README.TXT
Mastering Turbo Assembler, Second Edition (disk version 2.00)
Copyright (c) 1989,1995 by Tom Swan. All rights reserved.

These instructions explain how to install the compressed archive
files on this disk. You must install the files before you can use
them. Enjoy!

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INSTALLING THE DISK
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1. Change to the drive containing the disk. For example, if the disk
   is in A:, type A: and press Enter.
   
2. Type INSTALL x: (x: is the letter of your hard drive), and press 
   Enter. For example, if you want to install the files to your C:
   drive, type INSTALL C:

The files will be decompressed and installed to a directory named
x:\MTA, which will be automatically created. Windows programs are
stored in a separate directory, x:\MTA\WIN. Object-oriented programs 
are stored in the separate directory, x:\MTA\OOP.

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 MANUALLY INSTALLING THE FILES
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1. Create a directory on your hard drive to hold the files from the
   disk. Copy all files from the disk to the directory. For example, if 
   the disk is in A: and your hard drive is C:, at a DOS prompt enter
   the commands:

   c:
   md \mta
   copy a:*.* c:\mta

2. Change to your MTA directory. Run the self-extracting archive
   file, MTA.EXE, to create subdirectories and unpack files. You need
   about 2MB of available disk space. For example, enter the commands:

   c:
   cd \mta
   mta

3. The MTA.EXE file creates subdirectories as needed and then
   extracts files from the archive into those directories.

4. After installing, you may delete the MTA.EXE archive file.


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GENERAL NOTES
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o Most of the book's listings are stored in the MTA subdirectory.

o The object-oriented programs from Chapter 14 are stored in the
  x:\MTA\OOP subdirectory.

o First edition files are stored in x:\MTA\001 (see following note).

o The Windows programs from Chapter 15 are stored in the x:\MTA\WIN
  subdirectory.

o See Appendix A for instructions on assembling the listings.

o See Appendix B for a disk-file inventory.

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FIRST EDITION FILES
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For readers with older versions of Turbo Assembler, all of the book's
first edition files are also provided on this disk. If you have
trouble assembling an updated listing, try using the original file.
If you have Turbo Assembler 4.0, you do not need these files, and you
may delete the 001 subdirectory and MTA001.EXE archive file.
Otherwise, read the following notes for instructions on extracting
the first edition listings.

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