Good Advice!

                             Good Advice!
           
             -  Make  copies of your diskettes!

             -  Read your DOS and BASIC manuals

             -  If you do not have manuals buy or borrow them

             -  We suggest that you purchase Tutorial / Help disks

   *  Computers are very exacting

   *  Reference books can be helpful; There are many available at bookstores or
             libraries

   *  Book study can save you hours of frustration, confusion and embarassment

   *  Especially read up on DIR, TYPE, COPY, DISKCOPY, and 'How to load BASIC
             programs'      

                        *   FOR THE NEW USER *

1. ÿÿLOADING ÿTHE DISKETTE: ÿAfter booting up with DOS, ÿput the
             diskette ÿin ÿdrive ÿA

2. ÿDIRECTORY LISTING: ÿAt the A>prompt type DIR/W and press enter. ÿDIR/W ÿwill
             provide you with ÿa ÿlisting ÿof the ÿfiles ÿon ÿthe ÿdiskette.

3. ÿINFORMATION HELP FILES: Look for Help.doc, Read.me, ÿExecute.txt or any file
             with an .txt ÿor ÿ.doc ÿextension(e.g. ÿÿmanual.txt or readme.doc).
             These files will provide information on how to run the programs.

4. VIEWING THE DOCUMENTATION: ÿTo read the .txt,.doc, ÿor read.me files you have
             chosen, ÿenter: ÿTYPE <filename>.txt at ÿthe ÿDOS prompt. (e.g.TYPE
             manual.txt). The text will start scolling on the  screen for you to
             read. TO STOP THE SCOLLING: Hit the 'Ctrl' and 's' keys at the same
             time. ÿÿToÿbegin ÿscolling ÿagain, ÿhit any key.

5. ÿTO PRINT A DOCUMENTATION FILE: Hit the 'ctrl' and 'p' keys at the same time.
             Enter 'Type <filename>.ext'.  At the completion of the printing    
             hit 'ctrl and 'p' keys again to disengage the printer
             
                        STARTING THE PROGRAMS              

      ***  If there are documentation or text files on your diskettes ***
                        we suggest that you read them,
      ***        you will save yourself much time and effort          ***

1. ÿÿEXECUTABLE FILES have an .com or .exe extension. ÿThey can be run from the
             DOS ÿprompt ÿby entering the filename (e.g., ÿrun ÿStartrek.exe ÿor
             Startrek.com by entering: Startrek)

2. BATCH FILES have a .bat extension and can be run from the DOS prompt the same
             way that you run an executable program.

3. ÿBASIC FILES have a .bas extension. They are written in the BASIC programming
             language. You need the BASIC  interpreter to run the program files.
             The interpreter ÿusually comes with you DOS.(BASIC is also known as
             BASICA ÿor GWBASIC) ÿBASIC is commercial software. ÿFREEWARE
             UNLIMITED does not sell ÿcommercial software. ÿPlease ÿsee ÿyour
             computer software dealer.

4.TO RUN BASIC PROGRAMS:To run PAC-MAN.bas, first boot up with DOS then on a....      

      * Hard disk system:  a. insert the PAC-MAN diskette into drive A
                           b. enter BASICA PAC-MAN, or GWBASIC PAC-MAN at the DOS
                              prompt if you defined your PATH to BASIC or
                              GWBASIC
                           c. OR  at bootup time, locate GWBASIC or BASIC  on
                              your hard-drive
                            - then, from the directory that contains BASIC
                              or GWBASIC enter 'A:' at the prompt with the
                              basic program diskette in drive A
                            - then at the A prompt enter 'C:GWBASIC <filename>
      * Floppy disk drive system: a.insert your BASICA or GWBASICA into drive A
                                  b.enter BASICA or  GWBASIC at the A prompt
                                  c.remove the BASICA disk and insert the PAC-MAN
                                    disk                                
                                  d.at the OK prompt hit the F3 ÿkey (load"),
                                  e.enter PAC-MAN(load"PAC-MAN)  
                                  f.hit F2 ÿto run the program

       *  Another alternative would be to copy the GWBASIC.exe or BASICA.exe
          to the game or program diskette and enter GWBASIC <FILENAME>
          or BASICA <FILENAME> at the DOS prompt.

5. ARCHIVED FILES have been compressed for storage purposes, and can not be
        executed in compressed format. These files
        have an extension of ARC, LBR, ZOO, or an extension with a Q in the
        middle(PCCHESS.EQE)        

     a. For information on how to uncompress enter the unarchiving utility name
        (e.g.XARC, PKXARC, OR PKARC) or read XARC.DOC, PKXARC.DOC, PKARC.DOC, or
        any other documentation on the diskette.
*** Print this file,enter: COPY TIPS.TXT PRN at the DOS prompt ****e