ASCEND IV download

For people with slow or unreliable network connections (usually modems) the Windows binary distribution is available in three parts. The parts can be unpacked with Winzip.

Winzip expects each part on a separate floppy disk. Each part has the same file name, so all three cannot be downloaded to the same directory on hard disk. The following instructions show how to download and unpack successfully in a temporary directory C:\a4zip\. Alternative hard disk locations should also work.

Open an MSDOS window or use the Windows (NT?) File Explorer.

Prepare hard disk space to receive files from your modem download.
mkdir c:\a4zip
mkdir c:\a4zip\disk1
mkdir c:\a4zip\disk2
mkdir c:\a4zip\disk3

Using your WWW browser
Download a409part1 to c:\a4zip\part1.
Download a409part2 to c:\a4zip\part2.
Download a409part3 to c:\a4zip\part3.
or get these same files using anonymous ftp .

Copy each file to a separate, empty 1.44M (or larger) floppy.
Label a disk "disk1" with a pencil and stick this disk in a:
copy c:\a4zip\disk1\data.zip a:\
Take disk1 out of a:

Label a disk "disk2" with a pencil and stick this disk in a:
copy c:\a4zip\disk2\data.zip a:\
Take disk2 out of a:

Label a disk "disk3" with a pencil and stick this disk in a:
copy c:\a4zip\disk3\data.zip a:\
Leave disk3 in drive a:

Extract the zip file with winzip.
Open disk3's data.zip with winzip.
Push the extract button.
Turn the option to use subfolder names ON.
Pick a spot on the hard drive to install ascend. C:\ is as good as any.
Insert disk1, disk2, disk3 when Winzip asks for them.
Ignore winzip questions about floppy labels not matching what it expects.

ASCEND does not need the floppies or the a4zip directory, but you may wish to keep one or the other as a backup.

Start c:\a4090\ascend4\bin\ascopt4.exe from the file Explorer
Make a shortcut to it if you like.
Return to the regular installation instructions.

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