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>> P A G E D O W N F O R I N S T R U C T I O N S T O U S E D I S K <<
SHAREWARE-GRABBAG MENU
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║ NMBR DESCRIPTION ║ NMBR DESCRIPTION ║
║ 001 COMMUNICATIONS ║ 016 UTILITIES -- KEYBOARD ║
║ 002 GAMES ║ 017 LOTUS/SYMPHONY/MISC SPRDSHT ║
║ 003 ENTERTAINMENT/POSTERS/MUSIC ║ 018 DATABASE (dBASE & OTHERS) ║
║ 004 BASIC & QUICK BASIC ║ 019 MISC PROGS & MAGAZINE ║
║ 005 PASCAL AND TURBO PASCAL ║ 020 VIRUS STOPPERS ║
║ 006 C/ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE ║ 021 HILIGHT DIRECTORY ║
║ 007 WORD PROCESSING/TEXT EDITING ║ 022 MIXED BAG OF OS/2 ║
║ 008 DESK TOP PUBLISHING ║ 023 APPLICATIONS GRAPHICS ║
║ 009 EDUCATION/TEACHER HELPERS ║ 024 FUN-TYPE GRAPHICS ║
║ 010 BUSINESS APPLICATIONS/HELP ║ 025 DOS & BATCH FILE UTILS ║
║ 011 UTILITIES -- SYSTEM ║ 026 MISC PROGRAMMING ║
║ 012 UTILITIES -- DISK ║ 027 HOME AND PERSONAL ║
║ 013 UTILITIES -- FILE ║ 028 MISC BBS UTILITIES ║
║ 014 UTILITIES -- PRINT ║ 029 CAD/CAM ║
║ 015 UTILITIES -- SCREEN ║ 030 WINDOWS ║
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The subdirectories should indicate what it is they hold. It is possible
to find the same program in different subdirectories. This was done if the
file served more than one category. With-in a subdirectory there are some
duplicates -- a different version or a different name for the same program.
HILITE DIRECTORY:
This directory has programs that we really liked. They are not necessarily
the best -- though some are certainly are the best -- but each one had some-
thing special we wanted to bring to your attention. This directory alone,
could justify the disk.
******** T O U S E T H E D I S C ********
The disc is organized into three sections. IBM, MAC, COMMODORE. The IBM
comprises the vast majority of the disc. The IBM works from the the root
of the disc while MAC and COMMODORE have their own trees.
The IBM files are provided with a utility called `PICK' that will aid in
the interrogation and unarchiving of these 11,000 files. (Read on for details
on the use of this.)
The MAC and COMMODORE files have no help utilities. They do have detailed
catalogs that can be searched with any ASCII text editor. It is anticipated
that the main use of these will be on BBS systems.
All the IBM files are "ZIPPED" using PKWARE's PKZIP 1.01(c) utility.
Some of these zipped files will have files that are yet again zipped or
in very rare instances, ARC'd, LBR'd or ?Q? (squished). In most non-standard
cases, the proper unarchiving utility is provided in the zipped collection.
If not, you can find what is needed in the FILE UTILITY section.
The MAC files are, for the most part, in a SIT format (the STUFF-IT) utility.
Every MAC subdirectory has a copy of the UN-STUFF-IT utility as one of it's
files (called UNSTUFFI.BIN).
The COMMODORE files are in a variety of formats. It is assumed COMMODORE
users will have the necessary utilities to unarchive.
THE REST OF THIS DISCUSSION DEALS ONLY WITH THE IBM-TYPE FILES.
To use the disk means you need to know only two things.
1.) How to read/search the catalogs.
2.) How to unzip a file.
There are 5 ways to read/search the catalogs.
1.) Use the DOS 'TYPE' command. This is the WORST way to search it.
-Log into the directory you wish to use and type 'TYPE [filename.cat]'
-Have your finger on the pause button and scroll through the output.
2.) Use a text editor, word processor or text lister to bring up the
desired catalog.
-The catalogs are located in each directory or you can use the
MASTER.CAT in the root directory. The MASTER.CAT has every file
in the IBM section, including the graphics. This will give you
all the files, where they are located, the file size and
a brief description of each file.
-You can scroll it or you can do a 'WORD SEARCH' to more quickly
and specifically find what you are looking for.
3.) PRINT the Catalog ([filename.cat] or MASTER.cat) and search it
manually.
4.) Use the PICK utility supplied in the root directory of the disk.
>>> SEE PICK.TXT FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON USING THIS <<<
5.) A very efficient way of searching the catalogs is to use the DOS
command 'FIND'. Type FIND "PKZIP" MASTER.CAT and observe. Then
try FIND "LIST" MASTER.CAT -- have your finger on the PAUSE button.
HOW TO UNZIP A FILE.
There are 3 ways to unzip a file.
1.) The most efficient way is to use the PICK utilitity that is supplied
in the root directory of the disc.
>>> SEE PICK.TXT FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON USING THIS <<<
2.) You can manually unzip a file using PKUNZIP [command line options].
Example (from the root directory): PKUNZIP \HILITE\LIST64.ZIP C:\
This will unzip the LIST64.ZIP program to the root directory of the
C: drive.
3.) If you care to register it, ZIPGUN, a program located in the collection
presents you with a shell to use all the PKZIP utilities.
This is a good point-and-shoot utility that will let you use the
utilities to their fullest without having to learn all the command
line syntax.
That is about all there is to it. As you use the disc, you will quickly
become proficient in finding what you are looking for. There are so many
files on the disc, intimacy with any one section or type will be hard. The
PICK program or a text lister and the MASTER.CAT will become your best allies
in finding "just the right program".
ENJOY!