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echo                           Public (Software) Library
echo                       Technical Support: 1-713-524-6394
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echo In order to get as many files as possible on this disk, we have compressed
echo    and combined the files for each program into .COM and .EXE files.
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echo When you type the names of one of these files, it will self-extract the
echo    files within it into separate files on the default drive and directory.
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echo To uncompress and uncombine these files, follow these steps:
echo    1. Put this disk in drive A:
echo    2. Go to the drive and directory where you want the files. (Ex: C:\ME)
echo    3. At the DOS prompt enter  A:filename (press Enter)
echo       For Example: if the name of the file is WORDPRO@.EXE, from the C:\ME\
echo       prompt, you would just enter  A:WORDPRO@ and press Enter. ("C:\ME\"
echo       and "A:WORDPRO@" are examples -- substitute actual names you are using.)
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echo If you follow these procedures for a .COM or .EXE file and a program starts
echo    running instead of files being extracted, then the file was not a
echo    compressed file.  You can run such a program as-is.
echo To help distinguish a self-extracting .COM/.EXE file from a program .COM/.EXE
echo    file, we put the "@" character at the end of the file name, as in WORDPRO@.
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echo After extracting the files, look for filenames that contain the letters
echo    DOC, TXT, MAN, MNL, ASC or READ ME in the name.
echo Such a text file should contain the documentation for the program.
echo You can view these text files on the screen by entering at the DOS prompt:
echo                             VIEW filename.DOC
echo           (substitute the actual filename and extension, of course)
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echo We also recommend the use of a utility such as Vernon Buerg's LIST program
echo that will let you scroll and page up and down through a file. LIST is on disk
echo 1-UT-274 in The Public (Software) Library, P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235.
echo LIST is also on the PSL's "PD/Shareware Reviews Disks" which also contain
echo   write-ups of all the thousands of programs in the PSL.
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echo You can also print the documentation by entering at the DOS prompt:
echo                            COPY filename.ext PRN
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echo A very few programs don't have documentation files.
echo They are self-documenting when run.
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echo   Remember the GENERAL format to use to uncompress .COM and .EXE files:
echo           1. Put this disk in drive A:
echo           2. Go to the target drive and directory
echo           3. At the DOS prompt enter   A:filename (press Enter)
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