Breadbox Ensemble Lite 4.0

2002 · operating-system · office · diagnostic · Windows · MS-DOS · Breadbox Computer Company

From WinworldPC: First released in 2002, Breadbox Ensemble from Breadbox Computer Company, was a commercial office application suite for DOS that was based on GEOS/Geoworks and New Deal Office. Like New Deal, Breadbox Ensemble has a Windows-95 like user interface with a task bar and start menu. Breadbox runs on top of DOS and targeted low-end computers that were not up to the task of running Windows. The "Lite" version was a free demo that was downloadable from Breadbox. It lacks applications, and omits Internet functionality. From the README: *************************************************** * * * E N S E M B L E * * I N S T A L L A T I O N H E L P * * ** L i t e ** * *************************************************** You must have DOS version 3.0 or newer, OS/2 version 2.0 or newer, or Windows 95/98 or newer. THIS IS A LITE VERSION - We have removed many of the programs and features that are in the full Ensemble version but we think that you will find that the remaining programs and features give you a good feel for the power and ease of use of Breadbox Ensemble. You will not be able to use any other Geos version software with this lite version, nor will any of this lite software work with another Geos software package. You may want to print this document as a handy reference for installation and troubleshooting. See the instructions about printing in your computer's user manual. ******************************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS ******************************************************************** SECTION TITLE 1...............Checking your Hardware 2...............Disk Space 3...............Conventional Memory 4...............Operating Systems 5...............Previous Versions 6...............Running Ensemble with DOS 7...............Running Ensemble with Windows 8...............If Ensemble does not work 9...............Error Messages 10...............Incomplete Installation ******************************************************************** Section 1 - Checking your hardware ******************************************************************** 1. Checking and Verifying your Hard Drive It's always a good idea to back up any important files on your system. Now would be an excellent time to remove any files that you no longer use. Also, you should run a diagnostic program such as CHKDSK or SCANDISK to make sure your hard drive is in good working order. For more information about these utilities, consult your DOS or Windows manual. 2. DISK DRIVES With some computers, you may need to put disks in ALL available drives in order to proceed. If, after installation of Ensemble, you have difficulty reading any of your drives or if any phantom drives show up that do not exist, try editing the GEOS.INI file to tell the software the exact drive specifications. You can edit In the [system] section of the GEOS.INI file you could add the line: drive b = 0 This tells the software to ignore drive b. Using the format drive = you can use any of the following drive specifications 0 => Ignore the drive 360 => 360K Low Density 5.25" floppy disk 720 => 720K Low Density 3.5" floppy disk 1200 => 1.2Mb High Density 5.25" floppy disk 1440 => 1.44Mb High Density 3.5" floppy disk 2880 => 2.88Mb 3.5" floppy disk 65535 => Hard drive If trouble reading, copying, or formatting diskettes persists, try putting the line waitpost = false in the [system] section of the GEOS.INI file. ******************************************************************** Section 2 - Disk Space ******************************************************************** The installation will not proceed normally if you do not have enough free disk space on your hard drive. You will need at least 15 MB (fifteen megabytes) of free disk space. If the installation fails, check to see how much space you have left on your hard drive by entering the following command at a DOS prompt: DIR At the end of the list of files you will see the number of bytes free on the hard drive. ******************************************************************** Section 3 - Conventional Memory ******************************************************************** If you get the error "Not enough memory to install" or if the installation procedure fails before it can copy any files to your hard drive, you may not have enough free conventional memory to run the installer. The installer requires approximately 520K of free conventional memory. Try removing any unnecessary TSRs and device drivers from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, or boot your computer from a system diskette to free more conventional memory. ******************************************************************** Section 4 - Operating Systems ******************************************************************** Your computer must have one of the following disk operating systems installed before you can install Ensemble: - MS-DOS 3.3 or later - PC-DOS 3.3 or later - DR-DOS 5.0 or later - Caldera