Microsoft KB Archive/57656

Word 5.00: Installation on a Toshiba T1000

PSS ID Number: Q57656 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The Toshiba T1000 computer has one 720K disk drive, and some have a special 768K card upgrade in them. Follow the instructions below to install Word Version 5.00 onto another disk or to install Word onto the 768K card (this acts like a hard disk).

= MORE INFORMATION =

Installing Word on a Single Floppy Disk
This process involves a lot of disk swapping between Drive A and B. When the Copy command is used to copy files to Drive B, a prompt comes up to insert a disk into Drive B. When this message occurs, remove the disk from Drive A and insert the disk that you want to copy Word onto. DOS will allow the physical A: drive to be both Drive A and the logical B: drive. After the file is copied to Drive B, reinsert the original disk into Drive A. Begin by copying the following files at the A prompt using the Copy command as shown below:

  From the Program disk, type the following from the A: prompt: COPY WORD.EXE B:  COPY WORD.OVL B:    From the Spell disk, type the following from the A: prompt: COPY SPELL.OVL B:  COPY SPELL-AM.LEX B:    From the Printers disk, type the following from the A: prompt: COPY B:  

Then, create a SCREEN.VID file as follows:

  Insert the Utilities disk into Drive A.   Type the following at the A: prompt: MAKEVID B:SCREEN.VID -Lfr CGA.CSD -Lfr CGA.GSD Note: Type -Lfr exactly as shown. </li></ol>

We do not recommend that you run Word 5.00 on a single-disk-drive system; the results can be unpredictable.

Installing to a RAM Disk (768K card)
The 768K card is set up as Drive D on the T1000. Drive C has DOS 2.11 loaded into ROM. This is unchangeable.

  At the D: prompt (D:>), type the following: COPY A: WORD.EXE COPY A: WORD.OVL The 768K card does not have the space for Spell; it has only enough room for the two files above and the SCREEN.VID. </li>  Create a SCREEN.VID (as above, except change MAKEVID B: to MAKEVID D:. </li></ol>

Again, in Word 5.00, the SCREEN.VID created on the T1000 is not functional. However, if you can create the SCREEN.VID on a different computer, it will work properly.

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