PC-FASTYPE(Tm) Copyright 1990 Trendtech Corporation Welcome to PC-FASTYPE/CGA Version 4.1 ===================================== PC-FASTYPE/CGA is a typing tutorial program SPECIFICALLY designed for IBM-PC and PS/2 styled keyboards on computers running under MS-DOS. The quick-start instructions below will get you going right away. PC-FASTYPE/CGA also requires COLOR. You MUST have a Color/Graphics Adapter Card (CGA) or equivalent (EGA/VGA) on your computer or PC-FASTYPE/CGA won't work. If your PC is not equipped for color graphics display, then you should be using PC-FASTYPE/MONO which can be run on any PC without regard to the type of monitor attached. It uses character-based line- graphics to simulate the screen keyboard display. Contact us for more information about PC-FASTYPE/MONO. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: PC-FASTYPE/CGA is distributed on one 360KB 5.25" floppy, or one 720KB 3.50" mini-floppy and requires the following minimum equipment to run properly: o IBM PC, XT, PS/2, 286, 386, or IBM Compatible o MS-DOS - All versions from 2.0 and up o 256KB Memory o Color Graphics capability (CGA/EGA/VGA) o 1 Floppy disk drive; 3.5" or 5.25" o Keyboard: either the 101-Key Enhanced with the bar-shaped enter key, or the AT-Style with the large L-shaped enter key. TO LOAD: From Floppy Disk Drive: Place the disk in drive A: and type: ENFT to start PC-FASTYPE/CGA with the 101-Key Enhanced keyboard ATFT to start PC-FASTYPE/CGA with the AT-Style keyboard followed by the ENTER key. For example, the command: A:> enft will start PC-FASTYPE/CGA from the A: floppy drive for the 101- Key Enhanced keyboard. Fixed Disk Drive: First create a sub-directory then copy the entire contents of the disk to the new directory. Change to the new directory and type ENFT or ATFT followed by the ENTER key. TO RUN: PRESS ANY KEY TO GET PAST THE TITLE SCREEN AND SHAREWARE INFORMATION SCREEN. After these screens are displayed and the tables loaded, the Main Menu will be displayed. The menu selector bar will be resting on the 'Begin Typing' selection. Just press the Enter key or function key F10 to start a typing drill of the HOME keys. To return to the Main Menu during typing, press the Escape key. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: For DRILLS: Place the fingers of each hand on the home keys (ASDF JKL;) and type each letter as you are prompted for it. The program selects the letters randomly. The number of characters you have to successfully type is displayed before you start. When the drill is finished your WPM and other statistics will be displayed in the text panel. For EXERCISES: lines of text will be displayed above the screen keyboard; type each character pointed to by the house-shaped cursor () and when you reach the  symbol or end of the line, press the enter key (for "carriage-return"), or the space bar. When you finish typing the exercise your WPM and other statistics will be displayed in the text panel. SELECTING MENU ITEMS: Use the arrow keys (cursor keys) to move the menu selector bar up and down the menu. Select the drill, exercise, or option by pressing the enter key when the item you want is highlighted by the menu selector bar. You can use the function keys as a short-cut. WHILE RUNNING: MENUS: There are 5 drill, exercise, and feature selection menus and 3 sub-menus for selecting additional keys to learn. The primary menus can be displayed by pressing function keys F1 to F5 anytime while the screen keyboard is displayed. ape key: Pressing the Escape key anytime during a drill or exercise will cause the drill or exercise to terminate and your current WPM to be displayed; pressing the Escape key again will display the menu where you started the exercise. QuickHELP: ALL menus have the QuickHELP Facility available. For all menus, the function key F1 is always the HELP key. When you select HELP, a QuickHELP Facility Menu will be displayed; the selector bar will rest on the item matching your help request. Follow the instructions given on the bottom of the menu. EVALUATION PERIOD: You are licensed to operate PC-FASTYPE/CGA on your PC for testing and evaluation as to its usefulness to you, on a trial basis for 30 days. We believe this to be a fair and equitable time period for evaluation and we trust your good judgement and sense of fair play in making a decision regarding registration. HERCULES: PC-FASTYPE/CGA will work on a PC equipped with a Hercules Monochrome Graphics Adaptor card IF you also use a Color Graphics (CGA) emulator program for the Hercules called "HGCIBM". This CGA emulator program can be purchased from most disk vendors. You can also purchase it from Trendtech Corporation for $10.00. Just let us know when you register, and include the additional cost with your registration fee. OLD-STYLE PC KEYBOARD: If your PC is equipped with the older "classic" style PC keyboard, the one with the vertical ENTER key and the too-far-spaced shift keys, we have a keyboard display you can use with this version of PC-FASTYPE/CGA. Let us know if you want this keyboard display, and include an additional $5.00 when you register. DOCUMENTATION: The PC-FASTYPE/CGA User Guide is included on this disk as a self- extracting 'ZIP' file. This means the User Guide text has been 'compressed' to save space on the disk. How To 'UN-COMPRESS' The User Guide: ZIP'd files can be 'un-compressed', or reconstructed without the need for special programs. A self-extracting ZIP file is an executable file with a .EXE extension. By simply typing in the name of the self-extracting ZIP file, the User Guide reconstruction process will be performed. To view or print the PC-FASTYPE/CGA User Guide perform the following simple steps: 1. Copy the file named FTDOC.EXE to your hard disk or to another floppy. (If you try to uncompress the file on THIS disk you will run out of space.) 2. Make that drive the default drive, and at the prompt type in the following command: ftdoc and the User Guide will extract itself into a printable, plain text document. 3. You will now have a file called FASTYPE.DOC on your disk. Verify this by typing 'DIR FASTYPE.DOC' at the prompt. 4. To print the User Guide on your printer, first make sure you have enough paper - the User Guide is about 50 pages long. Be sure your printer is turned ON, and the first page is positioned at top-of-form. Then type the following command at the prompt: copy fastype.doc prn 5. Your printer will print the PC-FASTYPE/CGA User Guide on about fifty pages of paper. INQUIRIES: Inquiries can be telephoned to (201) 694-8622; if there's no answer, please leave a message on the answering machine along with your name, address and daytime phone number, the version number of PC-FASTYPE/CGA you are using, and a short message. You will be contacted with a reply. DATED SOFTWARE: If today's date is a year or more later than the file dates on this distribution disk than please contact Trendtech Corporation for information about the current version of PC-FASTYPE/CGA. Shareware tends to "acquire a life of its own" once it's distributed; not all vendors will bother to acquire the latest version from the author. That is why you should buy Shareware from a disk vendor who is an authorized "Associate Member of the A.S.P." VIRUSES: You can only be sure of getting a top-quality virus-free version of any ASP Shareware product by obtaining your copy directly from the author, or from a disk vendor who is an Associate Member of the Association of Shareware Professionals, or from a reputable BBS service. Be suspicious of any program you download from a BBS whose file dates or copyright notices are more than two years old; if it's a Shareware product, contact the author directly for information about current versions. TO PRINT THIS FILE: You can print this readme file to your printer by simply issuing the following MS-DOS command at the prompt: 1. First insert the PC-FASTYPE/CGA disk in drive A. 2. Then make sure your printer is turned on and the paper is set at top-of-form. 3. Type: COPY A:README.TXT PRN: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** PC-FASTYPE is a trademark of Trendtech Corporation, Inc. Copyright 1983-1990 by Trendtech Corporation, Wayne, NJ All Rights Reserved *