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TUTOR DOS

v. 1.1

Copyright 1989, 1990

Kevin L. Cummings

INTRODUCTION

TUTOR DOS is an interactive, beginner's DOS tutorial. It assumes

that the user knows virtually nothing about MS-DOS.

The program consists of an introduction, twenty-one lessons, a final

test, and a few closing remarks. The program is contained in

twenty-six program files, three batch files, and one documentation

file. (There is a complete list of the names of these files at the

end of this document.)

TUTOR DOS offers several advantages over currently available

commercial tutorials.

*TUTOR DOS was designed to talk 'to' you, rather than 'at' you.

*All of the lessons in TUTOR DOS are quite short and none of them

should take more than twenty to twenty-five minutes to complete.

*You may use the [ESCAPE] key to exit any lesson at any time.

*TUTOR DOS has been programmed to accept several answers to each

of its questions.

*If you give the wrong answer to a question, TUTOR DOS will

provide a hint.

*If you can't seem to get the right answer to a question, keep

trying. After you've tried three times, TUTOR DOS will type

the right answer for you.

*Each lesson ends with a quiz. These quizzes will help you judge

how well you've learned the material in each lesson.

*The course ends with a comprehensive examination. TUTOR DOS will

analyze your answers and (if necessary) give you a list of

lessons to review.

*If you score over eighty percent on the test, TUTOR DOS will

print out a certificate of achievement with your name on it.

*TUTOR DOS is distributed as SHAREWARE. If it is useful to you,

I ask that you send me a donation of ten dollars. This is far

less expensive than commercial DOS tutorials which generally cost

thirty to fifty dollars.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

TUTOR DOS has been designed with the average user in mind and,

therefore, will work on virtually any PC. The specific requirements

are:

256 K Random Access Memory

DOS 2.1 or higher

There are no other requirements. TUTOR DOS will run from floppy

disk drives (of any size) or from a hard disk drive. It will run

equally well on color and monochrome monitors.

INSTALLING TUTOR DOS

If you do not have a hard disk drive, or do not want to put

TUTOR

DOS on your hard disk drive, no installation is necessary.

However,

if you want to install TUTOR DOS on your hard disk drive, all you have

to do is follow these instructions:

1) Turn on your PC.

2) Wait for the prompt to appear on the monitor, it should look

something like C:\>, and it will be followed by a small, blinking

cursor.

3) Put TUTOR DOS disk number 1 in your A: disk drive. (If you

have more than one floppy disk drive, you'll have to figure out

which one is the A: disk drive. If your disk drives are stacked

on top of one another, this will be the top disk drive. If they

are side by side, it will be on the left.)

4) Type A:INSTALL A C and press the [ENTER] key.

5) Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

USING TUTORDOS

If you are using TUTOR DOS from a disk drive, make sure that

TUTOR

DOS disk number 1 is in the drive and the door is closed. Type

TUTORDOS and press [ENTER].

If you have installed TUTOR DOS on your hard disk drive, wait for

the C:\> and type TUTORDOS and press [ENTER].

In either case, after a moment, TUTOR DOS will begin to give you

instructions on the screen. From this point on, all you have to do is

follow these instructions.

NOTE: Some users who have monochrome monitors with color

graphics cards have reported difficulty in seeing all the

text. To solve this problem, start TUTOR DOS by typing

TUTORDOS/M. This puts TUTOR DOS in 'Monochrome' mode.

REGISTRATION

I have enjoyed putting this program together, and I hope you have

enjoyed using it. If you'd like to send commments or questions,

please write to:

Kevin L. Cummings

P.O. Box 621

Layton, Ut 84041

You may become a registered user of TUTOR DOS by sending $10 in

U.S.

funds to the address above.

APPENDIX -- COMPLETE FILE LIST FOR TUTOR DOS

[Don't bother reading this unless you're a real computer junkie!]

Disk #1 Disk #2

TUTORDOS.EXE MENUDOS.TBC

MENUDOS.TBC DOS5.TBC

INTRO.TBC DOS6.TBC

DOS1.TBC DOS7.TBC

DOS2.TBC DOS8.TBC

DOS3.TBC DOS9.TBC

DOS4.TBC DOS10.TBC

INSTALL.BAT DOS11.TBC

HARDSTRT.BAT INSTALL.BAT

PRINTDOC.BAT

TUTORDOS.DOC

CORP_LIC.TXT

Disk #3 Disk #4

MENUDOS.TBC MENUDOS.TBC

DOS12.TBC DOS19.TBC

DOS13.TBC DOS20.TBC

DOS14.TBC DOS21.TBC

DOS15.TBC DOSTEST.TBC

DOS16.TBC FINAL.TBC

DOS17.TBC INSTALL.BAT

DOS18.TBC

INSTALL.BAT

The files called MENUDOS.TBC and INSTALL.BAT have been placed on all

four disks to aid beginning users and reduce the amount of disk

swapping.

TUTOR DOS was written using Borland International's TURBO BASIC

version 1.1. Portions of the program make use of Rick

Fothergill's

public domain TBWINDO utilities.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

This program is distributed 'as is' without warranty of any kind,

either express or implied.

The author of this software shall not be liable to the user or any

other person or entity with respect to any liability, loss, or damage

caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this

software.

TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MS-DOS and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation.

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business

Machines.

McGraw-Hill is a registered trademark of McGraw-Hill

Corporation.

Video Professor is a registered trademark of Video Professor

Corporation.

WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect

Corporation.

Lotus and 1-2-3 are registered trademarks of Lotus Development

Corporation

LICENSE AGREEMENT

License to use this software is limited to private individuals in

homes and use by public, non-profit, educational institutions

(including, but not limited to; public elementary and secondary

schools, public colleges and universities, and state and federally

operated training facilities).

ANY OTHER USE WILL BE CONSIDERED TO CONSTITUTE WILLFUL COPYRIGHT

VIOLATION.

Use of this program shall constitute agreement to these terms.

This program may be freely copied and distributed so long as no fee

(expect for media costs, under $7.00 U.S. per disk) is charged, and

the program is not modified in any way.

Corporate users and private schools and training facilities are

required to register the program within thirty (30) days of first use.

For more information, please check the file CORP_LIC.TXT.

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