**************************** THE BUFFER STUFFERS **************************** README. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick start: (1) Log onto the drive containing this diskette (2) Type: INSTALL [from drive] [boot drive] [to program drive/directory] (3) Press: Example: INSTALL B: C: D:\BUFSTUFF If - B: drive contains this diskette, - C: drive is the boot drive for your computer, and - D:\BUFSTUFF is where you wish to store the documentation files. Result: (1) PASSKEYS.COM and BIGBUFF.BIN will be copied into the root directory of the boot drive you specify. (Registered packages only: BBCTRL.EXE will also be copied into the same root directory.) (2) The rest of the files on this diskette will be copied into the program drive/directory you specify. (3) The following file(s) will be copied into the root directory which you specify with the extension ".OLD" (if they are detected): CONFIG.SYS (Shareware and Registered packages) AUTOEXEC.BAT (Registered packages only) (4) The following command will be added as the first line of your CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=[boot drive:]\BIGBUFF.BIN (5) (Registered packages only) The following commands will be added as the first three lines of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file: PATH=[boot drive:]\ PROMPT $p$g$_ [boot drive:]\BBCTRL info Do not proceed with the "QUICK START" installation if any of these steps are unacceptable to you. **************************** THE BUFFER STUFFERS **************************** README. (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The BUFFER STUFFER files on this diskette - Included in both the Shareware and the Registered packages: INSTALL.BAT QUICK START installation. CHKFILES.EXE (Used by INSTALL.BAT to check CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.) README. This information file. BIGBUFF.BIN Creates BIGBUFFR: the GIANT keyboard buffer with DINKY RAM requirements. BIGBUFF.DOC Documentation for BIGBUFF.BIN. PASSKEYS.COM The TINY keyboard buffer stuffer. PASSKEYS.DOC Documentation for PASSKEYS.COM. REBOOT.COM Warm boot utility. Sample CONFIG.SYS - CONFIG.FLP Rename to CONFIG.SYS if booting from drive A: CONFIG.HRD Rename to CONFIG.SYS if booting from drive C: Although not essential for the operation of THE BUFFER STUFFERS, these additional files -- included in the Registered package only -- enhance the use and operation of the BIGBUFFR: * BBCTRL.EXE Controls BIGBUFFR from batch file or command line. * BBCTRL.DOC Documentation for BBCTRL.EXE. * BBIOCTL.DOC Programmer's toolkit for controlling BIGBUFFR. Sample AUTOEXEC.BAT - * AUTOEXEC.FLP Rename to AUTOEXEC.BAT if booting from drive A: * AUTOEXEC.HRD Rename to AUTOEXEC.BAT if booting from drive C: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- All of the documentation files contain page numbering and form feeds (CHR$(12)) every 60 lines. To print the manuals, you may use the following commands from the DOS prompt: TYPE PASSKEYS.DOC>PRN TYPE BIGBUFF.DOC>PRN * TYPE BBCTRL.DOC>PRN * TYPE BBIOCTL.DOC>PRN * Registered packages only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 3, 1991