VERY IMPORTANT  MESSAGE

      !!! PLEASE READ THE NEXT SENTENCE AND BELIEVE WHAT IT SAYS !!!

    As much as you hate to read instructions, you cannot make this system
work with out reading at least the following paragraph.

    LOAN MASTER loan accounting system uses as many as ten different
files, all at the same time.  DOS uses a minimum of 3 files. Unless it is
commanded to allow more, DOS allows only 8 files to be opened. Eight
minus three leaves only five files available.

    The normal default DOS configuration will result in the system
crashing every time you try to run it.  Now please read the following to
find out how to make it work.

    On your boot disk,  or in the root  directory of your hard
disk  C:,  you will find a file called  CONFIG.SYS.  Display the content
of  this file on your screen by typing the following command:

                    type d:config.sys(return)


    d: indicates the disk drive where the file is located, either A: or
C: usually.  The colon is required. (return) means press the return key.
Do not type the letters "(return)".

    If the file exists, you will see something like this:

                         A>type config.sys

                         files=10
                         buffers=10
                         device=ansi.sys

    The line beginning with files= is the line in which we are
interested. The number after the = must be 15 or greater. 20 is good.

    You can use your word processing program or any text editor to
change the file if it needs changing. If you use a word processing
program, BE SURE to tell the word processing program that the file is an
ASCII text file when you load it AND AGAIN when you save it.

    If this  file does  not exist on  your boot disk,  use the DOS COPY
command to copy the sample file to your boot disk. The sample CONFIG.SYS
file is included along with the other files in this archive.

INSTALLATION

        The Loan Processing system must know where to find it's data
files.  The path to the data files is stored in a file named LMPARM.DB.
This file MUST be in the same directory as the program file LMMENU.EXE.
You will find a menu option to update this file and change the data
path.

    Alternatively, there are two beginning files furnished. LMPARM.HD
and LMPARM.FD. these are the hard disk and floppy disk version. The hard
disk version specifies that the data files are in the same directory as
the program.  The floppy disk version specifies the data files are on
disk B: (and the program file is on disk A:)

    If you are using a floppy system copy the file LMPARM.FD to your program
disk and place all the other data and index files on another disk in
drive B: The program disk will go in drive A:

    The shareware disks supplied direct from Bottom Line Software
include a completely automatic,  menu driven, installation program.
This installation system consists of several  files and  also prints
the manual. It is not included in the archive version supplied to public
bulletin board systems.  Eliminating this system, reduces the size of
the system considerably and thus allows the bulletin board to maintain a
greater selection of quality software.  This reduction in the size of
the archive file also saves you money by reducing the time necessary to
download the archive file.

    We feel that  most users who are  capable of downloading the system
directly from a bulletin board system are also capable of installing it
manually.

    If you received this copy from a friend and do not know what the
above paragraph is talking about, and have no idea how to install it and
would like a copy with the completely automated,  menu operated
installation system,  send $9.95 to:

                         Bottom Line Software
                         P. O. Box  1804
                         Burleson, Texas  76028-1804

    We  will send you the  very latest shareware version, a two disk set
with the completely automated installation system.



                     ! MANUAL AND LASER PRINTERS !

The manual is formatted 66 lines per inch for standard dot matrix and
daisy wheel printers. If you are using a laser printer, you will find
that the  pages do  not break correctly. To  correct this page break
problem, you must set your laser printer to print 66 lines per inch.