This group of arcfiles is the 4-disk set of the Enable Talking Software, compressed into 2 disks. The program "PKARC.COM" Version 2.0 was used to create the arcfiles; the program "PKXARC.COM" version 3.4 may be employed to decompress them. These two archiving and unarchiving programs are distributed by PKWARE in a combined program called "PKX34A20.COM", which, when once run with that name that only a computer can love, unfolds into the two previously mentioned programs, with documentation for each, along with an additional program for the PCJR. You may obtain the PKWARE archive package from the publisher, or from most MSDOS-oriented bulletin board services or user groups. The arcfiles whose filenames end with "prgm" are compressions of subdirectories from the original program diskette. No two of these 'prgm subdirectory arcfiles should be unarchived into the same directory, because they contain duplicate filenames such as "ENABLE.TBL". Each of the remaining arcfiles represents the contents of one of the three remaining original diskettes: the Manual Disk, the Votrax Automation Package Disk, and the Dectalk Automation Package Disk. All of these, along with the program subdirectories, are described and explained in the files within the manual arcfile. The names of the files in this set are listed below: ENABLE.TXT ... This file, not archived or compressed. PRGMDISK.DOC ... the ReadMe file from the Program Diskette. ARTCPRGM.ARC ... The Artic Synthesizer Program Subdirectory. CLTXPRGM.ARC ... The CallText synthesizer Program Subdirectory. DCTKPRGM.ARC ... The Dectalk Synthesizer Program Subdirectory. ECHOPRGM.ARC ... The Echo Synthesizer Program Subdirectory. VTKRPRGM.ARC ... The Votalker Synthesizer Program Subdirectory. VTRXPRGM.ARC ... The Votrax Synthesizer Program Subdirectory. VTXBPRGM.ARC ... The Votrax B Synthesizer Program Subdirectory. ETSMANUL.ARC ... The files from the Manual Diskette. VOTRXPKG.ARC ... The Votrax Automation Package Disk. DCTLKPKG.ARC ... The Dectalk Automation Package Disk. For data transfer convenience, all of the above arcfiles are packed into two "shipping crate"files, called "ENABL1.ARC" and "ENABL2.ARC", each of which may be downloaded to a single floppy. All files within the crates with an .arc extension are like boxes with items in each box. To use these items, the boxes must also be unpacked with "PKXARk" . Please remember not to place the contents of more than one "PRGM" box within the same directory when unpacking them. This file, like the invoice, packing slip and other related documentation with a shipment, doesn't have to be unpacked the second time. The contents of the crates are roughly equal in size. Just as you might wish to examine the boxes within a crate for damage, you may test the integrity of the secondary arcfiles with the "PKXARC/T" command. After you have extracted and unpacked those boxes you expect to use, the crate archives will still contain all the original contents, because you are actually duplicating the files you are extracting, not removing them. The unarchiving program, PKXARC, is so designed that any mistakes you make with it are not likely to be fatal to the source data. The logic of the PKXARC commands may seem strange and foreign until you have carefully thought it through, with some bracketed words inserted to make it sensible to you. An expanded example follows: p k x a r c open bracket Extract from the archive file with the name of close bracket E N A B L 1 open bracket leave off the period and the a r c extension because the computer assumes that. Next, skip a space and type the names of the files you want to be extracted close bracket. v t r x p r g m period a r c open bracket the box within the crate. If you get the message, "pkxarc disk full", it means that your receiving disk doesn't have enough space on it for the contents of the crate or box you are unpacking. In that case you will have to find a freshly formatted blank disk and try again. If you don't have a hard disk, but have a two floppy system, the process is easiest if the unarchiving program can be fitted onto the source diskette. If Drive A is the default, put the receiving or target disk there. Insert the source diskette with the unarchiving program and the archives you wish to unpack into Drive B. Type a b colon in front of the source archive file name with no space, so the computer will look there to find the program. If the p k x a r c program isn't in the default drive, place the letter of its drive and a colon immediately in front of it, too. If you have created a temporary ram or electronic disk in your computer, you may copy the unpacking program into that drive, put the source disk in Drive B, and the target disk into Drive A. Whatever plan you use, remember that the computer has to be told where to look for a program or a file if it isn't in the default drive. On the other hand, if the computer isn't told where to rread or write something, it does it to the default drive. If all this still seems too computerese for you to do, get expert help. Note: The file "PRGMDISK.DOC" is now inside "ETSMANUL.ARC". Note: The packed version of this file, "READTHIS.NOW", and the shipping crate file names have been changed to fit CompuServe's filename length requirements. The original shipping crate names, as found in "READTHIS.NOW" are: "ETSARC1.ARC" and "ETSARC2.ARC".