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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
The MLD software comes on a single 3.5" high density (1.44 MB) disk and runs under
MS-DOS. This manual covers software version 1.1. You may want to check the Martin
website at www.martin.dk/mld/ for upgrades and maintenance releases.
For simplicity, you may want to use the automatic “install” program that comes with
the software. The installer performs the necessary steps to get the MLD system
operating smoothly on your PC. If you are an expert PC user, and you would rather
perform the installation manually, you can skip ahead to the section entitled “Manual
Installation”.
Automatic installation from Windows 95
1. Install the MLD hardware card on the PC, as described in the previous section of this
chapter.
2. Double click on the file “install.exe” which comes with the MLD software.
3. Press “Begin” to accept all the default options.
4. Follow the instructions on screen regarding the VESA test.
5. Press “OK” to exit the installer.
6. Restart your computer.
Following these six easy steps copies the MLD software into a directory folder called
“mld” on the start-up hard drive and makes all the modifications necessary to run the
system. You are ready to go! (Please see the “Manual Installation” section below if you
would like to see a detailed discussions of all the modifications).
Automatic installation from MS-DOS
1. Install the MLD hardware card on the PC, as described in the previous section of this
chapter.
2. a) If the MLD software is on a floppy diskette then insert the diskette into the PC
and type the following at the DOS prompt:
a:\install
b) If the MLD software is on a hard drive, for example if you downloaded it from the
internet, then type the following at the DOS prompt:
cd drive:\path
install
Where “drive” is the letter that represents the drive where the software is located, for
example “c”, and “path” is the path that leads up to the directory where the software is
located, for example “internet\downloads\”. So in this example you would type:
cd c:\internet\downloads\
install
3. Press “Begin” to accept all the default options.
4. Follow the instructions on screen regarding the VESA test.
5. Press “OK” to exit the installer.
6. Restart your computer.
Following these six easy steps copies the MLD software into a directory folder called
“mld” on the start-up hard drive and makes all the modifications necessary to run the
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