PCPLUS.BAT ·
BAT ·
6.3 KB ·
1990-04-10 ·
from PCPlus_Issue-45_Jun-1990
echo off
cd intro
SHOWCSF TITLE
SHOWCSF JUN1
:menu
cd ..\intro
SHOWCSF JUN2
if errorlevel 195 goto menu
if errorlevel 194 goto f8
if errorlevel 193 goto f7
if errorlevel 192 goto f6
if errorlevel 191 goto f5
if errorlevel 190 goto f4
if errorlevel 189 goto f3
if errorlevel 188 goto f2
if errorlevel 187 goto f1
if errorlevel 55 goto 7
if errorlevel 54 goto 6
if errorlevel 53 goto 5
if errorlevel 52 goto 4
if errorlevel 51 goto 3
if errorlevel 50 goto 2
if errorlevel 49 goto 1
if errorlevel 1 goto menu
:1
PBS-VIEW ..\MREADER\ARCHIVE.DOC
goto menu
:2
PBS-VIEW ..\MREADER\ARCHIVE.DOC
goto menu
:3
PBS-VIEW ..\UTILS\BILLS.DOC
goto menu
:4
PBS-VIEW ..\UTILS\HEARING.DOC
goto menu
:5
cls
echo Sorry, Perplex has no separate documentation.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu
pause > nul
goto menu
:6
PBS-VIEW ..\FONTS\FONTS.DOC
goto menu
:7
PBS-VIEW ..\SHORTIES\GETDRIVE.DOC
PBS-VIEW ..\SHORTIES\MAD.DOC
PBS-VIEW ..\SHORTIES\RENDIR.DOC
goto menu
:f1
CD ..\MREADER
cls
echo To transfer and decompress the MindReader files to a floppy disk, make sure
echo the SuperDisk is in drive A: and a freshly formatted floppy is in drive B:.
echo If you haven't one to hand, leave this program now by pressing [Ctrl][C]
echo and answering [Y] to the prompt, and prepare one.
echo On a single floppy machine, DOS should prompt you to swap the disk for
echo A: (the SuperDisk) with the disk for B: (the new MindReader disk) during the
echo decompression process. If you're prompted to 'insert disk with batch file',
echo insert the SuperDisk before pressing any key.
echo.
echo Press [Ctrl]C and answer [Y] to the prompt, if you DO NOT want to start
echo the transfer process.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to start the transfer.
pause > nul
MR B:\
echo.
echo Assuming no errors have been reported during the decompression process,
echo the necessary MindReader files have now been transferred to the disk in
echo drive B:.
echo.
echo To run MindReader, return to the DOS prompt and put the disk you've just
echo created into drive A:. Type MR, select [Space] to run the program, [L] to
echo edit an existing document and then a file from the menu. Press [Alt][H]
echo for help and [Alt][Q] to quit. See PC PLUS for further details.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu.
pause > nul
goto menu
:f2
CD ..\MREADER
cls
echo A new sub-directory, MREADER, will be created on drive C: and the
echo MindReader files will be copied there.
echo.
echo If you do NOT want to transfer and decompress the files now, press
echo [Ctrl][C] and answer [Y] to the prompt to return to DOS.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to start the transfer.
pause > nul
C:
CD \
MD MREADER
A:
MR C:\MREADER
echo.
echo Assuming no errors have been reported during the decompression process,
echo the necessary MindReader files have now been transferred to the C:\MREADER
echo sub-directory.
echo.
echo To run MindReader, return to the DOS prompt and put the disk you've just
echo created into drive A:. Type MR, select [Space] to run the program, [L] to
echo edit an existing document and then a file from the menu. Press [Alt][H]
echo for help and [Alt][Q] to quit. See PC PLUS for further details.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu.
pause > nul
goto menu
:f3
CD ..\UTILS
cls
echo Select electricity or gas bill, fill in the meter readings and rates and
echo display or print the estimated bill. To quit, return to the main menu and
echo select option [Q].
echo.
echo Press [Return] to continue
pause > nul
BILLS
goto menu
:f4
CD ..\UTILS
HEARING
echo Press [Return] to go back to the menu
pause > nul
goto menu
:f5
CD ..\GAMES
cls
echo Press [Q] and answer [Y] to the question that follows, however galling, to
echo quit Perplex and return to the SuperDisk menu.
echo.
echo This game does run on a Hercules monitor, though you may notice some
echo random characters at the top of the screen.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to continue
pause > nul
PERPLEX
goto menu
:f6
cls
echo You can't run the Windows fonts on their own; they have to be installed in
echo a copy of Windows, first. Instructions are given in the FONTS.DOC file,
echo which you can read by pressing [6] from the SuperDisk menu.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the menu
pause > nul
goto menu
:f7
CD ..\SHORTIES
cls
echo You're in the SHORTIES sub-directory.
echo.
echo This contains a number of smaller utilities, further details of which are
echo in the SuperDisk section of PC PLUS. Some may have documentation in .DOC
echo files, which you can read using the MS-DOS TYPE command.
echo.
echo Here's the directory listing...
DIR
echo.
echo Press [Return] to continue
pause > nul
cls
echo Here are brief details of what they do - see PCPLUS for more:
echo.
echo GETDRIVE - When writing a batch file, it's often useful to be able to
echo note the current directory before running an application or
echo another batch file. DOS doesn't provide this facility, but
echo GetDrive does. It stores the information in any named batch
echo file.
echo.
echo MAD - If you really want to annoy a fellow PC user, try loading Mad
echo on his or her machine. It leaves you a minute or so to get away
echo before 'beautifying' the display with ripples of rainbox colours.
echo The effect can be removed by a reboot. This program does not
echo run as intended on a Hercules monitor, though it may slow the
echo PC down to about half speed.
echo.
echo RENDIR - This routine enables you to rename an existing directory,
echo something DOS can't do. The directory doesn't have to be empty
echo either. Type RENDIR, followed by the existing and new names of
echo the directory, separated by spaces.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to continue
pause > nul
cls
echo Here's what the output of GetDrive looks like from the current sub-directory:
echo.
GETDRIVE
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo We'll spare you the effects of MAD and RENDIR - you know where to find
echo them when you want them.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu.
pause > nul
goto menu
:f8
cd \
cls