T H E T I P R O F E S S I O N A L S
W A S H I N G T O N A R E A
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER USERS' GROUP
T W E L F T H L I B R A R Y D I S K
1. This is the TWELFTH library disk produced and distributed by the
TI PROFESSIONALS, the Washington Area TI-PC Users' Group. To obtain a
list of the programs on the disk, type
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2. This disk is written in BASIC and machine language. Some of the
programs include graphics but many of them can be run on a computer
without the graphics board by properly editing the programs.
3. It is recommended that you immediately copy this disk and use
the copied disk for your working disk. The COMMAND.COM and BASIC.EXE
have been removed from the disk because of the copywrites. Format a new
disk with the command. If you are using DOS 2.11 also
copy the EMULATE.COM file to the disk. Then copy your BASIC program onto
the disk with a command. Then copy this new
library disk onto your newly formatted disk by a
command. Now your newly formatted and copied disk will start and run
automatically.
4. Some of the programs on this disk will run from the menus but
there are a large number of programs on this disk directly accessable
from the DOS operating system. The Dow Jones Market Rallies and
Declines and the FEDTAX84 LOTUS template programs, the Chess game, the
COVER, IPLTIME, PAGE, CLEAN, and ZDIR command programs and the
documentation files all run from DOS directly.
5. The document files, DISC.DOC etc, are instructional support
documentation for the Disk (the text you're reading now). You access
these documents directly from the DOS system by entering etc.
6. This disk has two more LOTUS templates. One, the DJUPDWN.WKS is
an improved program of the Dow Jones Rallies and Declines program that
was on disk Eleven. The other, a template to assist you in preparing
your 1984 Federal Income Taxes was modified from a 1983 program that we
just recently acquired. This 1984 update is a result of the excellent
efforts of our own John Wheeler. Although it will be late for some
people, you can use it to check your taxes and we will hope to have next
year's version ready much earlier.
7. There are also several good games on this disk. The Chess game
is a "compiled" version that runs quite fast. To play this one you move
the cursor with the cursor keys and pick up and put down the chess
pieces with the INS and DEL keys. From the game menu there are a Craps
game, Bowling for 1 to 4 players, Tic-Tac-Toe, MasterMind and a revised
version of the JETSET instrument flight simulator. The Bowling uses the
key to roll the ball but it takes some hand-eye coordination.
The JET II program is an update which has added more color, instructions
in the heading and a partial map of the flying area thanks to member
Dave Perkins. Dave did such a good job that I also added more stations
to his list and moved the controls to the Cursor Keypad now. This, like
some of our other programs, get better as other members offer
modifications.
8. In the Utility area there are several new and excellent
programs. Most of these programs have their own documentation on the
disk. The IPLTIME program allows you to reset the computer clock date
and time if you desire. This might be useful to put a specific date or
time on a program in the directory.
9. I hope you find this disk challenging and interesting! Happy
Computing!!