Copyrights of all programs contained on this disk remain with the various programmers. There are some important notes concerning the files on this disk later in this text file, please take the time to read them before diving in head first. You'll find details on how to unarchive the `.run' files on this disk, and some help with installing printer drivers. Please, before using this disk in anger, make a backup copy! If you manage to corrupt this disk, return the original with a stamped, self-addressed envelope and we will happily replace it free of charge. No SSAE however, no action! Right, first the advert ... Just Amiga Monthly (JAM) is a subscription-only magazine (it's a traditional paper magazine, a totally separate thing from the Jamdisk collection) costing £19.95 for 12 issues (£24.95 Europe, £49.95 Overseas). The latest issue can be bought from the address below for £1.95 if you don't want to subscribe just yet. Cheques, Postal Orders and International Money Orders should be made payable to JAM. Just Amiga Monthly 75 Greatfields Drive Uxbridge UB8 3QN Phone: 0895 274449 Contacts: Jeff Walker, Steve Williams Now the legal stuff ... This Jamdisk is freely distributable provided it remains intact and unaltered and this `ReadMe' file is not removed from it. Public Domain libraries are given permission to include this disk in their catalogues provided they charge no more for it than JAM itself does. JAM regrets that it cannot provide technical support for any of the software on its Jamdisks; the responsibility for this lies with the programmers. We strongly recommend you register with the authors of the programs on this disk (where applicable) as this will encourage them to keep developing. Remember, they do it to please YOU -- the least you can do is say thank you. Now the notes ... ************************************************************ WHAT TO DO WITH `.RUN' FILES ************************************************************ There are several files on this disk that have a `.run' extension. These are collections of associated files that have been joined together in self-extracting archives. All that needs to be done to extract the files in the archive is to run the `.run' file -- this means you type its name (and path if necessary) into a Shell or CLI window, just like you do with commands like Copy and Dir. So, to unarchive `.run' files you should do the following ... (We'll use the `cnet.run' file as an example.) SINGLE DRIVE USERS ------------------ 1. Boot from your Workbench disk and open a Shell/CLI window. 2. At the command line enter the command ... COPY C:COPY RAM: 3. Format a new floppy disk and give it the name CNET. 4. Insert a copy of JAMDISK2 into the drive. 5. At the command line enter the command ... RAM:COPY JAMDISK2:CNET.RUN RAM: 6. Insert the newly formatted CNET disk into the drive. 7. At the command line enter the command ... RAM:CNET.RUN CNET: At the end of the extracting process all the CNET files will be on the CNET disk. DUAL-DRIVE USERS ---------------- 1. Boot from your Workbench disk and open a Shell/CLI window. 2. Format a new floppy disk in your external drive and give it the name CNET. 3. Insert a copy of JAMDISK2 into the internal drive. 4. At the command line type ... V1069:CNET.RUN CNET: At the end of the extracting process all the CNET files will be on the CNET disk. HARD DRIVE USERS ---------------- 1. Boot from your hard disk and open a Shell/CLI window. 2. Insert a copy of JAMDISK2 into any drive. 4. At the command line type ... V1069:CNET.RUN DH0: If your hard drive partition is called something other than DH0:, like Work: for instance, then replace `DH0:' with whatever your hard drive partition is called. At the end of the extracting process all the files will be on the partition you specified inside a drawer called Compunet. ************************************************************ INSTALLING A PRINTER DRIVER ************************************************************ Printer drivers need to be copied into the `devs/printers' directory on the disk you boot from (your `boot' disk) -- that means into a directory called `printers' which is inside a directory called `devs'. The seven printer drivers on this disk, and the paths to them, are: V1069:PrinterDrivers/CanonBJ130/CanonBJ130 V1069:PrinterDrivers/EpsonQPlus/EpsonQPlus V1069:PrinterDrivers/Epson_JX-80/Epson_JX-80 V1069:PrinterDrivers/Epson_LQ800/Epson_LQ800 V1069:PrinterDrivers/HP/SG_HPDeskJet_Plus V1069:PrinterDrivers/HP/SG_HPLaserJet_Plus V1069:PrinterDrivers/Oki39xPlus/Oki39xPlus The CanonBJ130 and EpsonQPlus drivers have automatic installation programs; double click the Install icons in the relevant drawers. For the other five drivers ... Leave your boot (Workbench) disk in DF0:, it needs to be write-enabled. (For heaven's sake don't use your original Workbench disk, make a backup copy and use that!) Open a Shell/CLI (i.e. double click on the Shell or CLI icon). At the prompt type: Copy V1069:PrinterDrivers/Epson_JX-80/Epson_JX-80 TO DEVS:printers ^ ^ ^ | | | space space space It doesn't matter if you type it all in upper case or all in lower case, or mixed (as above). But make sure you put spaces only where they appear in the above line. Press the Return or Enter key only after typing the whole line. If you have only one floppy drive you will be requested to swap disks at certain points; simply do as you are asked. If the driver won't copy because the Workbench disk is full, you will have to delete something from that Workbench disk (any of the tools in the Utilities drawer will do). Ok, that copies the Epson JX-80 driver over. If it's one of the others you want simply replace the bit between `Copy' and `TO' with the path and filename for that driver (see the list above). This kind of file management is much easier to do with a `directory utility' or `file manager' program. There's one on JAMDISK 9 called DirWork. After you have copied the driver on to your boot disk you need to run the Printer program in the Prefs drawer. After running this you will see a list of drivers at top-right of the screen. Use the mouse and the arrow buttons to highlight the new driver, then click on the SAVE button. That's it. If you want to put the driver on to a disk other than the Workbench disk (the DPaint disk, for example) simply follow the instructions above but use the command line ... Copy TO :devs/printers ... replacing with the correct path and filename for the driver of your choice (see list above), and with the name of the disk you want to copy the driver on to. If you have followed these instructions and it "doesn't work", don't get angry, go make a cup of tea, come back and start again. Take it slowly this time. If after half-a- dozen tries you are still struggling, we would advise you to swear very loudly at the computer and call it a very nasty name -- `bugger' isn't strong enough, be imaginative, the nastier the name and the louder you shout it, the more likely it is you will succeed when you try (yet again) to install the printer driver. If it still "doesn't work" you should seriously consider buying a book on AmigaDOS. After buying it you should seriously consider reading it. Jeff 8-)