paul.may9348 Oct 2 4:46 AM
--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> There are definitely some oddities in the DOS version. As
> you might expect, there hasn't been much demand for it for
> some years now... _except_ amongst users of Mel Bartels'
> SCOPE.EXE system. (That would probably have moved to Windows,
> too, but it essentially requires a real-time operating system,
> and DOS is close enough to serve.)
>
> Re installing to the hard drive: easiest way is to fire up
> the Windows software and use its Install to Hard Drive feature.
> When you've done that, the DOS version will also switch over
> to using the hard drive files.
>
> You can do it by hand, though, using the xcopy command.
> Change to the folder where Guide is installed, say, c:\guide.
> Then use the command
>
> xcopy d: /s
>
> (where for 'd:' you should use the drive letter of the CD-ROM.)
>
> The reason you need to use xcopy is that it will preserve the
> folder structure. The file d:\text\bitfont, for example, will
> be copied to c:\guide\text\bitfont. It sounds as if you may
> have just copied everything into the c:\guide directory?
>
> Re changing cursor keys: in DOS Guide, hitting Ctrl-F4 toggles
> between 'cursor keys move the cursor' and 'cursor keys pan the
> screen, as in Window Guide.'
>
> More generally: Windows Guide has a nice dialog for changing
> hotkeys, and DOS Guide doesn't. The way to change hotkeys in
> DOS Guide is described at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/hotkeys.htm
>
> It won't help you with cursor keys, though; those are defined
> internally, and you have to use the Ctrl-F4 trick to get at them.
>
> Now, regarding setup of Guide and Scope on the same machine:
> I think Scope completely ignores the COM port and similar settings
> in Guide. It just knows that the RA/dec gets passed to it (or
> vice versa). I'm not entirely current on how things are set up
> in Scope. In DOS Guide, all you should have to do is tell it
> (in Settings... Scope Control) that you're using an 'AltAz'
> system.
>
> (However, I've just tried this on the most recent DOS Guide,
> and it's giving me a scope type of 'Not a valid object'. I will
> investigate.)
>
> -- Bill
>