
       Flight Accessories 1.01

     This  text file is provided as  on-
line  help for the --FA--  program.   It
gives  a detailed explanation of  how to
use --FA-- and  may be  read  from   in-
side --FA-- by selecting "HELP" from the
"MAIN MENU".

- Getting Started

     You  should  have two  things  pre-
pared to begin using this program.  They
are:
     1.  An ORIGINAL copy of Flight
         Simulator, Jet or Scenery disk.

     2.   A  blank  formatted disk or  a
hard  disk  drive with more than  200  K
free space.

     If  you  are  using  floppy  drives
ONLY,  you will need a blank,  formatted
disk to complete this work.   You should
format  the disk WITHOUT the /S  option.
Please refer to the MSDOS system  manual
on how to "FORMAT" a disk.

     If you plan to use a hard disk, you
can  transfer the --FA-- software to it.
If you do,  make sure that you copy  ALL
four --FA-- files:

                 FA.COM
                 FA.DAT
                 FA.HLP
                 FA.000

into   the  same  disk  and   directory.
--FA--  must  be able to read  the  .DAT
file WHILE it is running.

     It  will  help  you to  locate  the
version  # of  the software you plan  to
unprotect.   This  # can be found on the
lower-right  corner   of  the   ORIGINAL
program   disk.    It  is usually  type-
written.   Write it down and keep this #
handy as you work.

     Once   you've found  your  ORIGINAL
copy  of  Flight Simulator,   noted  its
version #,   and prepared a blank / for-
matted  disk,  you  are  ready to  begin
using --FA--.

     Start up your computer as you  nor-
mally  do.   Wait until you see the com-
puter display the prompt:

                    A>

If the computer shows some other prompt,
type  "A:",  and  press  <ENTER>.   This
should make the "A>" prompt appear.

     Put  the --FA-- program  disk  into
drive A,  and type   "FA"  .  If you are
running --FA-- from your hard disk,  log
on  to the disk and directory that  con-
tain the FOUR (4)  --FA-- files and type
"FA".       This should start the --FA--
program running.

Composite Monitors:

     If you are using a composite  mon-
itor, then you  should   start  the  FA
program running by typing:

                "FA C"

     The  space  followed by  a  C  will
will tell the --FA--  program  that  you
are using a composite monitor  and  will
adjust its display accordingly.

     Once --FA-- starts, it will display
its  name,  several paragraphs of infor-
mation  you should read,  and  a  prompt
that says:

      Press <ANY KEY> to continue.
             <ESC> to quit.

These  words will appear in a box at the
bottom of the screen.   Whenever you see
them through the program, you can do one
of  two things:   Press any key to  keep
the  program  going  or  press  the  key
marked   "ESC"  to  stop   the   program
entirely.

- Instruction Box

     After  the opening credits,  --FA--
displays  a square box filled with  text
on  the left side of the screen and  its
Main Menu on the right.
     The  box on the left of the  screen
contains  explanations of what the  pro-
gram does and what you should do.   Usu-
ally,  it  explains the choices  in  the
menu  box  in the upper-right corner  of
the screen.

- Menu Box

     The  menu contains the choices  you
may make at any given point in the  pro-
gram.  To select a choice, you need only
press  the up and down arrow keys  until
the  menu  bar highlights the  item  you
want.  Once high-lighted, you may select
the item by pressing <ENTER> .

     Experiment.    Press   the  UP/DOWN
arrow  keys and watch the menu bar  move
up  and down.   When the menu bar is  on
the item you choose,  press the  <ENTER>
key to select that item.

- Main Menu

     The main menu displays six choices.
They are:

                Help
        Remove Copy Protection
          Program Information
              Go Flying
              Utilities
                 Exit

- HELP

     Selecting  help  will display  this
text  or report that the  program  could
not  find this file.   This file MUST be
on  the same disk and in the  same  dir-
ectory  as  --FA-- program in  order  to
read it from inside --FA--.

- REMOVE COPY PROTECTION

     This  is  the heart of  --FA--.  It
removes  copy  protection  from   Flight
Simulator,  Jet,  and  Scenery disks  so
that  they can be run from a hard  disk.
Once  you've unprotected this  software,
you should also make a back-up copy  and
store it in a safe place.

     Before  --FA-- can remove copy pro-
tection, you must make three choices.

     1.    You must select the  software
you  want  to unprotect from a  menu  of
software --FA-- supports.

     2.     You  must decide which  disk
drive    will   contain   the   ORIGINAL
PROTECTED  copy of the  software  you've
chosen.

     3.    You  must decide where  (what
disk  and directory) --FA-- will  create
the UNPROTECTED copy of the software you
choose.

1. Choosing a program:

     Having    selected   "REMOVE   COPY
PROTECTION" from the main  menu,  --FA--
then  asks  you to select which  program
you want to unprotect.

     The different programs --FA--  sup-
ports  appear in the menu box,  and  you
may  select  one of them by putting  the
menu  bar on it and pressing <ENTER>.

     If you do not find the program  you
own  on this menu,  don't select any  of
the  program  names.   Select  the  last
item,  "<Exit>".  --FA-- will ONLY  work
with the programs on this menu.

2.  Select Disks

     Having selected a program to unpro-
tect,  you  must  now choose which  disk
drive   will   contain   the    ORIGINAL
PROTECTED  copy  of this  program.   The
instructions  box will display the  name
of  the  software you want to  unprotect
and  ask  you to choose the  disk  drive
that  will contain this PROTECTED  soft-
ware.   The menu box will display a list
of disk drives to choose from.   Put the
menu  bar on the disk drive  letter  you
intend to use, and press <ENTER>.

     You  must  now  choose  which  disk
drive  will contain the UNPROTECTED ver-
sion of the software you selected.   The
Instructions   box  will  explain   this
briefly, and direct you to select a disk
drive letter from the menu.

     Each  disk  drive on your  computer
has  a different letter of the  alphabet
as  its name.   If you have a hard  disk
drive,  then its letter is probably  "C"
or "D".

     Choose  a disk drive that has  suf-
ficient  free space (more than 200 K) to
accommodate  an unprotected copy  of the
program you selected.

     If  you do not understand  what  is
going on at this point,  select "<Exit>"
and re-read instructions.  Take notes as
much as possible, and try again.


- Select a Directory

     If you so desire, --FA-- can create
an unprotected version of a program on a
disk sub-directory.
     Once  you've selected a destination
disk   for  the  unprotected   software,
--FA--   asks  you  to  choose  a   sub-
directory  by typing its name.   If  the
directory  does not exist,  --FA--  will
create  it  prior to putting the  unpro-
tected software there.

     If  you do not wish to worry  about
sub-directories,   then   simply   press
<ENTER>.

     After  you  have decided  what  you
want to unprotect,  where this  software
is,   and where an unprotected copy will
be  created,  --FA-- is ready to  remove
copy  protection.   Before it  does,  it
will  show you the three choices  you've
made,  and  a small menu will appear  on
the right-hand side of the screen.

     This is the "Continue" menu, and it
has  only  two choices:   "Continue"  OR
"Exit".   If you are satisfied with  the
choices you've made, put the menu bar on
"Continue" and press <ENTER>.

     If  you would like to change  some-
thing you've selected,  put the menu bar
on "Exit",  press <ENTER>,  and you will
be able to make the three choices anew.

     If  you continue,  the  Instruction
box will direct you to put the  ORIGINAL
PROTECTED  software into the disk  drive
you  selected.   It will also ask you to
put a blank, formatted disk in the drive
you selected to contain the  UNPROTECTED
copy.  If you are creating the copy on a
hard  drive,  you  will not need  to  do
this.


D O   N O T    continue until you've put
the  proper  disks into the  appropriate
disk  drives.    Choose  the  "Continue"
selection  from the continue  menu  when
you have.

     When  --FA--  continues,   the  In-
struction box will turn RED and ask  you
to wait.   About a minute later,  a line
of text will appear in the lower half of
the  instruction box displaying the dif-
ferent  file  names  --FA--  is   unpro-
tecting.

     This  is  a  lengthy  process.   Be
patient,  but be aware.  If nothing hap-
pens  after several  minutes,  something
has  gone wrong,  and you will  probably
need to re-start your computer.  Wait at
least two minutes for --FA-- to  recover
before re-booting.

(see  the  section  "NEW  PROBLEMS"  for
details on handling program errors.)

* Completion *

     Once   --FA--  is  finished  unpro-
tecting  the  software  you  chose,  the
Instruction  box  will  turn  blue   and
display  a message that says  the  oper-
ation  is  complete.   The  "Press  <ANY
KEY>..."  prompt will appear at the bot-
tom  of the screen.   Press a  key,  and
exit the program by selecting the "EXIT"
choice from the main menu.

     After  leaving --FA--,  you  should
examine  the  disk  (and  sub-directory)
that  you  chose  to contain  the  newly
unprotected software.   There should  be
several files on this disk.

     If  you  are unprotecting a  Flight
Simulator,  then there will be many DATA
files, an FS.EXE FILE and a FS.HLP FILE.
This new FS.EXE file will run the Flight 
Simulator.  The FS.HLP is for the Flight    
Simulator  on line help.  If you are un-
protecting Jet, there will be a  JET.EXE
file.

- PROGRAM INFORMATION

     This  selection displays two  boxes
full  of information describing how  the
--FA-- program was developed.


- GO FLYING

     This  selection  will  allow you to
fly  your  simulators  directly from the
--FA-- program.

    Flight Simulator / Jet Operation

     If   you   are   unprotecting   the
ORIGINAL  Flight Simulator or Jet  disk,
then  --FA-- will create new versions of
FS.EXE or JET.EXE.

     They will work as they always have,
except  that  pressing the <P>  key  any
time  during  a flight  will  pause  the
simulation.    The  screen  will  remain
frozen  until  you press any key on  the
keyboard.

     However, if you press <ENTER> after
pausing a flight,  the program will exit
back to the MSDOS operating system.

	Pressing  <P><H>  will activate the
Flight Simulator on line help.

     The new EXE files will also let you
change scenery areas on command.   Pres-
sing  <E> will display a menu of  avail-
able  scenery.



- UTILITIES

    These utilities will:

    1.  Install User Mode Files.
    2.  Back Up User Mode Files.
    3.  Copy Simulators or Scenery
        to a RAM disk.


- Install User Mode Files

    User  mode  files  store  a  pilot's
flight data.  Flight  Simulators  create
these files  with  COPY  PROTECTION  and
force users to store these  small  files
on an entire floppy disk.

    Once these data files are installed,
you can copy them  to  a  hard  disk  or
store many of them on one floppy disk.


- Back Up User Mode Files

    Making BACK UP copies of your Flight
Simulators  and  Scenery disk  user mode
files is a very good idea and easy to do
with this utility.

    If you have  several  Simulators and
Scenery  disks on  one  hard disk drive,
then it may be  difficult to know  which
user mode files  belong to  which  pack-
ages.

    This  utility will allow you to back
up  all user mode  files to another disk
or directory.  It  will  attempt to copy
all user mode files.


- Copy Simulators to a Ramdisk

    This  utility can be  used to put  a
Flight Simulator or Scenery disk on to a
RAM disk drive.

    Running  software from  a  RAM  disk
dramatically increases its speed  espec-
ially if the software does a lot of disk
reading and writing.

    If you have  a  RAM  disk set  up on
your computer with sufficient free space
to accommodate one or more Simulators or
Scenery disks, then you can install them
with this utility.


- EXIT

     This  causes  the program  to  stop
running.


-  NEW PROBLEMS

     If  you  experience  any   problems
running the unprotected copy of a Flight
Simulator, take the following steps:

     1.   Erase the  unprotected version
of  the  program you're  having  trouble
with.

     2.   Temporarily rename (not erase)
your   computer's   "AUTOEXEC.BAT"   and
"CONFIG.SYS" files.   These are  usually
found  on the root directory of the disk
you use to start your computer.

     3.   Re-Boot your computer.

     4.    Run the --FA-- program  again
taking  precise notes on the choices you
make.

     5.    Try running the newly  unpro-
tected  software again noting any  prob-
lems you experience.

Memory Resident programs:

     There are only two  selections from
the  menu  that require  memory resident
software to be  removed.  They are:  Re-
move  Copy  Protection and  Install User
Modes.  The  other  selections  are  not
affected.


Mouse:

     If you are using a mouse  and  your
systems hangs use the  program MOVE.COM.
This program will be located in the same
directory  as your installed copy of FS.
Run  MOVE.COM  BEFORE  you  install your
mouse driver.

PC Jr.

     The installed version of FS and Jet
will run  on a  PC Jr  depending on your
memory and  hardware  configuration. Due
to  internal  differences  in the Jr you
will have to  type FS J when you run FS.
This will tell  the  FS  loader that you
have a Jr.  After  you  are done with FS
or Jet it  will  be  necessary to reboot
as there is no return to DOS on the Jr.






     If  you need further assistance you
may write or call:

             L. Dale Rhoton       
                 POB 622                 
      Bloomington, California 92316
             (714) 783-0386
***************NOTE****************

     There will be a read.me  file  for
the autopilot and flight recorder after
FS is unprotected (covers the turbo ).

Please don't use a modem when calling !!

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