Below are instructions for installing and setting up PALASM to run on your 
home computer.
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Installing PALASM:
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Copy your AUTOEXEC.BAT file from c:\ into AUTOEXEC.OLD just to be safe.

Copy PALFULL.EXE to some temporary locations.  (I use c:\PAL_INST.)  
The PALFULL.EXE files is the full PALASM install tree in a self extracting 
archive.  Now double click (in windows) on the file PALFULL.EXE.  The 
result of this will be an extraction of a bunch of files in the 
c:\PAL_INST directory.

Now the tricky part.  The PALASM installer is pretty stupid--it needs to 
be fooled into thinking it's installing off of one huge floppy.  Pick an 
unused drive letter on your system.  It must be less than or equal to the 
LASTDRIVE statement in CONFIG.SYS.  (If there isn't a LASTDRIVE statement, 
the default it E.) It should not be B even if you don't have 2 floppies.  
For example, I've extracted PALFULL.EXE into C:\PAL_INST, and I chose E as 
my unused drive letter.  Now do this in a DOS window

    SUBST E: C:\PAL_INST
    E:
    CD \
    INSTALL E:

At this point, after a PALASM display screen, you will be asked a series of 
questions.  Keep typing return until nothing else happens.  Then hit the 
F10 key.  Then hit any key to return to the DOS prompt.  Now type the 
following.

    C:
    SUBST E: /D

Now copy the file PALASM.bat from the web site into your PALASM root 
directory (probably C:\PALASM).  Edit this file, if necessary to point to 
the correct path for PALASM.
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Configuring PALASM:
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The default configuration should be changed in the following ways:

    FILE | Set Up... | Working Environment
        Display execution result on each run:  Y
    FILE | Set Up... | Compilation Options
        Minimize:  N
    FILE | Set Up... | Logic Synthesis Options
        Ensure polarity after minimization is:  As specified in design file

You probably should also change the working directory of PALASM.  To do 
this:

    FILE | Change directory

Then type an appropriate directory path for you files.  I use 
    C:\eel\3701\examples\palasm
All my PALASM work will go in this directory on my computer.