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REM  Copyright (c) 1988 by DANIEL H. HUDGINS, All Rights Reserved
REM  README.BAT for DANCAD3D.COM v2.0
Echo DANCAD3D by Daniel H. Hudgins, 466 Diamond St., San Francisco, CA  94114
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Echo To use DANCAD3D v2.0 you need:
Echo * 512KB to 640KB DOS memory, at least 384KB or more of it as free memory.
Echo * a CGA, Color Graphics Adapter video board or
Echo * a EGA, Enhanced color Graphics Adapter video board or
Echo * a Hercules (tm), Monochrome Graphics Card type video board.
Echo * a HARDDISK, RAM disk, or other disk of 720KB or more free disk space.
Echo * DOS 2 or higher and a fully IBM compatible computer.
Echo .
Echo Make a back-up copy of these two 360KB disks or this one 720KB disk.
Echo Enter COPY A:*.* B: with the blank formatted disk in drive B: & DANCAD3D in A:
Echo .
Echo To print the *.DOC file: Shift the paper 1/2 inch to the left then,
Echo Put the SECOND disk in drive A:, then enter:
Echo COPY A:DANCAD3D.DOC PRN  (for the parallel printer)
Echo or
Echo COPY A:DANCAD3D.DOC AUX  (for the RS-232C serial printer)
Echo .
Echo     The *.DOC has brief information to get you started using DANCAD3D.  A 300+
Echo page manual comes with the set of 14 disks that can be ordered from the author
Echo using the order form in the forth screen of the program.  

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Echo    To install DANCAD3D on your HARDDISK enter INSTALL C, where C is the letter 
Echo for your harddisk,  from the DOS prompt with the DANCAD3D disk you got  (ether 
Echo one  if  you  got two 360KB disks) in your floppy drive A when  you are set to 
Echo the A drive prompt or floppy drive B if you need to be set to the B drive.  
Echo .
Echo     To  run  the  demo  that  is  on the disk enter RUN_DEMO after you install 
Echo DANCAD3D on your harddisk.  There are other example MACRO files on the  set of 
Echo 14  disks  that  come with the manual.  They include some that show you how to 
Echo animate a robot,  some mechanical simulations,  and a macro that  demonstrates 
Echo DANCAD3D v2.x's ability to animate mathematical formulas.  
Echo .
Echo     Enter DANCAD3D to start the program.  Press [T]utor from its main menu  to 
Echo read  some  help  screens.  Press [D]raw from the main menu to draw.  When you 
Echo run the program for the first time it will ask you for the video mode you want 
Echo it  to  use.  If  you  do  not know what type of video board you have read the 
Echo instruction  book  that  came  with  your  computer.  Be  sure  and  read  the 
Echo disclaimer in the file DANCAD3D.DOC before you try to use the program.  
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Type FILES.DOC
Echo .
Echo     Enter  RUN_DEMO  to  see the demo run.  To run DANCAD3D when you turn your 
Echo computer on again enter CD DC20 then enter DANCAD3D.