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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
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