PCPLUS.BAT ·
BAT ·
6 KB ·
1990-05-17 ·
from PCPlus_Issue-46_Jul-1990-360K-FluxEngine
echo off
prompt $
cd intro
UNSNAP PIX.CMP /N1
GET
UNSNAP PIX.CMP /N2
GET
:menu
cd ..\intro
UNSNAP PIX.CMP /N3
GET
if errorlevel 66 goto menu
if errorlevel 65 goto f7
if errorlevel 64 goto f6
if errorlevel 63 goto f5
if errorlevel 62 goto f4
if errorlevel 61 goto f3
if errorlevel 60 goto f2
if errorlevel 59 goto f1
if errorlevel 1 goto menu
:f1
cls
echo To transfer and decompress the PAPlus 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 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 PAPlus master) during the
echo decompression process.
echo Note that, although you can decompress the PAPlus files to a 360K floppy,
echo the program can ONLY be run from a 720K floppy or a hard disk.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to START the transfer.
echo.
echo Press [Esc] to ABANDON the transfer for now.
GET
if not errorlevel 3 goto menu
PKUNZIP ..\EFFECT\PAPLUS.ZIP B:\
echo.
echo Assuming no errors have been reported during the decompression process,
echo the necessary PAPlus files have now been transferred to the disk in
echo drive B:.
echo.
echo To run PAPlus, return to the DOS prompt and put the disk you've just created
echo into drive A:. Check that a Microsoft-compatible mouse driver is installed
echo and type EFFECT [Return]. Select 'Open' from the File menu and click on
echo Open to run PAPLUS. Quit by clicking on the Quit button from the main work
echo screen. See the SuperDisk section of PC PLUS for more details.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu
pause > nul
goto menu
:f2
cls
echo A new sub-directory, PAPLUS, will be created on drive C: and the PAPlus
echo files will be copied there.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to START the transfer.
echo.
echo Press [Esc] to ABANDON the transfer for now.
GET
if not errorlevel 3 goto menu
C:
CD \
MD PAPLUS
A:
PKUNZIP ..\EFFECT\PAPLUS.ZIP C:\PAPLUS
echo.
echo Assuming no errors have been reported during the decompression process,
echo the necessary PAPlus files have now been transferred to the PAPLUS
echo directory of drive C:.
echo.
echo To run PAPlus, return to the DOS prompt and move to the PAPLUS sub-directory
echo of drive C:. Check that a Microsoft-compatible mouse driver is installed
echo and type EFFECT [Return]. Select 'Open' from the File menu and click on
echo Open to run PAPLUS. Quit by clicking on the Quit button from the main work
echo screen. See the SuperDisk section of PC PLUS for more details.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu
pause > nul
goto menu
:f3
cls
echo To transfer and decompress the ThunderStrike files to a floppy disk, make
echo sure the SuperDisk is in drive A: and a freshly formatted floppy is in drive
echo B:. If you haven't one to hand, leave this program now 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 ThunderStrike master) during
echo the decompression process.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to START the transfer.
echo.
echo Press [Esc] to ABANDON the transfer for now.
GET
if not errorlevel 3 goto menu
PKUNZIP -d ..\TS\TS.ZIP B:\
echo.
echo Assuming no errors have been reported during the decompression process,
echo the necessary ThunderStrike files have now been transferred to the disk in
echo drive B:.
echo.
echo To run ThunderStrike, return to the DOS prompt and put the disk you've just
echo created into drive A:. Type TS [Return]. Select EGA or VGA display and mouse
echo or keyboard operation. Press space to move through to the menu screen. See
echo the SuperDisk section of PC PLUS for details of controls and gameplay.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu
pause > nul
goto menu
:f4
cls
echo A new sub-directory, TS, will be created on drive C: and the ThunderStrike
echo files will be copied there.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to START the transfer.
echo.
echo Press [Esc] to ABANDON the transfer for now.
GET
if not errorlevel 3 goto menu
C:
CD \
MD TS
A:
PKUNZIP -d ..\TS\TS.ZIP C:\TS
echo.
echo Assuming no errors have been reported during the decompression process,
echo the necessary ThunderStrike files have now been transferred to the TS
echo directory of drive C:.
echo.
echo To run ThunderStrike, return to the DOS prompt and move to the TS sub-directory
echo of drive C:. Type TS [Return]. Select EGA or VGA display and mouse or
echo keyboard operation. Press space to move to the menu screen. See the
echo SuperDisk section of PC Plus for details of controls and gameplay.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu
pause > nul
goto menu
:f5
CD ..\MEMMAP
cls
echo To leave The Clockwork Memory Map, once it's run, press [D]
echo To call it back, once run, press [F10]
echo To remove it from memory (it stays resident), press [F10] [U]
echo.
echo Press [Return] to run Memory Map
echo.
echo Press [Esc] to return to the SuperDisk menu
\INTRO\GET
if not errorlevel 3 goto menu
MAP
goto menu
:f6
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.
pause
cls
echo Here are brief details of what they do - see PCPLUS for more:
echo.
echo TEE - Automatically directs output to BOTH printer and screen.
echo Use it like a filter, see the magazine for details.
echo.
echo SWAPA&B - Swaps the designations of drives A and B at a very low level
echo You can even format A as B and vici versa.
echo.
echo Press [Return] to go back to the SuperDisk menu.
pause > nul
goto menu
:F7
cd \
prompt
cls