

         The Simple Series          An (ASP) Approved Vendor 
         P.O. Box 1167
         Plaistow, NH 03865
         (603) 642-3828


              We have provided this file for those of you who are new 
         to Shareware.  We would suggest that you spend some time 
         reading about DOS commands and compression utilities.

              The Simple Series is dedicated to providing the authors 
         we serve with the highest quality distribution services we 
         can.  We are constantly looking for new programs to add to 
         our library any author wishing to submit their work to us may 
         do so at the address listed above.

         The (ASP) Association of Shareware Professionals

              We are proud to be an approved vendor of the (ASP).  It 
         is our goal to be considered as a leader in quality and 
         service as a Shareware distributor.  We believe strongly in 
         the Shareware system as we hope you do.  We expect that those 
         of you who purchase our disks, and use them, will register with 
         the author.  The (ASP) is working hard to set standards for 
         both authors and distributors.  We are committed to enforcing 
         that these standards are met.

              This document is only meant to give some basic guidance.  
         We suggest you read additional material to fully understand 
         DOS and how to work with your computer.

         1.) DOS COMMANDS

              A.) COPY - The copy command allows you to copy files 
         [from a location] [to a location].  A location simply being a 
         storage device, which would be a floppy disk or a hard disk.

                        Examples and explanations:

         The DOS prompt is critical to this operation it will look like 
         this A:\> or C:\>.

         A:\>COPY A:*.* B:

              Will copy all files on drive A: to B:.

         A:\>COPY A:read.me B:

              Will copy the file read.me from A: to B:.

         A:\>COPY A:*.dat B:

              Will copy all files with the extension .dat to B:.

         C:\>COPY C:\wp\*.doc C:\doc\

              Will copy all .doc files stored in the subdirectory 
         \wp\ to the subdirectory \doc\.







              B.) DIR - This command will allow you to list to the
         screen the files located on a drive or disk.

                        Examples and explanations:

         C:\>DIR

              Will list the files on the root directory.

         C:\>DIR/P

              Will list the files to the screen but will pause when the 
         screen fills and you will be prompted to press a key to 
         continue.

         A:\>DIR/W

              Will list the files to the screen in a wide screen 
         format, slightly different than the others listed.



              C.) TYPE - The TYPE command is used to view text 
         files on screen.

                        Examples and explanations:

         C:\>TYPE A:read.me

              This will list the file read.me to the screen to stop it 
         from scrolling hold the CTRL key and press the SCROLL 
         LOCK key press any key to continue viewing.  If you have 
         an enhanced keyboard you can use the PAUSE key.

         C:\>TYPE A:read.me|more

              This will do the same as above, the more option causes 
         the file to scroll one page at a time.



              D.) PRINT - Allows you to print files to your printer.

                        Examples and explanations:

         C:\>PRINT A:\temp\read.me

              Will print the file read.me which is located in the 
         subdirectory \temp\.

              The print command will prompt you for NAME OF LIST 
         DEVICE [PRN]: if your print is connected to LPT1 or the 
         standard parallel port just hit ENTER.  If this does not 
         work we would suggest that you contact your hardware 
         dealer to find out which port your printer is connected 
         to.  The normal connection for the printer is to LPT1 and 
         you won't have a problem.









              F.) DISKCOPY - Allows you to copy an entire disk.

                        Examples and explanations:


         C:\>DISKCOPY A: A:

              This will copy a master disk inserted in A: to A:.  
         The system will prompt you when to insert the master and 
         when to insert the blank.

         A:\>DISKCOPY A: B:

              This will copy a master disk in A: to B:.




                                ARCHIVED FILES
                                      or
                      COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING FILES


              Archiving is used very heavily in the Shareware industry 
         and the reason for this is simple, saving precious disk 
         space.  When you do a directory listing of your disk and you 
         see file extensions like .ARC  .LZH  .PAK  .ZIP you know that 
         file is in an archived format.  The Simple Series has tried 
         to make our library as uniform as possible.  We have selected 
         PKZIP as our primary compression utility.  On each disk we 
         supply that is Zipped you should have PKUNZIP.  PKUNZIP 
         allows you to extract the file.

                          Examples and explanations:

         A:\>PKUNZIP

              This by itself won't do anything other than to bring up 
         a help screen for using PKUNZIP.  You may want to refer to 
         this for further help.

         A:\>PKUNZIP *.zip B:

              This will extract all .zip files on drive A: to B:

         A:\>PKUNZIP test c:\temp\

              This will extract all files from test.zip to the 
         subdirectory \temp\.

              The easiest method for doing this is to copy the disk 
         you have received to a subdirectory on your hard drive and 
         then issue the command PKUNZIP *.zip.


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