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Information about “PC-FASTYPE/MONO”
A menu-driven interactive typing tutorial designed for use by computer
enthusiasts who want to improve their typing skills. The program
displays a character graphics image of the keyboard and prompts you to
use the correct keys. You can have any kind of monitor (color or mono)
to run this program. It's ideal for laptops and portables.
FILE2254.TXT
Disk No: 2254
Disk Title: PC-FASTYPE/MONO
PC-SIG Version: S1
Program Title: PC-Fastype/Mono
Author Version: 1.1
Author Registration: $28.00
Special Requirements: None.
This is a menu-driven interactive typing tutorial designed for use by
computer enthusiasts who want to improve their typing skills. The
program displays a character graphics image of the keyboard and prompts
you to use the correct keys. You can have any kind of monitor (color or
mono) to run this program. It's ideal for laptops and portables.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ To print documentation and installation instructions, type: ║
║ COPY README.TXT PRN (press Enter) ║
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(c) Copyright 1990, PC-SIG Inc.
README.TXT
PC-FASTYPE(Tm) Copyright 1990 Trendtech Corporation
Welcome to PC-FASTYPE/MONO Version 1.1
=======================================
PC-FASTYPE/MONO is a typing tutorial program SPECIFICALLY
designed for IBM-PC's, compatibles, laptops, and portables equipped
with monochrome or gray-scale monitors. The quick-start instructions
below will get you going right away.
PC-FASTYPE/MONO can be run on any PC without regard to the type
of monitor. It uses character-based line-graphics to simulate the
screen keyboard display.
If your PC is equipped for color graphics display, then you might
want to consider using PC-FASTYPE/CGA which can be run on any PC
equipped with color graphics capability (CGA/EGA/VGA). PC-FASTYPE/CGA
uses bit-mapped graphics and basic animation techniques to simulate
the screen keyboard display. Contact us for more information about
PC-FASTYPE/CGA.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
PC-FASTYPE/MONO is distributed on one 360KB 5.25" floppy, or one
720KB 3.50" mini-floppy and requires the following minimum equipment
to run properly:
o IBM PC, XT, PS/2, 286, 386, or IBM Compatible
o MS-DOS - All versions from 2.0 and up
o 256KB Memory
o Any Monitor type
o 1 Floppy disk drive; 3.5" or 5.25"
o Keyboard: either the 101-Key Enhanced with the bar-shaped
enter key, or the AT-Style with the large L-shaped enter key.
TO LOAD:
From Floppy Disk Drive: Place the disk in drive A: and type:
ENFT to start PC-FASTYPE/MONO with the 101-Key Enhanced keyboard
ATFT to start PC-FASTYPE/MONO with the AT-Style keyboard
PCFT to start PC-FASTYPE/MONO with the classic PC-Style keyboard
followed by the ENTER key. For example, the command:
A:> enft <enter>
will start PC-FASTYPE/MONO from the A: floppy drive for the 101-
Key Enhanced keyboard.
Fixed Disk Drive: First create a sub-directory then copy the entire
contents of the disk to the new directory. Change to the new directory
and type ENFT or ATFT followed by the ENTER key.
TO RUN:
PRESS ANY KEY TO GET PAST THE TITLE AND SHAREWARE INFORMATION
SCREENS. After the introductory screens are displayed and the tables
loaded, the Main Menu will be displayed. The menu selector bar will
be resting on the 'Begin Typing' selection. Just press the Enter key
or function key F10 to start a typing drill of the HOME keys. To
return to the Main Menu, press the Escape key.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:
For DRILLS: Place the fingers of each hand on the home keys
(ASDF JKL;) and type each letter as you are prompted for it. The
program selects the letters randomly. The number of characters you
have to successfully type is displayed before you start. When the
drill is finished your WPM and other statistics will be displayed in a
separate drill statistics panel.
For EXERCISES: lines of text will be displayed above the screen
keyboard; type each character pointed to by the house-shaped cursor
(⌂) and when you reach the symbol or end of the line, press the
enter key (for "carriage-return"), or the space bar. When you finish
typing the exercise your WPM and other statistics will be displayed in
the drill statistics screen.
SELECTING MENU ITEMS:
Use the arrow keys (cursor keys) to move the menu selector bar up
and down the menu. Select the drill, exercise, or option by pressing
the enter key when the item you want is highlighted. You can use the
function keys as a short-cut.
WHILE RUNNING:
MENUS:
There are 5 drill, exercise, and feature selection menus and 3
sub-menus for selecting additional keys to learn. The primary
menus can be displayed by pressing function keys F1 to F5
anytime while the screen keyboard is displayed.
<Esc>ape key:
Pressing the Escape key anytime during a drill or exercise will
cause the drill or exercise to terminate and your current
typing statistics to be displayed. Pressing the Escape key
again will display the menu where you started the exercise.
QuickHELP:
ALL menus have the QuickHELP Facility available. For all
menus, the function key F1 is always the HELP key. When you
select HELP, a QuickHELP Facility Menu will be displayed; the
selector bar will rest on the item matching your help request.
Follow the instructions given on the bottom of the menu for
navigating around the menu.
EVALUATION PERIOD:
You are licensed to operate PC-FASTYPE/MONO on your PC for
testing and evaluation as to its usefulness to you, on a trial basis
for 30 days. We believe this to be a fair and equitable time period
for evaluation and we trust your good judgement and sense of fair play
in making a decision regarding registration.
DOCUMENTATION:
The PC-FASTYPE/MONO User Guide is included on this disk as a
self-extracting 'ZIP' file. This means the User Guide text has been
'compressed' to save space on the disk.
How To 'UN-COMPRESS' The User Guide:
ZIP'd files can be 'un-compressed', or reconstructed without the
need for special programs. A self-extracting ZIP file is an
executable file with a .EXE extension. By simply typing in the name
of the self-extracting ZIP file, the User Guide reconstruction process
will be performed. To view or print the PC-FASTYPE/MONO User Guide
perform the following simple steps:
1. Copy the file named FTDOC.EXE to your hard disk or
to another floppy. (If you try to uncompress the
file on THIS disk you will run out of space.)
2. Make that drive the default drive, and at the prompt
type in the following command:
ftdoc <enter key>
and the User Guide will extract itself into a
printable, plain text document.
3. You will now have a file called FASTYPE.DOC on your
disk. Verify this by typing 'DIR FASTYPE.DOC' at the
prompt.
4. To print the User Guide on your printer, first make
sure you have enough paper - the User Guide is about
50 pages long. Be sure your printer is turned ON,
and the first page is positioned at top-of-form.
Then type the following command at the prompt:
copy fastype.doc prn <enter key>
5. Your printer will print the PC-FASTYPE/MONO User
Guide on about fifty pages of paper.
INQUIRIES:
Inquiries can be telephoned to (201) 694-8622; if there's no
answer, please leave a message on the answering machine along with
your name, address and daytime phone number, the version number of
PC-FASTYPE/MONO you are using, and a short message. We'll get back to
you as quickly as possible.
DATED SOFTWARE:
If today's date is a year or more later than the file dates on
this distribution disk than please contact Trendtech Corporation for
information about the current version of PC-FASTYPE/MONO. Shareware
tends to "acquire a life of its own" once it's distributed; not all
vendors will bother to obtain the latest version from the author.
That is why you should buy Shareware from a disk vendor who is an
authorized "Associate Member of the A.S.P."
VIRUSES:
You can only be sure of getting a top-quality virus-free version
of any ASP Shareware product by obtaining your copy directly from the
author, or from a disk vendor who is an Associate Member of the
Association of Shareware Professionals, or from a reputable BBS
service. Be suspicious of any program you download from a BBS whose
file dates or copyright notices are more than two years old; if it's a
Shareware product, contact the author directly for information about
the most current version available.
TO PRINT THIS FILE:
You can print this readme file to your printer (about 5 pages) by
simply issuing the following MS-DOS command at the prompt:
1. First insert the PC-FASTYPE/MONO disk in drive A.
2. Then make sure your printer is turned on and the paper
is set at top-of-form.
3. Type:
COPY A:README.TXT PRN: <cr>
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** PC-FASTYPE is a trademark of Trendtech Corporation, Inc.
Copyright 1983-1990 by Trendtech Corporation, Wayne, NJ
All Rights Reserved
*
SYSOP.DOC
PC-FASTYPE/MONO - Version 1.1 - BBS Sysop Documentation
Copyright 1990, TRENDTECH CORPORATION, All Rights Reserved.
Published by Trendtech Corporation, P.O. Box 3687, Wayne, NJ
07474-3687
This file provides information for bulletin board Sysops who wish
to distribute PC-FASTYPE/MONO via their BBS systems.
We explicitly permit uploads of the Shareware version of
PC-FASTYPE/MONO to BBS systems. Uploading the registered version
is not permitted. If you have any question as to whether the
version which has been uploaded to your BBS is Shareware, simply
run PC-FASTYPE/MONO and observe the title screen. If the text to
the right of the title screen says "Unregistered Evaluation Copy",
and the next screen is the SHAREWARE INFORMATION screen, then it is
the Shareware version. Anything else should be considered a
registered version and discarded.
Please note, if your BBS is associated with a commercial or user-
group Shareware library which distributes disks for a fee, you must
obtain permission in writing from Trendtech Corporation BEFORE
placing PC-FASTYPE/MONO in the library. See the file VENDOR.DOC
for distribution details. This restriction does not affect your
permission to place PC-FASTYPE/MONO on your BBS as long as you are
not charging a fee for its distribution. (other than normal user
fees for general use of your board).
If you have any questions about PC-FASTYPE/MONO please contact us
by any of the following methods:
CompuServe 76210,771
Voice (201) 694-8622, days Eastern U.S. time
US Mail Trendtech Corporation
P.O. Box 3687
Wayne, NJ 07470
An uploaded copy of PC-FASTYPE/MONO should normally include the
following files when everything is uncompressed:
README.BAT - Program to display README.TXT
README.TXT - Quick start instructions
REGISTER.FRM - REGISTRATION FORM AND COMMENT FORM
FTDOC.EXE - User Guide; Self-extracting ZIP file
ENFT.BAT - START - using the 101-Key Keyboard
ATFT.BAT - START - using the AT-Style Keyboard
PCFT.BAT - START - using the PC-Style Keyboard
MFASTYPE.EXE - The PC-FASTYPE/MONO executable program
H01.HLP - QuickHELP Facility files
H02.HLP - "
H03.HLP - "
H04.HLP - "
H05.HLP - "
H06.HLP - "
H07.HLP - "
H08.HLP - "
H09.HLP - "
H10.HLP - "
FT32.TYP - Exercise Files
FT33.TYP - "
FT34.TYP - "
FT35.TYP - "
FT36.TYP - "
FT42.TYP - "
FT43.TYP - "
FT44.TYP - "
FORTUNE1.TYP - Sample file for the TYPE YOUR OWN TEXT Option
FTMV1.GCP - PC-FASTYPE/MONO General Control Parameters
MONOENKB.FIL - File for 101-Key Enhanced Keyboard
MONOATKB.FIL - File for AT-Style Keyboard
MONOPCKB.FIL - File for Classic PC-Style Keyboard
VENDOR.DOC - Disk Vendor Information File
SYSOP.DOC - BBS distribution info for Sysops (this file)
If one or more of the above files are missing, please contact
Trendtech Corporation (201) 694-8622 and tell us the problem.
ARCHIVING
You can use any good quality archiving software to compress
the PC-FASTYPE/MONO product. We strongly recommend PKZIP from
PKware, especially since PC-FASTYPE's documentation file was
compressed using PKSFX, which creates a self-extracting executable.
PRODUCT NAME AND DESCRIPTIONS
The following archived file name should be used for PC-FASTYPE/MONO
distribution on BBS's:
PCFTM11.xxx
where xxx is the archive used;
i.e. .ZIP, .ARC, .LHZ, .ZOO, etc...
Short Description:
PCFTM11.xxx PC-FASTYPE/MONO V1.1 Typing Tutorial (ASP)
Long Description:
PCFTM11.xxx PC-FASTYPE/MONO V1.1 Typing Tutorial (ASP)
PC-FASTYPE/MONO is an easy-to-use menu-driven interactive typing
tutorial designed for use by computer enthusiasts who wish to
improve their typing skills on IBM PC's and compatibles running the
MS-DOS Operating System. The program displays a character graphics
image of the keyboard and prompts you to use the correct keys. You
can have any kind of monitor (color or mon) to run this program.
Ideal for laptops and portables.
** End of SYSOP.DOC **
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README BAT 249 5-01-90
README TXT 9347 5-01-90
REGISTER FRM 9008 5-01-90
FTDOC EXE 42950 5-01-90
ENFT BAT 151 5-01-90
ATFT BAT 140 5-01-90
PCFT BAT 145 5-01-90
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FTMV1 GCP 8532 5-01-90
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