEA 2 -- What is DOS?"
- CIS Filename: DEA2.ZIP
- CIS ID: 73770,615
- BBS filenames: DEA2.*
- Registration fee: US $10.00
- User support: CompuServe, and mail.
- Requires: 512K, any monitor, DOS 2.0 or greater, keyboard or mouse.
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- "DosEA 2 -- What is DOS?" is copyrighted and you must have
- permission to distribute it. Permission is hereby granted to:
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- 1) Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) approved vendors.
- 2) All computer bulletin board services.
- 3) Anyone who distributes the program for non-commercial reasons.
- 4) Anyone else with special permission.
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- Distributors should advise Langin Software, 532 W. 3rd St., Centralia, IL
- 62801, so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest
- update to the program.
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- ** The DosEA System **
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- DosEA is a series of hypertext tutorials on MS-DOS. Each program can be
- "mixed or matched" with the other programs in the series. This means that
- each one can be distributed separately, or they can be distributed as a
- group. Each program stands on its own and covers certain aspects of DOS.
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- This is an open ended system. Additional programs are under development.
- Generally speaking, the series is for new computer users. However, as the
- series progresses the subject matter will become more complex. Later
- programs in the series should be useful to even experienced users of DOS.
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- The name of the series is:
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- "DosEA"
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- The individual programs in the series, so far, are:
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- "DosEA 1 -- For Absolute Beginners"
- "DosEA 2 -- What is DOS?"
- "DosEA 3 -- 10 Easy Commands"
- "DosEA 4 -- Find That Command!"
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- ***************
- ** DosEA 2 **
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- DosEA 2 is the second program in the series. It gives a short review of
- how to use hypertext and then begins a rather comprehensive tutorial on
- MS-DOS. It covers what it is, where it came from, its prompt, and its
- commands. The Hands-on practice illustrates how to change the default disk
- drives.
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- ***********************
- ** Program History **
- ***********************
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- DEA.ZIP "DosEA -- For Absolute Beginners"
- Version 1.00, December 30, 1990, the orginal release.
- Version 1.01, February 10, 1991, CompuServe version.
- Version 1.02, March 28, 1991, Registration fee change.
- DEA2.ZIP "DosEA 2 -- What is DOS?"
- Version 2.00, May 19, 1991. Significant rewrite of DEA.ZIP.
- >> Less code.
- >> Hard disk no longer required.
- >> Fee change.
- >> See below for more information.
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- This is Version 2.00.
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- Note: The "2" in DEA2.ZIP means that this is the second in the series.
- It has nothing to do with the version number.
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- The DosEA idea was originally released as DEA.ZIP, or "DosEA -- For Absolute
- Beginners," which required a hard disk. This was broken down to a series
- of smaller programs so that floppy disks could be used. The first of these
- smaller programs is DEA1.ZIP, or "DosEA 1 -- For Absolute Beginners." The
- difference is that a "1" was added to the filename and the title.
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- Contrast "DosEA -- For Absolute Beginners," which was the original
- (large) progam, with "DosEA 1 -- For Absolute Beginners," which is the
- new (small) program and the beginning of the new series.
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- The large old system was broken down as follows so that floppies could be
- used:
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- New ("DosEA") Old ("DosEA -- For Absolute Beginners")
- ----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
- "DosEA 1 -- For Absolute Beginners" = Tutor on hypertext
- "DosEA 2 -- What is DOS?" = 1st half of old program
- "DosEA 3 -- 10 Easy Commands" = 2nd half of old program
- "DosEA 4 -- Find That Command!" = Incentive to register
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- The programs were significantly rewritten during this breaking up process.
- If you are distributing the old system, you should discard it and begin
- distributing the new system.