My Little Realm
Savings v/2.5
Installing the Evaluation Version
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Special Note Regarding CD-ROM Installation
If you are installing from a CD-ROM ...
The files on your CD-ROM are not compressed, so you can see the
look of a program right from the CD-ROM by typing the program's
.EXE name at the DOS prompt. You will not be able to save any
files you create in this manner, however. To do that, you must
install the program to a floppy or a hard drive. It is recommended
that you install this program to a floppy disk if you wish to test
it thoroughly. That way, the files you create can be copied to
your hard disk should you decide to keep it later on.
You can install this program from your CD-ROM to a floppy disk,
test it as thoroughly as you like, and then if you decide to keep
it, you can install it to your hard disk by running the Install
found on your floppy disk, just as if the floppy disk were a
distribution disk that you purchased from a disk vendor. Install
will copy over all of this program's files, and if you've created
any data files, it will notify you and ask if you want those copied
over as well.
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- Hardware and software requirements -
IBM or compatible PC with 512K RAM
Requires 250 Kb of disk space
Savings can be run from a hard or a floppy disk
DOS version 3.3 or later
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Installation
Put the distribution disk in the A: drive and type:
a:install
(If you put it in the B: drive, type "b:install".)
Install will ask for one or two items:
1 the target drive, and
2 the target directory (if copying to a hard disk)
If you install Savings to a floppy disk, you will not be asked for
a target directory.
After specifying the drive (and directory, in the event you're
installing to a hard drive), Install will ask if you need to make
any changes. If you need to change an entry, press <Y> or the up
arrow.
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Install offers \MYREALM as the default directory. You can change
it to your liking of course, but it is recommended that all of My
Little Realm's programs be put in the same directory.
If you give Install the name of a directory that already exists, it
will put Savings into that existing directory.
Warning: You should only put Savings into a directory with
other My Little Realm programs. They are made to interact
properly. If Savings is your first MLR program, you should
put it into its own directory.
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Printing the Documentation
To print Savings's documentation, go to the Savings directory
(MYREALM is used as an example) and direct the printout of
SAVINGS.TXT to the printer using the "> PRN" option as shown below.
Be sure your printer is on.
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Step | English directions | DOS commands
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1 | go to MYREALM directory | CD\MYREALM <enter>
2 | print documentation | TYPE SAVINGS.TXT > PRN <enter>
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Printing an Order Form
To print an order form, go to the Savings directory and direct the
printout of REGISTER.TXT to the printer using the "> PRN" option as
shown below. Be sure your printer is on.
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Step | English directions | DOS commands
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1 | go to MYREALM directory | CD\MYREALM <enter>
2 | print order form | TYPE REGISTER.TXT > PRN <enter>
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You can also print an order form by pressing <$>, the dollar sign,
in the Options Window of Savings.
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