Installing the APTICOTE-ISIS system

System Requirements

Make sure your computer meets the following requirements for the APTICOTE-ISIS system before you begin the installation.

• IBM(r) or 100% compatible AT, or PS/2 computer with an 80386 processor or better (80486 preferred).
• 4MB or more RAM (8MB preferred).
• Microsoft(r) Windows 3.1 or higher operating with a superVGA screen resolution of at least 800x600 (1024x768 preferred).
• MS-DOS(tm) 3.1 or higher (not required if using Windows95 or NT).
• A hard disk with 4MB free space.
• A mouse or other pointing device. NB: keyboard-only use of APTICOTE-ISIS is not supported

If your system does not meet these criteria, APTICOTE-ISIS may still operate, but it will be at less than maximum efficiency.

Beginning the installation

APTICOTE-ISIS must be installed to your hard disk by its own setup program.  The installation process must be done from within Windows(tm), as follows.

1.  Insert disk 1 in floppy drive A: or B:
2. Choose Run from the Program Manager File menu.
3. Type A:SETUP or B:SETUP (depending upon which disk drive you have used) in the Command Line text box.
4. Choose OK.

Choosing Full or Custom installation

You should normally select the full installation.  If, however, you know that you only need to replace certain components of the APTICOTE-ISIS system (a file may have been accidentally deleted, for example), then you can select a custom installation.  This will allow you to specify which components will be copied to your hard disk.
 

Selecting the Destination directory

The APTICOTE-ISIS setup program will allow you to select which directory it will install the system into.  Unless you have a good reason for not doing so, you should just accept the suggested directory.
Creating a Program Manager group
If you wish, the APTICOTE-ISIS setup program will create a Program Manager group for ISIS and any other Poeton applications.  You can skip this step if you wish, but if you do, you will have to use the File Manager to run ISIS.EXE rather than just clicking on an icon.

Viewing the release notes file

When the installation is complete, the APTICOTE-ISIS setup program will automatically launch Notepad to allow you to view the ReadMe.txt file.  This file contains details of any late changes to the APTICOTE-ISIS program and any documentation errata.  Don't be surprised if it is empty.  If there were no error messages during the setup process, then APTICOTE-ISIS is now successfully installed on your system and ready for you to run it.  We recommend that you now follow the example consultation in the next section as a quick tutorial in using APTICOTE-ISIS.

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