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Chapter 3 / Microcontrollers and PIC Programming
Software Installation
The PicBasic Pro files are compressed into a self-extracting file on
the diskette. They must be uncompressed to your hard drive before
use. To uncompress the files, create a subdirectory on your hard
drive called PBP or another name of your choosing by typing:

md PBP

at the DOS prompt. Change to the directory:

cd PBP

Assuming the distribution diskette is in drive a:, uncompress the
files into the PBP subdirectory:

a:\pbpxxx -d

where xxx is the version number of the compiler on the disk. Don’t
forget the -d option on the end of the command. This ensures that
the proper subdirectories within PBP are created.
Make sure that FILES and BUFFERS are set to at least 50 in your
CONFIG.SYS file. Depending on how many FILES and BUFFERS are
already in use by your system, allocating an even larger number
may be necessary.

See the README.TXT file on the diskette for more information on
uncompressing the files. Also, read the READ.ME file that is
uncompressed to the PBP subdirectory on your hard drive for the
latest PicBasic Pro Compiler information. Table 3.2 lists the differ-
ent PicBasic Pro Compiler statements that are available to the
PICmicro software developer.

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