INSTALLING MCBASE FROM AN ARCHIVE FILE: SHAREWARE VERSION.
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SET VALUE FOR "FILES=xxx" IN YOUR SYSTEM'S CONFIG.SYS TO 
FOLLOWING MINIMUM VALUE - NEEDED FOR MCBASE:

        MS-DOS USERS:   FILES=40

        WINDOWS USERS:  FILES=60

OR HIGHER!  SEE "MCBASE REQUIREMENTS" IN THE DOCUMENTATION FILE
"MCB_MAN.TXT" FOR FURTHER INFORMATION!


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IMPORTANT NOTE: this section discribes the installation of
MCBase from the original "ZIP"-type archive file. It is very
lightly that the various BBS-sysops will convert this original
archive file to a format that is standard on their system. Two
other common archivers, that you might encounter, are ARJ (by
Robert K. Jung) with the filetype "ARJ" and LHA (by Haruyasu
Yoshizaki) with the filetype "LZH".

Normally, you will have received the shareware version of 
MCBase as the archive file MCBxxx.ZIP (xxx = version number).
If you did NOT receive MCBase as this archive file, then please
make sure, you have at least the following files after extrac-
tion of the archive: 

      MCBASE.EXE  -     MCBase executable file, for XT-compati-
                        bles and up.
      MCB_MAN.TXT -     MCBase documentation file (as an
                        ASCII-text file).
      ORDER.TXT   -     MCBase order form.
      LICENSE.TXT -     MCBase license agreement.
      REVISION.TXT-     MCBase revision history.
      GENMCB.EXE  -     Utility to create a new (and empty) set
                        of database files.
      INSTALL.TXT -     MCBase installation guide.
      README.1ST  -     IMPORTANT MESSAGE ON CONFIG.SYS.

      FILE_ID.DIZ -     Description file. 
      VENDINFO.DIZ-     Description file, according to VENDINFO
                        standard.

The following files (a demonstration database set) should also
be included:

      MCB1.DBF          MCB2.DBF            MCB3.DBF
      MCB1.DBT          MCB2.DBT            MCB3.DBT

      MCB4.DBF          MCB5.DBF            MCB6.DBF
      MCB4.DBT          MCB5.DBT            MCB6.DBT

(Your copy could be incomplete and you might get the wrong idea
about the performance and documentation of the MCBase system).

You will need PKWare's PKUNZIP.EXE to extract the archive. Use
the following command to extract all files: 

            PKUNZIP MCBxxx.ZIP

In case of an ARJ-file format, use: ARJ x MCBxxx.ARJ
In case of an LZH-file format, use: LHA e MCBxxx.LZH

Installing MCBase on your system should not be very difficult,
if you follow these steps: 

- 1)    Copy the original MCBxxx.ZIP archive file to a floppy
        disk and store it in a safe place.

- 2)    Note: Among the extracted files, should be a demonstra-
        tion database set. In case you don't want to use the
        demonstration database (anymore), execute GENMCB.EXE to
        generate a new set of datafiles. DELETE GENMCB.EXE
        after use! It generates NEW and EMPTY databases, so you
        wouldn't want to use it after you've been entering
        data. (You can retrieve another copy from the
        MCBxxx.ZIP archive file, should you need it).

- 3)    Create a new directory for the MCBase system, place the
        archive file in it and extract all files.

- 4)    Start your wordprocessor, import the ASCII-document
        MCB_MAN.TXT and print it.

- 5)    Run MCBase. If missing, the program will now create the
        neccesary index files (MCBxKEYx.NDX) and the configura-
        tion file MCBASE.CFG.

        Note: If an MCBASE.CFG configuration file was INCLUDED
        in the copy of the MCBxxx.ZIP archive file that you
        received, then delete this MCBASE.CFG prior to execute
        MCBASE.EXE. If the contents of this particular
        MCBASE.CFG configuration file does NOT match YOUR
        system's configuration, MCBase may not be able to com-
        plete initialisation.

- 6)    Access the dialog "Printer settings" (using the menu
        items: "MCBase - Configuration - Printer". Consult your
        printer manual for the correct commandset and see
        section "Configuring MCBase", topic "Printer" in the
        MCB_MAN.TXT file for assistance on printer configuration.

After these steps you'll be ready to run the shareware version
of the MCBase Music Collection DataBase system.

All pricing and order information can be found in the enclosed
text file ORDER.TXT.


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