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(THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ARE PREMISED ON THE EXISTENCE OF A FLOPPY DRIVE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A FLOPPY DRIVE OR IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO DOWNLOAD TO YOUR HARD DRIVE, YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPTION WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO DOWNLOAD.) You will need three (3) fresh, PC-formatted floppy diskettes upon which to download the three computer simulations. Place the first diskette in the A drive, and click on the first picture below, Simulation No. 1: 1865. A window will appear asking you to specify the drive to which you wish the dowloaded file copied. Specify the A drive. A single *.exe file will be downloaded to the diskette in the A drive. Take the diskette out of the drive and label it "Simulation No. 1: 1865." You can download the other two simulations on the other two diskettes now, properly labeling them "Simulation No. 2: 1894" and "Simulation No. 3: 1912," or you can come back for them later.
Once the simulation is downloaded, click on the icon, My Computer, in Windows. Insert the simulation diskette in the A drive. Then, click again on the A drive. In the A drive window, you will find a single *.exe file. Double click on that file icon. That file will unzip and provide you with all the files needed to run the simulation. (The unzipping process will take a little while, but you will know when it is completed.)
GETTING STARTED WITH THE SIMULATIONS
When you run the simulation, your computer should be attached to a printer. Each program produces a printout that will be handed in. If you are not attached to a printer or do not get a printout, you can get a printout later as long as you do not restart the simulation. The simulation creates a file that records your progress through the simulation called tempfile.tmp. The best way to print the file is to call it up in Microsoft Word and remove the formatting marks. With those marks left in some printers will take too many pages to print out the results. When you remove the formatting marks, you will get a tight and economical printout. When you are ready you can just print out the file from Word.
To run the simulations, place your diskette in Drive A. Then choose "Run" from the start-up menu in Windows and type "a:start." Should you find that the window in which the program is running changes sizes, you can fix this problem by clicking the full screen icon (the one in the middle of the upper bar with four arrowheads). The program will now run in a full-size window.
When you have received the printout, click on the X at the right-hand corner of the DOS window to exit the program and return to the desktop.
(PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS BY CLICKING ON THE BROWSER'S PRINTER ICON.)
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