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There are a few items you need to be aware of if you are using the install
program to upgrade an existing version of PCBoard:

    1.  If you have multiple nodes installed, insure you have a BOARD.BAT
        and a PCBOARD.DAT in the directory where PCBOARD is going to be
        installed.  If you do not have these files, copy them from one of
        your node directories before you begin the install.  For example,
        If you have the following type of configuration

                 \PCB--+
                       |
                       +---- NODE1
                       +---- NODE2
                       +---- NODE3
                       +---- NODE4

        where the \PCB directory does not have a PCBOARD.DAT or BOARD.BAT
        copy those two files from your NODE1 subdirectory so the INSTALL
        program can do a complete upgrade.

NOTE                                                                    NOTE
NOTE  If you are running v15.0 and upgrading to v15.1 then IGNORE the   NOTE
NOTE  information shown below (items 2 through 5):                      NOTE
NOTE                                                                    NOTE

     The INSTALL program does not know where to find all of your nodes.
     If you have multiple nodes you may have to upgrade each node
     manually.  If you do, the following lists the steps you must use to
     upgrade each node:

     2.  Run your BOARD.BAT and immediately exit your call-waiting screen.
         This will update the PCB environment variable so PCBSetup can
         properly set the options already in use.

     3.  Each BOARD.BAT you use must be changed.  Remove the line which
         says:

               if exist event.bat rename event.bat event.sys

         NOTE:  Do not remove the line which says "if exist event.bat event"
                or your events will *NOT* run.

         Also, change the line which reads PCB145 to run PCBOARD instead.
         If you are using the /M code, change it to PCBOARDM.

     4.  Change to each node directory and run PCBSetup.  If the PCBOARD.DAT
         file used by the node has not been upgraded, you will see a version
         change notice.  Acknowledge the notice and when you are at the
         PCBSetup Main Menu exit and save (using a full save - Y) to upgrade
         the PCBOARD.DAT file.

     5.  If each of your nodes uses its own copy of PCBTEXT you must manually
         upgrade each copy of PCBTEXT.  After you install the upgrade, you
         will find a FIXTEXT.EXE file in the same directory as your
         PCBOARD.EXE.  The syntax for the FIXTEXT program is:

                 FIXTEXT <filename>

         Replace <filename> with the location of the PCBTEXT file to
         upgrade.

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You may have downloaded this software as a single PCBOARD.ZIP file.  If so,
to utilize this file, follow the procedure below:

    1) Create a \TEMP directory
    2) Unzip the PCBOARD.ZIP file into the \TEMP directory
    3) Then run the INSTALL program from the \TEMP directory

INSTALL is capable of both first-time installations as well as upgrading
existing v14.0 through v15.0 systems.

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For additional information about PCBoard version 15.1, refer to the following
files.

WHATSNEW.150 - A detailed list of differences between PCBoard 14.5a and 15.0
WHATSNEW.151 - A detailed list of what is new between v15.0 and v15.1

APPS     - A list of applications compatible/compliant with PCBoard 15.x

PPE_INFO - Descriptions of the PPL applications (PPS/PPE files) found in
           the PPL subdirectory

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The following file is a self-extracting ZIP files and may be installed
manually, if desired:

    DRVDISK.EXE  - Disk 2 - COMM-DRV software

This is the COMM-DRV software used by the PCBoard/M software to handle
multi-port hardware under DESQview and Windows.

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