How To Start Up Your
"Porta-SiMPLE" Flash Drive

Simply plug your "Porta-SiMPLE" flash drive into a USB port on any Windows computer. (If a "gray box" appears, select the "Open folder to view files" option.)

A window should open displaying the contents of your flash drive. (If the window fails to appear, just use your "My Computer" to display the contents of your flash drive.) In the window, find the multi-colored ball² labeled "Fetch The Proper Icons".

¹[The icon may be some other image, depending on the version of Windows that is running on the host computer.]

Each time you plug in your "Porta-SiMPLE" flash drive, you should first double-click the "Fetch The Proper Icons" icon (even if the "proper" icons already seem to be present in the window). A new black window (displaying the word "Working...") will appear for a moment. When the black window disappears, you should see a "Drop SiMPLE Listing Here" icon, a "S i M P L E" icon, and a "SiMPAINT" icon in the flash drive's window:²

²[The icons that appears may be other images, depending on
the version of Windows that is running on the host computer.]

SiMPLE can be used in either "Drag & Drop" mode (for beginners & non-programmers), or in "Command-line" mode (for intermediate/advanced users):

• To use SiMPLE in "Drag & Drop" mode, merely drag any SiMPLE source listing document onto the "Drop SiMPLE Listing Here" icon that appeared. (If you'd like to try it, the folder named "SiMPLE Samples" contains some SiMPLE source listings that have already been created for you.)
  
  
• To use SiMPLE in "Command-Line" mode, just double-click the "S i M P L E" icon.

The SiMPAINT program is used to create your own graphics images. To use SiMPAINT, just double-click the "SiMPAINT" icon.

Have Fun Using Your "Porta-SiMPLE!"

[The Porta-SiMPLE Flash Drive first determines the drive letter that it has been assigned, and the version of Windows that the host computer is running. It then uses this information to fetch the proper start-up icons for SiMPLE. Once these icoms are available, they may be re-used indefinitely thereafter. It is not necessary to fetch them again unless you change host computers (or unless you plug the Flash Drive into a different USB slot).]