Account Pro for DOS

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

• INSTALL.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 58.0 KB
• LHA.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 33.2 KB
• RAM.SYS → A:\SOFT driver, necesita línea en CONFIG.SYS 512 B

No need to put ACCOUNT.LZH, ORDER.FRM, README.TXT: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 209.4 KB on a 1 MB disk.

1. RAM.SYS is a driver: add DEVICE=A:\SOFT\RAM.SYS to C:\CONFIG.SYS and reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
2. Copy INSTALL.EXE, LHA.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

INSTALLING AND EXPLORING ACCOUNT PRO, STANDARD CHARTS OF ACCOUNTS

ACCOUNT PRO cannot be directly run and must be properly installed:

Copy the ACCOUNT PRO program diskette to a diskette which will fit into one of
your diskette drives. Load the copied diskette into the appropriate drive and
make that drive the default drive. Enter INSTALL and [Enter] to start the
installation program, and follow its instructions. Please note that when
installed on a stand-alone PC, ACCOUNT PRO must be started by entering <A>
(and not <ACCOUNT>).

If you operate a 386- or 486-PC under DOS 5 and utilize upper memory for
resident programs and device drivers (with DOS=HIGH,UMB and DEVICEHIGH/
LOADHIGH), your best bet is to install ACCOUNT PRO so that it uses the hard
disk or a DOS RAM disk (RAMDRIVE.SYS) for interim data storage. Under certain
circumstances, trouble may be faced, if ACCOUNT PRO is installed with its own
RAM disk (RAM.SYS) for interim data storage. Alternatively, you can experiment
with CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, and relocate high loaded programs or device
drivers to low memory, one by one. The manual (MANUAL.TXT) contains 6 examples
of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, with which ACCOUNT PRO runs without any
problem. Use these as guidelines for your experiments.

The file SAMPLE92 contains a sample accounting system, which you may use to
explore ACCOUNT PRO. The files UNIVPLAN and PRIVPLAN are empty accounting
systems containing universal charts of accounts suitable for small to medium
businesses and for private accounts, respectively. You can easily adapt these
charts of accounts to your particular requirements by deleting or inserting any
unneeded or additionally required accounts, respectively. To create a system
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Literal excerpt from README.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.