READ.ME FILE FOR TRY MICROSOFT QUICKBASIC, DECEMBER 1989

This "Try QuickBASIC" package contains a full-featured version of standard
Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.5. Only those features that allow you to load and save
your programs, or compile executable files have been disabled. Everything else
is there; all the power, all the fun! Use "Try QuickBASIC" to test drive our
impressive QuickBASIC programming environment. We think you'll be pleased.

Microsoft QuickBASIC is the fastest way to learn how to program in a modern,
structured way. This BASIC is a quantum leap beyond the old GW-BASIC or BASICA
that came with your PC.

You enter, run, edit, and debug your programs in a user-friendly and efficient
environment. Context-senstive online Help from the Microsoft QuickBASIC Advisor
is only a keystroke or mouse click away. Just put your cursor on the keyword
you need help with. Press F1 or click the right mouse button. The help you need
appears instantly. Of course, more general Help is also available from the Help
menu.

You are welcome to copy this package for your friends and customers as long as
you comply with the copyright and non-warranty notice in the program. "Try
QuickBASIC" is also available on CompuServe and GEnie.

You may receive "Try QuickBASIC" in one of two forms. If you receive "Try
QuickBASIC"  as a copy of the original distribution diskette, you get all the
files you need, organized as follows:

    README.DOC      This information
    TRYQB.EXE       Microsoft "Try QuickBASIC" program
    QB45*.HLP       Three files with all the help you will need
    EXAMPLES\       Subdirectory that contains the following sample BASIC
                    programs that you can load, run and modify:
       DEMO1.BAS      Sound effects for BASICA/GW-BASIC
       DEMO2.BAS      Sound effects for QuickBASIC 2
       DEMO3.BAS      Sound effects for QuickBASIC 4.5
       SORTDEMO.BAS   Sort demonstration
       TORUS.BAS      Draws a colorful rotating torus
       QCARDS.BAS     Small card file
       QCARDS.DAT     Card file data
       BALLPSET.BAS   Bouncing ball using PSET
       BALLXOR.BAS    Bouncing ball using XOR
       BAR.BAS        Bar chart
       CAL.BAS        Perpetual calendar
       CHECK.BAS      Checkbook program
       COLORS.BAS     Color and palette demo
       CUBE.BAS       Animated cube
       EDPAT.BAS      Pattern editor
       ENTAB.BAS      Replace tabs with spaces
       FLPT.BAS       Display floating-point numbers
       MANDEL.BAS     Plots values in a Mandlebrot set
       PALETTE.BAS    Palette changing demo
       PLOTTER.BAS    Draws lines using cursor keys
       SEARCH.BAS     Performs string search in a file
       SINEWAVE.BAS   Draws sine wave on screen
       TERMINAL.BAS   Terminal emulator
       WHEREIS.BAS    Locates files on disk
    QBEXPRES\       Subdirectory containing the following online tutorial
                     files:
       LEARN.COM
       BX.PGM
       QBCBT.CTX
       QBCBT.SCN
       QBCBT.SOB

If you have DOS 3.2 or later, you can copy the entire diskette, subdirectories
and all, to a TRYQB directory on your hard disk using the following command
line:

       XCOPY A:\*.* C:\TRYQB\*.* /S

If you receive "Try QuickBASIC" from a bulletin board, it will probably be
compressed into an archive using one of the popular file compression and
archiving utilities. The files will probably unpack to a single directory.

Regardless of how you get "Try QuickBASIC", find the directory where LEARN.EXE
is located. Type LEARN and press Enter to start the online tutorial.

To start "Try QuickBASIC", find the directory where TRYQB.EXE is located. Type
TRYQB and press Enter.